The Netherlands

Dutch King and Queen want Amalia to focus on studies before duties

The Dutch King and Queen have said they want their eldest daughter, Princess Amalia, to focus on her studies before taking on royal duties like state visits. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima want the Princess of Orange, who will one day be Queen of the Netherlands, to focus on her studies and being a university student. They said that royal duties like state visits could come later.
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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima begin State Visit to Austria with a lot of symbolic pieces

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands began a very busy State Visit to Austria with all of the traditional engagements of a first day.  They landed in Wien and were welcomed at the airport by many authorities before being escorted to Homburg, the Presidential Palace, where the royal couple were officially welcomed by the President and First Lady of Austria, Alexander Van…
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Belgium

Princess Elisabeth of Belgium undertakes her first solo engagement in the pouring rain

Princess Elisabeth of Belgium has undertaken her first solo public engagement as she christened the RV Belgica – the country’s newest research vessel.  Just the day after her final university exam of the session, Her Royal Highness arrived in Ghent, the capital of the Eastern Flanders region, and the country’s third largest port.  Dressed in white with pink accessories, the…
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Monaco

Monaco marks 100 years since Albert I's death

Monaco is marking 100 years since Prince Albert I died and his son, Prince Louis II, took the throne. A series of events have taken place or been planned in Monaco to mark the occasion, and an exhibit is on display in Norway regarding his explorations. Prince Albert II, his great-grandson, opened the exhibition in Oslo last week. Prince Albert I was born in Paris on 13 November 1848 to…
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