Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has
announced during her traditional New Year’s speech that her
81-year-old husband’ Prince Henrik’ is to retire from most official
duties. He will take part in the New Year’s reception on Friday but
he will not be joining the royal family for other receptions held
next week. In her new year message, The Queen thanked her husband
for all…
The Duke of Parma is currently facing an
unusual situation. His illegitimate son, born from a relationship
with Brigitte Klynstra in 1997, named Hugo Klynstra is
claiming his father’s last name and the princely title that goes
with it. The Duke of…
Monarchs from across Europe have made
calls for unity and tolerance as they address their nation in an
annual Christmas broadcast. Many of the broadcasts reflected on the
recent atrocities that have occurred over the past year, including
the deadly terror attacks around the…
The Spanish Christmas is kicked off in a
rather unusual way every year – with the Loteria de Navidad, or the
Christmas Lottery on December 22nd. School children announce the
winning numbers of what is the most popular lottery throughout the
year in Spain. Shortly afterwards is Christmas Eve, or Nochebuena
as it is known in Spanish. Families gather together for a large
dinner before attending…
Denmark’s ten year old Prince Christian,
who is second in line to the throne, has reportedly been saved
from drowning after he went swimming in Australia’s Gold Coast last
week. A Gold Coast lifeguard is the person who courageously saved
the Prince after he was swept…
Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel is the ninth
Princess of Orange. She was born on 7 February 1688 as the daughter
of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Maria Amalia of
Courland. Marie Louise was their 11th child. She was raised as a
protestant and she was noticed as a…
Paul-Philippe Hohenzollern, who is also
known as Prince Paul of Romania, was arrested and detained for 24
hours in Romania. He is being charged with buying influence, money
laundering and complicity to abuse of office in an illegal
restitution case. Paul illegally claimed the restitution of 28.6
hectares of land in Bucharest, among other assets. The land is
known is Baneasa Royal Farm and…
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden Accept Christmas Trees
16th December 2015
Since the late 1960s, the Forestry
Programme at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
has donated Christmas trees to the Swedish royal family. The trees
are brought to the castle in Stockholm by voluntary students of the
university and accepted by members of…
Continuing our series looking at how
royal families from across Europe celebrate Christmas, today we
will be looking at Norway and their festive traditions. In Norway,
Christmas time means family time, and that is no different for the
Norwegian royal family. King Harald…
In a recent television
appearance that aired on December 11, Swedish Princess
Madeleine and her British-American banker husband, Chris O’Neill,
gave their first joint interview. Princess Madeleine recalled
her childhood and how she was never fond of the attention given to
her; speaking on the Norwegian-Swedish talk show “Skavlan”. The
33-year-old princess told of how she would…
