On Tuesday, His Majesty King Harald of
Norway participated in the events in memory of the Liberation Day
and the National Veterans Day at Akershus fortress in Oslo. Every
year, 8 May is a day where Norway honours all veterans, from World
War II and up to today’s international operations while they mark
the liberation from the German occupation in 1945. The Norwegian
Royal Family has long…
The Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg
marked the closing of the Octave on Sunday with a series of
traditional events in Luxembourg City including a morning
Pontifical Mass at the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Luxembourg.
Following the mass, the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess spoke…
The annual Met Gala was held in New York
last night, and royalty joined the best of the fashion and
celebrity world as they walked down the red carpet. Princess
Beatrice, the grand-daughter of Queen Elizabeth, joined in the fun
taking to this year’s theme of Heavenly…
In a little over a month, Princess
Adrienne of Sweden will become a member of the Swedish Lutheran
Church when she is christened. Now the Swedish Royal Court has
already released some details of the ceremony. Here’s everything
you need to know about the upcoming christening. The Ceremony
Princess Adrienne Josephine Alice, the third child of Princess
Madeleine and Chris O’Neill, will be…
The Dutch King and Queen took part in a
two-minute silence on Friday to remember the atrocities of World
War II and commemorate those who died in the war and other armed
conflicts. Also attending the commemoration was Dutch Prime
Minister Mark Rutte. The silence took place…
King Carl XVI Gustaf usually hands out
all the Nobel Prizes except for the Peace Prize in December.
However, this year, the Swedish Academy, who nominates the
candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature, has decided not to
hand out the prize. This is due to a severe…
Last week it was announced that King
Harald of Norway had to go on medical leave the rest of last week
following pain in his foot. On Monday, the King was back at work;
now he has performed his first official task in public following
the medical leave. On Friday, His Majesty was present during the
Norwegian school’s singing day at the Oslo Concert Hall. The Oslo
Philharmonic gave perfect…
Yesterday to mark His Highness Prince
Henrik of Denmark’s ninth birthday, the Royal Danish House, as per
tradition, released two new photos of the Prince. They were taken
by Keld Navntoft at an unknown location. Henrik is the son of
Prince Joachim and Princess Marie…
Princess Astrid of Belgium hasn’t carried
out a single official engagement since the 20th of February. Now
the Belgian Royal Palace has confirmed the Princess is suffering
from severe sleep problems and is taking some mandatory rest now.
This year Princess Astrid of…
Princess Margriet, sister of former Queen
Beatrix and aunt to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands,
opened a new exhibition on emigration to Canada at the Open Air
Museum in Arnhem called “We are going to Canada.” The exhibition
hopes to present the dilemmas facing potential emigrants in the
1950s. The exhibition is sponsored by the Heersink
family, who emigrated to Canada with…
