The annual Met Gala was held in New York
last night, and royalty joined the best of the fashion and
celebrity world as they walked down the red carpet. Princess
Beatrice, the grand-daughter of Queen Elizabeth, joined in the fun
taking to this year’s theme of Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and
the Catholic Imagination for the Met Gala held on the first
Monday of May annually at the Metropolitan…
In a little over a month, Princess
Adrienne of Sweden will become a member of the Swedish Lutheran
Church when she is christened. Now the Swedish Royal Court has
already released some details of the ceremony. Here’s everything
you need to know about the upcoming…
The Dutch King and Queen took part in a
two-minute silence on Friday to remember the atrocities of World
War II and commemorate those who died in the war and other armed
conflicts. Also attending the commemoration was Dutch Prime
Minister Mark Rutte. The silence took place…
King Carl XVI Gustaf usually hands out
all the Nobel Prizes except for the Peace Prize in December.
However, this year, the Swedish Academy, who nominates the
candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature, has decided not to
hand out the prize. This is due to a severe internal crisis in the
Academy that has been going on for several weeks now. Yesterday
morning the Swedish Academy published an…
Last week it was announced that King
Harald of Norway had to go on medical leave the rest of last week
following pain in his foot. On Monday, the King was back at work;
now he has performed his first official task in public following
the medical leave. On Friday, His Majesty…
Yesterday to mark His Highness Prince
Henrik of Denmark’s ninth birthday, the Royal Danish House, as per
tradition, released two new photos of the Prince. They were taken
by Keld Navntoft at an unknown location. Henrik is the son of
Prince Joachim and Princess Marie…
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…
