On 4 October 1966, the Danish Royal Court
announced that Crown Princess Margrethe was to marry Henri de
Laborde de Montpezat. The engagement was a surprise to most as they
had kept their relationship a secret.Henri was a French diplomat in
London, and he and Margrethe met during an official dinner at the
French Embassy and then again at a wedding, starting a relationship
soon…
Queen Mathilde of the Belgians has
visited Fitness Campus Lange Munte, in Kortrijk, Belgium, to show
her support for the her country’s Olympians ahead of the Tokyo
Games. Her Majesty travelled to the small town, west of
Brussels, to give a final encouragement to…
Crown Prince Frederik to resign as active member of the International Olympic Committee
9th June 2021
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark has
announced his intention to resign as an active member of the
International Olympic Committee, a resignation that should be
effective after a vote during the next IOC meeting, at the end of
the Tokyo Games. In a statement, on June 8th…
King Felipe of Spain has taken part in a
solemn ceremony for the Royal and Military Order of Saint
Ferdinando. His Majesty arrived at the Aranjuez Royal Palace,
located in Aranjuez, near Madrid, on June 8th 2021, and was
received by the Chief of Defence, Lieutenant Colonel. López
Calderón, the Chancellor of the Royal and Military order of Saint
Hermenegildo and the President of the Assembly…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden team up at sea conference
9th June 2021
On Tuesday afternoon, Crown Prince Haakon
of Norway and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden teamed up to
highlight environmental issues with the sea. The digital conference
under the auspices of the UN Development Program, UNDP, focused on
the state of the sea and what can be…
Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel
and Princess Estelle have inaugurated a permanent installation in
the Djurgården island park in Stockholm. The sculpture,
created by Danish-Norwegian duo Elmgreen and Dragset, has been
sponsored by the Princess Estelle Cultural…
Queen Letizia of Spain has officially
opened an exhibition at the Spanish National Library, in Madrid,
about feminist writer Emilia Pardo Bazán. The Queen of Spain
toured the exhibition with the Vice Prime Minister, the Minister of
Culture and Sports, the President of the Galician Assembly and
other authorities on June 8th 2021. The exhibition was commissioned
by Isabel Burdiel Bueno…
Princess Benedikte of Denmark and
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg has opened a new fitness centre for
Parasport in Gladsaxe Municipality. After cutting the red ribbon
for the new centre, “Gladsaxe MultiFitness”, Her Royal Highness was
shown around the centre, which…
Andrea Casiraghi, eldest son of Princess Caroline of Hanover, celebrates 37th birthday
9th June 2021
Andrea Casiraghi was born on 8 June 1984
in La Colle, Monaco, as the eldest child of Princess Caroline of
Hanover and her second husband, Italian athlete Stefano Casiraghi.
Stefano Casiraghi died tragically in a boating accident in 1990,
aged 30. Princess Caroline decided…
After a broken engagement a few years
earlier, Princess Madeleine of Sweden finally found the love of her
life after fleeing to New York City to heal her broken heart.
There, through mutual friends, she met American-British financier
Christopher “Chris” O’Neill. They appeared for the first time in
public together in January 2011 and the relationship might have
stayed quiet for…
