Norway

Happy Birthday King Harald!

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21st February 2018
His Majesty King Harald of Norway is 81-years-old today. To mark the King’s birthday, a 21-gun salute was fired today at noon from the cannons at Akershus Fortress in Oslo. Many people had turned up to watch the tribute in honour of the King. It is tradition in Norway to have a gun salute from 11 fortresses in Norway for the birthdays of King Harald, Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon and…
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Sweden

New pictures for Princess Leonore's fourth birthday

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20th February 2018
Princess Leonore of Sweden, Duchess of Gotland, is celebrating her fourth birthday today with her family in Stockholm. She is the older child and only daughter of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and her husband, Christopher O’Neill. As is a tradition in the Swedish Royal…
Denmark

Prince Henrik's funeral takes place in Copenhagen

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20th February 2018
His Royal Highness Prince Henrik’s funeral has taken place in Copenhagen this morning. It was streamed lived on Denmark’s DR television channel. In accordance with His Royal Highness’s wishes, it was a private funeral with just close friends and family. Roughly 60 people were in attendance at Christiansborg Palace Church including Queen Margrethe, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown…
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Denmark

A courageous Queen Margrethe watches her husband's coffin arrive at its final destination

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16th February 2018
A courageous Queen Margrethe appeared in public on Friday evening to watch her husband’s coffin be transported to church despite being in mourning. Her Majesty and members of her family travelled behind Prince Henrik’s hearse as it was transported to Christiansborg Slotskirke Church from Amalienborg Palace. The Queen was pictured standing alone on the street watching her husband be…
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Denmark

Margrethe and Henrik - a timeline of their love

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16th February 2018
Following the news that Prince Henrik of Denmark has died peacefully in his sleep, we want to take a look back at the timeline of his love with Queen Margrethe. This was a love that survived difficult times, but the strength of their relationship and love for one another was…
Denmark

Swedish TV channel reported Prince Henrik's death but used image of King Harald

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15th February 2018
The Swedish television channel SVT reported yesterday the death of Prince Henrik like any other European news agency that day. However in their articles, Facebook and Twitter accounts, they did not use a picture of Queen Margrethe together with Prince Henrik, but a picture of Queen Margrethe together with King Harald of Norway instead. This mistake has, in the meantime, created anger towards the…
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