Norway’s biggest drug trial in history is
now in the Norwegian courts. The main defendant in the case,
Gjermund Cappelen, has pleaded guilty in importing several tonnes
of hashish to Norway and claims he has had help to this by the
police officer Eric Jensen. During the trial, many unknown stories
have been revealed – including new information on the theft of a
number of royal antiques…
Princess Madeleine of Sweden has shared
several new personal photos of her children, Princess Leonore and
Prince Nicolas with a 2017 greeting. Prince Nicolas in the Swiss
Alps. Photo: Princess Madeleine via her official Facebook With the
four images, Madeleine said…
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…
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.
