On Tuesday Crown Princess Katherine
donated 8 defibrillators worth more than 41,000 Euros to hospitals
in the Serbian cities of Vranje, Smederevo, Kikinda, Čuprija,
Valjevo, Leskovac, Krusevac and Loznica. The defibrillators arrive
in Serbian hospitals at the right time, when Serbia is battling the
vicious COVID-19 virus, and defibrillators are crucial in the fight
for the life of patients who…
Crown Prince Haakon takes online coronavirus briefing from Norway's health authorities
23rd March 2020
Since the outbreak of coronavirus, we
have heard a lot about King Harald and Queen Sonja. They had to
spend a long period in quarantine after having come home from their
state visit to Jordan. King Harald has also spoken to the people
via letters and on TV.
Crown Princess Victoria celebrates World Water Day by encouraging others to wash their hands to prevent COVID-19
23rd March 2020
Crown Princess Victoria celebrates World
Water Day each year. This year, with the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak,
she did so from her home at Haga Palace with the help of her
husband, Prince Daniel and their two children, Princess Estelle and
Prince Oscar. Crown Princess…
Focusing on vulnerable young people in
Belgium is the main goal of the Queen Mathilde Fund, which was
created from the donations received as gifts for the wedding of the
King (then Prince Philippe) and Queen Mathilde (then known as
Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz). The Fund is managed by the King Baudouin
Foundation and “supports exceptional initiatives in Belgium, which
are…
A Syrian couple has named their newborn
after the King of the Netherlands. The couple, from Putten, named
their son Willem-Alexander as a way to thank the Netherlands for
taking them in. The father said, “I would like to say thank you to
the Netherlands in this…
The royal palaces in Sweden are closed
until further notice due to COVID-19. The Royal Court announced
that King Carl XVI Gustaf made the decision to temporarily close
the palaces to help prevent the spread of the deadly virus. Royal
parks will remain open. The…
Over 6.7 million people watch as King Willem-Alexander addresses the nation
21st March 2020
Over 6,7 million people watched King
Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands gave a rare televised address
regarding the coronavirus. The last time King Willem-Alexander gave
a televised address of this nature was shortly after Malaysian
Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine in 2014. King
Willem-Alexander took the time to thank the health services and
also did not forget all the others who…
Claire Margareta Lademacher was born to
Gabriele and Hartmut Lademacher on 21 March 1985 in Filderstadt,
Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She has one older brother, Felix.
Claire spent most of her childhood with her family in Usingen,
which is a district of Haut-Taunus in…
Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown, makes part of estate available to Romanians who have to quarantine
20th March 2020
Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the
Romanian Crown, and the Romanian Royal Family, have chosen to make
large parts of one of its palaces available to Romanians who have
to quarantine because of the coronavirus. At 18 March, 260 cases of
corona were confirmed in…
It was Thursday last week that King
Harald and Queen Sonja became two of tens of thousands of
Norwegians that were quarantined in their own homes. This happened
after the Norwegian government decided to introduce quarantine for
all Norwegians who had returned from abroad after 28 February as a
measure to reduce the risk of spread of the coronavirus in Norway,
which is severely affected by…
