From 5 October to 8 October, King Carl
XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden made an official State Visit
to Germany. German-born Queen Silvia seemed happy to return again
to her home country when they arrived at Berlin’s Tegel
Airport on the morning of 5 October. They were received by
German Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Head of Protocol Jürgen
Christian Mertens and Sweden’s…
Swedish media, Expressen and Nyheter 24,
have reported that several top Swedish lawmakers want to abolish
the monarchy and turn the castles into museums. Politicians from
the Centre Party, Social Democrats, Left Party, Green Party, and
Liberal Party have filed a joint motion…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands opened an
exhibition on a colourful predecessor of hers this morning at the
Loo Palace in Apeldoorn. The exhibition about Anna Pavlovna of
Russia, wife of King William II of the Netherlands will open its
doors to the public tomorrow but was…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima opened the "Mapping Australia: Country to Cartography" exhibition
5th October 2016
Last Monday King Willem-Alexander
and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands opened the exhibition “Mapping
Australia: Country to Cartography” in the Aboriginal Art
Museum (AAMU) in Utrecht. The Royal Couple visited the exhibition
in preparation for the state visit to Australia and New Zealand
that will take place in late October and early November.
Exactly 400 years ago, Dutchman Dirk…
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is back
from the USA and she has resumed her national agenda. Crown Prince
Frederik’s wife was in charge of opening the conference in
connection with the “Copenhagen Cultural Children’s
Summit”…
A six-year-old little boy named Alexandre
got to become a superhero, alongside his best friend Luca, and
defend his country of Luxembourg from the Joker. The Luxembourg
Make-A-Wish Foundation arranged for Alexandre and Luca to travel
around Luxembourg City to battle the…
King Harald V of Norway formally opened
Norway’s 161st session of Parliament this afternoon in
Oslo. The day began with His Majesty being driven in his 1966
Lincoln Continental convertible with Queen Sonja through downtown
Oslo before arriving at the Storting building, where the Storting
Norwegian Parliament is housed. This is the only day of the year
where the King, Parliament, Supreme…
For a long time now, the Swedish Royal
Family has accustomed us to sweet moments shared on social media.
Often we are presented with new official photos, but also very
spontaneous and unexpected pictures of the newest members of the
family. Recently with the arrival of the…
Princess Laurentien, the sister in law of
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands is well-known for her
campaigns of literacy, and this week she paid a visit to the launch
of a special project for those where literacy has an added
difficulty – they are visually impaired.
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres
died on 28 September at the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer
Hospital in Ramat Gan, Israel, after suffering a stroke two weeks
ago. The Nobel Peace Prize winner was 93-years-old. He received the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 alongside Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak
Rabin and President of the Palestinian National Authority,
Yasser Arafat for their work which…
