The Danish Royal Court has announced a salute will be fired in Prince Henrik’s honour on Thursday, 15 February, at 8.00 am (local time) from Christian VI’s Battery at Kronberg Castle in Helsingør. The Royal Family will accompany the hearse as it leaves Fredensborg at 10.00 am to Copenhagen, about 40 kilometres and arrive around…
The Danish Court has issued a statement that Prince Henrik of Denmark, aged 83 has passed away ‘peacefully in his sleep’ on Tuesday, 13 February, at 11.18pm at Fredensborg Palace. Queen Margrethe, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim were by his side. The Dannebrog has been lowered to half-mast at the palace and a period…
Kensington Palace has issued an update about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding on 19 May 2018.
The Earl and Countess of Wessex visit Sri Lanka, two royal octogenarians celebrate birthdays, Charles I: King and Collector exhibition and the Swedish Royal Family commemorate 200 years of Bernadotte rule.
The Danish Royal Court announced a significant deterioration in Prince Henrik’s health, following reports he was in hospital last week. Crown Prince Frederik, in South Korea for the Winter Olympics, is on his way home instead of attending the Opening Ceremony at PyeongChang. The Crown Prince, a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), attended…
The Swedish Royal Court has released a statement regarding Princess Madeleine’s plans for her third child’s birth which is due in March 2018. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia will become grandparents for the seventh time. Princess Madeleine and her husband Mr Christopher O’Neill made the decision, so she will be arriving in Sweden…
Prince Andrew Duke of York has announced his youngest daughter Princess Eugenie will marry Jack Brooksbank on Friday, 12 October 2018, at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. The Princess, who is eighth in the line of succession to the British throne, met Jack through friends at the Swiss ski resort Verbier where he was…
The Royal House of the Netherlands has released several new photos of Princess Beatrix, with her sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren, to mark her 80th birthday on 31 January 2018. Photographer Jeroen van der Meyde took these images at Drakensteyn Castle in Lage Vuursche, including one of the former Queen with her black labrador. However, Princess…
Felipe VI ascended the throne on 19 June 2014 when his father King Juan Carlos I abdicated and made his first state visit to Great Britain in 2017. Did you know he also competed at the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992? Find out more about King Felipe who celebrates his birthday on 30 January. King…
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has issued a statement on 28 January 2018, following the death of IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad. ‘Ingvar Kamprad was a true entrepreneur who, through his life’s work IKEA, helped bring Sweden to the world. ‘He was a committed, down-to-earth person. Only this summer, The Queen and I had the…
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