Belgium

Nine-year-old gets to visit King Philippe at Royal Palace

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24th December 2016
A nine-year-old girl named Finn was given the opportunity to visit King Philippe of Belgium at the Royal Palace of Laeken (also called the Royal Castle of Laeken) in the Laeken neighbourhood of Brussels. Belgian news agency, Flanders News, released the one and a half minute video of Finn with the King of the Belgians on 23 December. With the video, they wrote, “It doesn’t happen very…
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Norway

60 royal guests to Norway in 2017

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20th December 2016
The Norwegian Royal Family goes from one jubilee-year to another year of anniversaries. Both King Harald and Queen Sonja celebrates their eightieth birthday in 2017. King Harald celebrates his birthday on 21 February, while Queen Sonja 4th of July. In the recent days, it has…
Sweden

Crown Princess Family of Sweden sends their Christmas wishes

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19th December 2016
The Crown Princess Family of Sweden has released their annual Christmas video this morning. The one minute video features Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel in Tyresta National Park with their two children, four-year-old Princess Estelle and nine-month-old Prince Oscar. The video shows the family of four dressed warmly and walking on a trail in the forest. They are then seen cooking…
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Sweden

Swedish royals host dinner for Nobel laureates

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12th December 2016
Yesterday evening, King Carl XVI Gustaf hosted the traditional dinner for the Nobel laureates at the Royal Palace of Stockholm. Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Prince Carl Philip, Princess Sofia, Princess Madeleine, and Christopher O’Neill were all in attendance at the dinner to honour the award winners. The Royal Family greeting the guests in Karl XV’s Gallery.
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Monaco

Monaco twins celebrate their second birthday

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10th December 2016
Their Serene Highnesses Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques of Monaco celebrated their second birthday in the small principality today but did so without their mother, Princess Charlene. Her Serene Highness is currently in India to participate in the “Laureates and…
Norway

King Harald owns stocks with a value of £18

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10th December 2016
His Majesty King Harald of Norway owns stocks with a value of £18. It is the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet (English: The Daily Magazine) that can report this today. Dagbladet is one the few magazines that has a negative attitude towards the royal house in Norway. They have in the recent years been on a perpetual quest to find out how much the Norwegian Royal Family owns and how much the Norwegian…
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