After a long winter in Norway with a lot
of snow, it is finally spring again in the castle park around the
palace in Oslo. All the flowers have not yet come out of their
winter sleep, but gardeners and workers at the royal court and the
royal gardening-team are in the process of transforming the castle
park into Oslo’s most beautiful park. The trails are restored after
a hard winter. Photo…
Queen Silvia of Sweden has purchased the
first Mayflower pin of the year, as she traditionally
does. The sale of this year’s pin began yesterday, 12
April. The 2018 pins are gold and black with a pearl in the
middle. The Queen, who always looks forward to this event…
A lifelike doll of Dutch Princess
Catharina-Amalia (or Amalia for short) is going on display in
Amsterdam at the Art Dolls Expo this weekend. Amalia is
the eldest daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima and
holds the title of Princess of Orange. The 69…
Former Belgian Queen Paola attended the
Lost in Migration conference on Wednesday 11 April. This, the
second conference of its kind, took place in the Belgian capital of
Brussels. The 80-year-old royal paid a visit to the event as a
member of the Patron’s Council of Missing Children Europe, helping
the organisation in the fight against child disappearances and
abductions and in protecting…
King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown
Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel and Princess Sofia have attended
the annual Global Child Forum at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.
This year there was a special royal guest, Princess Laurentien of
the Netherlands. On Wednesday the 10th…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands attended
the conference of the International MS Federation (MSIF) yesterday
afternoon and later paid a working visit to the MS
(multiple sclerosis) Expertise Centre of care institute,
Nieuw Unicum in Zandvoort. The Queen heard about new…
Princess Madeleine comes off maternity leave for World Childhood Foundation meeting with Queen Silvia
12th April 2018
On Tuesday, Princess Madeleine of Sweden
came off maternity leave for the day to attend a World Childhood
Foundation (WCF) International Council meeting alongside her
mother, Queen Silvia at the Royal Palace. International Council
meetings take place several times a year with representatives from
the offices of Childhood across the globe in attendance to
share experiences and discuss common…
The King of Sweden, His Majesty Carl XVI
Gustaf, is the highest patron of the Swedish Academy. As the
institution is now experiencing one of its worst crisis in history,
the King has involved himself in trying to help out. The crisis
started in November of last year when the…
King Juan Carlos of Spain has returned
home from hospital after having surgery on his right knee last
week. As he left the private Sanitas La Moraleja University Clinic
yesterday, he was in good spirits and joked to the media, “I will
not be able to run 100 metres…
The Swedish Royal Court has announced
that Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel will visit Latvia,
Estonia and Lithuania in 2018. They will be visiting the countries
to mark the 100th anniversary of the countries independence or
renewed independence. The first country the Crown Princess Couple
will visit is Latvia on the 27 April. The Swedish Royal Court has
already released the…
