The Netherlands

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima met with protests as they take in King's Day concert

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10th April 2018
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands were met with protests yesterday as they arrived for the King’s Day concert, organised by the host city of this year’s King’s Day celebrations later this month – Groningen. Also in attendance were Princess Beatrix and Prince Constantijn. The protests are against gas extraction in the province of…
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The Netherlands

Who is Princess Ariane of the Netherlands?

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10th April 2018
Princess Ariane was born on 10th April 2007 as the third daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. The day following her birth, King Willem-Alexander was pictured holding her in his arms. The next month she was briefly admitted to hospital for a…
Sweden

King Carl XVI Gustaf concerned about crisis in Swedish Academy

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10th April 2018
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has expressed his concerns about the ongoing crisis in the Swedish Academy in a short interview yesterday. The King made the statement as he attended the annual meeting of the ICC at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. Currently, the Swedish Academy is going through a crisis. The background of the crisis is a vote on one of its members, Katarina Frostenson. Her husband is…
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Denmark

Crown Princess Mary opens WHO Conference

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10th April 2018
Yesterday, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark has opened the World Health Organisation’s “Global Dialogue on Partnership for Sustainable Financing of Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) Prevention and Control” in central Copenhagen. Crown Princess Mary was welcomed…
OtherSweden

Norwegian Royal Court upset over publication of information on Marius Borg Høiby’s girlfriend

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8th April 2018
The Norwegian Royal Court has criticised magazine Se og Hør after it published an elaborate story last week about the relationship between Marius Borg Høiby and his girlfriend and former Playboy model, Juliane Snekkstad. Marius Borg Høiby is Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s son from a previous relationship. Marius Borg Høiby and Juliane Snekkstad have been dating for quite some time and…
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Spain

King Juan Carlos has "successful surgery" on his right knee

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7th April 2018
King Juan Carlos of Spain, who has been walking with a cane, had surgery on his right knee today at the private Sanitas La Moraleja University Clinic this afternoon in Madrid. This was the 15th surgery he had undergone with the first being on his appendix when he was a child. The hospital said the 90-minute surgery was successful saying it “has been developed with total normality and the…
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