Following the recent wedding of Princess
Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, we take a look at other princesses who
have married commoners. Here is the story of Crown Princess
Victoria of Sweden who married personal trainer and gym owner
Daniel Westling in 2010. The future prince was born Olof Daniel
Westling on 15 September 1973 in Örebro, Sweden. He
experienced a very middle-class upbringing: his…
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…
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel
of Sweden have completed their visit to Jordan as part of their
Middle East trip to the Hashemite Kingdom and Lebanon. Their Royal
Highnesses were in Amman, Jordan, from 15 through 17 October before
moving on to Lebanon today. …
On Tuesday, His Majesty King Felipe of
Spain attended a ceremony to commemorate the 60th anniversary of
the Fulbright Program in Spain. After arriving at the ceremony, His
Majesty was escorted to the auditorium where he got to see the
jubilee short movie about the Fulbright Program. His Majesty the
King was accompanied by Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Josep
Borrell, the Ambassador of the…
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…
It was officially confirmed by the Danish
Royal House’s Head of Communications, last Wednesday, 10 October,
that Prince Nikolai of Denmark has given up of his two-year
military training at the Royal Danish Army’s Sergeant School.
He would become a Lieutenant of the…
Tuesday began when King Harald and Queen
Sonja attended a seminar on the economic partnership between Norway
and China. His Majesty the King opened the business seminar
“Norway-China Business Summit 2018: Pioneering Sustainable
Solutions”. During the symposium, 24 new cooperation
agreements between Norway and China were signed in the presence of
Their Majesties. During the King’s opening…
The ongoing state visit from Norway to
China is going well. Following a couple of days in the city of
Dunhuang, King Harald and Queen Sonja arrived in Beijing late on
Saturday evening. In Beijing on Sunday, the King and Queen
highlighted welfare development. This work…
After several days in western China, the
Norwegian King and Queen arrived in Beijing late Saturday evening.
This is another stop on their nine-day state visit to China. Sunday
marked the first day of engagements in the east-Asian country.
Their Majesties were solemnly…
Queen Sofía of Spain attended the
canonisation ceremony for Pope Paul VI on Sunday at St.
Peter’s Square in the Vatican City. Her Majesty attended
the Solemn Mass in the Plaza de San Pedro where His Holiness
Pope Francis canonised Pope Paul VI. Slain Salvadoran
Archbishop Oscar Romero was also canonised. Other famous faces at
the religious ceremony were the President of Italy, Sergio…
