King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia
hosted a dinner at the Royal Palace on Thursday evening for the 432
members of Parliament and government. Crown Princess Victoria and
Prince Daniel, and Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia also
attended the dinner, which is held every time there is a
parliamentary election. Photo: Sara Friberg / Kungl. Royal Court
The dinner also included a concert…
The British royals are not the only
royals who have sent condolence messages and condemned the terror
attack in Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday. Denmark’s Queen, the
King and Queen of the Netherlands, Sweden’s King and a Jordanian
Queen as well as others have…
King Willem-Alexander attends aviation centenary celebrations and strikes new commemorative gold coin
15th March 2019
On the occasion of the centenary
celebrations of Dutch aviation, KLM – National airline of the
Netherlands, NLR – Dutch Aerospace Center – and GKN Fokker
Technologies, the successors of the civil aviation manufacturers
founded originally in 1919 hosted an event…
Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the
Netherlands has undergone a minor and planned operation. The
details of the operation have not been announced but the Queen has
been ordered to rest, and so she will miss the NLDoet volunteer
event today and tomorrow. She usually joins her husband and other
members of the family for the annual event. Queen Máxima is
expected to return to work next week. King…
King Harald approves new Justice Minister following the arrest of former minister’s partner
15th March 2019
In an ordinary council of state this
morning at the Royal Palace in Oslo, King Harald of Norway approved
a new temporary minister of justice. The appointment took place
following the arrest of the partner of the incumbent justice
minister. The Minister of Justice, Tor Mikkel…
Queen Letizia of Spain has joined Prince
Charles for an evening event at the National Gallery in London.
Traffic delays meant that the Queen kept the Prince of Wales
waiting for 20 minutes, but he did not seem to mind as he took a
sneak peek at the exhibit ahead of her…
Crown Princess Mary has been announced as
the successor to the late Prince Henrik as the Royal Patron of
Copenhagen Zoo. Prince Henrik had been the patron of the zoo since
1972 until his passing in 2018, but there have been connections
between the Danish Royal Family and the Zoo since its inception in
1859. At one hundred and sixty years old it is one of the oldest
zoos in Europe. The zoo was…
Yesterday, in the Inner Courtyard of the
Royal Palace in Stockholm, Crown Princess Victoria celebrated her
name day, as she does each year. Her husband, Prince Daniel and
their two children, seven-year-old Princess Estelle and
three-year-old Prince Oscar also attended as the…
Norwegian Royal Family joined by Danish Queen Margrethe at traditional ski jump at Holmenkollen
11th March 2019
Members of the Norwegian Royal Family
were joined by Queen Margrethe of Denmark yesterday at the
traditional ski jump at Holmenkollen. Queen Margrethe is currently
on her annual holiday in Norway and decided to visit her Norwegian
counterparts for a few winter sports. Her…
Amalienborg is celebrating 225 years as a
Danish royal residence. The Amalienborg Palace complex is where the
Queen and Crown Prince Family reside in Copenhagen, as have eight
former kings since 1794. Today marks exactly 225 years since King
Christian VII moved into Amalienborg after a devastating fire
destroyed Christiansborg Palace leaving only the Riding Line
system. Initially meant to be…
