Swedish police have named the man they
believe killed Olof Palme, the country’s Prime Minister, who was
assassinated in 1986. Mr Palme, who served twice as Premier of
Sweden, was shot on February 28th 1986. Swedish police now believe
long time suspect Stig Folke Wilhelm Engström, also known as The
Skandia Man, was responsible for the murder of the country’s Prime
Minister. Stig…
Prince Joachim of Belgium has been given
a fine of €10,400 for breaking quarantine measures in Spain. Prince
Joachim tested positive for the coronavirus after visiting Córdoba.
He had travelled there after flying to Madrid from Belgium without
going into quarantine…
His Royal Highness Prince Joachim of
Denmark will become Denmark’s military attaché to France. Prince
Joachim is currently living in Paris taking a management course at
the French military school. Prince Joachim will take up a new job
as a defence attaché in Paris…
King Harald of Norway is back at work at
the Royal Palace in Oslo. He has given an audience in honour to
this year’s recipients of the awards handed out by the Royal Guard.
The two awards “The Royal Guards watch” and “Brigadier Leif
Schanche’s honour-award” were handed over in the presence of the
King. The commander of the Royal Guard, Colonel Lieutenant Vegard
Flom…
King Philippe of the Belgians has stopped
off to buy a bouquet for his queen as he visited a market to find
out how they are coping as restrictions imposed because of the
coronavirus pandemic are lifted. King Philippe of the Belgians
stops off to buy flowers for Queen…
Happy Birthday, Princess Madeleine! – 38 facts about the Swedish royal on her birthday
10th June 2020
On 10 June 1982, Her Royal Highness
Princess Madeleine of Sweden was born. To celebrate her 38th
birthday here are 38 facts on the Swedish royal: 1. Madeleine
admitted in an interview onSkavlanthat she is naturally a shy
person, but she is “working on…
A controversial statue of King Leopold II
has been removed in Belgium after it was vandalised by protesters.
The statue is to undergo repairs, however, it is unlikely to return
to public display and could end up in a museum. There have long
been calls for the statue of Leopold to be removed due to the
former King’s exploitation of Congolese slave labour which left
millions of people…
Crown Princess Mary explored the history
of glassmaking in Denmark as she officially opened the design
museum Holmegaard Works (Homegaard Værk) in South Zealand on
Monday. Built on the site of the former Holmegaard Glassworks, the
new museum showcases glass, ceramics…
Crown Princess Katherine donated £500,000
worth of medical supplies to hospitals across the country to help
fight the coronavirus pandemic. The donation included electric
beds, mattresses and medical equipment which were sent to 17
hospitals throughout Serbia. In a…
Spain’s King Juan Carlos, the father of
reigning King Felipe VI, is under investigation for suspected
kickback payments related to the contract to build the high-speed
train line to Mecca from Medina in Saudi Arabia. The Supreme
Court’s prosecutor made the announcement Monday saying that the
probe would focus on the second construction phase of the bullet
train railway line which…
