As is tradition, King Carl XVI Gustaf’s
birthday was celebrated yesterday morning and afternoon in the
Outer Courtyard of Stockholm Palace. The event began at 11:15 with
many gathering to hear the Swedish Royal Navy and Army’s band
performing a music programme highlighting the sounds of the band
Swedish House Mafia – including the famous tune “Don’t You Worry…
His Majesty King Harald V of Norway is
today back at work as monarch of Norway again after he had to take
a few days of medical leave last week as a result of pain in the
foot. Even though His Majesty is back to work today, he has no
official duties before…
On 26 April, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa
of Luxembourg hosted an audience at the Grand Ducal Palace. She met
with Hanan Al Hroub who received in 2016, the “Global Teacher
Prize”, which is the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for Teaching, by
the Varkey…
Happy birthday to Princess Benedikte of Denmark - take a look at her extraordinary life so far
29th April 2018
Her Royal Highness Benedikte Astrid
Ingeborg Ingrid, Princess of Denmark, was born on 29 April 1944 at
Frederik VIII’s Palace, in the Amalienborg Complex, Copenhagen.
Having been born during World War II, Denmark was in the middle of
Nazi occupation, which made impossible for the Danish Armed Forces
to celebrate the birth with the traditional 21-gun salute
associated with royal births. One…
The Royal Danish House released its
Annual Report for 2017 late last week, outlining the activities of
the Danish Royal Family. There was a deficit of 2.8 million krone,
which the Royal House says “can be attributed to the extraordinary
expenses of the Royal Danish House…
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel mark Latvia's 100th anniversary of renewed independence
29th April 2018
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel
have visited Latvia to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the
restoration of the country’s independence. The pair will also be
travelling to Lithuania and Estonia later this year. On Friday
morning the Crown Princess Couple was…
Three anonymous witnesses have told the
Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet that they have witnessed Crown
Princess Victoria being sexually harassed by Jean-Claude Arnault, a
Swedish cultural figure. The Royal Court does not wish to comment.
For weeks now, newspapers in Sweden have been full of the crisis
surrounding the Swedish Academy. Royal Central has reported earlier
on this crisis. The…
New photos of one-month-old Princess Adrienne of Sweden released by her mother, Princess Madeleine
28th April 2018
Princess Madeleine of Sweden has shared
three new official images of her one-month-old daughter, Princess
Adrienne on her Facebook and Instagram accounts. They were taken
by Erika Gerdemark and feature the newborn, her mother and her
father, Chris O’Neill. There was…
Crown Princess Victoria completed one of
her latest hikes through the Swedish landscape, this time in snowy
Lapland. It took place on Wednesday, 25 April in Tärnaby and
Hemavan and was Her Royal Highness’s seventh hike through Sweden.
Victoria’s day began at…
It was announced yesterday by the
Norwegian Royal Court that King Harald is on medical leave, due to
pain in his foot. Crown Prince Haakon commented on this when he met
the Norwegian press during the last day of his Baltic trip.Since
the medical leave was announced, it has also been announced that
His Majesty will only be away from his work the rest of this week.
King Harald is, therefore…
