It’s among the most unusual pieces in any
royal collection and, in recent years, it’s acquired a reputation
as the go to tiara for Sweden’s royal brides. The diadem now known
as ‘the Cameo’ has a long and romantic history. And since Queen
Silvia and Crown Princess Victoria both wore it for their wedding,
it’s become the tiara associated with the most royal of Swedish
royal weddings.
10 years on: Take a look back at Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel's wedding day
19th June 2020
Happy 10th wedding anniversary to Crown
Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden! To mark the
occasion, we are taking a look back at their wedding ten years ago
today: Victoria and Daniel chose to wed on the 34th anniversary of
Victoria’s parents’ marriage at…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of
Norway opened Oslo’s newest and largest public library on Thursday.
The day of the opening was not random as Crown Prince Haakon opened
the library exactly 87 years after his great-grandfather King
Haakon VII opened the old main…
After a three month closure due to the
coronavirus pandemic, the Cars Collection of HSH The Prince of
Monaco is open once again. The Prince’s private collection of cars
re-opened its doors on Monday with the appropriate health and
safety measures in place. According to the collection’s Facebook
page, masks are required for staff as well as guests from six years
of age, and there will be a…
Maud Angelica Behn, daughter of Princess
Martha Louise and Ari Behn is also the granddaughter of King Harald
and Queen Sonja. She impressed many with her moving speech at her
father’s funeral in January this year. Ari Behn took his own life
on Christmas Day 2019. For the…
Norway has won a non permanent seat on
the UN Security Council. The country’s politicians are delighted
and have shown their gratitude to Crown Prince Haakon who has been
a high profile supporter of the country’s campaign for a place on
this prestigious body. Norway…
Queen Máxima attended the signing of the
Music Agreement Hoeksche Waard on Tuesday, as schools in the
western region of the Netherlands agreed to work on musical
education for their students. “Music provides a structural basis
for empathy, social bonding, quality of life, creativity, listening
to each other and being open to differences,” according to the More
Music in Classroom…
Prince Albert II of Monaco has paid his
last respects to his cousin, Baroness Elisabeth-Anne de Massy, at
her funeral in Monte Carlo. She died in Monaco on June 10th 2020.
Prince Albert was joined by his wife, Princess Charlene, and his
sisters, Princess Caroline and…
In what was dubbed the biggest royal
wedding in Europe since the marriage of the Prince of Wales to Lady
Diana Spencer in 1981, royals from all over the globe travelled to
Stockholm to watch Crown Princess Victoria marry her gym trainer,
Daniel Westling. Who was on the…
Denmark’s Queen has unveiled a new
portrait of herself, painted to mark her 80th birthday this year.
Margrethe II revealed the new image as she officially opened an
exhibition celebrating her life and reign. The new portrait is by
Nils Strobek, who has painted Margrethe on four other occasions.
The artist said he wanted to show the Queen of Denmark as a private
person so there are no images…
