European RoyalsOtherThe Netherlands

Dutch Council of State confirms Hugo Klynstra's right to name and princely title

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28th February 2018
The Dutch Council of State has confirmed Hugo Klynstra’s right to carry the name and princely title of his father, Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma. Hugo Klynstra is the illegitimate son of Prince Carlos, who is a cousin of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, and Brigitte Klynstra. Placing the case before the Council of State was the Duke of Parma’s final chance of an appeal. What…
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Serbia

Royal Baby Alert! Princess Danica gives birth to a son

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25th February 2018
The Royal Palace in Belgrade has announced that Her Royal Highness Princess Danica has given birth to her and her husband, Prince Philip’s first child, a son named Stefan. The child was born in Belgrade this morning  at 10:30 am local time. Both the Princess and her son are doing well. The son’s weight and length has not been released. He will be styled His Royal Highness Prince Stefan of…
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Denmark

Crown Prince Frederik to act as regent while Queen Margrethe takes holiday death of Prince Henrik

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24th February 2018
Crown Prince Frederik will act as regent of Denmark while his mother, the recently-widowed Queen Margrethe, takes a two-week winter holiday beginning Monday, the Royal Household revealed. Prince Henrik, the Queen’s husband of 50 years, died on 13 February after a short illness. He’d been diagnosed with dementia last fall, and rushed back to Copenhagen in January from his annual trip to Egypt…
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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 to have a gun salute from 11 fortresses in Norway for the birthdays of King Harald, Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon and…
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