Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince
Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway participated Monday
morning in a voluntary distribution of breakfast to the poor in
Oslo. Long before the Crown Prince and Crown Princess came to hand
out food, more than 100 had got in line to get a free meal. This is
an offer, which is established by the Norwegian Church. The offer
is called…
Swedish royals host dinner for Nobel laureates
12th December 2016
Yesterday evening, King Carl XVI Gustaf
hosted the traditional dinner for the Nobel laureates at the Royal
Palace of Stockholm. Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince
Daniel, Prince Carl Philip, Princess Sofia, Princess Madeleine, and
Christopher O’Neill were…
Queen Silvia speaks about Princess Christina’s cancer diagnosis
10th December 2016
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…
Monaco twins celebrate their second birthday
10th December 2016
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 Leaders for Children
Summit.” Prince Albert II of Monaco (R) holding Princess Gabriella,
and Princess Charlene of Monaco…
King Harald owns stocks with a value of £18
10th December 2016
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…
Prince Liam introduced in new photos
7th December 2016
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…
Queen Mathilde's uncle convicted of running a scam
6th December 2016
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 client”, said Geert
Sustronck, the victim’s attorney. “They paid through the nose, but
nothing was being…
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…
Who was Queen Fabiola of Belgium?
5th December 2016
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 Riera y del Olmo, the
4thMarqués de Casa Riera, 2ndCount of Mora, and Doña Blanca de
Aragón y Carrillo de…

