King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia are
now back at the Royal Palace in Stockholm after an absence of
almost six months caused by the coronavirus pandemic. As the virus
took hold, the royal couple moved to Stenhammar Palace, about 120
kilometres southwest of Stockholm. King Carl XVI Gustaf, 74, and
Queen Silvia, 76, have been based there through the spring and
summer. It was from here that…
Queen Sofía helped in the release of a
Hipatia sea turtle last week, joining forces with the Palma
Aquarium Foundation to help the marine animals and fauna in the
Palma area. The Queen, who partnered with the Palma Aquarium
Foundation last year through her Reina Sofía…
Queen Silvia received the Butterfly Prize
on Monday for her work towards addiction issues and drug-free
policies from an organisation in Sweden. The Butterfly Prize is
awarded by the Women’s Organisations’ Co-operation Council on
Alcohol and Drug Issues, and…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway has opened
the Norwegian Norfund conference in Oslo. The Crown Prince was
welcomed to the conference by Oslo’s Deputy Mayor and Chairman of
the Board of Norfund, Olaug Svarva. COVID-19 and climate challenges
were the backdrop for this year’s conference. In front of 80
parliamentary representatives, business leaders and environmental
and social…
Crown Prince Fredrik and Crown Princess
Mary’s November business trip to the Netherlands has been postponed
by the Royal House due to COVID-19. The postponement was announced
on Tuesday morning by the Royal House, noting that it will be
re-scheduled as soon as possible…
On Monday, celebratory news came from the
Greek Royal Family concerning the engagement of King Constantine’s
youngest son, Prince Philippos and Nina Flohr. Only hours later
Greek police reported that the graves of Constantine’s parents,
King Paul and Queen…
Princess Charlene of Monaco adopted the
famous yellow of the Tour de France as she helped get the famous
cycling contest under way in Nice this weekend. Charlene, alongside
her husband Prince Albert II, travelled to the French city for the
first stage of the race which is finally taking place after being
put on hold earlier this summer because of the coronavirus
pandemic. [getty…
King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece announce engagement of youngest son
1st September 2020
The youngest son of Constantine II and
Anne-Marie, former King and Queen of Greece, is getting married.
Prince Philippos has got engaged to his long time partner, Nina
Nastassja Flohr. King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie announced
the happy news in a brief statement…
Denmark`s social democratic minority
government presented on Monday its proposal for the Danish state
budget, where an increase in the salary for the Queen Margrethe was
included. The Danish government’s budget proposal for next year
shows that Queen Margrethe can…
European royals in the British line of succession: Denmark's Royal Family
1st September 2020
Continuing our series, Royal Central is
taking a look at the members of Denmark’s Royal Family who are in
the British line of succession. Frederik IX of Denmark married
Princess Ingrid of Sweden on 24 May 1935. Princess Ingrid was the
daughter of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf (later King Gustaf VI Adolf
of Sweden) and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught. The
Princess was the…
