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…
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…
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…
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 journey. Norway…
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…
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 Mabel…
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…
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 continued on Monday, add
a little winter sport, and you get happy Norwegians and Chinese.
Monday began when King Harald and Queen…
