Being a monarch usually comes with lavish
luxuries, not least a palace and team of servants. But for the King
of Rwanda, Yuhi VI, a modest council house in Manchester is
proving to be most sufficient. King Yuhi, who is better known
as Emmanuel Bushayija, has been living in a semi-detached
house in Greater Manchester for over 20 years now and became
monarch of Rwanda in January 2017 following…
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has proposed a
joint African response to the ongoing COVID-19 global health
pandemic. The King held high-level phone conversations with heads
of state within Africa on 13 April to discuss the evolution of the
coronavirus in Africa, its…
In a series of posts on her Instagram
account, Eswatini’s Princess Sikhanyiso, 32, revealed that she is
expecting a son. The posts were from her baby shower at Nkoyoyo
Royal Palace which featured a sign that said, “It’s a boy! A little
prince is on the…
Early Life Fatimah was born in 1911 (the
exact date has never been known) in what was Italian Libya in the
Oasis of Kufra as the fifth daughter of Ahmed Sharif
as-Senussi – who was the former 3rd Grand Seussi of
the Senussi order of Sufism – and Khadija bint
Ahmad al-Rifi. Her mother was the daughter of an influential
general in the country, Ahmad al-Rifi. Her father was known
for his…
She was the daughter of a high ranking
Egyptian official and the last Queen of Egypt as the second wife of
King Farouk. The beauty married the King after he’d divorced his
first wife after a failure to produce a male heir. Her Early Life
Narriman Sadek was born…
The suspects who were accused of stealing
watches from King Mohammed VI of Morocco have been sentenced to
prison by the Rabat Court of Appeal. All were arrested back last
December and faced charges of robbery and forming a criminal
organisation. The 15 suspects who were…
According to state media, the Sultan of
Oman, Qaboos bin Said Al Said, has died at the age of 79 after
almost five decades on the throne. The Sultan, the longest-serving
ruler in the Middle East, died Friday evening. A three day period
of national mourning has been declared for both the public and
private sectors. He had recently travelled to Belgium for medical
treatment but returned to…
Succession crisis in Oman: Sultan dies - leaves name of successor in sealed envelope
11th January 2020
The Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said Al
Said, died on Saturday at the age of 79 triggering a succession
crisis. There is no heir apparent in Oman and the Sultan was
unmarried. What happens next sounds as through it should be a
reality television concept rather than the…
12-year-old Princess Lalla Khadija opens vivarium of National Zoological Garden of Rabat
15th December 2019
Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco
inaugurated the vivarium of the National Zoological Garden of Rabat
on Friday, 13 December. The 12-year-old daughter of King Mohammed
VI and Princess Lalla Salma undertook the visit without either
parent or her older brother, Crown Prince…
Belgium’s King and Queen have given a
rare interview to mark their twentieth wedding anniversary. And
speaking to RTBF, King Philippe revealed that the couple’s romance
and marriage plans had left them ”on a cloud”. The couple spoke to
Patrick Weber for a special programme celebrating the two decades
since they became husband and wife. The interview was recorded at
their…
