Queen Margrethe of Denmark’s sarcophagus
has been completed and been placed in Sankt Birgittas Chapel
in Roskilde Domkirke. It will be there that she will lay upon her
death alongside close to 40 Danish kings and queens going back to
the early Middle Ages up to present day – including her parents,
King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid. Construction began in 2003 in
what was initially a…
The Romanian Royal Family sends official congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
25th April 2018
Yesterday, Her Majesty Margareta,
Custodian of the Crown of Romania sent her official congratulations
to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in connection with the birth
of their third child. Regarding the congratulatory message, the
Royal House stated: “Her Majesty…
Watercolour paintings by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark on Greenland stamps
25th April 2018
One fact that is perhaps not as
well-known to the vast majority of the world regarding the
leadership of Denmark is the not-so-hidden talents of its leading
monarch. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark was born in April of 1940
during World War II. By the time she assumed the…
Day three is in the books for King Carl
XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden on their trip to Japan. Their
Majesties led separate programmes for the morning before reuniting
for events in the afternoon and evening. Yesterday morning, the
King attended a business forum while Queen Silvia participated in a
conference, organised by Swedish Care International, on
dementia where she spoke to those…
This week, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown
Princess Mette-Marit perform a four-day journey to the Baltic
nations to celebrate their 100 years as independent states after
they declared themselves independent from Russia in 1918.
Yesterday, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess…
It’s not just the third Cambridge baby
making his debut onto the royal scene this week: Andrea Casiraghi
and his wife Tatiana welcomed their third child in Monaco on
Thursday, 19 April. The news was first reported this weekend
exclusively by Vanity Fair Spain before Hola!
Norway's Royal Palace manager resigns following a serious breach of internal guidelines
24th April 2018
The manager of the Royal Palace in Oslo,
Ragnar Osnes, has chosen to resign his position with immediate
effect because of a breach in the Royal Court’s internal
guidelines. This was announced Monday evening in a press release
from the Norwegian Royal court. In the press release, the Lord
Chamberlain of the Norwegian Royal Court, Gry Mølleskog, stated:
“This breach of trust is serious, and…
King and Queen of Sweden greeted by Emperor and Empress of Japan in official welcome to country
24th April 2018
As their visit officially kicked off
yesterday, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden were
formally welcomed by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan
at the Museum Intermediate Theater in Tokyo in the morning. They
were then taken on a guided tour of the…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon
and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway started
their four-day visit to the three Baltic States today. As announced
earlier this year by the Norwegian Royal Court, Their Royal
Highnesses are travelling to the Baltic…
It has been announced that Crown Prince
Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway are undertaking an
official two-day visit to Estonia starting on Wednesday this week
to mark the country’s centennial. It comes as part of a larger
visit to the Baltic region which began in Latvia today and will
continue in Lithuania before concluding in Estonia. The three
countries are of great importance to…
