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 Philip, Princess Sofia,
Princess Madeleine and Chris O’Neill. The day began with the
opening of the Royal Palace of…
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…
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 Germany invaded Greece, and he
spent the next four years in exile in Egypt and South Africa before
returning to Greece after the…
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…
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 Group.
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 it does follow a visit
to Slovakia in October 2010 by King Harald and Queen Sonja when
they were guests of the then…
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…
Yesterday, Prince Daniel of Sweden
visited Bäckahagens school in Bandhagen, Sweden, for the
purpose of getting children up and moving with his and Crown
Princess Victoria’s Gen Pep organisation. The Prince chose to visit
this school as it is part of the pilot programme…
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Prince Carl
Philip of Sweden were in Stockholm yesterday to attend the National
Veteran’s Memorial at Kungl Djurgården and mark the first time
Veterans Day was also recognised as a general flag day. Veterans
Day on 29 May was instituted as a nationally recognised day of
remembrance by the Swedish government in 2010 and received official
state status in 2012. Sweden has…
