Princess Annette is the wife of Prince
Bernhard, second son of Princess Margriet and Pieter van
Vollenhoven. She was born, Annette Sekrève on the 18th April 1972
in The Hague, and after she had passed the highest award in Dutch
secondary education, she went to the University of Groningen and
obtained an MSc in psychology in 1996. It was while she was
studying at Groningen that she met Prince…
King Harald of Norway has a personal goal
to visit all the municipalities in Norway. Yesterday, His
Majesty visited two towns that he has never been to on an official
visit. This happened the day after he handed out a cancer research
award in memory of his father, King…
The Royal Danish House has announced that
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark will travel to Seattle, Washington,
USA. Seattle is on the western coast of the country. She will be in
the United States from 3 May to 5 May. The Crown Princess will
head the head of a Danish art and…
King and Queen of Spain welcome Portuguese President during his state visit
17th April 2018
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain
welcomed the Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa during
his State Visit to Spain. The Spanish King and Queen held an
official reception ceremony at the Royal Palace of Madrid where
both the Portuguese and Spanish national anthem was performed under
a salvo of 21 guns. His Majesty the King and President Marcelo
Rebelo de Sousa then reviewed the…
Prince Maurits is the son of Princess
Margriet and cousin to the current King of the Netherlands, King
Willem-Alexander. He was born in Utrecht on 17 April 1968 and is
eldest of four brothers born to Princess Margriet and Pieter van
Vollenhoven – the others being Bernhard…
On Sunday, Her Majesty Queen Sonja was
present on the Norwegian ship MS Roald Amundsen in New York. There,
she could announce her collaboration between her art foundation
QSPA and the Norwegian shipping company Hurtigruten. The Queen’s
QSPA will have the responsibility…
Princess Charlene attends charity dinner for namesake foundation alongside her brother
16th April 2018
Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of
Monaco made a grand entrance at the Monte-Carlo Yacht Club on
Saturday where she attended the Riviera Water Bike Challenge gala,
which was organised by her charity, the Princess Charlene of Monaco
Foundation. The glamorous event saw close to one million euros
raised through an auction to support the Foundation and the running
of the second annual Riviera…
Today His Majesty King Harald V of Norway
handed out the prestigious King Olav Vs Cancer Research Prize for
2018. The award ceremony was in the atrium of Oslo University in
downtown Oslo. King Harald handed out the prize dedicated in memory
of his father on behalf of the…
His Royal Highness Prince Sébastien of
Luxembourg was born on 16 April 1992 at the Grand Duchess Charlotte
Maternity Hospital in Luxembourg. He is the youngest of Grand Duke
Henri, with whom he shares his birthday, and Grand Duchess Maria
Teresa‘s five children. He has…
A 16th-century gold case containing the
heart of Anne of Brittany has been stolen from the
Thomas-Dobrée Museum in the western French city of Nantes during
the weekend. Robbers broke in through a window and got away
with the six-inch oval case despite setting off an alarm. Philippe
Grosvalet, the president of the Loire-Atlantique department which
owns the museum, said: “The thieves attacked…
