Crown Princess Mary of Denmark paid an
official visit to Burkina Faso last week, joining the Minister for
Development Aid on a trip to highlight girls’ and women’s health.
The Danish royal visited the Sahel region of the western African
nation from 27-29 October, accompanied by Minister Flemming Møller
Mortensen. The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes that this
is an area where…
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde invite athletes in their home
1st November 2021
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the
Belgians welcomed a delegation of representatives from the world of
sports. The athletes have had notable performances over the past
two years, and they included some Olympians and Paralympians from
the most recent Games in…
On Friday, 29 October, Canadian Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau and Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
visited the Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery. Princess
Margriet was born in Ottawa at the Ottawa Civic Hospital in 1943.
Her parents, Princess Juliana and Prince…
Princess Leonor, Princess of Asturias is
beginning a new phase of her life as she undertakes sixth form
studies in Wales. It’s the first time she’s lived away from home
and marks another chapter in her path towards the Spanish throne.
As the teenage princess turns 16 , let’s take a look back at the
past year in her life to chart how she’s becoming a much more
active member…
The Poignant story behind the Christmas campaign close to Crown Princess Mary's heart
31st October 2021
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark will be
completing one of her first holiday traditions of the 2021 festive
season this week. She will be launching the 2021 Christmas stamp, a
philanthropic tradition that dates back over 110 years. Each year,
the Christmas Stamp…
Crown Princess Mette-Marit recorded a
video greeting to mark the beginning of this year’s 2021 Food and
Health Conference, calling the knowledge of how food and health
connect as “absolutely necessary for us as humans.” In the short
video greeting shared on the…
The annual parliament dinner at the Royal
Palace in Oslo has been held again after a hiatus. Due to the
pandemic, the traditional event had to be cancelled in 2020, but
this year the tables could be covered again, for the 103rd time.
King Harald and Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess
Mette Marit, as well as the king’s older sister Princess Astrid,
attended the dinner. A…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia paid a
visit to a rural school in Tui on Thursday, recognising its efforts
for educational transformation after it had received an honour from
their daughter’s Princess of Girona Foundation Awards. The Spanish
royals visited the Mestra…
King Harald reveals he got his first mobile phone at the age of 83
29th October 2021
King Harald got his very first mobile
phone when he was 83 years old. During the pandemic, King Harald
was forced to take the big leap from landline to cell phone. The
king raised a big laugh when he made the revelation during the
annual and traditional Parliament dinner…
Queen Margrethe posed for the cover of a
new book outlining her 50-year-reign of Denmark using a century-old
photographic method with a camera that was reportedly used during
the American Civil War in the mid-1800s. For the upcoming book,
Monark og menneske (Monarch and Man), Queen Margrethe sat for a
portrait by Jan Grarup, using a wetplate camera from 1896 with a
lens that dates back to 1856.
