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 of…
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 her…
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 facing…
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 introduced to…
