Princess Estelle of Sweden is all grown
up in the new photo shared by the Swedish Royal Family for her 11th
birthday. The future Queen of Sweden was photographed this month in
her family’s home at Haga Palace by Linda Broström. Estelle, who
looks strongly like her mother, Crown Princess Victoria, is wearing
a dainty necklace similar to one that the Crown Princess was seen
wearing…
Queen Mathilde acquires a new goddaughter due to a peculiar Belgian tradition being enacted
23rd February 2023
Queen Mathilde has acquired a new
goddaughter after a family in Molenbeek asked The Queen of Belgium
to become godparent to their child. Her Majesty does not know the
family, but has accepted, gifting the child an engraved silver cup,
and arranged for an audience to be…
Crown Prince Frederik takes on a monarch's duty while Queen Margrethe undergoes surgery
23rd February 2023
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark has
taken on some monarchical duties while his mother was away with
medical issues. Crown Prince Frederik started serving as Queen
Margrethe II’s regent on Tuesday, 21 February, while she has been
unable to carry out her regular…
A trip to India in the cards for Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary
23rd February 2023
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess
Mary of Denmark will undertake their first official overseas visit
this year later this month, travelling to India as part of an
economic delegation. From 26 February to 1 March, the Crown Prince
Couple will visit India under the banner of “Partners for Green and
Sustainable Progress” to highlight “green transition,” according to
the Danish Royal…
Queen Máxima to see efforts to help families with soaring energy bills
23rd February 2023
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands is set to
undertake a very important engagement in the context of her work in
finance and financial independence. On Thursday, the Dutch
Queen will visit the customer service centre at the Temporary
Energy Emergency Fund, in The Hague…
The Queen of Denmark is recovering in
hospital after undergoing a planned operation on her back. The
surgery was described as ”extensive” in the brief update issued by
the Danish Royal Household. Queen Margrethe is now resting and is
expected to stay in…
Since the death of the Constantine II, in
January 2023, several members of the Greek royal family have gone
public and shown their love for him. The latest is the King’s
granddaughter, Princess Olympia of Greece and Denmark. The Greek
princess has taken to Instagram this week with two photographs of
her late grandfather. The first image shows King Constantine
performing martial arts. The…
It is not every day that secret meetings
from royal calendars are made public, but Denmark has made an
exeption. Crown Prince Frederik has just been involved a major
briefing on important relief work. The meeting with representatives
from the Danish Red Cross was not…
As King Harald marked his 86th birthday,
debate was dominating the media about a gift he received when he
turned 85 in 2022. King Harald received a valuable vase as a gift
from Russian President Vladimir Putin just before Russia went to
war against Ukraine. The king…
Crown Princess Mary attends presentation of EliteForsk Awards for research
22nd February 2023
Crown Princess Mary helped present
Denmark’s most prestigious research prizes earlier this week. The
EliteForsk Awards, founded and presented annually by the Ministry
of Education and Research, presents five prizes to the country’s
top researchers and research students. According to the EliteForsk
website, “The purpose of the EliteForsk initiative is to raise
awareness of outstanding…