The King of Sweden marked his 75th
birthday yesterday with scaled-back ceremonies in Stockholm due to
the pandemic. He received visits at the Royal Palace from members
of the Riksdag (Swedish parliament), Armed Forces and other members
of Sweden’s government. In the morning, there was a small reception
for the Prime Minister, Speaker of the Riksdag, the Dean of the
County Governors, the…
Queen Margrethe reveals destinations for her annual summer tour aboard her royal yacht
29th April 2021
The destinations which the Danish Queen
will visit on her royal yacht this season have been revealed. It
will be a varied summer tour with the ship due to travel a long
distance. It was not possible for the Danish Royal Family to use
the ship in 2020 due to the COVID-19…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway’s digital
visit to California continued on Wednesday. On Tuesday, His Royal
Highness met with California’s governor as well as students from
Californian Universities. On Wednesday, the Norwegian Crown Prince
held a conversation with…
On Tuesday this week Her Majesty
Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania, and her husband
Prince Radu, attended an event celebrating Romania’s war veterans.
The event happened in the Marble Hall of the National Military
Circle Palace in Romania’s capital of Bucharest. Organised by the
Romanian Ministry of National Defence and the Association ‘Together
with Heroes’ the event…
Crown Prince Alexander attends conference discussing Royal Families and their palaces
28th April 2021
On Tuesday this week, His Royal Highness
Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia participated in a digital
conference on royal families and their castles and how families and
properties are helping to attract tourists to a nation. The
conference was organised by the Serbian…
On Tuesday this week His Royal Highness
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway started his two-day virtual visit to
San Francisco, California. The trip is Norway’s first major virtual
visit abroad where the public get the opportunity to follow the
official visit digitally. The…
It might be the birthplace of Sweden’s
current king and the home of Crown Princess Victoria and her
family, but Haga Palace has also served many different functions
over the years, ranging from an orphanage to a guest house for
visiting foreign statesmen to a conference facility. The palace was
modelled after an Italian villa and built in 1802 by architect
Carl Christoffer Gjörwell at…
In this series, Royal Central is taking a
look at the grandchildren of monarchs around the world. In this
installment, we’re heading to Norway to introduce the six
grandchildren of King Harald. Children of Crown Prince
Haakon and Crown Princess…
King's Day survey shows King Willem-Alexander's approval rating still low
27th April 2021
King Willem-Alexander may celebrate his
54th birthday today, but his approval rating is still recovering
from his ill-timed holiday to Greece. A survey held by Ipsos late
last year showed a steep decline from 76% in April 2020 to just
47%. This figure has now risen…
King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and
their daughters, the Princess of Orange, Princess Alexia and
Princess Ariane, have left Paleis Huis ten Bosch to travel to
Eindhoven to celebrate a scaled-down King’s Day. A photo was
released in which the royals posed in front of the Palace. Due to
the coronavirus pandemic, the celebrations have been scaled down
for the second year in a row. In…
