King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of
Belgium have decided to send their oldest son, Prince Gabriël to an
exclusive, international private school close to Brussels. As of
the 2nd of September, the Prince will continue his education in a
new environment. As the summer holiday comes to an end, parents and
children are preparing for the new school year. This is also the
case for Prince Gabriël of…
The Royal Court in Oslo revealed on
Tuesday evening King Harald and Queen Sonja’s special confirmation
gift to Princess Ingrid Alexandra. The gift to Her Royal Highness
Princess Ingrid Alexandra on the occasion of her confirmation on
August 31, 2019, is a Norwegian…
Queen Máxima will honour the 35th
anniversary of Alzheimer Nederland with a visit to Alzheimer
Trefpunt De Til in Giessenburg on Tuesday, 10 September. Since 1997
Alzheimer Nederland has set up 246 cafés or “trefpunt” around the
country where patients…
Norwegian mosque apologises to Crown Prince Haakon after three women refused handshake
27th August 2019
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon
visited the Al-Noor Islamic Centre last week to show support after
the 10 August shooting attack on the mosque. Many people noticed
that three women did not accept the Crown Prince’s outstretched
hand as he attempted to greet them. The Bærum mosque shooting, or
the Al-Noor Islamic Centre shooting, was an attack that occurred on
10 August 2019 at…
King Emeritus Juan Carlos has been
transferred out of the intensive care unit after his condition
improved following major cardiac surgery over the weekend. The
former King of Spain had a triple heart bypass – an operation which
has been described as…
On Friday of last week, Her Majesty Queen
Sonja congratulated Russian baritone Sergey Kaydalov who emerged
victorious from the final of the Queen Sonja International Music
Competition 2019. The competition’s final was held in the opera in
Oslo, and it was Her Majesty the…
Spain’s leading newspaper,El País,
published the obituary of King Juan Carlos online albeit incredibly
prematurely. In actual fact, the former King of Spain is alive and
well and is recovering in hospital from major cardiac surgery. El
País announced the King’s death 3:30pm due to “complications”
during the heart operation which resulted in the 81-year-old having
a…
King Emeritus Juan Carlos has been
visited in the Intensive Care Unit by his youngest daughter,
Infanta Cristina. Cristina arrived at the Quirónsalud University
Hospital in Pozuelo de Alarcón on Monday afternoon to visit her
father, alongside her children, Juan…
The Dutch Royal Family has returned to
work, with the first official engagement taking place since the
death of Princess Christina earlier this month. Princess Beatrix
attended the opening of the 79th session of the Institut de Droit
International (IDI) in the Grand…
Doctors treating the former monarch of
Spain, Juan Carlos I, say the major cardiac surgery he underwent
this weekend has been a success. Juan Carlos had a triple bypass on
Saturday at a private clinic in Madrid. King Felipe VI and his
mother, Queen Sofia, arrived at the hospital while the operation
was still going on. Felipe later said the family was happy with the
progress being made by Juan…
