The Royal Visit 1952 Booklet

The Australian Government had issued a special commemorative booklet ahead of a royal visit which didn’t happen.

Elizabeth II marks 67th Anniversary of Accession

On 6 February 2019, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch marks 67 years on the throne. The Queen usually spends the day in private at Sandringham, before boarding a train the following day back to London, ready for another year of official engagements. The bells at Westminster Abbey rang out at 1.00 pm, and a 62-gun salute was…

Prince Joachim To Undertake Military Training In France

The Danish Royal Court has announced Prince Joachim will participate in France’s highest-ranking military training course from September 2019 for one year.

Australia Day Greetings

The Royal Family and Kensington Palace posted their Australia Day greetings on social media on Friday, 26 January 2019. It is also Australia's National Day and an official public holiday. A Short History Australia Day commemorates the landing of the First Fleet (eleven convict ships), with commander Captain Arthur Phillips raised the British flag and…

King Harald and Queen Sonja To Attend Lillehammer Anniversary

King Harald and Queen Sonja will visit Lillehammer on Saturday, 16 February, to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The King had declared the Olympic Games open in 1994 and Crown Prince Haakon had lit the cauldron during the Opening Ceremony. Russia won a total of 23 medals, including 11 Gold,…

Royal Birthday: Princess Athena of Denmark

Prince Joachim and Princess Marie share two delightful new photos to mark their daughter Princess Athena’s 7th birthday on Thursday, 24 January 2019. Princess Athena is rugged up against the winter chills in front of a log cabin in one photo and on the coast, holding during a holiday break with the family dog, in…

Royal Birthday: Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway

Norway’s second-in-line to the throne turns 15 on Monday, 21 January 2019.

Royal Birthday: Queen Matilde of Belgium

Mathilde, Queen of the Belgians, celebrates her 46th birthday on Sunday, 20 January 2019, with a new photo released to mark this special occasion. Childhood Mathilde was born in Uccle in Belgium in 1973, the eldest daughter of Count Patrick d'Udekem d’coz and Countess Anna Maria Komorowka. She has three younger sisters, Marie-Alix, Elisabeth, HĂ©lène…

Royal Birthday: Countess of Wessex

One of Britain’s hardest-working members of the Royal Family, the Countess of Wessex celebrates her 54th birthday on Sunday, 20 January 2019.

Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s Confirmation Announcement

Norway’s Princess Ingrid Alexandra will be confirmed in Oslo on Saturday, 31 August 2019.