It was billed as Monaco’s biggest
celebration in over fifty years. But in the days before the royal
wedding of Prince Albert II of Monaco and Charlene Wittstock, this
fairytale romance began to exercise a more morose fascination.
Reports that the bride had tried to flee her soon to be realm ahead
of the nuptials flew around the world. Once the vows were said, the
new Princess wept copious…
Princess Charlene has given a nod to her
wedding day in a new portrait marking the anniversary of her
marriage to Prince Albert. Charlene wears an aqua blue outfit for
the celebratory snap, an almost identical shade to the colour she
chose for her civil wedding to the…
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium conducted
her second solo engagement just five days after the first, as she
opened a 3D printing lab named after her at KU Leuven. Upon
her arrival, on Thursday, 30th June, the Princess was escorted to
her seat in the front row for the…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands had a
busy Thursday and was on an engagement literally close to
home. On Thursday morning, Máxima visited the TextielMuseum
in Tilburg. Conservators at the museum are currently working on
repairing and restoring curtains from the Chinese Hall at the
Paleis Huis ten Bosch, as well as creating new curtains. She
met with museum staff to discuss how the…
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…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia welcomed
guests as they arrived at Madrid’s Royal Palace to attend the
opening dinner of the NATO Summit taking place in the Spanish
capital on Wednesday and Thursday. With the invitation-only
requesting cocktail attire, Queen Letizia…
Queen Letizia and US First Lady, Jill Biden, visit centre supporting refugees from Ukraine
29th June 2022
Dr Jill Biden, First Lady of the United
States of America, travelled to Madrid a day before her husband did
for the NATO summit, and took the opportunity to visit some of the
projects that are at the core of Queen Letizia’s work. After a
meeting with staff, patients and families at the Spanish
Association against Cancer on Monday, Tuesday brought on a visit to
the centre for Ukrainian…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima begin State Visit to Austria with a lot of symbolic pieces
29th June 2022
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…
Queen Margrethe and King Carl XVI Gustaf send condolences as Norway faces a tragic shooting
27th June 2022
Queen Margrethe of Denmark and King Carl
XVI Gustaf of Sweden have both surrounded King Harald of Norway
with love after the tragic shooting that took the lives of two
people in Oslo. The two monarchs both sent condolences letters,
which were published on all social…
The Queen of Spain has met the First Lady
of the United States as Madrid gets ready for one of the biggest
international political summits of the year. Queen Letizia welcomed
Jill Biden to the Zarzuela Palace on June 27 2022, just hours
before the NATO summit was due to start in the Spanish capital. US
President Joe Biden will be among those taking part in the summit
which will bring world…
