On Tuesday morning, Her Majesty Queen
Sonja of Norway met women from minority backgrounds via video
conference. The women are affiliated with the MiRA Resource Centre,
which the Queen has supported for a long time. This was the first
solo job the Queen has performed since she undertook a state visit
to Jordan with her husband, King Harald, just before the COVID-19
pandemic took over Europe. In…
On This Day in 1940: King Haakon and Crown Prince Olav were almost killed in a bomb attack
28th April 2020
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…
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…
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 Mabel, Prince Maurits and his wife
Princess Marilène, Prince Constantijn and his wife Princess
Laurentien and Prince Floris and…
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…
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 death will be held on May
7th at Luxembourg Cathedral. Public worship has been stopped in the
country since March as physical…
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…
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 representatives at
Uranienborg School in Oslo, chose to call their fellow students.
They did this just to check on each…
