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 Thursday. Nevertheless, it is right to
assume that although the King has no official duties before
Thursday, some paperwork is expected for the…
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 Foundation. The Global…
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…
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 incurred during the past year,”
and the debt was carried over into net capital. Queen Margrethe –
or in her absence, Crown…
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…
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 no image of the now family of five
with Madeleine and Chris’s older children, Princess Leonore and
Prince Nicolas. In the posts…
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…
Willem–Alexander Claus George Ferdinand
was born in the Utrecht at University Medical Centre on 27 April
1967. He is the oldest child of (the former Queen) Princess Beatrix
and German diplomat Claus Von Amsberg. King Willem- Alexander is
the first grandchild of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. He was
baptised on 2 September 1967 in St Jacob’s Church in the Hague. His
godparents are Prince…
