His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has attended a seminar on Swedish security politics today. The seminar is organised by the organisation “People and Defence” and are regarded as Sweden’s most important forum for discussions on security politics, defence and Swedish war preparedness. The seminar started on Sunday and lasts until tomorrow, but the King was present only…
In recent months, many rumours have been circulating about the Danish Royal Family, especially the Danish Queen, Margrethe II and her husband, Prince Henrik. It is almost a year since Prince Henrik chose to retire, and after his retirement has he rarely been seen in public…
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark has received the North Jutland media anniversary award. The award was handed out to the Queen in connection with the 250 years anniversary of “the North Jutland Media” in a large-scale ceremony in the House of Music in the Danish…
Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine of Denmark celebrated their 6th birthday today. They are the youngest children of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark. They have an older brother, Prince Christian (b. 15 October 2005) and an older sister, Princess Isabella (b. 21 April 2007).
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine. Photo: Pernille Rohde, PR…
New Year’s Eve is the evening many people associate with a good dinner and fireworks. For the last 71 years His Majesty The King’s Speech has also been a tradition for the Norwegian people, first on radio, now on TV. See the entire speech in the bottom of the…
A new photo of the entire Swedish Royal Family was released today by the Swedish Royal Court to mark the end of 2016. The photo was taken by Anna-Lena Ahlström this past summer in July at Solliden Palace.
Solliden is the official summer residence of the Swedish Royal…
Part 3 of our look back at the European royals in 2016 covers September through December.
September:
The month of September was very busy and had the christening of Prince Alexander of Sweden, Princess Madeleine and Queen Silvia making a young girl’s dream come true, the Norwegian royals hosting a garden party and viewing of the film The King’s Choice in Jubilee Park, various royals…
A young girl namedLerato Letube,who is from Langa, Cape Town, South Africa, has received the Queen’s Young Leadership Award by Her Majesty The Queen. Her Majesty awarded Lerato at Buckingham Palace earlier this year.
Project Playground said in a press…
In a continuation of our series of the memorable moments of 2016 in the European royal houses, we have events from June through August below.
June:
The month of June saw Sweden’s National Day and the King and Queen travel to Bhutan, Queen Máxima opened the…
The Belgian Royal Court has announced that Her Majesty Queen Paola of Belgium has been admitted to the Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc in Brussels after suffering a vertebral fracture from a fall. It added that the fracture did not cause any neurological complicates but that her recovery will take several months.
Queen Paola is the wife of the abdicated King Albert II of Belgium. She was…
