As Grand Duke Henri is set to celebrate
20 years on the Grand Ducal Throne this month, we are taking a look
at his immediate family. Grand Duchess Maria Teresa Grand Duke
Henri’s wife was born in Cuba in 1956. Her family left Cuba after
Fidel Castro took control and headed to New York. She met Grand
Duke Henri during university in Switzerland. They married on 14
February 1981 in a…
King Harald of Norway’s sick leave, which
was due to expire on Monday October 5th 2020, has now been
extended. No date for a return to work has been set. This means
that Crown Prince Haakon will continue to function as Regent of
Norway for the forseeable future and…
Seven days and dozens of images to tell
the royal story. In a year when everything has changed, the
constant of monarchy is being challenged in a new and uncertain
way. As Europe’s ruling dynasties, like the rest of us, continue to
feel our way through a world where…
With Princess Eugenie and Jack
Brooksbank’s recent announcement that they are expecting a baby,
Royal Central has taken a look at some of the most common namesakes
of the current royals to see where they come from. Of all the names
given to male members of the Royal Family, those of Louis, Arthur
and Philip appear to be the most recurring. These feature in the
full names of a handful of…
Crown Princess Mary attended the Danish
Rainbow Awards earlier this week to present honorary awards to
businesses and organisations that show support for LGBTQ+ people in
Denmark. The Danish Rainbow Awards “should be inclusive and embrace
broadly,” according to the…
Today is a historic day for the Norwegian
people. For the first time in 30 years, the solemn and traditional
opening of the Norwegian Parliament has been made by a crown prince
and not the king of the nation. In a shortened ceremony, due to the
pandemic, Crown Prince Haakon…
Europe has ten remaining hereditary
monarchies. Luxembourg is the only one that is a grand duchy – a
country headed by a Grand Duke or Grand Duchess. The modern state
of Luxembourg was formed in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon, and
the Congress of Vienna, which formed the new state, decided it
would be a grand duchy. They were in a personal union with the
Kingdom of the Netherlands with…
In the end, it was a good day to bury
controversial royal news. The decision of a court to convert the
illegitimate daughter of King Albert II into HRH Princess Delphine
of Belgium came on a day the country finally got a new government
and that’s reflected in the press…
Our Deputy Editor, Brittani Barger, and
our News Editor, Lydia Starbuck, debate on whether or not Belgium
should have added a new princess to the Belgian Royal Family. Lydia
Starbuck, News Editor I can’t help feeling that the decision to
create Delphine, daughter of…
Queen Máxima officially opened Breast
Cancer Awareness Month in the Netherlands on Thursday during a
visit to the Breast Cancer Association Netherlands in The Hague.
During her visit, Queen Máxima met with some of the 230 volunteers
who help out with BCAN to hear about how they’re involved with the
organisation. Her Majesty also received a copy of the book
Everything About Breast Cancer…
