The Women’s World Cup has taken over Europe’s royal families, with the Prince of Wales and the crown Prince and Princess of Denmark sharing their support for their home teams.
Crown Princess Mary appeared on the Danish Royal Family’s Instagram account with her face painted with Danish flags. “We cheer from ‘Top Over’ and all the way ‘Down Under’, when the match against Australia…
Taking a look at Haga Palace
7th August 2023
Haga Palace, the current home of the Crown Princess Family of Sweden, is located in Haga Park in Solna, Sweden.
It was built in 1802 and designed by King Gustav IV Adolf’s commissioned architect, Carl Christoffer Gjörwell. Haga Palace (or Haga Slott), located just…
The Haga Princesses
7th August 2023
When Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, died in 1947, he left behind a nine-month-old son and heir and four daughters who collectively became known as the Haga Princesses. Although the four Princesses were older than their brother, they were not in the line of…
The Spanish Royals are enjoying their summer holidays in Palma de Mallorca, as they do every year.
After a first week full of official engagements, King Felipe hung up his business suits and exchanged them for his nautical polo and trousers, as he boarded the Aifos sailboat for the MAPFRE Sailing King’s Cup.
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A romantic and reluctant queen
6th August 2023
She was the royal who insisted she would only marry for love while he was a prince with a broken heart and no desire to wed again. However, on a summer’s day, exactly a century ago, they fell in love in London and began a royal romance that would lead to a crown and…
Blood is thicker than water! A look at how King Carl XVI Gustaf's parents shaped his reign
5th August 2023
King Carl XVI Gustaf is about to celebrate his Golden Jubilee. And after 50 years of reign, many Swedish citizens barely remember a life without the current King on the throne.
His reign has another peculiarity: Carl Gustaf inherited the throne directly from his…
The unique golden tiara that is a favourite of a stylish queen
5th August 2023
Only Queen Margrethe could sport one of the most unusual tiaras in existence: the Golden Poppies tiara.
Designed in 1976 by Arje Griegst, Queen Margrethe was only four years into her reign when she started wearing the Golden Poppies. It was the Queen’s own commission and creative inspiration that led to the tiara’s creation.
The golden poppies are framed around her head by delicate stems…
How Spain's heir, Princess Leonor, will make history as she begins military training
5th August 2023
The Princess of Asturias is set to begin her military education in mid-August.
Princess Leonor will enter the General Military Academy of Zaragoza on 17 August to start her training in the Spanish Armed Forces. Leonor joins the academy just weeks after graduating from…
The Swedish Royal Family has a knack for jewellery, and that’s especially true of their steel tiaras. There are two steel cut tiaras in their vault: the Steel Cut Tiara and the Steel Cut Bandeau.
The Cut Steel Tiara dates back to Queen Hortense of Holland’s…
An ultra modern tiara for a very modern queen
4th August 2023
One of Queen Sonja’s most modern and unique tiaras was a gift from her husband on her 60th birthday.
In 1997, Queen Sonja was presented with the Modern Gold Tiara, crafted by Millie Behrens. The tiara features golden strips of metal set with diamonds in the spacing and a central gemstone that can be changed between a red-orange topaz, a tourmaline, and a diamond.
The tiara is truly…