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 Norwegian Tourist Association in
Maridalen, in the forests outside the Norwegian capital of Oslo.
Crown Prince Haakon is 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…
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 Garden’ at the Copenhagen Zoo.
Announced as part of her 50th birthday celebrations, ‘Mary’s
Australian Garden’ will be…
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…
Queen Margrethe of Denmark to enjoy a private holiday alongside King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway
2nd February 2022
For Queen Margrethe, a hectic week
awaits, with all eyes on the celebrations surrounding Crown
Princess Mary’s 50th birthday. On Saturday, the Crown Princess will
mark her milestone birthday, with members of her family coming
together to mark the occasion. Following on…
Princess Benedikte to be acting regent of Denmark in place of her sister, Queen Margrethe
2nd February 2022
In something of a raritythe Queen
Margrethe’s younger sister will serve as regent of Denmark whilst
Her Majesty is out of the country for a couple of weeks. The Danish
Monarch will be absent from the country from 9 February to the 20
February, and since Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary
are also abroad during this period, Princess Benedikte will step in
as temporary head of…
On 30 March 2001, Queen Beatrix announced
the engagement of her son and heir, Prince Willem-Alexander to the
Argentine-born investment banker Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti. The
couple were married on 2 February 2002. Today, King
Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima are…
Classic flowers for a royal bride - Queen Maxima's wedding bouquet
2nd February 2022
While a royal wedding dress might grab
all the headlines with the almost obligatory tiara coming a close
second, no set of regal nuptials would be complete without a bridal
bouquet. We might not get round to admiring it until after our
fourth discussion about the wedding…
Crown Princess Mary emotional after hospital is named in her honour
2nd February 2022
The year 2022 is a year with many royal
anniversaries; one of them is in Denmark when Crown Princess Mary
celebrates her 50th birthday. On the occasion of the Danish Crown
Princess’ 50th birthday, the new Danish national hospital in
Copenhagen be renamed in her honour. The hospital today is known as
‘Rigshospitalet’, but when the new building opens in 2025, the name
will be…
