The King and Queen of Sweden have sent
Easter well wishes on social media. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen
Silvia are pictured on the Royal Court’s Instagram in Storlien
while skiing. On Instagram, the Royal Court wrote: “Happy Easter
wishes from the King and Queen.” View this post on Instagram A post
shared by Kungahuset 🇸🇪…
They may be young now, but one day these
toddlers and young children will reign on the thrones of their
countries. So who are the youngest heirs in Europe? Hereditary
Prince Jacques of Monaco: Although born after his sister, Princess
Gabriella, who is two minutes…
Queen Sofía of Spain is in Palma de
Mallorca, where she will spend the Easter break, and took the
opportunity to listen to the annual concert that benefits “Projecte
Home Balears.” Her Majesty arrived at Mallorca Cathedral on the
evening of 3 April and was welcomed…
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
travelled to Voorschoten to visit the site of the deadly crash that
involved two trains and a crane. His Majesty arrived on site
on the morning of 4 April, just a few hours after the crash took
place, at roughly 3:25 am local time. According to the first
accounts, both the passenger train and the goods train collided
with a crane used for repairs…
Nearly every European monarch is related
to the House of Windsor in some way or another. King Christian IX
of Denmark and Queen Victoria of Great Britain both sought to marry
their numerous children and grandchildren into houses across
Europe, and these bloodlines are still…
As he approaches the tenth anniversary of
his reign, King Willem-Alexander has decided to share his
experiences as monarch so far and he’s doing it in a podcast. The
King of the Netherlands has recorded ten special episodes which
will be released over ten weeks…
Spain’s line of succession is governed by
male-preference cognatic primogeniture, meaning a younger
brother would take precedence over an older sister in the line of
succession. This was the case for the current monarch, King Felipe
VI, who has two older sisters, Infantas Elena and Cristina. He has
two daughters, but if he and his wife, Queen Letizia, were to have
a son, Princess Leonor…
As he continues to act as regent
following his mother’s recent back surgery, Crown Prince Frederik
of Denmark attended the consecration of a new bishop. On Palm
Sunday, 2 April, the heir to the Danish throne travelled to Odense,
west of Copenhagen, to watch as Mads…
The Hereditary Grand Ducal Family of
Luxembourg was photographed together for the first time as they
left the maternity ward where its newest member was born.
Prince Guillaume, Princess Stéphanie, Prince Charles and newborn
Prince François left the Grand Duchesse…
The Danish line of succession is
relatively short compared to its British counterpart, with only 11
royals eligible to inherit the throne. The current laws that govern
succession were adopted in 1953 and is limited to the descendants
of King Christian X. Since 2009, Denmark abides by absolute
primogeniture. An heir to the throne will lose their place in the
line of succession by not getting…
