BelgiumEuropean RoyalsLuxembourg

Queen Mathilde joins Luxembourg royals for the funeral of Philippe de Lannoy

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16th January 2019
Queen Mathilde of Belgium has joined the Luxembourg royals in Hainaut, Belgium today for the funeral of Count Philippe de Lannoy, the father of Princess Stéphanie, the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and a Belgian born noble. Queen Mathilde represented her husband, who is a first cousin of the Princess’s father-in-law, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Embed from Getty Images The…
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Serbia

Double royal birthday in Serbia

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15th January 2019
January 15th sees a double royal birthday in Serbia as twins, Prince Alexander and Prince Philip, turn 37. The princes have already received congratulations with the monarchist lobby group, the Kingdom of Serbia Association, writing on its webpage: “Happy birthday Your…
Denmark

Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and the Mary Foundation donate to Afghanistan women's crisis centre

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15th January 2019
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, through her namesake foundation The Mary Foundation (or Mary Fonden in Danish), has donated to an Afghanistan women’s crisis centre after hearing a TV 2 programme reporter’s account from the country. The Crown Princess heard TV 2 correspondent Simi Jan’s troubling report on Fatima during November’s Children’s Day in…
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European RoyalsThe Netherlands

King Willem-Alexander and family move into Huis ten Bosch

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13th January 2019
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander, Her Majesty Queen Máxima and their three daughters officially moved into Huis ten Bosch in The Hague today. Early this morning, the royal standard was raised over the palace. The Huis ten Bosch Palace is one of the three palaces made available by the state to the Royal Family. The others are Noordeinde Palace in The Hague and the Royal Palace in Amsterdam. It…
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Sweden

King Carl XVI Gustaf briefed on Sweden's ongoing government crisis by the Parliament Speaker

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12th January 2019
His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden was personally briefed about the ongoing government crisis in Sweden by the parliament speaker, Andreas Norlén. The meeting took place at the royal palace in Stockholm. Work to form a new government in the country has been stalled since the election on 9 September. The reason is that neither the bourgeois block nor the red-green group will negotiate with…
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