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…
Video: King Felipe during his Christmas Eve address: Let's believe in ourselves, let's believe in Spain
25th December 2019
Ahead of King Felipe’s Christmas Eve
speech, Casa Real played a video of highlights from the royal year.
Then, His Majesty took to the screen to deliver his annual address
from Zarzuela Palace. The King reflected back that he gave his
first address as King five…
Video: Grand Duke Henri talks of grief, change, commemorations and joy in Christmas Eve address
24th December 2019
Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg was the
second monarch to give a Christmas address today. He touched on the
grief Luxembourg suffered due to the death of his beloved father,
the late Grand Duke Jean as well as the loss of two soldiers who
died at an ammunition depot in…
VIDEO: King Philippe of Belgium talks about injustice, poverty and exclusion in Christmas Eve broadcast
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…
Over the past month, royals have released
various holiday greetings. We’ve compiled them all together for you
below: Belgium – Palais Royal, Belgique/Koninklijk Paleis,
België/Belgian Royal Palace/Bas Bogaerts Denmark – Photo…
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…
Iñaki Urdangarin gets Christmas reprieve to spend holiday out of prison and with family
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…
Five months after moving to France for a
year, Prince Joachim and Princess Marie gave an interview to French
magazine Paris Match, discussing the couple’s work, as well as
Prince Henrik and Princess Athena’s adaptation to their new life,
and dealing with the exposure…
The Belgian Royal Family has released
their Christmas photo for 2019. The image, shared on their official
social media, shows King Philippe and Queen Mathilde alongside
their four children. Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant stands
alongside her two brothers, Prince…
Today, the Danish court revealed that
Prince Joachim had joined his fellow students of the Centre des
Hautes Études Militaires (CHEM) on a trip to French military bases
in Chad, Niger, and Mali. The trip was a study visit on the
Opération Barkhane which is a French-led military operation in the
Sahel belt. It consists of a 4,500-strong French force since August
2014. The operation has been…
