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 Royal Highnesses! Long live
our Princes!”. Prince Stefan, Princess Danica and Prince Philip
with Stefan’s godparents…
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and the Mary Foundation donate to Afghanistan women's crisis centre
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…
His Majesty King Harald prepares to
approve changes in the government. This happens following the
announcement from the government recently which declared that they
are close to presenting a new government to the Norwegian people.
Last autumn, the Christian People’s Party…
Over the weekend, Dutch Prince
Constantijn questioned social media discourse in a
tweet. Prince Constantijn, who is a younger brother to King
Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, commented on a retweet about
civil disagreements on social media. Constantijn retweeted Peter
Burger’s tweet which shared an interview with political
scientist Rebekah Tromble, who discussed “intolerance and…
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…
Prince Daniel of Sweden has apologised
for comments he made in SVT’s annual programme “Året med
kungafamiljen” (or “Year with the Royal Family” in English). In
this year’s feature, Prince Daniel played in an ice hockey game in
his hometown of Ockelbo to open up…
The Austrian Catholic Church yesterday
began a year of honour to mark the 500th anniversary of the death
of Maximilian I, founder of Austria’s Catholic Habsburg Empire. As
Austria has sought to distance itself from its Christian past and
national history in recent decades, this decision to publicly
honour the former Catholic ruler marks a noteworthy change in
mainstream Austrian culture. Dubbed…
King Carl XVI Gustaf briefed on Sweden's ongoing government crisis by the Parliament Speaker
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…
Charlotte Casiraghi, 32, and her
boyfriend, Dimitri Rassam, 37, have released a joint statement
to People denying reports that surfaced earlier this month
that the couple’s relationship has come to an end. In the
statement, the couple made a “formal denial of all the…
Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg's father has died at the age of 96
11th January 2019
Count Philippe de Lannoy, the father of
Princess Stéphanie, the Hereditary Grand Duchess of
Luxembourg, has died at the age of 96. The Grand Ducal House of
Luxembourg released the following statement, “It is with great
sadness that Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and the Grand
Duchess announce the death of the Count of Lannoy, father of the
Hereditary Grand Duchess, which occurred on…
