European Royals

Hereditary Prince Ernst August of Hanover and his wife have first child

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25th February 2018
Hereditary Prince Ernst August of Hanover and his wife, Hereditary Princess Ekaterina of Hanover have just become parents for the first time, according to Dana Press. Ekaterina gave birth to a daughter on 22 February 2018. No name has been announced yet. The couple has been married since July of last year. His father did not attend the wedding; he is reportedly not happy with his son’s…
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Denmark

Queen Margrethe releases statement following the death of her husband

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21st February 2018
Queen Margrethe of Denmark has released a statement following the death of her husband, Prince Henrik, in which she thanks people for their sympathies. In the statement, Her Majesty talks about how moving the occasion has been, and how the well-wishes of the Danish people have been thankfully received. In full, The Queen said: “For me and my family, it has been deeply moving to experience…
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Norway

Happy Birthday King Harald!

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21st February 2018
His Majesty King Harald of Norway is 81-years-old today. To mark the King’s birthday, a 21-gun salute was fired today at noon from the cannons at Akershus Fortress in Oslo. Many people had turned up to watch the tribute in honour of the King. It is tradition in Norway…
Sweden

New pictures for Princess Leonore's fourth birthday

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20th February 2018
Princess Leonore of Sweden, Duchess of Gotland, is celebrating her fourth birthday today with her family in Stockholm. She is the older child and only daughter of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and her husband, Christopher O’Neill. As is a tradition in the Swedish Royal Family, new photos of the Princess, wearing a Marie-Chantal silk dress (the clothing brand by Crown Princess Marie-Chantal…
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The Netherlands

King Willem-Alexander: "Story about Amalia going to China is total nonsense"

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16th February 2018
Earlier this week, a story broke Princess Catharina-Amalia of Orange might finish her education in China. King Willem-Alexander has commented saying the story is total nonsense. A couple of days ago the well respected Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf wrote a story about the first in line to the throne, Princess Amalia going to finish her final years of secondary school in China and thus follow in her…
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