Following the traditional New Year’s
receptions, her last public appearances, Crown Princess Mary was
supposed to go back to work today with two events in Aarhus. In the
morning, she was expected to open the new psychiatry unit of
Aarhus’ University Hospital before going on to inaugurate the
TrygFonden’s Family House at the Neurocenter in Hammel, a town near
Aarhus. But Crown…
Queen Mathilde joins Luxembourg royals for the funeral of Philippe de Lannoy
16th January 2019
Queen Mathilde of Belgium has joined the
Luxembourg royals in Hainaut, Belgium today for the funeral of
Count Philippe de Lannoy, the father of Princess Stéphanie,
the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and a Belgian born
noble. Queen Mathilde represented her husband…
King Felipe of Spain opened a new
international airport in Murcia yesterday. The new Region of
Murcia International Airport (also called Corvera Airport) has
a passenger terminal of 28,500 square metres with a three-kilometre
long and 45-metre wide runway. It also has nine…
January 15th sees a double royal birthday
in Serbia as twins, Prince Alexander and Prince Philip, turn
37. The princes have already received congratulations with the
monarchist lobby group, the Kingdom of Serbia Association, writing
on its webpage: “Happy birthday Your Royal Highnesses! Long live
our Princes!”. Prince Stefan, Princess Danica and Prince Philip
with Stefan’s godparents…
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and the Mary Foundation donate to Afghanistan women's crisis centre
15th January 2019
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, through
her namesake foundation The Mary Foundation (or Mary Fonden in
Danish), has donated to an Afghanistan women’s crisis centre after
hearing a TV 2 programme reporter’s account from the country. The
Crown Princess heard TV 2…
His Majesty King Harald prepares to
approve changes in the government. This happens following the
announcement from the government recently which declared that they
are close to presenting a new government to the Norwegian people.
Last autumn, the Christian People’s…
Over the weekend, Dutch Prince
Constantijn questioned social media discourse in a
tweet. Prince Constantijn, who is a younger brother to King
Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, commented on a retweet about
civil disagreements on social media. Constantijn retweeted Peter
Burger’s tweet which shared an interview with political
scientist Rebekah Tromble, who discussed “intolerance…
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander, Her
Majesty Queen Máxima and their three daughters officially
moved into Huis ten Bosch in The Hague today. Early this morning,
the royal standard was raised over the palace. The Huis ten Bosch
Palace is one of the three palaces made…
Prince Daniel of Sweden has apologised
for comments he made in SVT’s annual programme “Året med
kungafamiljen” (or “Year with the Royal Family” in English). In
this year’s feature, Prince Daniel played in an ice hockey game in
his…
The Austrian Catholic Church yesterday
began a year of honour to mark the 500th anniversary of the death
of Maximilian I, founder of Austria’s Catholic Habsburg Empire. As
Austria has sought to distance itself from its Christian past and
national history in recent decades, this decision to publicly
honour the former Catholic ruler marks a noteworthy change in
mainstream Austrian culture. Dubbed…
