King Felipe VI has held a formal meeting
with the country’s Prime Minister for the first time since news of
the exile of former monarch, Juan Carlos, broke. The two men had an
audience at the Marivent Palace in Mallorca where Felipe VI is
spending ten days with his family. Spain’s king usually holds a
meeting with the Prime Minister during the royal stay in Mallorca
but this…
Prince Joachim seen for first time since brain surgery
12th August 2020
Prince Joachim of Denmark has been seen
for the first time since undergoing emergency surgery for a blood
clot on his brain last month. The prince was photographed with his
older brother, Crown Prince Frederik, who has spent several days in
France with Joachim and his…
Prince Carl Philip opens photo exhibition
12th August 2020
The summer is in full swing but the
Swedish Royal Family is getting back to work. This week, Prince
Carl Philip of Sweden attended the digital opening of the nature
photo exhibition “Royal National City Park – 25 Years”. The
exhibition, with 28 curated…
Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia take lead on royal engagement
11th August 2020
The heir to the throne of Spain and her
sister have been out and about in Mallorca for the second time in
two days for an engagement focused on young poeple. Princess
Leonor, 14, and Infanta Sofia, 13, visited the Naum Socioeducative
Centre run by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul on
August 11th 2020 with their parents but it was the younger royals
who took the lead on this…
A new poll has shown a growth in support
for King Felipe VI of Spain in the days following the announcement
that his father, King Juan Carlos, was going into exile. The
survey, for the paper El Espanol, gives Felipe an approval rating
of 64% among those asked with 29% who…
Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau turns 52
11th August 2020
Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau was born
Mabel Martine Los on 11 August 1968 to Hendrik Los and Florence
Kooman in Pijnacker, Netherlands. When she was nine, her father
passed away, leaving her mother, Mabel and her sister. Eventually,
her mother remarried to Peter Wisse…
Denmark's media reports of ongoing dispute within the Danish Royal Family over castle inheritance
11th August 2020
There is an ongoing dispute over
inheritance within the Danish Royal Family according to the Danish
weekly magazine Billed Bladet. Prince Gustav Frederik Philip
Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, the son of Danish Princess
Benedikte and nephew of Queen Margrethe, is involved in the ongoing
dispute. The Danish media has said that, for several years, there
has been an inheritance dispute in…
Sisterly love - Princess Leonor helps Infanta Sofia to walk after suffering accident in Mallorca
10th August 2020
The heir to Spain’s throne, Princess
Leonor, helped her sister, Infanta Sofia, to walk on their first
appearance in Mallorca after the younger royal hurt her leg soon
after arriving on the island. Sofia, who is thirteen, had a large
bandage around her knee as she…
The King of Spain has held a series of
meetings with politicians as news of the exile of his father, Juan
Carlos, continues to dominate the country’s media. Felipe VI
welcomed political leaders from the Balearic Islands to his home in
Mallorca as his stay there got…
Images of King Juan Carlos and King
Felipe of Spain were set alight at the weekend as a protest against
the country’s monarchy took place in Madrid. The gathering, which
involved several hundred people, came as a new poll for a newspaper
showed most people are against the decision of Juan Carlos to leave
Spain as investigations into allegations of corruption continue.
The protest is the…

