Sweden

Video: King Carl XVI Gustaf delivers annual Christmas address to Sweden

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25th December 2019
King Carl XVI Gustaf has delivered his annual Christmas Day address to the Swedish people on television and radio.He began his speech by revealing that he celebrated with his children and grandchildren (minus Princess Madeleine and her family who reside in Florida) on 23 December which coincided with Queen Silvia’s 76th birthday.“For most people in our country, Christmas is a…
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Sweden

Swedish Crown Princess Family visits police to wish them a happy Christmas

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25th December 2019
The Swedish Crown Princess Family visited the Norrmalm police station in Stockholm on Christmas Eve to wish the policemen and women a happy Christmas.Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel thanked the police officers, who would be working on Christmas Eve, for their work and service on behalf of the Royal Family for their work on Christmas and all days of the year.Sara Friberg, The…
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Belgium

VIDEO: King Philippe of Belgium talks about injustice, poverty and exclusion in Christmas Eve broadcast

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24th December 2019
The King of Belgium has taken about how we must not remain indifferent to injustice, poverty and exclusion in his annual Christmas Eve broadcast.In his address to the nation, King Philippe said: “We know… the challenges we face: for our society, for the planet.“We keep saying they need to be tackled urgently. And for the most part we also know what the solutions are. The…
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Sweden

Who is Queen Silvia of Sweden?

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23rd December 2019
Silvia Renate Sommerlath was born on 23 December 1943 in Heidelberg, Germany, to Walther and Alice Sommerlath. Silvia is half German, through her father, and half Brazilian, through her mother.Silvia grew up with older three brothers (Ralph, Walther, and Jörg), and from…
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Iñaki Urdangarin gets Christmas reprieve to spend holiday out of prison and with family

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23rd December 2019
Iñaki Urdangarin, the husband of Infanta Cristina of Spain and brother-in-law to King Felipe, has gotten a Christmas reprieve to spend the holiday out of prison with his family.Urdangarin has been granted permission by the court, under Article 47.2 of the General Penitentiary Organic Law, to leave prison for four days to spend Christmas with his wife and their four children. He will leave…
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