It’s a monarchy known for glitz and
glamour, but one of the biggest and best Christmas traditions in
Monaco is actually quite sweet and heartwarming. Started by
Princess Grace and Prince Rainier in the 1950s, the Christmas Gifts
Distribution Party takes place at the palace each year, with
more than 600 children in attendance. Kids aged five through 12
join a festive party at the royal…
December is one of the busiest months for
the Swedish Royal Family. Nevertheless, they always make room in
their agenda to celebrate Christmas together as a family. The
Swedish Royal Family has a packed schedule during the month of
December: the Nobel Prize Celebrations…
Christmas is fast approaching, and for
the royals as well, this means an increase in the number of events
that revolve around Christmas. In Sweden this week, Queen Silvia
started Christmas with visiting the German ladies’ club in
Stockholm. The German Ladies’ Club in…
The Danish Royal Family are some of the
most open when it comes to details on how they celebrate the
Christmas holidays. Ahead of the festive season, they always send
out a press release about their Christmas plans. The Danish royals
spend the holiday at Marselisborg Palace in Aarhus. It has been the
tradition since Queen Margrethe took the throne in 1972. Roughly
every other year, the…
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands has
reopened an important historical museum in Amsterdam. The Dutch
royal reopened the Dutch Resistance Museum on 1 December after a
complete renovation took place on the permanent exhibit. The new
features of the museum allow those…
Denmark’s Prince Nikolai to talk on TV about being royal just before he loses his title
2nd December 2022
Prince Nikolai of Denmark has been the
centre of attention this autumn after it became known that his
grandmother, Queen Margrethe, will take away the prince and
princess titles from him and his siblings next year. On Tuesday, it
emerged that Prince Nikolai is…
Danish royals kickstart the countdown to Christmas with adorable digital advent calendar
2nd December 2022
As it has been now a tradition for some
years, the Danish Royal Household has created a “digital” advent
calendar, each year with a different theme. 2022 was no exception,
and as December began, the first post was created. This year,
it consists of a video of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess
Mary’s twins, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine, creating a
candle wreath. The…
It is a tradition in Sweden that after
each parliamentary election, the King invites the new members of
parliament to a grand dinner at Stockholm Palace. On November 29th
2022, such a dinner was held after the Swedish people voted in
their new members of parliament…
In recent weeks, there has been
uncertainty about the future of Prince Joachim and his family. It
became clear this autumn that the son of the Danish queen was going
to leave his job in Paris, but where the journey was to continue
first became known as November came to an…
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg had been in
personal union with the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1839 until
the death of King Willem III of the Netherlands in 1890. Upon his
death, the Netherlands passed to his daughter Wilhelmina, but
Luxembourg passed to a distant male relative who became Adolphe,
Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The current Grand Duke is Adolphe’s…
