His Majesty King Harald and Her Royal
Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit were present at Ullevål Stadium
on Sunday during the men’s cup final in football. The final was
played between Viking and Haugesund. The two cheered on the
football players from the most exclusive part of the VIP stand in
Norway’s most famous football arena. Ullevål Stadium has a capacity
of 27,000 people…
Originally published in December 2017, we
are republishing this piece in the spirit of the Christmas season:
We are taking a look at our picks for the top five royal Christmas
cards of the past decade. In no particular order, we have selected
the following: The 2016…
Queen Mathilde spreads Christmas cheer at Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital
8th December 2019
It might not have been Father Christmas,
but another famous figure in a red suit made a visit to Queen
Fabiola Children’s University Hospital this week when Queen
Mathilde stopped by to lift the spirits of patients. She shared
smiles, high fives, and handshakes with…
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark has held
the annual Christmas reception for the partners of the Mary
Foundation at Frederik VIII’s Palace in the Amalienborg Palace
complex in Copenhagen. This year’s reception took place on
Thursday, 5 December with partners enjoying glögg and apple slices
as a thank you for their work with the Mary Foundation (Mary Fonden
in Danish) over the past…
Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of
Luxembourg and his wife, Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie have
personally commented on the announcement that they are expecting a
baby. The couple did so on their first official outing since
breaking the news to the world. Yesterday…
Tessy Antony-de Nassau spends the day with students at St George's in Luxembourg for Innovation Days
7th December 2019
Tessy Antony-de Nassau was present for
the first-ever Innovation Day in Luxembourg at St George’s Primary
yesterday where her company, Finding Butterflies co-organised the
event alongside Vodafone Foundation Luxembourg. Also in attendance
alongside Tessy was the…
The holidays are upon us, and as we
mentioned in our podcast, we have collected the addresses of those
our readers might want to send Christmas cards to and posted them
below. Please be advised that if you live in North America, it will
take a couple of weeks for your letters and cards to get to Europe.
United Kingdom: If you want to send a Christmas card to the Prince
of Wales and Duchess…
Dutch royals release new photo for Princess Catharina-Amalia's 16th birthday
7th December 2019
The Dutch Royal Family has released a new
photo of Princess Catharina-Amalia for her 16th birthday. The
Princess of Orange – as she is known officially as the heir to the
throne – was born on 7 December 2003. © RVD – Z.M. de Koning. The
photo was…
See all the photos released as part of the happy announcement the Hereditary Grand Ducal Couple of Luxembourg are expecting their first child
6th December 2019
This morning, the Grand Ducal Court
announced that the Hereditary Grand Ducal Couple are expecting
their first child. The press release said, ” Their Royal Highnesses
the Grand Duke and Duchess are immensely pleased to announce that
the Hereditary Grand Duke and…
Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway visited
the “Big Apple” this week. Although the Queen had only one official
task in town, it is reasonable to believe that the Queen has spent
more than one day in the city, probably to do some of the Christmas
shopping for this year. The Queen was present during the opera
performance “Queen of Spades” at the Metropolitan Opera. The reason
why…
