With the accession of Queen Beatrix of
the Netherlands in 1980, Queen’s Day truly became a day of
interacting with the public. Let’s take a look at some of the best
moments from Queen’s Day and King’s Day. Embed from Getty Images
Prince Claus, the late husband of then Queen Beatrix of the
Netherlands and his son Prince Constantijn try out a dodgem car in
the town of…
Though Queen’s Day is now celebrated as
King’s Day in the Netherlands, the 2009 celebrations in Apeldoorn
will forever be marked by tragedy. De Naald by Brbbl – CC BY-SA 3.0
via Wikimedia Commons Ten years ago – on 30 April 2009 – Karst
Tates…
The city of Amersfoort is slowly turning
orange as it awaits the arrival of the Royal Family tomorrow for
King’s Day. Although the royals are not expected to arrive by
train, most of the public will be using public transport, and the
Amersfoort Central Station welcomes…
On 25 April, Princess Marie attended the
presentation of Princess Marie-Esmeralda of Belgium’s 2014 book 10
Femmes Prix Nobel de la Paix (10 Women who won the Nobel Peace
Prize) in Rungsted. In 2014, Princess Marie-Esmeralda interviewed
the nine women who won the Nobel Peace Prize and who were still
alive. The last chapter is about Malala Yousafzai who won the Prize
in 2014. The announcement…
It was in February that Her Majesty Queen
Sonja of Norway opened a brand new exhibition in Queen Sonja Art
Stable in Oslo. On Friday, another art piece was added to the
ongoing show, and Royal Central’s Senior Europe Correspondent Oskar
Aanmoen was invited to the…
Surprise! The Duchess of Brabant joins her father King Philippe on visit to firefighters of Brussels
26th April 2019
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium has
unexpectedly joined her father, King Philippe on a visit to the
firefighters of Brussels. The Duchess of Brabant seemed very
interested and asked a lot of questions such as “Are there also
many women here?” King Philippe of…
Royal Central takes a look at the
tradition of celebrating the monarch’s birthday that began as
Princess’s Day. In the 19th century, King William III of the
Netherlands faced quite a bit of unpopularity but his four-year-old
daughter Wilhelmina, his future successor, was very popular. It was
proposed that the Princess’ birthday be observed as a patriotic
celebration and so the…
Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia
visited a children’s hospital in Serbia on Thursday. This was part
of an annual tradition that the Crown Princess has to visit a
hospital every Easter. Crown Princess Katherine visited children in
the Children’s Hospital for Pulmonary…
More details released for Grand Duke Jean's funeral, Grand Ducal Court in mourning for six weeks
26th April 2019
More details have been released for the
state funeral for Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg by the Grand Ducal
Court, which will take place on 4 May. The Marshal of the Court
announced yesterday that the Grand Ducal Court would be in mourning
for six weeks. © Grand-Ducal Court…
Because of her health, Her Royal Highness
Crown Princess Mette-Marit has chosen to switch out her annual
“literature train” to a more urban “literature metro”. Instead of
using some of Norway’s long and remote train lines to promote
literature to young people, she will use the metro-system in Oslo
city to reach the youth with her message. This was stated by the
Royal Court to the…
