Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden has
given birth to a Prince at Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm today
(Wednesday 2nd March) at 20:28 weighing 3.6 kilos. Addressing the
media in a press conference outside the hospital, Prince Daniel
announced that Princess Victoria has delivered their son, and both
mother and baby are well. Princess Estelle is sleeping, unaware of
the news she has a new baby…
King Michael of Romania stepping down from public duties after cancer diagnosis
2nd March 2016
King Michael of Romania has been
diagnosed with cancer and he is currently undergoing a complex
and demanding treatment. He is suffering from chronic leukemia and
epidermoid carcinoma and he has undergone surgery in Switzerland.
This has prevented him from appearing in…
Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, the
husband of Princess Birgitta of Sweden has died at the of 83, the
Swedish Royal Court has announced. He died in his sleep after a
brief illness in a hospital in Munich, Germany. King Carl XVI
Gustaf released the following…
Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Mary
of Denmark will start a controversial tour of Saudi Arabia today
(Sunday) where they will participate in a Danish business
promotional campaign in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyad. They will
then travel to Qatar’s capital, Doha on March 2nd for two days..
Joining them on this overseas visit will be many prominent Danish
politicians including Kristian…
From left to right: Catharina-Amalia,
Princess of Orange, King Willem-Alexander, Princess Ariane, Queen
Maxima and Princess Alexia via Flickr.com Princess Alexia of the
Netherlands, who is the second daughter of King Willem-Alexander
and Queen Máxima, has broken her leg…
The spotlight of late has primarily
focused on Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday
celebration to occur this April. And why shouldn’t it? It isn’t
something to be taken lightly, with an ongoing reign stretching
over 60 years, and the fact that Her Majesty…
On Monday 22 February Princess Madeleine
of Sweden hosted a fairytale party for seriously ill children in
Stockholm’s royal palace. The party was planned together with a
non-profit organisation called My Special Day (Min Stora
Dag in Swedish) that makes dreams come true for children and
young people with serious illnesses. The organisation arranges many
different events to respond to the…
A new royal baby in Sweden as Princess Sofia gives birth to baby boy
14th February 2016
Princess Sofia of Sweden has given birth
to a baby boy this evening at 6.25PM. Both mother and child
are doing well. It is the first child for Prince Carl Philip and
Crown Princess Sofia, who were married on 13 June 2015 at the Royal
Chapel at Stockholm Palace and the new…
Sweden prepares for the birth of Crown Princess Victoria's second child
14th February 2016
Sweden is preparing for the birth of
Crown Princess Victoria’s second child, expected in March. The
Swedish court has already sent out invitations for the Te Deum
service after the birth of the child. The church service will
take place at 12.15 the day after the birth…
The Spanish court has been told new
details about Spain’s Infanta Cristina and her husband Iñaki
Urdangarin. A co-defendant, José Luis Ballester, an Olympic
gold-medal-winning sailor, said that despite being longtime friends
with the royal couple he felt “used” by them. Princess Cristina met
Ballester in the early 1990s. He added that he felt he was obliged
to help the…
