Spain

Queen Letizia highlights worthy cause with her fashion choice on first solo engagement of 2024

Queen Letizia has resumed her solo agenda for 2024 after proudly watching her daughter debut in the most important military ceremony in the Spanish calendar. And she has done so by once again making headlines for her choice of clothing. On 9th January, as Madrid is trapped in the cold embrace of an Arctic vortex, the Queen arrived at APRAMP Training Centre with a tweed jacket peeking under a…
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Luxembourg

Meet Europe's newest royal baby - and he's got a rather significant name

Europe has a brand new royal baby and he has been given a name to mark the special time of year that he made his debut.Luxembourg’s royals are celebrating as Prince Felix and Princess Claire welcomed their third child and second son on January 7th 2024 just as celebrations for Epiphany on January 6th came to an end.And they have given their new baby the name of one of the three kings…
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Spain

Princess Leonor attends Pascua Militar for the first time

The Princess of Asturias marked another milestone over the weekend: attending her first Pascua Militar alongside her parents, King Felipe and Queen Letizia.The traditional military event—which translates to ‘Military Easter’ in English—marks the solemn beginning…
Denmark

A day of destiny: the time that the abdication of Margrethe II will take place

In just a week’s time, Queen Margrethe II will abdicate and bring to an end a reign that has spanned over half a century. She will be succeeded immediately by her elder son, who will become Frederik X. It is a moment of history but the process that will see the throne pass between mother and son will be a simple and low key one.Arrival of a queenPhotographer Per Morten Abrahamsen for…
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Sweden

The princess who wore blue to say 'I do' at a royal wedding decades in the making

It’s one of my all time favourite royal wedding dresses and just a glimpse of it can make me feel ever so slightly emotional. For not only was the pale blue gown worn by a lass called Lilian from Swansea on a cold, December day in 1976 a masterclass in elegance and chic, it was also the wedding dress of a princess decades in the making. It’s now forty four years since Prince Bertil of…
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