The eldest son of Luxembourg’s Prince
Guillaume and Princess Sibilla, Prince Paul-Louis of Nassau, has
graduated from Sandhurst Military Academy in the UK. He was one of
250 cadets to graduate on 14 August and take part in the Sovereign
Parade. He is the grandson of the late Grand Duke Jean and the late
Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte and the nephew of reigning Grand
Duke Henri. The…
European royals in the British line of succession: Sweden's Royal Family
16th August 2020
Continuing our new series, Royal Central
is taking a look at the members of Sweden’s Royal Family who are in
the British line of succession. But what places the family in the
British line, and where do they stand? Britain’s Queen Victoria was
King Carl XVI Gustaf’s…
King Willem-Alexander commemorates end of Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies
16th August 2020
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
was joined by Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the commemoration at the
Indies Monument for all victims of the Japanese occupation of the
Dutch East Indies. All those present wore a pin with a Melati, the
Indies jasmine, as a symbol of…
It has been confirmed that the
confirmation of Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway will take place
without the presence of the Prince’s royal godparents. The son of
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit will be
confirmed on Saturday, 5 September 2020. Earlier this week, the
Norwegian Royal Court released new details on the confirmation of
Prince Sverre Magnus. The grandson of King…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon
will walk parts of the Norwegian Refugee Route to mark the 75th
anniversary of the liberation of Norway following the German
occupation. His Royal Highness will walk parts of the Refugee Route
from Oslo to the Swedish border from 26 to…
The Queen of Spain has given a stark
assessment of what awaits her elder daughter in the future. On a
visit to Son Roca in Mallorca earlier this week, Princess Leonor
was asked by another teenager what she would like to do when she is
older. The heir to the throne hadn’t…
A new special book about King Harald will
be published this autumn, and the King of Norway himself
contributed much to the upcoming book. Former newspaper-editor
Harald Stanghelle is the author of the book, and beforehand, he had
not thought that the King would want to be involved in the project.
In 2018 publisher Erling Kagge asked Harald Stanghelle if he would
write a book based on…
Details of Prince Sverre Magnus’
confirmation into the Norwegian church has been revealed in a short
statement from the Royal Court on Thursday morning. The Prince will
be confirmed on Saturday 5 September 2020. Sverre Magnus has this
year followed the confirmation…
On Friday last week, Catalonia’s regional
parliament in Barcelona passed a motion condemning the monarchy in
the wake of Spain’s former king Juan Carlos going in exile. The
bill will have no practical significance and is to be regarded
mostly as a political move in the…
King Felipe VI has held a formal meeting
with the country’s Prime Minister for the first time since news of
the exile of former monarch, Juan Carlos, broke. The two men had an
audience at the Marivent Palace in Mallorca where Felipe VI is
spending ten days with his family. Spain’s king usually holds a
meeting with the Prime Minister during the royal stay in Mallorca
but this year’s…
