Norway’s biggest drug trial in history is now in the Norwegian courts. The main defendant in the case, Gjermund Cappelen, has pleaded guilty in importing several tonnes of hashish to Norway and claims he has had help to this by the police officer Eric Jensen. During the trial, many unknown stories have been revealed – including new information on the theft of a number of royal antiques…
Princess Madeleine shares new photos of her children
11th January 2017
Princess Madeleine of Sweden has shared several new personal photos of her children, Princess Leonore and Prince Nicolas with a 2017 greeting.
Prince Nicolas in the Swiss Alps. Photo: Princess Madeleine via her official Facebook
With the four images, Madeleine said…
King Carl XVI Gustaf attended seminar on Swedish war preparedness
9th January 2017
His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has attended a seminar on Swedish security politics today. The seminar is organised by the organisation “People and Defence” and are regarded as Sweden’s most important forum for discussions on security politics…
Danish royal expert predicts that Queen Margrethe will abdicate
9th January 2017
In recent months, many rumours have been circulating about the Danish Royal Family, especially the Danish Queen, Margrethe II and her husband, Prince Henrik. It is almost a year since Prince Henrik chose to retire, and after his retirement has he rarely been seen in public with Queen Margrethe.
When the Danish Queen held the annual New Year gala-dinner for diplomats and politicians earlier this…
Queen Margrethe receives award for her historical work
8th January 2017
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark has received the North Jutland media anniversary award. The award was handed out to the Queen in connection with the 250 years anniversary of “the North Jutland Media” in a large-scale ceremony in the House of Music in the Danish…
Danish twins celebrate 6th birthday
8th January 2017
Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine of Denmark celebrated their 6th birthday today. They are the youngest children of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark. They have an older brother, Prince Christian (b. 15 October 2005) and an older sister, Princess…
King Harald's New Year speech
1st January 2017
New Year’s Eve is the evening many people associate with a good dinner and fireworks. For the last 71 years His Majesty The King’s Speech has also been a tradition for the Norwegian people, first on radio, now on TV. See the entire speech in the bottom of the article (the speech is in Norwegian).
Both King Harald and Queen Sonja will celebrate their 80th birthday in 2017. “This…
New photo of Swedish Royal Family released to mark New Year
1st January 2017
A new photo of the entire Swedish Royal Family was released today by the Swedish Royal Court to mark the end of 2016. The photo was taken by Anna-Lena Ahlström this past summer in July at Solliden Palace.
Solliden is the official summer residence of the Swedish Royal…
European royals 2016 in photos: Part 3
31st December 2016
Part 3 of our look back at the European royals in 2016 covers September through December.
September:
The month of September was very busy and had the christening of Prince Alexander of Sweden, Princess Madeleine and Queen Silvia making a young girl’s dream come true…
A young girl namedLerato Letube,who is from Langa, Cape Town, South Africa, has received the Queen’s Young Leadership Award by Her Majesty The Queen. Her Majesty awarded Lerato at Buckingham Palace earlier this year.
Project Playground said in a press release, “Lerato Letube grew up with her single mother in Langa. Her father abandoned the family when Lerato was little.