King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of
Sweden opened the Folke Bernadotte Bridge yesterday in Stockholm.
The pedestrian bridge crosses the Djurgårdsbrunnsviken and connects
Museum Park and Rosendal Palace. Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg
was a cousin to the King and one of his godfathers. He was known
for negotiating the release of tens of thousands of prisoners at
German concentration…
King Felipe says new elections will take place in Spain this autumn
18th September 2019
Political leaders have spent the last two
days meeting with the Spanish monarch to try to establish a stable
government in the country. King Felipe has now declared the
meetings over and said, in a statement on Tuesday evening, that he
would not be putting forward a…
Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Queen Sonja mark the completion of royal sculpture park
17th September 2019
Her Royal Highness Princess Ingrid
Alexandra of Norway, marked this Tuesday, the arrival of the last
new sculptures in Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s Sculpture Park in the
Palace Park by the Royal Palace in Oslo. The Princess was
accompanied by her grandmother, Her Majesty…
The third Tuesday of September is
traditionally Princes’ Day, the day on which the reigning monarch
of the Netherlands addresses a joint session of the Dutch Senate
and House of Representatives to give the speech from the throne.
The speech sets out the main policy items of the coming
parliamentary session. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima
arrived at the Knight’s Hall in the…
Crown Princess Mary speaks about the importance of vaccination at a global health event
17th September 2019
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark put
vaccination at the heart of her agenda as she spoke at the World
Health Organisation Regional Committee for Europe’s 69th session on
its opening day Monday. “I am honoured to once again have the
opportunity to speak to you,” Mary…
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium to star on stamp marking 18th birthday
15th September 2019
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, Duchess of
Brabant, is to star on a stamp marking her 18th birthday. The
future Queen of Belgium will celebrate her birthday on 25 October.
The new stamp will be released on 21 October – four days ahead of
her reaching the age of…
In a new interview with Swedish magazine
Mama, Princess Madeleine revealed that she was having contractions
during her brother, Prince Carl Philip’s June 2015 wedding to Sofia
Hellqvist (now Princess Sofia). Two days later, her son, Prince
Nicolas was born. The Princess said she was having contractions all
day and was three centimetres dilated all while wearing a tiara and
gown to watch…
Queen Mathilde marks a special anniversary on an anniversary of her own
14th September 2019
Exactly two decades after she began her
path to a throne, Queen Mathilde put the spotlight on a cause that
has been hugely important to her throughout her time as a royal. On
the twentieth anniversary of her engagement to the future King
Philippe, Mathilde celebrated the…
Queen Máxima attends celebrations for the 35th anniversary of Alzheimer Nederland
13th September 2019
Queen Máxima shared a cup of tea and some
comforting words with Alzheimer’s patients on Tuesday as she
celebrated the 35th anniversary of Alzheimer Nederland in
Giessenburg. The Queen visited the Alzheimer Trefpunt De Til, one
of the 246 cafés or “trefpunt”…
On Wednesday this week, Crown Prince
Haakon visited Ørland Air Base where he received a tour and lecture
about the Armed Forces’ new F-35 fighter aircraft. It was part of a
current military exercise in Norway. The Crown Prince was given the
opportunity to see some of the planes which will be part of
Norway’s air defence in the years ahead and even take a seat in the
cockpit for…
