Their Majesties The King and Queen and
Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of
Norway were all in Oslo yesterday for the presentation of the Nobel
Peace Prize for 2017, which was awarded to the International
Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The awards ceremony was
held in the Central Hall of Oslo City Hall, and the Peace Prize
Laureate was presented to ICAN…
Queen Sofía receives Juan Antonio Carrillo Salcedo to Human Rights Award
11th December 2017
Her MajestyQueen Sofía of Spain received
the first edition of the Juan Antonio Carrillo Salcedo to Human
Rights Award yesterday at theUniversity of Seville. She received
the award, which will be delivered every two years, from theRector
of the…
Following the death of His Majesty
King Michael of Romania, his oldest daughter, Crown Princess
Margareta has been made Head of the House of Romania. This
Saturday, the complete program for His Majesty’s funeral was
published in a press release from Romanian Royal…
The Swedish Royal Family stepped out in
full force to attend the annual Nobel Prize Ceremony. King Carl XVI
Gustaf handed out several Nobel Prizes at the Concert Hall in
Stockholm. Each year on 10 December, the Nobel Prizes are awarded.
The Nobel Peace Prize is traditionally awarded in Oslo, Norway. In
Sweden, King Carl XVI Gustaf hands out the Nobel Prizes
for Physics, Chemistry, Medicine…
Following the death of His Majesty King
Michael of Romania, his oldest daughter, Crown Princess Margareta
has been made Head of the House of Romania. The Crown Princess has
now released a statement regarding the Romanian Royal Family
following her father’s death. The…
Princess Margareta was born on 26
March 1949 as the eldest child of King Michael and Queen
Anne in Lausanne, Switzerland. She has four younger
sisters: Princess Elena, Princess Irina, Princess Sophie and
Princess Maria. Margareta was baptised into the Romanian
Orthodox…
Now that the dust has settled a bit with
the news that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are to marry in May
2018, we take a look back at how some other royal engagements have
been announced over the years. Belgium: In September 1999, the
Belgian Royal Palace announced that then-Prince Philippe was
engaged to fellow Belgian speech therapist Mathilde d’Udekem
d’Acoz. It came as a surprise…
His Late Majesty King Michael I of
Romania is to receive a state funeral at the Patriarchal Cathedral
in Bucharest, Romania. The Romanian government has said that they
will organise a state funeral “according to his rank and merits,”
the President of Romania…
Every royal family has its own
traditions. The Norwegian Royal Family uniquely celebrates
Christmas. They blend the ancient Norwegian Christmas traditions
with Christmas traditions they have brought with them from their
family from Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In…
Romania’s King Michael, who had recently
been diagnosed with cancer, has died at the age of 96 in
Switzerland. Last year, the former King was admitted to a clinic in
Lausanne, Switzerland, where he received constant treatment after
being in a severe stare of physical weakness, according to a
statement released by His Majesty’s press office. KING MICHAEL I OF
ROMANIA BY EMANUEL STOICA VIA…
