The Mary Foundation (Mary Fonden) was
founded in 2007 by Crown Princess Mary of Denmark. After her
wedding to Crown Prince Frederick, the people of Denmark and
Greenland raised and donated close to £123,000 (1.1 million Danish
kroner) in celebration of the union as a national gift. This money
was, in turn, used partially to create the Mary Foundation. The
Crown Princess hands out medals at the…
It is time again for the Winter Olympics
in Beijing this year. The Opening Ceremony is on 4 February and the
Olympics end on 20 February. Many royals are members of the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) and usually participate at
the annual meetings ahead of the…
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the
Belgians have embarked on an official visit to the Sultanate of
Oman and the United Arab Emirates that will last until
Saturday. The state plane carrying the royal couple, who are
travelling accompanied by the Minister of Foreign…
Queen Letizia of Spain has taken part in
a work meeting for UNICEF Spain, of which she is Honorary
President, to recap the year that just concluded and take a look at
the goals for the future. Her Majesty arrived at the UNICEF
Spain headquarters in the morning of Wednesday, 2 February, and was
welcomed by the organisation’s authorities. Once seated in
the meeting room, the Queen…
The Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg is
once again the victim of a scam with people impersonating the press
office or individual members. For this reason, the Grand
Ducal Court issued a warning on all social media platforms: “The
House of the Grand Duke has evidenced…
Every year, volunteers work 800,000 hours
for the Norwegian Tourist Association. In his New Year’s speech in
December, King Harald was able to declare this year, 2022, the year
of volunteers work. On February 2 2022., Crown Prince Haakon
visited volunteers from the…
Expo 2020 is a World Expo, currently
hosted by Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from 1 October 2021 to
31 March 2022. Originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 to 10 April
2021, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On February 1
2022, Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden participated digitally in
a seminar at the exhibition. The theme of the seminar was mental
illness among children and…
King Harald of Norway’s sick leave has
been extended. The Royal Court confirmed to Norwegian television
TV2 on 2 February that His Majesty’s leave would continue for the
rest of the week with Crown Prince Haakon continuing as Regent. On
Friday, 28 January…
Crown Princess Mary paid tribute to her
Australian roots at a sod-laying ceremony at the Copenhagen Zoo on
Wednesday. Accompanied by her twin children, Prince Vincent and
Princess Josephine, Crown Princess Mary helped begin the
construction of ‘Mary’s Australian…
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is turning
50-years-old in 2022 – a milestone birthday that she will mark with
scaled-down celebrations due to the ongoing health restrictions,
but still celebrations fit for a future Queen. Who knows if
she imagined, when she was a little girl, that she would end up
living her own fairytale on the opposite end of the globe and
beloved by the people for…
