It was a beautiful day on 13 June 2015
when Prince Carl Philip, then 36, married Sofia Hellqvist, then 30,
at the Royal Chapel in Stockholm Palace, which was broadcast live
by Swedish channel, SVT. Their engagement was announced on 27 June
2014. In the announcement, Carl Philip and Sofia through the
Swedish Royal Court said, “We are looking forward to a summer
wedding in the middle of June…
She was born on 31 October 2005 to the
Prince and Princess of Asturias, now King Felipe and Queen Letizia
of Spain, at the Ruber International Hospital in Madrid by
caesarian section due to the lack of progression in labour. The
announcement of her birth was sent out through…
This morning, the Swedish Royal Court
released four new photographs of Princess Estelle,4, and Prince
Oscar, 3 months, in celebration of Swedish National Day on 6 June.
The royal family participates in the festivities each year. These
include the opening of Stockholm Palace…
Prince Alexander of Sweden, son of Prince
Carl-Philip and Princess Sofia, has made his public debut at
Sweden’s National Day today. His parents took him with them for the
official opening of the Royal Palace. He was dressed in a white
outfit and kept warm in a grey blanket. Prince Carl-Philip had the
honour of opening the palace to the public, including the recently
renovated west wing…
Princess Astrid of Belgium
has reportedly been robbed in Paris of her
purse, according to French daily newspaper Le Parisien.
The incident occurred Thursday, 2 June on the A86 Aubervilliers in
France. Le Parisien reports that an assailant shattered the
passenger window…
It is a question that I have
wondered since 2012 when we witnessed the christening of
Princess Estelle in May. In 2013 came princess Leonore, and in 2015
Prince Nicolas. Recently it was Prince Oscar’s turn to receive
his first holy sacrament, and the feeling…
Sweden’s Princess Leonore, 2, accompanied
by her parents Princess Madeleine and Christopher O’Neill, visited
her duchy of Gotland for the first time on 3 June. Her grandfather
King Carl XVI Gustaf named her the Duchess of Gotland at a cabinet
meeting on 26 February 2014, just a few days after her birth in New
York City on the 20 February. The young princess had a busy day of
events.
The Danish Monarchy has announced that
they have joined two new social media platforms. They will be on
Facebook and Instagram, where the public can follow their
activities, see preparations for big royal events, and get unique
insight into the history and collections of the…
Politicians in Denmark are writing up
plans which appear to limit the number of Queen Margrethe’s
grandchildren who receive an annual salary from the state.
With eight royal grandchildren, It has been said that the number
who should qualify for a salary paid by the…
As the younger of King Harald and Queen
Sonja’s two children, Haakon Magnus was born on 20 July 1973. He
has one older sister, Princess Märtha Louise, but due to the Salic
law at the time, she was not allowed to inherit the
throne. This law was changed in 1990 to
absolute primogeniture but only impacted those born after the
ruling. He was christened on 20 September 1973, with King Olav…
