Crowds in Brussels were treated to the
sight of the whole Royal family attending church to celebrate the
National Day. The Belgian King and Queen were joined by their four
children; Princess Elisabeth, Prince Gabriel, Prince Emmanuel and
Princess Eléonore, and Prince Laurent, the King’s younger brother.
A Te Deum Service in the Cathedral of St Michael and St
Gudula was followed by a march past…
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess
Mette-Marit of Norway attended events today to mark 5 years since
the tragic terror attacks in 2011. [getty src=”149028727″
width=”594″ height=”396″] At 9:30am CEST, the Crown Prince and
Princess were…
A 44-year-old man from Kampen, in the
province of Overijssel in The Netherlands, was convicted of
insulting King Willem-Alexander today. He used his Facebook page to
insult King Willem-Alexander, by calling him a murderer, rapist and
a thief. He also posted a doctored photo…
The latest issue of “Who Is?” focuses on
Her Royal Highness Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of
Luxembourg. She was bornCountess Stéphanie Marie Claudine Christine
de Lannoy toCount Philippe de Lannoy andCountess Alix de Lannoy on
18 February 1984, inRonse, Belgium. Theyoungest of eight children,
she grew up on her family estate in Anvaing in…
The Duchess of Cornwall was joined by
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark at Wimbledon on 30 June. They are
both regular attendees of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships and
they greeted each other warmly as they arrived to the Royal Box on
centre court. The Duke of Kent, who is…
On the Sandringham Estate,
Prince Alexander Edward Christian Frederik of Denmark was born
on the 2nd of July 1903. He would later become The Crown Prince of
Norway and the eventual, King Olav V of Norway. He was born to
Prince Carl of Denmark and Princess Maud of Wales. His…
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel raise awareness about childhood obesity
29th June 2016
Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria and
Prince Daniel recently gave an interview in which they addressed
the issue of childhood obesity in Sweden. This is a particular
concern for the royal couple, who are themselves parents to 4
year-old Princess Estelle and 3 month-old Prince Oscar. According
to the statistics, Swedes consume an average of about 15 kilograms
of sweets per person annually.
Crown Prince of Norway receives Honorary Degree from Northumbria University
26th June 2016
Northumbria University in Newcastle has
conferred an Honorary Degree on His Royal Highness, The Crown
Prince of Norway. Crown Prince Haakon was presented with the
Doctor of Civil Law degree at the Royal Palace in Oslo by Professor
Andrew Wathey CBE, Vice-Chancellor and…
She was born Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti
17 May 1971 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Jorge Horacio
Zorreguieta and Maria del Carmen Cerruti de Zorreguieta. Her
Majesty has two brothers, one sister and three paternal
half-sisters. She was named after her paternal…
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands used
the drug perventine, now better known as crystal meth, during the
Second World War. It is reported by Marcel Verburg, who is a legal
historian, in his new book about the history of the Ministry of
Justice during the years 1940 to 1945. He is not the first to
report the drug use, but he is the first to draw significant
attention to it. Cees Fasseur, a royal…
