The Swedish court on Sunday evening announced the death of Princess Lilian of Sweden, Duchess of Halland, at her home, Villa Solbacken at Stockholm. The Princess died just after 6pm surrounded by King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia and their children. In recent years she had suffered from Alzheimer’s. The funeral service will take place […]
Crown Princely gathering in the Netherlands
The Prince of Orange and his wife Princess Máxima of the Netherlands invited their crown princely colleagues for a meeting in the Netherlands. The photo was taken on 2 March at the Castle Het Oude Loo in Apeldoorn. Present were Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg, Crown Princess Victoria and […]
The wedding of Victoria & Daniel – Pre-wedding events
Last modified: 19 December 2011 Wednesday, 19 May 2010 Information Briefing at the Royal Mews in Stockholm on the preparations ahead of the cortège after the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling. Monday, 24 May 2010 Information briefing about the wedding preparations of the Swedish Royal Court at the Bernadotte Library of the […]
Official royal websites
A modern reigning royal house nowadays has its own website. In the United Kingdom there is not only a general website for all members of the royal family, see The British Monarchy, there also is a separate website for the heir to the throne, The Prince of Wales. That website, see The Prince of Wales […]
Surprise! Princess Madeleine has become engaged
Just when you think it is getting more quiet with royal news after the big wedding in Luxembourg … Although of course we all knew that Princess Madeleine of Sweden was happy with her boyfriend Christopher O’Neill, and despite of some minor rumours, the announcement of their engagement this Thursday morning came quite unexpectedly. Early […]
The Norwegian Royal Family Mourns Princess Ragnhild
The Norwegian Royal Court announced that Princess Ragnhild, Mrs Lorentzen died at her home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at 9.45am on 16 September 2012. She was born at the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway, on 9 June 1930 as eldest child of King Olav V of Norway and his wife Märtha, born Princess of […]
The wedding of Victoria & Daniel – They said yes!
Last modified: 19 December 2011 Stockholm, Saturday, 19 June 2010 Program 2pm: Guests start arriving at the cathedral 3.30pm-4.30pm: Wedding ceremony 4.40pm-5.30pm: Cortège 5.35pm-5.45pm: Walk at the Logården 6pm-6.25pm: Bridal couple appears on the terrace of the Royal Palace (Lejonbacken) 6.30pm-7.15pm: Family photography 7.30pm: Wedding banquet at the Rikssalen of the Royal Palace 10pm: Cutting […]