Each year a member of the Norwegian Royal
Family becomes the patron of state television channel NRK’s charity
broadcast. Last year, it was Queen Sonja. It’s just been announced
that in 2020, King Harald will take on the role. The NRK TV charity
campaign of 2020 will support the WWF (the Worldwide Fund for
Nature) and its efforts to combat plastic in the sea. One third of
the plastic in…
The King’s Day at Home festivities ended
at 4 P.M. with a national toast to King Willem-Alexander. The
extended Royal Family including Princess Beatrix, Prince Bernhard
and his wife Princess Annette, Prince Pieter-Christiaan and his
wife Princess Anita, Princess…
King Willem-Alexander and his family have
been video calling all around the Netherlands this morning and this
afternoon. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima joined a call
with several healthcare professionals of the UMC Maastricht
Hospital who were eating a…
Queen Máxima and Princesses Amalia, Alexia and Ariane open digital free market
27th April 2020
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands and her
three daughters Princesses Amalia, Alexia and Ariane, opened a
digital free market during King’s Day at Home this morning. While a
free market, also known as a flea market, is one of the traditions
of King’s Day, it was one of the things that was cancelled among
the rest of the celebrations today. However, the digital free
market does not…
A memorial service for Jean, Grand Duke
of Luxembourg will be held in early May. However, owing to the
coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions currently in place, it
will be an online Mass. The Grand Ducal Court announced that a
service marking the anniversary of his…
A special royal tradition that sees the
Swedish Royal Family give their support to children in need has had
a very different look this year because of the coronavirus
pandemic. The annual event, which sees Queen Silvia welcome
fundraisers to the Royal Palace in Stockholm…
King Willem-Alexander kicks off King's Day at Home with heartfelt speech
27th April 2020
King Willem-Alexander opened his
live-streamed birthday speech by thanking the orchestra that played
the Dutch national anthem just before. He was joined by his wife
Queen Máxima and their three daughters, The Princess of Orange,
Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane. He said, “How special it is
that we have managed, despite social distancing, to form a unity
and to be an example for many…
Home-schooling is unfamiliar to most
students, and it can be difficult to find motivation, and most of
the students miss their classmates. To show some compassion and
support for her fellow students during this time, Princess Ingrid
Alexandra, and the other student council…
Children write to King Willem-Alexander about the impact of the coronavirus
26th April 2020
The Orange Foundation called on the
children of the Netherlands to write to King Willem-Alexander to
congratulate him on his birthday but also to tell him of the impact
the situation surrounding the coronavirus has had on their lives.
Over 1500 children have written to him…
It has been 80 years since the German
invasion of Norway. Hitler was looking for the Norwegian royal
family, and for a while, he also tried to get the 3-year-old Prince
Harald to rule the nation as a child king. The royal family managed
to escape and lived in exile in the UK and the US for the next five
years. The Royal Palace in Oslo was abandoned quickly; there was no
time to take all the…
