On Tuesday, 9 June, the Netherlands’
Golden State Coach arrived in Amsterdam to be featured in an
exhibition. The coach, used traditionally for state
functions, such as Budget Day, has been undergoing a five
years-long renovation, meaning that King Willem-Alexander has only
been able to use it a handful of times during his reign. The
coach has now been placed in a glass case, which…
Queen Letizia speaks out on death of young girl which has horrified Spain
12th June 2021
Queen Letizia has expressed her sorrow
upon learning that the body of a six-year-old-girl, Olivia Gimeno,
was recovered by police on Thursday, 10 of June off the coast of
Tenerife. The Queen was speaking at the closing ceremony of the
Santander WomenNow 2021 Convention on…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands attended
the first day of the Special Olympics National Games on the Sports
Campus in The Hague. The Games, which will take place from
June 11-13, 2021, are a national sporting event for athletes
with intellectual disabilities. The…
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, 83,
underwent an operation on her left ear at Leiden University Medical
Center on Friday. The former monarch’s operation was to remove a
cholesteatoma – an abnormal collection of skin cells – from the
ear. The condition is a persistent middle ear infection that can
lead to hearing loss. Dr EF Hensen and Dr AGL van der Mey performed
the…
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark gave the
opening speech at the UN World Goals Conference, and the launch of
the new National Action Plan for those goals, earlier this week,
saying that “now it is action.” The UN Sustainable Development
Goals were created in 2015 as…
Princess Amalia, the heir to the Dutch
throne, has informed Prime Minister Mark Rutte that she will return
the allowance she was due to receive upon her 18th birthday for the
duration of her studies. She wrote to the Prime Minister that she
finds receiving the allowance…
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
announced that he would resign as an active member of the
International Olympic Committee on Tuesday. The news came as a
surprise for most of the media, and many have now reacted to the
international press coverage of this news. Several non-Danish
magazines and newspaper claim that a Danish abdication is in the
near future. While Crown Prince Frederik…
Prince Julian of Sweden is set to be
christened in the Royal Chapel of Drottningholm Palace on Saturday,
14 August, and his christening will break a 43-year-old royal
tradition. Since the christening of Crown Princess Victoria in
1977, all royal christenings have been…
Norway’s royal couple and Crown Prince
Couple recently met many of those who survived the terrorist attack
on Utøya in Norway in 2011. This year marks ten years since the
terrorist attack on the young people on Utøya and on the government
quarter in Oslo. The Royal…
Princess Madeleine Thérèse Amelie
Josephine of Sweden was born on June 10, 1982, at Drottningholm
Palace. She is the youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen
Silvia. Her older sister is Crown Princess Victoria, and her
brother is Prince Carl Philip. Princess Madeleine is currently
eighth in line to the throne. She was created Duchess of
Hälsingland and Gästrikland by her father upon…
