Norway

Ship Ahoy! Norway's Crown Prince Regent and Queen Sonja get the Royal Ship's sailing season underway

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16th May 2023
Crown Prince Regent Haakon once again stepped in his father’s shoes to fulfill one of the King’s traditional duties for the month of May: the inspection of the Royal Ship Norge ahead of the summer sailing season. Given King Harald’s continuing recovery from an infection for which he had to be hospitalised for a week, Crown Prince Haakon stepped in and, together with Queen Sonja…
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European RoyalsThe Netherlands

Princess Ariane to attend school in Italy

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15th May 2023
Princess Ariane of the Netherlands is set to finish high school in Italy. Princess Ariane, the third and youngest daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, will attend the United World College Adriatic in Italy for the final two years of high school. At the end of those two years, she will have achieved the International Baccalaureate. The school has around 180 students from all over…
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European RoyalsThe Netherlands

King Willem-Alexander talks about his reign's "biggest error in judgement"

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13th May 2023
On the eighth episode of the podcast “Through the Eyes of the King,” King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands discussed what he believes has been the biggest judgement error in his years on the throne.  His Majesty talked at length about his decision to travel abroad to Greece in the early fall of 2020, when most of his country was going back into lockdown – a decision that cost him…
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European RoyalsSpain

Queen Letizia travels to Croatia to fight childhood obesity

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10th May 2023
Queen Letizia has travelled to Zagreb, Croatia, to take part in the Congress on Prevention of Childhood Obesity, organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Government of Croatia.  Her Majesty arrived in the capital Zagreb with an afternoon flight from Madrid. Upon landing, she was welcomed at the airport by Croatian President Zoran Milanović and First Lady Sanja Musić…
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