Princess Astrid of Belgium hasn’t carried out a single official engagement since the 20th of February. Now the Belgian Royal Palace has confirmed the Princess is suffering from severe sleep problems and is taking some mandatory rest now.
This year Princess Astrid of Belgium has only undertaken six official engagements. This is not normal for the sister of King Philippe who likes to support…
Princess Margriet, sister of former Queen Beatrix and aunt to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, opened a new exhibition on emigration to Canada at the Open Air Museum in Arnhem called “We are going to Canada.” The exhibition hopes to present the dilemmas…
Crown Princess Mary will visit Seattle this week for a visit that will see her highlight Danish arts and cultural programmes.
The Royal House revealed her schedule of events, and the Crown Princess will have a busy couple of days with events surrounding the official opening…
King Albert II of Belgium has undergone two successful heart procedures in the past couple of weeks. The first was on 19 April with the Belgian Royal Palace saying that it had been successful. A second surgery, which was said to be a minimally invasive procedure, took place on 30 April; the 83-year-old King had a new valve put in place.
The procedures took place at the Cliniques Universitaires…
Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium has attended the session of the first round of the well-known Queen Elisabeth Competition at Flagey in Brussels. The Queen was accompanied by her youngest son, Prince Emmanuel.
This afternoon Queen Mathilde and her son, Prince Emmanuel…
The thought of Donald Trump and his family mingling and dining with various royals has brought up a lot of aggression and anger throughout Europe. Not only royalists but most others too have strong opinions on if Trump should be able to meet and be solemnly welcomed by…
On 30 April, Princess Marie attended the launch of GeoPark’s Children Art Project, the biggest children’s art project in Denmark. GeoPark Odsherred was the first GeoPark opened in Denmark and is now sponsored by UNESCO.
Geokids is an art project and educational offer for school students in Odsherred which started in 2014. In connection with the project, the students have been…
As is tradition, King Carl XVI Gustaf’s birthday was celebrated yesterday morning and afternoon in the Outer Courtyard of Stockholm Palace. The event began at 11:15 with many gathering to hear the Swedish Royal Navy and Army’s band performing a music programme…
His Majesty King Harald V of Norway is today back at work as monarch of Norway again after he had to take a few days of medical leave last week as a result of pain in the foot. Even though His Majesty is back to work today, he has no official duties before…
On 26 April, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg hosted an audience at the Grand Ducal Palace. She met with Hanan Al Hroub who received in 2016, the “Global Teacher Prize”, which is the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for Teaching, by the Varkey Foundation.
The Global Teacher Prize aims to promote the status of the teaching profession. This annual award from the Varkey Foundation is…
