Sweden

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel end Middle Eastern trip in Lebanon

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20th October 2018
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden have concluded their Middle Eastern trip in Lebanon. The Crown Princess Couple arrived in Beruit alongside Swedish government council member, Lena Hallengren on 17 October. They were first welcomed at the Presidential Palace in Beirut by Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun. That evening they attended a dinner hosted by Lebanese Prime…
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European RoyalsSweden

King of Sweden presents Builder of the Year Awards

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19th October 2018
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden was on hand to distribute the Builder of the Year Awards this week at a ceremony in the Bernadotte Library at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. Established in 1999 and awarded annually, the prizes recognise international entrepreneurs living in Sweden that have achieved success in their field of business. Meant to identify excellence and create role models, the awards…
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Norway

King Harald and Queen Sonja arrive in Shanghai

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18th October 2018
On Wednesday, King Harald and Queen Sonja left the capital of China after meeting China’s President on Tuesday. King Harald and Queen Sonja took the train from Beijing to Shanghai. The royals took the train to see how Chinese high-speed train technology works. The train had a top speed of 347 kilometres per hour for a distance of 1380 km; it took the royals 4.5 hours to make the…
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The Netherlands

Princess Mabel of Orange launches VOW to end child marriage

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17th October 2018
Twelve million girls a year are forced to marry before the age of 18. That’s one in five women worldwide or a girl every three seconds. 650,000,000 of the women who are alive today were forced to get married as a child. Princess Mabel van Oranje, the sister-in-law of King Willem-Alexander, has co-launched VOW For Girls, a new initiative to put an end to child marriage worldwide. Princess…
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