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 possible bride for Johan Willem
Friso. He visited Kassel in 1707 to meet with the then 21-year-old
Marie Louise. The advice he…
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…
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, Queen Sonja and their two
children, Princess Märtha Louise and Crown Prince Haakon, always
enjoy the Christmas festivities.
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…
The 8th Princess of Orange was also a
British Princess and a namesake of the previous Princess. This Mary
Stuart was born on 30 April 1662 as the daughter of James II of
England and Anne Hyde. She grew up in the relative peace of
Richmond Palace with her sister Anne. She…
King Carl Gustaf of Sweden hands out awards to Nobel Prize winners
11th December 2015
The Swedish royals dazzled last night at
the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm. King Carl Gustaf
handed out the prestigious award to the winners in the ceremony.
The Nobel Prizes are awarded each year in the Swedish capital, with
the exception of the Nobel Peace Prize, which is award is Oslo, in
the presence of the Norwegian royals. Each recipient, or laureate,
receives a gold medal, a…
King Willem-Alexander will visit NATO
headquarters in Brussels and the military headquarters of the
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) on Monday 17th
December. He will be accompanied by Secretary Koenders of Foreign
Affairs and the Commander of the Armed…
Elizabeth to welcome King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain during UK State Visit
4th December 2015
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain
will be making a State Visit to the UK next March. The couple will
be staying at Windsor Castle during their stay from 8-10 March
2016, making this the first Spanish state visit to the United
Kingdom since 1986 when King Juan Carlos and…
Starting off in Dhaka, her flight landed
at the Shahjalal International Airport Monday morning, greeted by
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and Bangladeshi Bank Governor,
Atiur Rahman. Máxima travelled in her capacity as the UN
Secretary-General’s Special for Inclusive Finance for Development
and, according to the UNDP, was invited by the Bangladeshi
government. Appointed to her UN position…
