The Netherlands

Queen Máxima speaks about the importance of including Generation Z in financial inclusion initiatives

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20th February 2019
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has spoken via video message at the 2019 Arise Conference about the importance of including Generation Z in financial inclusion initiatives. This is something, she believes, that must be addressed in a timely manner. Her Majesty stressed that Generation Z’s “energy and creativity will be essential to reducing poverty, improving health, and promoting…
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Sweden

Who is Princess Leonore of Sweden?

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20th February 2019
Three months after the wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O’Neill, the Swedish Royal Court announced that Princess Madeleine was pregnant with her first child. Madeleine confirmed on her official Facebook in December 2013 that she was expecting a girl.
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The royal bride dressed by Karl Lagerfeld

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19th February 2019
It’s a very famous royal wedding outfit, a style statement worn as a much talked about bride became a princess. Charlene Wittstock arrived at her civil marriage to Prince Albert II of Monaco in a trouser suit she designed with the help of Karl Lagerfeld, the fashion supremo who has died at the age of 85. Embed from Getty Images Charlene and Albert’s civil wedding took place on July 1st…
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Norway

King Harald and Queen Sonja to visit Chile

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19th February 2019
King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway have accepted the invitation of the President of the Republic of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, to visit the nation on an official state visit. The visit is planned to run from 26th to 31st March. Last year the royals made a state visit to…
Spain

King and Queen of Spain preside over awards ceremony for fine arts

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19th February 2019
Their Majesties King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain presided over the awards ceremony for the Gold Medals of Merit in the Fine Arts 2017 on Monday at the Church of La Merced in Córdoba. The awards are approved by the Council of Ministers at the proposal from the Minister of Culture and Sports. They are presented to those who “have excelled in the field of artistic creation, providing…
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King and Queen of Norway attend 25th anniversary celebration of Lillehammer Olympics

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18th February 2019
It was February 1994 when the Olympic flame was lit for the 17th Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway. Norway was the smallest country to ever host a Winter Games, and many wondered if they could pull it off. But the impact of the event, widely regarded as one of the best Olympic Games ever, is still being felt decades later in this small mountain town. Fast forward to February 2019, when…
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