Sweden

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel raise awareness about childhood obesity

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29th June 2016
Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel recently gave an interview in which they addressed the issue of childhood obesity in Sweden. This is a particular concern for the royal couple, who are themselves parents to 4 year-old Princess Estelle and 3 month-old Prince Oscar. According to the statistics, Swedes consume an average of about 15 kilograms of sweets per person annually.
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The Netherlands

Queen Wilhelmina used drugs during the Second World War

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16th June 2016
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands used the drug perventine, now better known as crystal meth, during the Second World War. It is reported by Marcel Verburg, who is a legal historian, in his new book about the history of the Ministry of Justice during the years 1940 to 1945. He is not the first to report the drug use, but he is the first to draw significant attention to it. Cees Fasseur, a royal…
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Sweden

Happy First Anniversary to Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden!

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13th June 2016
It was a beautiful day on 13 June 2015 when Prince Carl Philip, then 36, married Sofia Hellqvist, then 30, at the Royal Chapel in Stockholm Palace, which was broadcast live by Swedish channel, SVT. Their engagement was announced on 27 June 2014. In the announcement, Carl Philip and Sofia through the Swedish Royal Court said, “We are looking forward to a summer wedding in the middle of June…
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Spain

Who is Leonor, Princess of Asturias?

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7th June 2016
She was born on 31 October 2005 to the Prince and Princess of Asturias, now King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain, at the Ruber International Hospital in Madrid by caesarian section due to the lack of progression in labour. The announcement of her birth was sent out through…
Sweden

Prince Alexander of Sweden makes public debut at Sweden's National Day

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6th June 2016
Prince Alexander of Sweden, son of Prince Carl-Philip and Princess Sofia, has made his public debut at Sweden’s National Day today. His parents took him with them for the official opening of the Royal Palace. He was dressed in a white outfit and kept warm in a grey blanket. Prince Carl-Philip had the honour of opening the palace to the public, including the recently renovated west wing…
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