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 with Queen
Margrethe. When the Danish Queen held the annual New Year
gala-dinner for diplomats and politicians earlier this…
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…
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 article (the speech is in Norwegian). Both
King Harald and Queen Sonja will celebrate their 80th birthday in
2017. “This…
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…
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 release, “Lerato Letube grew up with her single
mother in Langa. Her father abandoned the family when Lerato was
little.
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…
We have compiled a list of events and
photos from the European royal houses, for our readers to enjoy and
look back on. Events from January through May are featured below.
January: King Harald and Queen Sonja celebrated 25 years on
the Norwegian throne. They became the King and Queen of Norway on
17 January 1991 after the death of Harald’s father, King Olav V.
The Royal Court released…
