Yesterday, Royal Central reported
that Prince Albert of Monaco had sent his congratulations to Donald
Trump after he won the United States presidential election earlier
in November. However, he was not the first royal to congratulate Mr
Trump. Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia and Yugoslavia sent his
congratulations to President-elect Trump the day after the election
was over on 9…
Princess Charlene Attends Various Events in London Including Thanksgiving Service on Remembrance Day
16th November 2016
Princess Charlene of Monaco was in London
last week and attended various events, including the Remembrance
Sunday service at Westminster Abbey, and rugby events with Prince
Harry. The Princess of Monaco attended a Service of Commemoration
and Thanksgiving on Remembrance…
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark
presented today The Queen`s Watch at a military parade on Barracks
of the Danish Royal Guard in central Copenhagen. The Queen`s Watch
is an award handed out each year by Queen Margrethe of Denmark. The
award is given to a soldier who…
Princess Birgitta of Sweden alive and well despite Spanish media reports
16th November 2016
One of the largest Spanish multimedia
groups, Vocento, incorrectly reported on several of its news sites
last weekend that King Carl XVI Gustaf’s sister, Princess Birgitta,
had committed suicide. Her Royal Highness currently lives
in Mallorca, Spain. One of the reports said, “Surprised at not
having seen the sister of King Carl Gustav in a week, and noting
that her car was in the…
Each year on 15 November the Belgian
Royal Family celebrates King’s Feast, a celebration held in honour
of the King. This year King Albert, Queen Paola, Princess Astrid,
Prince Lorenz and Prince Laurent attended the celebration. On
King’s Feast the Belgians…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of
Norway attended the presentation of the award for “Role Model of
the Year”. This occurs just a few days after the Crown Prince has
returned from a four-day long official visit to Canada together
with Crown Princess…
Hereditary Grand Ducal Couple visit Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg
14th November 2016
On Wednesday, 09th November 2016,
Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg and his wife,
Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg visited an art
exhibition run by the Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg (CAL). Their
Royal Highnesses were also joined at the exhibition by the Prime
Minister, Xavier Bettel. The group explored each work of art
intently, both the Hereditary Grand Duke and…
Yesterday at Zarzuela Palace in
Madrid, King Felipe presided over the ceremony which saw Mariano
Rajoy Brey continue in his role as the Prime Minister of Spain.
This comes after ten months of political deadlock over the
formation of a new government. Brey, a member of the…
On 30 October 2016 Crown Princess
Mary of Denmark was on hand in Odense to present the 2016 Hans
Christian Andersen Literature Award. This year’s winner, Japanese
writer Haruki Murakami, has had his books translated into more than
50 languages. The ceremony took place at…
Princess Irene, sister of former Queen
Beatrix and aunt to current King Willem-Alexander of the
Netherlands, is “deeply hurt” by the content of the new biography
on her mother, Queen Juliana, which was accompanied by a TV
documentary. She spoke on NPO Radio 2, “I find it to be a shocking
book. It really hurt me”. The new Dutch-language biography of Queen
Juliana (Juliana…
