Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway visited
on Thursday the high-security Bredtveit women’s prison and
detention facility in Oslo. The prison is one of four prisons in
Norway with only female prisoners. During Queen Sonja’s very first
visit to Bredtveit, she got to meet the prison’s management, staff
and some of the inmates. The visit began with a presentation of the
prison and…
Former King Albert II of Belgium has lost
his appeal against the order to undergo a DNA-test, the Court of
Cassation, the main court of last resort in Belgium, decided today.
The case will now return to the Court of Appeals which can decide
that the DNA-test he underwent in…
The Crown Prince Family of Denmark have
sent their Christmas greetings to the Danish people through a new
photo and video released by the Royal House. In the video, Crown
Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Christian, Princess
Isabella, Prince Vincent, and…
Tuesday of this week was busy. Both the
Swedish and the Norwegian royal families attended events related to
the Nobel Prize. In Sweden, many prominent members of the Royal
Family were present both at the award ceremony and the following
grand gala dinner. During the ceremony, King Carl XVI Gustaf handed
out 14 Nobel Prizes in five categories. King Carl XVI Gustaf and
Queen Silvia were joined by…
The day following the Nobel Prize
Ceremony is also a glamorous one in Sweden. On 11 December every
year, the King hosts a white-tie dinner at the Royal Palace in
honour of the Nobel Laureates. This year offered some interesting
and meaningful fashion choices. Queen Silvia…
On Wednesday night, the Swedish Royal
Family held their traditional dinner for the Nobel Laureates at the
Royal Palace in Stockholm. The dinner takes place the evening after
the awarding of the Nobel prizes in Stockholm and the accompanying
gala dinner. In attendance were…
Princess Catharina-Amalia, also known as
the Princess of Orange as the heir to the Dutch throne, spent her
Tuesday night in the Royal Theatre in The Hague performing in a
musical that she wrote – called The Christmas Convent. Fun fact –
the Royal Theatre was built as a palace for Catharina-Amalia’s
musical ancestress Carolina of Orange-Nassau, but unfortunately, it
was never…
Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess
Katherine of Serbia visited a home for people with disabilities in
the Serbian city of Stamnica earlier this week. The main objective
for the visit was to deliver a van for transporting disabled
people, a vehicle given as a donation…
On Tuesday, Their Majesties the King and
Queen of Norway along with Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince
and Crown Princess were in Oslo for the presentation of the Nobel
Peace Prize for 2019. The winner this year was the Ethiopian Prime
Minister Abiy Ahmed. In their…
December 10th is always a date royal
watchers have circled on their calendars. It is the date of Alfred
Nobel’s death and therefore the date the Nobel Prize ceremonies
take place every year. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in a
ceremony held in Norway while the Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or
Medicine, Literature and Economics prizes are awarded in Sweden.
The Norwegian events are a…
