The Grand Ducal Court has announced that Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume tested positive for Covid-19. The news comes a week after his father, Grand Duke Henri, was confirmed to have the virus.
The Crown Prince self-isolated following a positive self-test and then confirmed his diagnosis with a PCR test. According to the Grand Ducal Court, the 40-year-old heir to the throne is symptom-free and…
Queen Margrethe interviewed by Danes as her Golden Jubilee approaches
11th January 2022
In just a few days time, Denmark will mark 50 years since Queen Margrethe of Denmark took the throne when her father died. The Queen has therefore participated in a large number of interviews, and an interview that attracted much attention was on the Danish TV channel DT.
Queen Margrethe is one of the few sovereigns of her generation with multiple university diplomas. Her education journey seems to have heavily influenced her life and the manner in which she performs her role. Â
Shortly after turning six-years-old in 1946, the Princess…
New dates for Queen Margarethe's Golden Jubilee celebrations revealed
11th January 2022
After announcing that, due to an increase in the number of coronavirus cases, many of the major public events of Queen Margarethe’s Golden Jubilee were to be postponed, the Danish Royal Household has released a new timeline for the celebrations.Â
The events were supposed to take place in mid-January, around the date of her father’s death and her subsequent ascension to the throne (which…
The Belgian royal family is in mourning. A close royal family member of the Belgian royal family passed away on Monday. Her Imperial & Royal Highness, Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta, Archduchess of Austria-Este, died on Monday, aged 91. She is best known as the…
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia step in for Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel
11th January 2022
Last week it was announced that the King and Queen of Sweden were infected with Covid-19. Shortly afterwards, it was announced that Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel were also infected for the second time during the pandemic. Therefore, the majority of the Swedish…
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark represented a milestone in the country’s life from a very early age and in more ways than one.Â
First of all, she was the first woman to become Queen since the change of the succession law that allowed her to become the heir presumptive, pushing back her uncle, Prince Knud.Â
But she was also the first monarch in Danish history to renounce all titles upon…
Over the weekend, Prince Philip and Princess Danica of Serbia attended the national day celebration of the Serbian region of the Republika Srpska – an unknown part of Europe for many, one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The son of Serbian Crown…
When she was born, she was not supposed to become Queen. Yet, one month after her birth, on 14 May, she was christened with a parade of godparents to rival any future monarch.Â
Queen Margrethe of Denmark was born on 16 April 1940, just one week after the Nazi invasion of…
Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Norway attend memorial service for Desmond Tutu
10th January 2022
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway have attended a memorial service for the late South African activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Oslo Cathedral.
The Crown Prince Couple and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre attended the service on Sunday, 9 January, to honour the life and work of Tutu, who died on 26 December 2021 at the age of 90.
The service included…
