European RoyalsSweden

Crown Princess Victoria visits University of Gothenburg and Sea and Water Authority

Crown Princess Victoria visited the University of Gothenburg and the Sea and Water Authority during a visit to Gothenburg on Wednesday. Victoria visited the Department of Biology and Environmental Science at the University, with the Royal House billing her visit as one that featured several important environmental issues “including marine littering, microplastics, the Baltic Sea status, new…
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Luxembourg

Princess Tessy attends HIV/AIDS summit in London

Yesterday, Tessy Antony, Princess of Luxembourg attended the first annual HIV/AIDS summit in London “The AIDSfree Cities Global Forum” at The Conduit in Mayfair where she implored people to “get engaged” in the fight against HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS is an important subject for Her Royal Highness and her home country. It is important to note that Luxembourg is a major funder of…
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Norway

Norway’s Parliament votes on whether to keep monarchy

On Tuesday, 36 of the 169 representatives in Norway’s parliament voted in favour of replacing the country’s monarchy with a republic. It was part of the annual process considering proposals to change the Norwegian constitution. But this vote on whether to retain King Harald and his family isn’t a new thing – every year since 1972 the Socialist Left Party, SV, puts forward a…
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Sweden

Crown Princess Victoria attends events surrounding Holocaust Memorial Day

The past two days, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden has attended events surrounding Holocaust Memorial Day. On 27 January, the Crown Princess was present at Stockholm’s Great Synagogue for a memorial ceremony set to honour and memorialise the victims of the Holocaust that took place during World War Two. After the service, Her Royal Highness accompanied Holocaust survivor, Livia Fränkel…
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