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…
King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and Princess Margriet to honour Olympic medal winners
25th February 2018
It has been announced in the Netherlands,
that the medal winners from both the Winter Olympics and
Paralympics will be presented to King Willem-Alexander, Queen
Máxima and Princess Margriet on the 23rd March at the Noordeinde
Palace. This will be the culmination of…
Hereditary Prince Ernst August of Hanover and his wife have first child
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…
Crown Prince Frederik to act as regent while Queen Margrethe takes holiday death of Prince Henrik
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…
Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie visit Berlin and Potsdam
21st February 2018
On Monday, Hereditary Grand Duke
Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie, along with
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, were in Germany for a
short official visit with a focus on Luxembourg’s arts. The visit
started in Potsdam where the couple…
Queen Margrethe releases statement following the death of her husband
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…
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…
In his last romantic gesture for his
beloved wife of 50 years, Prince Henrik of Denmark had it planned
that the flowers at his funeral in Christiansborg Palace Church be
organised as a “blooming garden” in a moving surprise for Queen
Margrethe. The…
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…
His Royal Highness Prince Henrik’s
funeral has taken place in Copenhagen this morning. It was streamed
lived on Denmark’s DR television channel. In accordance with His
Royal Highness’s wishes, it was a private funeral with just close
friends and family. Roughly 60 people were in attendance at
Christiansborg Palace Church including Queen Margrethe, Crown
Prince Frederik and Crown…
