On Sunday, Crown Princess Mette-Marit
attended a Christmas party at “Our Neighbourhood” in snowy
Asker. The Crown Princess, who was recently diagnosed with chronic
pulmonary fibrosis, participated in the reception event at Dikemark
asylum. The “Our Neighbourhood” series has been organised by Oslo
World and taken place throughout Norway this holiday season. The
event on the…
Crown Princess Family of Sweden’s annual Christmas video released
19th December 2018
The Crown Princess Family of Sweden has
released their annual Christmas video today. Filmed at the family’s
home at Haga Palace, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are
seen making homemade Christmas decorations with their two children,
Princess Estelle, 6, and…
Swedish Royal Family celebrates Queen Silvia’s birthday at Oscar Theatre
18th December 2018
The Swedish Royal Family gathered at
Oscar Theatre last night to celebrate Queen Silvia’s 75th birthday
which is on 23 December. The event “A tribute show for HM the
Queen” touched on the important work Queen Silvia has undertaken in
her time as Queen. The Queen was…
The Belgian government has fallen: King Philippe to make the most important decision of his reign
18th December 2018
On Tuesday evening, the Belgian Prime
Minister Charles Michel offered the resignation of the government
to King Philippe. His Majesty has decided to keep his decision in
deliberation. Last week King Philippe accepted the resignation of
one party of the government, N-VA. The government then continued as
a minority government with the remaining parties MR, Open VLD and
CD&V. Coalition partner…
His Royal Highness Prince Joachim of
Denmark will undertake a new mission to find out who the Danish
people really are as he narrates a new 6-part series for Danish
network DR K which will be produced by Nordisk Film Production and
broadcast in the autumn of 2019. The…
King and Queen of Spain preside over 98th annual ABC International Journalism Awards
18th December 2018
Their Majesties King Felipe and Queen
Letizia of Spain were on hand this week to honour the winners of
the journalistic prizes awarded by the newspaper ABC, which
recognises excellence in the fields of journalism and photography
in the previous year. This year’s winners…
There’s good news for all of us who have
a bit of a soft spot for Queen Silvia of Sweden. The royal, who
turns 75 next week, has promised she has no plans to retire. The
confirmation that we’ll be seeing a lot more of Silvia in the
future came in an interview with Swedish media outlet TT ahead of
her milestone birthday. Silvia says that as long as she is
able to carry on working…
Young Prince Alexander joins his father to accept Christmas trees at the Royal Palace
18th December 2018
Two-year-old Prince Alexander hasn’t
completed many official royal engagements in his royal life, but
yesterday, he joined his father, Prince Carl Philip to receive this
year’s Christmas trees at the Royal Palace of Stockholm. On
Instagram, Prince Carl Philip…
Late afternoon yesterday, King Carl XVI
Gustaf of Sweden unveiled the rider statue of King Carl XIV Johan
(the first Bernadotte King of Sweden) in its new location on the
Slottsbacken “Castle Slope” (a road in central Stockholm that
stretches from the Royal…
Queen Silvia of Sweden has, for the first
time since 2002, openly spoken about her father’s membership of the
Nazi Party (NSDAP). The Queen said it was “a big shock” when she
found out. In honour of her 75th birthday, the Queen of Sweden has
given interviews to several Swedish newspapers, magazines and tv
channels. One of them is an interview with the Swedish tv channel
SVT1…
