The details of the last will of the late
Princess Lilian of Sweden are once again being debated by the
country’s press. And the details show that siblings Crown Princess
Victoria, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine were treated
very differently by their aunt when it came to inheritance.
Princess Lilian died in 2013, at the age of 97, in her home, Villa
Solbacken on Djurgården in…
Tessy Antony de Nassau has received the
Freedom of the City of London award by the Clerk of the Mayor of
the City. She was presented the award on Friday, 7 August, at a
late-morning ceremony conducted over Zoom due to the ongoing
pandemic. Part of the ceremony consisted…
King Felipe VI of Spain has arrived in
Mallorca for his annual summer holiday. Felipe, along with Queen
Letizia and their two daughters, was spotted driving into the
Marivent Palace on the island where they traditionally spend part
of August. The stay is usually a relaxed…
Following the exile of Spain’s former
monarch King Juan Carlos, some royal commentators are questioning
whether the honours awarded to him by Queen Elizabeth II may be
rescinded. As reported in the Daily Mail, Juan Carlos has been
honoured both with the Royal Victorian Chain and is also a
Stranger Knight of the Order of
the Garter. However, if Juan Carlos one day returns to Spain,
he…
Countess Alexandra of Frederiksborg,
former wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark, has expressed her support
to her former husband following his recently illness. In a
statement to the Danish magazine “Billedbladet” she says that she
and the two sons she has with Prince…
European and African monarchs join Queen Elizabeth and King Abdullah in sending condolences to Lebanon
6th August 2020
Monarchs from across Europe, Africa and
the Middle East have joined Queen Elizabeth II and Jordan’s King
Abdullah in sending condolences to Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun
after the explosion that left massive devastation in Beirut on
Tuesday. King Willem-Alexander…
Several Spanish newspapers are reporting
that King Juan Carlos I has arrived in the Caribbean nation of the
Dominican Republic. The former monarch left Spain on Sunday,
shortly before an official announcement that he was to go into
exile. Several media sources have reported that Juan Carlos left
Spain via Portugal. The Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia is now
reporting that, during the weekend…
”I’m a Juancarlist, not a monarchist” was
a well worn phrase in Spain once upon a time. In fact, it was heard
most loudly when Spain’s monarchy was a fairytale come true in the
20th century. People liked their king but they didn’t necessarily
care so deeply for the…
Casa Real's Twitter account reaches a million followers hours after King Juan Carlos announcement
4th August 2020
Spain’s Casa Real (or Royal House in
English) now has over a million Twitter followers. They reached the
milestone just hours after the announcement that King Juan Carlos
would go into self-imposed exile. The account was created in 2014
just a month before King Juan…
Prince Joachim of Denmark is back with
his family after being discharged from hospital in France where he
underwent emergency brain surgery. The younger son of Queen
Margrethe was given the go ahead to return to his holiday
residence, the Chateau of Cayx, on August 3rd 2020, ten days after
he was rushed in for treatment after falling ill. Joachim, who is
51, underwent surgery on a blood…
