BelgiumEuropean Royals

King Philippe visits Liege after shooting

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29th May 2018
King Philippe of the Belgians has travelled to Liege this afternoon after a shooting where two female police officers and passerby were killed by a 31-year-old prisoner from Rochefort who had been granted leave just yesterday. The King is there with Prime Minister Charles Michel and is currently being updated on the situation. The man attacked the two policers with a knife, managed to grab their…
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Sweden

Princess Madeleine takes Princess Leonore to celebrate Childhood Day

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27th May 2018
Princess Madeleine of Sweden took her four-year-old daughter, Princess Leonore to Childhood Day celebrations today at Gröna Lund – Sweden’s oldest amusement park. It was not confirmed but expected that she would bring either Princess Leonore, her two-year-old brother, Prince Nicolas or both as it is Mother’s day in Sweden. Childhood Day is an annual event that raises money for…
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Denmark

Who is Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark?

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26th May 2018
Crown Prince Frederik, the heir to the Danish throne, was born on the 26May 1968 the elder child of the then Crown Princess Margarethe and her late husband, Prince Henrik. He was christened just under a month later in the Holmans Kirk in Copenhagen; he was given the…
Denmark

New photo of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark released in celebration of 50th birthday today

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26th May 2018
A new photo was released this morning by the Royal Danish House of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark in celebration of his 50th birthday today. It was taken by Franne Voigt. This isn’t the first image released by the Danish Royal House for Frederik’s 50th birthday. Two others were released earlier this year; one shows the Crown Prince in his gala uniform while the other shows him in…
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The Netherlands

Who is Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands?

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25th May 2018
Princess Laurentien is the wife of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, and hence, the sister-in-law of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. She was born on 25th May 1966 in Leiden, the daughter of a former Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Laurens Brinkhorst. Though she is known as Princess Laurentien, her first name is Petra; Laurentien is a portmanteau middle name made from her mother…
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