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 Europe’s royals. Trump’s State Visit to the UK has been postponed a number of times and the petition to refused Trump to…
King Harald back at work following medical leave
30th April 2018
His Majesty King Harald V of Norway is today back at work as monarch of Norway again after he had to take a few days of medical leave last week as a result of pain in the foot. Even though His Majesty is back to work today, he has no official duties before…
Crown Prince Haakon comments his father’s medical leave
27th April 2018
It was announced yesterday by the Norwegian Royal Court that King Harald is on medical leave, due to pain in his foot. Crown Prince Haakon commented on this when he met the Norwegian press during the last day of his Baltic trip.Since the medical leave was announced, it…
Norway's Crown Prince Couple concludes their Baltic tour
27th April 2018
After four days on tour through three Baltic nations, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit completed their journey in the Baltic Sea on Thursday afternoon. Their four-day tour was concluded in Estonia yesterday. This day was dedicated to technology, history and development.
Estonia was the last of the three countries to get a royal visit. On…
Norwegian Crown Prince Couple visits Estonia
26th April 2018
The Crown Prince Couple of Norway has continued their Baltic tour from Latvia on Monday to Lithuania on Tuesday. Wednesday was kicked off in Lithuania before the Crown Prince and Crown Princess went on to the last of the Baltic nations, Estonia where they spent the day and…
His Majesty King Harald of Norway is on medical leave from today due to pain in the foot. During this time, Crown Prince Haakon will act as regent. This was announced by the royal court at Oslo Palace Wednesday afternoon. It is uncertain how long the King will be unable to…
Norwegian Crown Prince Couple visits Lithuania
24th April 2018
This week, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit perform a four-day journey to the Baltic nations to celebrate their 100 years as independent states after they declared themselves independent from Russia in 1918. Yesterday, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess visited Latvia. Today they have travelled to neighbouring Lithuania where they will spend the day before going to Estonia…
Norwegian Crown Prince Couple visits Latvia
23rd April 2018
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway started their four-day visit to the three Baltic States today. As announced earlier this year by the Norwegian Royal Court, Their Royal Highnesses are travelling to the Baltic…
Crown Prince Haakon to visit mining industry in Vestfold
10th April 2018
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway will travel to the county of Vestfold next Tuesday, 17 April, to visit member companies of Norsk Bergindustri. The Crown Prince’s visit to the Norwegian mineral industry association is in recognition of the groups 10th…
New extraordinary Council of State held in Oslo
5th April 2018
There was another meeting held yesterday in the form of an extraordinary Council of State in Norway following the political crisis that occurred before Easter. The meeting was announced just a few hours before it was held in the Council of State Hall at the Royal Palace in Oslo. His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon and His Majesty King Harald were present, along with the entire Norwegian…