Sweden

Princess Birgitta of Sweden alive and well despite Spanish media reports

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16th November 2016
One of the largest Spanish multimedia groups, Vocento, incorrectly reported on several of its news sites last weekend that King Carl XVI Gustaf’s sister, Princess Birgitta, had committed suicide. Her Royal Highness currently lives in Mallorca, Spain. One of the reports said, “Surprised at not having seen the sister of King Carl Gustav in a week, and noting that her car was in the…
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Norway

Crown Prince Haakon attends award ceremony

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14th November 2016
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway attended the presentation of the award for “Role Model of the Year”. This occurs just a few days after the Crown Prince has returned from a four-day long official visit to Canada together with Crown Princess…
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Hereditary Grand Ducal Couple visit Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg

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14th November 2016
On Wednesday, 09th November 2016, Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg and his wife, Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg visited an art exhibition run by the Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg (CAL). Their Royal Highnesses were also joined at the exhibition by the Prime Minister, Xavier Bettel. The group explored each work of art intently, both the Hereditary Grand Duke and…
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The Netherlands

Princess Irene deeply hurt by new biography on Queen Juliana

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29th October 2016
Princess Irene, sister of former Queen Beatrix and aunt to current King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, is “deeply hurt” by the content of the new biography on her mother, Queen Juliana, which was accompanied by a TV documentary. She spoke on NPO Radio 2, “I find it to be a shocking book. It really hurt me”. The new Dutch-language biography of Queen Juliana (Juliana…
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Denmark

New book on Crown Princess Mary to be released

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26th October 2016
A new book, written in Danish, is due to be released on 1 November about Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and her charitable endeavours. The 200-page book entitled, Mary – Princess of the Heart has been written by Helle Bygum in collaboration with those who have…
Norway

New book about King Haakon reveals unknown coup plans

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25th October 2016
For the Norwegian people, it is widely known that one can be grateful to King Haakon VII of Norway that the resistance against the German occupation was as extensive as it was during the Second World War. King Haakon refused to appoint the German friendly Vidkun Quisling as prime minister and he refused to sign the German peace-proposal. After Norway was lost to the Germans, he and Crown Prince…
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