King Carl XVI Gustaf has overseen the
official opening of the Swedish parliament, the Riksdag. The new
parliamentary year has thus begun. The King was accompanied by
Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel. Before the
ceremony in the Riksdag, the royals joined the Speaker of the
Riksdag and the Prime Minister, as well as members of the Riksdag
in the Great Church to attend the…
Queen Letizia has travelled to one of
Madrid’s most beautiful places and celebrated an important
anniversary. Her Majesty visited the Villanueva building of
the Prado Museum, where an exhibition opened to celebrate the 40th
anniversary of the Friends of the Prado…
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia open music festival in Prince Alexander's duchy
14th September 2021
On Sunday, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen
Silvia travelled to Stenhammar Palace to open the local music
festival. The World of Music at Stenhammar is a festival that
saw its birth only in 2019 and had to be cancelled in 2020. But in
his opening speech, His Majesty…
His Majesty King carl XVI Gustaf of
Sweden has presented “His Majesties The King’s Medal” and “Litteris
et Artibus” awards at a ceremony in the White Sea Room at the Royal
Palace in Stockholm. At the medal ceremony, on September 13th 2021,
the awards were handed to the people who were officially awarded
medals by the King on Sweden’s National Day, June 6, back in 2020.
Her…
Prince Carl Philip heads to Blekinge on latest royal visit to see pandemic impact
14th September 2021
Prince Carl Philip has visited Blekinge
County to see the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic there and how
people are rebuilding. The prince’s visit took him to the city of
Karlskrona and the acting governor Helena Morgonsköld hosted the
visit. Prince Carl Philip…
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark gave a
speech at the 71st session of the World Health Organisation
Regional Committee for Europe on Monday, talking about the
coronavirus pandemic and its effects on children and youth and
other vulnerable groups. The meeting, which took…
Netherlands' Prince's Day celebration to forego balcony appearance
13th September 2021
The Dutch Royal House has announced that
this year’s traditional balcony appearance on Prince’s Day will not
take place. This is due to current health safety restrictive
measures to prevent crowds of well-wishers from gathering and
potentially spreading the COVID-19 virus. Therefore, Prince’s
Day, on 21 September this year, will be slightly different than
usual. The…
King Philippe bikes to his wife's university on the institution's 50th anniversary
13th September 2021
On Monday, many European countries marked
the beginning of a new school year, and King Philippe of the
Belgians took to his bicycle and took a tour of UCLouvain.
Université Catholique Louvain (or UCLouvain) is a private
university located in the small town of…
Danish Crown Princely Family takes part in 2021 Royal Run
13th September 2021
On Sunday in Denmark, several cities in
the country hosted their races for this year’s Royal Run. The
Crown Princely Family spread out across the hosting cities to be
present in as many places as possible and ran different
distances. The Royal Run is a…
On a rare Sunday engagement, Queen
Mathilde of the Belgians took it to the streets of Brussels on 12
September for the 41st edition of the 20 kilometres of Brussels
race. The sporting event should have seen its 2021 edition
taking place on the 31st of May, but because of the health safety
restrictions in place in Belgium and in the Brussels region at the
time, the event was postponed to…
