In autumn of 2016, the Swedish court made
public the sad news that Princess Christina, the youngest of King
Carl XVI Gustaf’s three older sisters, is suffering from chronic
leukaemia. Now, for the first time since the announcement, Queen
Silvia of Sweden has spoken publicly about the effect of the
devastating news of her sister-in-law’s diagnosis. In a
conversation with Swedish Women’s…
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…
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…
Six new photographs were released by the
Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg with the announcement of the name
of Prince Félix and Princess Claire’s 9-day-old son. All of
the images were taken by Prince Liam’s proud grandmother, Grand
Duchess Maria Teresa. Prince Felix, Princess Claire, Princess
Amalia, and Prince Liam. © 2016 Grand Ducal Court / private photo
S.A.R. la Grande-Duchesse…
Count Henri d’Udekem d’Acoz, an
uncle of Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, has been convicted of
running a scam by a court in Kortrijk in Belgium. He has been
convicted to six months probation and a fine of 1375 euros. “They
worked in tandem to extort money from my…
Prince Albert II gave his family, and the
people of Monaco a nice Christmas treat at the weekend. After
visiting the staff working on a charity telethon in the south dock
area of Port Hercule, the Prince went higher up the rock to visit a
Christmas village and declared it…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway concludes
today a three-day long visit to New York. His Royal Highness
visited New York to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This is an organisation that
the Crown Prince supports, and he has since 2003 been the
organisation’s goodwill-ambassador. The UNDP has been fighting
poverty worldwide the last 50 years. On…
Queen Fabiola of Belgium was the
Spanish-born consort of King Baudouin of Belgiumand reigned
alongside her husband from 1960 until his death in 1993. Doña
Fabiola de Mora y Aragón was born on 11 June 1928 in Madrid, Spain,
to Don Gonzalo de Mora y Fernández y…
Queen Margrethe of Denmark brought the
family with her to the opening night of The Nutcracker, which she
designed the sets and costumes, on 1 December. Crown Prince
Frederik, his wife, Crown Princess Mary, and their four children,
Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Prince…
Santiago Sánchez Ramírez, the 47-year-old
man, who simulated several assassinations, including on King Felipe
VI of Spain, has been cleared of all charges against him. The court
decided that there was no actual intention of following through
with the assassinations and so Santiago Sánchez Ramírez was
freed last Tuesday. Santiago Sánchez Ramírez was obsessed with the
weaknesses in the…
