Tessy Antony de Nassau, a former UN
peacekeeper, released a video statement yesterday in honour of
National Peacekeeping Day 2020. In her role as patron of UNA-UK,
Tessy recorded a short video to mark the occasion. She first spoke
about the COVID-19 pandemic and how it’s disrupted everyone’s lives
across the globe, as well as institutions like UNA-UK. The epidemic
prevented the…
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic,
Sweden’s National Day celebrations have to be altered. The Royal
Family usually attends several events throughout the day; however,
the Royal Court has revealed to Royal Central how things will be
different in 2020. “The Royal…
His Majesty King Rama V of Siam,
present-day Thailand, also called King Chulalongkorn, was born in
1853 and died in 1910. As a fifteen-year-old, Chulalongkorn
ascended the Siamese throne, but because of his young age, his
uncle acted as his guardian. During his five years…
Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia met
with young Spanish talents at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid on
Thursday, 28 May. Their Majesties, clad in surgical masks, sat six
feet apart from the eight young talents from research, technology,
business, culture and social action. The group had an open dialogue
for two hours about how COVID-19 is impacting Spanish society and
their visions for the…
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway has
spoken out after the death of African American George Floyd by
police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Princess made the
remarks on her Instagram account with a photo of a woman holding a
sign with George Floyd’s name.
Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia has
donated urgently needed Stryker electric beds, mattresses, medical
equipment and supplies to 17 hospitals throughout Serbia. The
equipment is valued at more than 500.000 euros. Even though the
Serbian Crown Prince Couple is in…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway has been
hearing more about how the coronavirus pandemic is being handled by
businesses across his country. On video-link, His Royal Highness
met with the Norwegian firms Less, Epiguard and Rocketfarm to hear
more about what they are doing and how they earn money and create
work during the pandemic. Entrepreneurship is an important issue
for the Crown Prince. On…
To mark what would have been the 85th
wedding anniversary of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid, the
Danish Royal House shared details about her family heirloom wedding
crown on their social media channels. Queen Ingrid wore a myrtle
wedding crown as part of her bridal…
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain
have led a minute’s silence for the tens of thousands of people who
have died of Covid-19 in their country. The tribute came as Spain
began a period of ten days national mourning for all those who have
lost their lives because…
The King and Queen of Spain join experts looking at global impact of COVID-19
27th May 2020
King Felipe and Queen Letizia attended a
session of the Scientific Committee of the Elcano Royal Institute
to learn about the international impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Upon their arrival, the King and Queen were greeted by the
President and Director of the Institute, Emilio Lamo de Espinosa
and Charles Powell, who made a presentation to the royals on how
the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting…
