It has been announced that Princess Sara, the Dowager Duchess of Harar passed away in Addis Ababa aged ninety last weekend. She was born Sarah Gizaw on the 1st January 1929. Her father was Gizaw Abera, a civil governor from Axum in Tigray, Ethiopia, and was educated at the Royal Infirmary Nursing School in Edinburgh, Scotland. She received the title Princess when she married Prince Makonnen, the…
Where is Princess Lalla Salma? Mystery brought to forefront after Spanish state visit to Morocco
17th February 2019
After the much-delayed state visit of King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain to Morocco, Princess Lalla Salma has been brought back in the news.
In 2018, rumours circulated outside Morocco that King Mohammed of Morocco and Princess Lalla Salma had divorced. However, as…
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Ruler of Dubai and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, said over the weekend that he welcomed a visit by Pope Francis to the UAE.
In a statement about the upcoming visit of the Head of the Catholic Church, His Highness…
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmanof Saudi Arabia has chaired the first meeting of the Defence Council in Riyadh. The purpose of the Council is essentially to have a strategic overview of Saudi Arabia and its defence capability.
The meeting created governance councils to monitor key areas. These are; The Project Review and Investment Board, the Council of Services and Business, the…
The Thai Royal House has released a bulletin stating that Princess Soamsawali has suffered a brain haemorrhage and that she has high blood pressure. She is currently recovering in the Chulalongkorn hospital and no further details on her prognosis have been released.
In…
Following the abdication of Muhammad V, and a meeting of the Conference of Rulers on 24th January, it has been announced that the new King or Supreme Head of the Confederation of Malaysia will be Sultan Abdullah of Pahang. He will take office as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong…
There have frequently been comments in the United Kingdom about the cost of policing official visits especially the controversial ones like the recent visit of President Donald Trump. However, nothing could probably have prepared Queensland Police for what happened after a recent visit of the Sultan of Brunei to Cairns, as their gift register reveals.
The Sultan had been one of many world leaders…
To mark the Principality of Liechtenstein’s 300th anniversary, Hereditary Princess Sophie has given an interview to Liechtenstein’s Vaterland to moving to Liechtenstein, her family, and her social work.
About her first trip to Liechtenstein, Her Royal Highness…
The Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, attended the World Economic Forum (WEF) this week in Davos, Switzerland, to talk about the WEF’s partnership with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The theme for the 2019 WEF is “Globalisation 4.0: Shaping a…
A new king has been elected in Malaysia after the shocking abdication of King Sultan Muhammad V, 49, who resigned earlier this month, after only two years on the throne.
This was the first time a Malaysian monarch abdicated instead of completing his five year tenure on the throne. The King did not provide a reason for his resignation, but it came after his reported marriage to a Russian beauty…
