It was a royal wedding for the history
books, the marriage of a future king and a regal love match to
boot. On this day in 1929, Olav of Norway married Martha of Sweden
in Oslo. The couple’s romance had captured the public imagination
while their rather glamourous wedding brought huge crowds to the
streets of the Norwegian capital. Let’s rewind nine decades and
remember the wedding…
Princess Claire of Luxembourg is marking
her 36th birthday today. Ahead of her birthday, the Grand Ducal
Court released two new photographs of the Princess by Alexander
Rentsch Photography; they also released a new image of her and her
husband, Prince Félix, taken by…
One week, seven days and plenty to talk
about. In another week dominated by speculation about what might be
happening behind closed Palace doors, royalty across Europe has
continued with changed agendas that reflect the times in which we
all now live. As the pandemic…
Princess Charlene attends memorial service for Zulu King Goodwill in South Africa
19th March 2021
Princess Charlene of Monaco has attended
the memorial service for Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini at the
KwaKhethomthandayo Royal Palace in Nongoma, South Africa. Princess
Charlene was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and moved
to South Africa at the age of 11 and even represented South Africa
in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. King Goodwill Zwelithini died on 12
March at the age of 72 in…
The Serbian Crown Prince and Crown
Princess have been in New York for the past few months but they
have now been fully vaccinated and are back in the Royal Palace in
Belgrade. One of the first events they attended was on Thursday
when they held an audience for the new…
Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway has
attended the digital opening of an exhibition with painter Anna
Ancher at Lillehammer Art Museum. The exhibition “Anna Ancher –
Skagen’s inner and outer space” is the largest collection of art
from Anna Ancher…
The former Belgian monarch, Albert II,
and his wife, Paola, have been photographed waiting in line as they
received their coronavirus jabs in Brussels. [getty
src=”1307766415″ width=”594″ height=”396″ tld=”co.uk”] Albert, 86,
and Paola, 83, were given the injections at the Heysel vaccination
centre near their home at Belvedere Castle. As…
The heir to the Spanish throne, Princess
Leonor, is to take on her first solo public duty at the age of
fifteen. The Princess of Asturias will present the copy of the
Spanish Constitution that she read from during her first public
speech to one of Spain’s most…
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has visited
the military camp of the Royal Danish Lifeguard in Copenhagen for a
special tradition. Her Majesty started her visit, on March 17th, by
attending an impressive military parade by several regiments from
the Royal Lifeguard. The parade…
Queen Silvia of Sweden has inaugurated
the Allergy Lift conference with a digital speech. This was the
first event that the Queen performed on her own since an accident
at Drottningholm Palace, where she fell and broke a bone in her
arm. The digital conference Allergilyftet is organised by the
Asthma and Allergy Association, of which the Queen is the patron.
The Queen opened the conference, on…
