Norway

Princess Ingrid Alexandra to be confirmed in August

The Royal Court of Norway has announced that Princess Ingrid Alexandra will be confirmed in the Palace Church in Oslo. The ceremony will take place on August 31st 2019.  The Princess, second in line to the Norwegian throne, is taking confirmation education in Asker church under the leadership of priest Tor Øystein Vaaland and acting parish priest Karoline Astrup. The Royal Palace also announced…
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Denmark

Danish Royal Run to return

The Royal Run in Denmark, set up last year as a celebration of Crown Prince Frederik’s 50th birthday, is to return this year after last year’s success. There were over 70,000 Danes who took part last year in Denmark’s five largest cities. The Royal Danish…
Denmark

Crown Princess Mary forced to cancel engagements because of plane problems

Following the traditional New Year’s receptions, her last public appearances, Crown Princess Mary was supposed to go back to work today with two events in Aarhus. In the morning, she was expected to open the new psychiatry unit of Aarhus’ University Hospital before going on to inaugurate the TrygFonden’s Family House at the Neurocenter in Hammel, a town near Aarhus. But Crown…
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Serbia

Double royal birthday in Serbia

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…
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The Netherlands

Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands questions social media discourse

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…
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