European monarchs and other royals from
across the world have sent their condolences to Her Majesty
following the horrendous terror attack in London on Wednesday. The
Queen has so far received messages from Belgium, Greece, Jordan,
Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain, and Sweden. King Philippe of Belgium
called The Queen yesterday to express his sympathy. The attacks in
London occurred exactly one year…
Japan is now poised to create a one-time
law to allow Emperor Akihito to abdicate the throne in favour
of his eldest son, Crown Prince Naruhito, and so the official
debate is turning to the finer details. In particular need of
clarity is the appropriate title for a former…
The Bangkok Post has released details for
the five day funeral of Thailand’s late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the ceremony will take
place at the end of December from the 25-29, 2017. The death of the
late monarch did not…
Within the basement of the Tehran Museum
of Contemporary Art, sealed away from public view the majority of
the time, there lies a collection of images bearing silent
testimony to a world now long passed. The scenes show men dancing
to music, women wearing fashionable clothing sitting in university
lectures, stylish young couples enjoying what is for all
appearances a relaxed and easy living. The…
The Queen Mother of Tonga, Her Majesty
Queen Halaevalu Mata’aho, has died at the age of 90. She was flown
to New Zealand last week to be treated for minor medical issues.
However, she died in an Auckland hospital on Saturday. The Tongan
consul in New Zealand, Stafford…
It was announced this week that Japan’s
ruling Liberal Democratic Party have decided to support the
creation of a one-time-use mechanism to legally allow 83-year-old
Emperor Akihito to abdicate. The decision was made after a number
of meetings to decide the matter and is…
Princess Nouf bint Khalid bin Abdullah Al
Saud – daughter-in-law of King Salmon of Saudi Arabia – has been
accused of withholding fees from her agent for property deals he
helped broker in London and the Home Counties. Mohamed Hussein
cites the princess’s refusal to pay as a breach in contract and is
suing the princess for £6 million. His lawyers maintain that
‘Princess Nouf was enriched…
Princess Haya, the wife of prime minister
and vice president of the United Arab Emirates – Sheikh Mohammed
Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, attended the Leaders in Healthcare
conference earlier this week in Dubai. What is the Leaders in
Healthcare conference? The conference is…
The Kingdom of Bhutan is celebrating a
milestone as Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck – son of King
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (aka The Dragon King) and Queen
Jetsun Pema of Bhutan – turns one this coming Sunday, 5 February.
Posing for his official birthday…
Although the Emperor of Japan is afforded
no political powers by the Japanese Constitution, he still must
attend to numerous other ceremonial duties, such as his opening of
the Japanese National Diet earlier this year. Many of these are
purely ceremonial, maintained out of a sense of cultural tradition
that links modern Japan with its past. Unfortunately, however, it
would seem that His Imperial…
