Grand Duchess Maria Teresa made a two-day
humanitarian trip to Beirut, Lebanon on October 29th and October
30th. The Grand Duchess made this trip as part of the forum “Stand
Speak Rise Up – To end sexual violence in sensitive areas” that the
Grand Duchess in organising in Luxembourg for March 2019. On the
first day of the trip, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa met with
Lebanon’s…
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary to take part in an official business visit to Rome
1st November 2018
The Danish Royal Court has released the
programme for Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary’s
official business visit to Rome, Italy from 6th November to 8th
November. The tour will focus on solutions in health, climate
change, water and energy, urbanisation…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, who was
born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, spoke this week via
video at the FORMIC 2018 conference which took place
in Barranquilla, Colombia. Speaking in her native Spanish,
Máxima explained “how technology-led innovations…
Princess Marie to attend International Stop Wasting Food dinner
31st October 2018
On November 13th, Princess Marie will be
the guest of honour at a dinner hosted by the Stop Wasting Food
Movement. The international Stop Wasting Food Dinner will be hosted
by Selina Juul and the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Denmark
Henk Swarttouw and will focus on the fight against food waste. In
addition to Princess Marie, guests will include the Danish Minister
for Environment and Food…
On Tuesday, His Royal Highness Crown
Prince Haakon of Norway attended the funeral of one of Norway’s
greatest war heroes from the Second World War, Joachim Rønneberg.
The funeral was held in clear, sunny weather in Aalesund in the
western part of Norway where…
Norwegian Royal Family celebrate King Karl Johan with a series of lectures at Royal Palace
29th October 2018
This year marks 200 years since Karl
Johan became King of Norway and Sweden. This has been celebrated
with significant events in both nations, now separated from each
other, each having its own royal house. Although, both King Harald
of Norway and King Carl XVI Gustaf of…
Crown Prince Haakon has spoken out for
the first time since it was announced that his wife, Crown Princess
Mette-Marit is suffering from chronic pulmonary fibrosis. The
Norwegian Crown Prince said that the couple has received a lot of
support from the people and that it will help them in the future.
On Thursday, Crown Prince Haakon stepped out for the first time
since the announcement of Crown…
Continuing our series on princesses who
married commoners, we are taking a look at Princess Madeleine of
Sweden and her American-British husband, Christopher O’Neill. After
fleeing to New York City after a broken heart and engagement,
Madeleine met her soulmate in the…
This week Crown Princess Victoria and
Prince Daniel of Sweden were in Solna to attend a Gen Pep Forum at
Karolinska Institute. Organised by Generation Pep, the seminar and
workshop brought together more than 800 representatives from
politics, industry associations, research…
It was during the annual solemn
parliament dinner, held at the Royal Palace yesterday, that King
Harald spoke about both gender equality and the #MeToo movement.
His Majesty spoke about the historical high gender equality in
Norway, and said: “This year’s dinner is actually historic: Never
before have we had women cover the positions of Parliament
President, Supreme Court Justice and…
