On Friday, Norway celebrated National Day
– a day when Norway celebrates its constitution, which, just behind
the constitution to the United States, is the oldest in the world
still in use. The day was celebrated from early morning until late
in the evening, and the Royal Family has a central role in
celebrating Norway and all that is Norwegian. This is a day where
the celebrations begin…
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, 47, has
said she has no plans to give up her royal title. When questioned
by Norway’s TV2 on Thursday about possibly giving up her title, the
Princess said, “That’s not something I am considering.” The
daughter of…
The Court of Appeal of Brussels has ruled
that King Albert of Belgium has to pay 5,000 euros per day as long
as he refuses to submit himself to a DNA-test to determine whether
Ms Delphine Boël is his daughter. The lawyers of Ms Boël had
requested this after King Albert…
At the third annual Dementia X Forum at
the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden, Princess Sofia and Queen
Silvia of Sweden welcomed Queen Sofía of Spain and Princess
Takamado of Japan to their country for the event. Dementia X was
hosted by BBC World News journalist and presenter Nisha Pillai, and
she welcomed everyone to the forum before introducing the Minister
of Children, Senior Citizens and…
The Danish Royal Court has announced this
week that Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark will visit
Danes living in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein in
September. On her voyage to Germany, Her Majesty will use the
Danish royal yacht “Dannebrog”. The reason for…
On 13 May, the Danish Court announced
that Prince Joachim had agreed to become Patron of the Orders and
Medals Society of Denmark, taking over from Prince Henrik. Prince
Henrik had been the patron of the association from 1978 until his
death. It aims to promote the study of…
After a broken engagement a few years
earlier, Princess Madeleine of Sweden finally found the love of her
life after fleeing to New York City to heal her broken heart.
There, through mutual friends, she met American-British financier
Christopher “Chris” O’Neill. They appeared for the first time in
public together in January 2011, and the relationship might have
stayed quiet…
On Tuesday afternoon, His Majesty King
Harald announced the season-opening of the Norwegian Royal Yacht
“DS Norge”. Royal Central’s Senior Europe Correspondent Oskar
Aanmoen was among the journalists present. The Norwegian press took
the opportunity to ask some…
Hereditary Prince Ernst August of Hanover
and Princess Ekaterina of Hanover have baptised their second child,
Prince Welf August over the weekend. The 2-month-old Prince’s royal
godparents were also present for the christening. Hereditary Prince
Ernst August and…
Looking Back at the Wedding of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark
14th May 2019
Today we are going to look back at the
wedding of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary which took
place 15 years ago. Denmark’s Crown Prince married his Australian
fiancée on a beautiful May morning at the Copenhagen Cathedral.
Crown Prince Frederik first met his future wife, Mary Donaldson, in
Sydney while he was there for the 2000 Olympic Games. They met at
the Slip Inn Bar, and the…
