The Swedish Royal Court has announced the
godparents for Princess Adrienne this morning. Princess Adrienne is
the third child of Princess Madeleine and her American-British
husband, Chris O’Neill. She will be christened tomorrow at the
Royal Chapel of Drottningholm Palace. The ceremony is taking place
on her parents’ fifth wedding anniversary and the same day that her
older sister was…
Queens of Belgium and Spain attend inaugural session of the XII edition of the "European Development Days"
6th June 2018
Queen Mathilde of Belgium and Queen
Letizia of Spain attended the inaugural session of the XII
edition of the “European Development Days 2018” on Tuesday in
Brussels, Belgium. This forum is the largest in Europe for
international cooperation and development.
The Swedish Royal Family took part in the
annual National Day celebrations today in Stockholm and
Strömsholm. The royals making appearances today were King Carl
XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel,
Princess Estelle, Prince Oscar, Prince Carl…
Following years of tradition, the Swedish
Royal Court has released an image of Princess Estelle and Prince
Oscar for National Day this morning. As usual, young Estelle is
dressed in the yellow, blue and white national dress of Sweden; she
will appear alongside her parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles
later today in a carriage procession in the outfit matching all the
other female members of the…
Southern Norway is now in an unusually
warm period. A heat wave has hit the country and has lasted almost
a month with temperatures of 30-32 degrees Celsius during the
daytime. This is quite different from what the southern parts of
Norway generally has – very low…
On the occasion of His Majesty King
Constantine of Greece’s birthday today, we look back on the
monarch’s life, his time on the throne, time in exile and return to
Greece. King Constantine was born on 2 June 1940 in Athens. He was
only one-year-old when Italy and…
Wednesday of this week Her Majesty
Margareta, custodian of the crown of Romania and her husband Prince
Radu attended a ceremony where a new book about King Michael was
presented. A large audience took part in the event. Following the
book-launch, a short concert was held in memory of the king.
Camelia Csiki, co-author of the book and historian spoke about the
new book together with Corinthian…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of
Norway attended on Wednesday the Entrepreneur’s Market in Oslo at
the Lillo Estate and Farm. It is the second consecutive year in
which the Entrepreneur’s Market is organised at Lillo Farm by the
industry company, The AF…
An announcement has been made by the
Norwegian Foreign Ministry that King Harald has invited President
Andrei Kiska of Slovakia for a State Visit next week, he is due to
visit Norway between the 4th and 6th June. This is the first
official visit of a Slovakian President, but…
Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the
Netherlands arrived in Mumbai yesterday to continue her official
visit to India as United Nations Secretary General’s Special
Advocate for Inclusive Finance and Development. The four-day trip
began on Monday in New Delhi where the Queen met with UN
representatives and had a sit down with Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. The PM’s office released a…
