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…
His Royal Highness Grand Duke Jean of
Luxembourg was hospitalised a few days ago according to the Grand
Ducal Court. The doctors of His Royal Highness are satisfied with
his progress and are confident he will make a full recovery. In a
press release, the Grand Ducal Court…
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
has called for the return of reason in his annual Christmas speech.
“Celebrating Christmas can be confrontational and make us think.
Close to the place where the crib once stood, there is now fear and
violence. The hardships of…
Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden has
been released from hospital. In a press release, the Swedish Royal
Court said, “The Queen has left Danderyd Hospital and is back home
at Drottningholm Palace. The Queen has recovered and is feeling
well under the circumstances.” In a text message to Expressen, the
Royal Court’s Director of Information and Press
Department, Margareta Thorgren…
