The number of audiences and meetings
attended by Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko held at the
Imperial Palace are to be significantly reduced within the next
year, it was reported by a Japanese news agency last week. Crown
Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako will undertake some of
these duties instead. The official duties will be reduced to about
ten, as reported by the…
King of Bhutan personally thanks the medical team who served during the birth of his son
17th May 2016
During an audience with the King of
Bhutan at Lingkana Palace, His Majesty’s Kidu Mobile Medical
Unit team were all personally thanked for their not only their
service to their country but also in the assistance during the
birth of His Royal Highness The Gyalsey. The…
After days of speculation surrounding his
health, the Royal Household Bureau in Thailand has announced that
King Bhumibol Adulyadej is being treated for swollen lung and
knees. A statement released on Saturday said that the 88-year-old
monarch developed a fever, accompanied…
Queen Rania of Jordan has met with
refugees at the Kara Tepe refugee camp on the Greek Island of
Lesbos last Monday. Speaking of the refugees, Queen Rania said they
had, “seen unspeakable horror and experiences unthinkable tragedy”.
Queen Rania was enthusiastically received by the refugees, who
clapped and cheered as she walked through the camp. The refugees at
the Kara Tepe camp are…
Son of the King and Queen of Bhutan receives his name in naming ceremony
17th April 2016
The son of Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar
Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema has been named Jigme
Namgyel Wangchuck in an official naming ceremony. The name is
explained on the King’s official Facebook page. Jigme means
fearless, and invokes the strength to…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge left
India today morning to travel to Bhutan, the second country on
their itinerary during their week long tour of Southern Asia. This
leg of the tour has been much anticipated by royal watchers, who
were eager to see William and Catherine…
It has been announced by the Royal
Gazette in Thailand, that the November issue of the women’s
magazine “Marie-Claire” has been banned. The magazine transgressed
the country’s strict rules about coverage of royal matters.
Something which is taken very seriously in Thailand, and each
perceived insult can carry a jail sentence of up to 15 years in
prison. The announcement by Thailand’s…
On Friday, April 8th the Royal Hashemite
Court welcomed a new addition with the birth of the third daughter
of Their Royal Highnesses Prince Hamzah Bin Al Hussein and Princess
Basma Hamza—Her Royal Highness Princess Badiya bint Hamzah.
Half-brother to King Abdullah II bin…
The King of Saudi Arabia,Salman bin
Abdulaziz Al Saud, has beenimplicatedin the Panama Papers scandal
along with many otherpowerful figuresacross the globe. According to
the leaked papers, King Salmanused an offshore British Virgin
Island…
Saudi Prince Sultan Bin Turki has
disappeared after allegedly being kidnapped by the Royal Family of
Saudi Arabia. On 1st February, the defected royal boarded a flight
from Paris to Cairo. It didn’t arrive at it’s destination, but was
rumoured to actually have been a Saudi plane taken which returned
to the Middle Eastern country. One of the Prince’s associates said:
“There was…
