Spain

ETA member sentenced to 92 years for plot to kill Spanish king

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8th May 2016
Eneko Gogeaskoetxea Arronategui has been sentenced to 92 years in prison by the Spanish national court for his part in a failed plot to assassinate Spain’s former king, Juan Carlos I. Gogeaskoetxea, a member of the Basque separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA), plotted with another group member to kill Juan Carlos with grenades at the opening of Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum on 18 October…
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The Netherlands

Dutch Royals remember victims of war

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5th May 2016
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands attended the Remembrance Day commemoration on Dam Square, opposite the Royal Palace in Amsterdam. Remembrance Day is the day before the official liberation day in the Netherlands and used to commemorate only the Dutch…
Norway

Norwegian royals meet families of helicopter crash victims

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3rd May 2016
Norway was in mourning this weekend, following the tragic helicopter crash off the coast of Bergen, the country’s second largest city, on Friday. The Airbus EC-225 helicopter had been ferrying staff from an offshore Statoil rig in the Gullfaks B oilfield before the crash killed all 13 people on board. On Saturday, a sombre Norwegian Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, accompanied by Crown Prince…
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DenmarkInsight

Who is Princess Marie of Denmark?

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29th April 2016
Over the next several weeks, I want to write about of some of the lesser talked about royals in Europe for a series entitled “Who Is?”. One such royal is Her Royal Highness Princess Marie of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat. Marie was born Marie Agathe Odile…
Sweden

First photo of Prince Alexander of Sweden released!

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23rd April 2016
The first photo of the newborn Prince Alexander of Sweden have been released by the Swedish Royal Court. The photo of the three-day-old prince was taken by his father, Prince Carl-Philip, at Drottningholm Palace. The prince’s full name was announced two days after his birth as Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil and he also received the title Duke of Södermanland. The Duke of Södermanland…
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Sweden

Swedish newborn Prince's name revealed!

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21st April 2016
The youngest member of the Swedish Royal Family’s name was announced today during a cabinet meeting by his grandfather Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and in the presence of his aunt Crown Princess Victoria. The young Prince, son of Prince Carl-Philip and Princess Sofia received the names Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil and also received the title Duke of Södermanland. He will be known as Prince…
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