European Royals

Crown Prince Alexander congratulates Donald Trump

Yesterday, Royal Central reported that Prince Albert of Monaco had sent his congratulations to Donald Trump after he won the United States presidential election earlier in November. However, he was not the first royal to congratulate Mr Trump. Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia and Yugoslavia sent his congratulations to President-elect Trump the day after the election was over on 9…
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Denmark

Queen Margrethe attends military parade

Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark presented today The Queen`s Watch at a military parade on Barracks of the Danish Royal Guard in central Copenhagen. The Queen`s Watch is an award handed out each year by Queen Margrethe of Denmark. The award is given to a soldier who…
Sweden

Princess Birgitta of Sweden alive and well despite Spanish media reports

One of the largest Spanish multimedia groups, Vocento, incorrectly reported on several of its news sites last weekend that King Carl XVI Gustaf’s sister, Princess Birgitta, had committed suicide. Her Royal Highness currently lives in Mallorca, Spain. One of the reports said, “Surprised at not having seen the sister of King Carl Gustav in a week, and noting that her car was in the…
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Norway

Crown Prince Haakon attends award ceremony

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway attended the presentation of the award for “Role Model of the Year”. This occurs just a few days after the Crown Prince has returned from a four-day long official visit to Canada together with Crown Princess…
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Hereditary Grand Ducal Couple visit Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg

On Wednesday, 09th November 2016, Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg and his wife, Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg visited an art exhibition run by the Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg (CAL). Their Royal Highnesses were also joined at the exhibition by the Prime Minister, Xavier Bettel. The group explored each work of art intently, both the Hereditary Grand Duke and…
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The Netherlands

Princess Irene deeply hurt by new biography on Queen Juliana

Princess Irene, sister of former Queen Beatrix and aunt to current King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, is “deeply hurt” by the content of the new biography on her mother, Queen Juliana, which was accompanied by a TV documentary. She spoke on NPO Radio 2, “I find it to be a shocking book. It really hurt me”. The new Dutch-language biography of Queen Juliana (Juliana…
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