Spain’s royal family reunited publicly for the first time in two months as they came together for one of the most important events of their year.
Infanta Sofia joined her sister, Leonor, and their parents, King Felipe and Queen Letizia, in Oviedo as events for the Princess of Asturias awards got under way.
Sofia has been in Wales where she’s just begun her two year course at UWC Atlantic…
A King and his Aunt Daisy: the many family ties between Margrethe of Denmark and Felipe of Spain
19th October 2023
Denmark is about to host Spain for a State Visit. While State Visits can play an important political and diplomatic role, this visit will also be incredibly personal. King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain will be spending three days with Queen Margrethe of Denmark, allowing…
The last heir of his generation to marry- the royal wedding of Guillaume and Stephanie of Luxembourg
19th October 2023
Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume married Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy on 19 and 20 October 2012 in Luxembourg City. Not only was it an important event in Luxembourg, but it also marked the last wedding of the current generation of heir apparents.
On 19 October 2012…
King Harald’s gift to Prince Christian on his 18th birthday this past weekend was the designation as a Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav.
What is the Order of St. Olav? Let’s discuss.
Founded by King Oscar I in 1847, though he reigned as the Sovereign of both Norway and Sweden, the Order of St. Olav was distinctly a Norwegian chivalric order. When the union dissolved in 1905, another…
Prince Christian has debuted his first national order, having been made a Knight of the Order of the Elephant the morning of his 18th birthday.
The Order of the Elephant is Denmark’s highest chivalric order and is bestowed entirely at the Sovereign’s discretion.
A minute's silence held for victims of Brussels terror attack as Portuguese State Visit to Belgium begins
18th October 2023
The President of Portugal joined the King and Queen of the Belgians in a minute’s silence for the victims of a terror attack that took place just hours before the official start of his State Visit to Belgium.
Two Swedish football fans were killed when a gunman…
The discreet tiara of a beloved queen that was worn by an historic heir
18th October 2023
Belgium’s future queen wore a tiara once belonging to a beloved great-aunt for Prince Christian’s 18th birthday in Copenhagen last weekend.
Walking into the gala dinner arm-in-arm with Princess Amalia of the Netherlands, Princess Elisabeth sported the Wolfers Tiara, which was a wedding present to Queen Fabiola in 1960.
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Prince Christian of Denmark has marked another first in his young royal life.
Now that the future King of Denmark is an adult, the first-ever gala pictures of the Prince have been published.
Dennis Stenild, Kongehuset ©
Taken by Dennis Stenild, Prince Christian is…
King Carl XVI Gustaf speaks of sorrow after two Swedish people are killed in terror attack in Brussels
17th October 2023
The King of Sweden has sent condolences to the families of two of his compatriots killed in a terror attack in Brussels.
Two men were shot dead while fans gathered at a cafe to watch a football match in the Belgian capital. A third person was injured. Police in Belgium…
"Is it Cinderella?" The golden shoe that gave a royal celebration a fairytale ending
17th October 2023
It was a story that gripped a nation, for a few hours at least, stealing the limelight away from the royal birthday boy as Denmark’s began a search for its Cinderella.
On October 15th 2023, as Prince Christian turned 18, a big party was held at the Royal Palace hosted by Queen Margrethe; aside from many members of European royal families, there was also a contingent of roughly 200 young…
