The Netherlands

Back to School with Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

Queen Máxima, née Zorreguieta, was born in 1971 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Thus, she started her studies in her birth country. She studied at Northlands School, a bilingual school (English and Spanish) in Olivos, where she obtained her baccalaureate in 1988. After that, she enrolled at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, studying economics; she graduated in 1995. Queen Máxima…
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CoronavirusEuropean RoyalsNorway

Crown Princess Mette-Marit tests positive for COVID-19

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway has been diagnosed with COVID-19, according to the Norwegian Royal Court. In a brief statement shared on the monarchy’s website on Saturday, the palace said: “The Crown Princess has normal symptoms and is followed up by her doctor.” The news comes the day after Crown Princess Mette-Marit celebrated her 49th birthday. Members of the Norwegian…
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Sweden

What a spectacle - Prince Daniel visits glasses factory in Østersund

Prince Daniel of Sweden visited Østersund this week to open a brand new factory for the glasses-producer, Synsam. His Royal Highness cut the ribbon and congratulated the city which is now home to the factory which manufactures a variety of spectacled frames. Synsam’s CEO, Håkan Lundstedt, and Sweden’s Minister of Industry, Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson, also attended the opening…
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Sweden

Back to school with Princess Madeleine of Sweden

Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine of Sweden began preschool in 1985 at Västerled Parish Preschool and started her primary school education four years later in 1989 at Smedslättsskolan in Bromma. She was said to get along well with her fellow students and was more…
European Royals

Liechtenstein to honour the late Princess Marie one year after her death

Exactly a year ago, Liechtenstein received the devastating news that Princess Marie, wife of sovereign Prince Hans Adam, had suffered a stroke and was admitted to a Swiss hospital, where she would pass away three days later.  Now her adoptive country will commemorate the first anniversary of her death with a church service in Vaduz Cathedral and the possibility for the public to view her…
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