My latest articles: Royal Trieste & Princess Ashraf
I have written two articles in the March issue of Majesty (Vol. 37, No. 3), which went on sale in Britain last week. The first one deals with the Italian city of Trieste, once the Habsburg Empire's...
View ArticlePrince Johann Georg to be buried on Saturday
According to an announcement appearing in today's edition of Süddeutsche Zeitung, the requiem mass and funeral of the art historian Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern will take place in the Church of...
View ArticleSeraphim honours for Prince Johann Georg
At noon today, the funeral of Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, who died on 2 March, took place in the Church of Our Saviour at the Hedingen Monastery in Sigmaringen, his family sepulchre. King Carl...
View ArticleParliament votes in favour of monarchy
Norway remains a monarchy. That is the outcome of today's parliamentary vote on a proposal to amend the Constitution to introduce a republic. The amendment of several articles of the Constitution,...
View ArticleMy latest article: Retired monarchs and King Carl Gustaf at 70
The April issue of Majesty (Vol. 37, No. 4), which is now out, is an unusually large issue of 84 pages, much of it marking the upcoming 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain on 21 April. My...
View ArticlePrince Oscar to be christened on 27 May
The Swedish royal court has announced that Prince Oscar, the second child of Crown Princess Victoria, who was born on 2 March, will be christened in the Palace Church in Stockholm on Friday 27 May.
View ArticleOn this date: A Bernadotte turns 100!
The Bernadottes are known for their longevity, but although several of them have lived well into their nineties, so far only one has made it to her centenary. But today another Bernadotte reaches the...
View ArticleTitle issues: Prince Henrik renounces Prince Consort title
Yet another chapter was added to the ongoing saga of the title of the husband of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark during yesterday's state banquet for the President of Mexico at Fredensborg Palace....
View ArticlePrincess Sofia of Sweden gives birth to a son
Earlier tonight, the Swedish royal court announced that Princess Sofia gave birth to a child at Danderyd Hospital in Danderyd outside Stockholm at 6.28 tonight. At a press conference which is right now...
View ArticlePresident of Iceland to stand for sixth term
At a press conference on Monday, President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson of Iceland announced that he will after all stand for a sixth term in the presidential election to be held on 25 June. In his New...
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Princess Christina publishes book on Drottningholm Palace
Today Princess Christina, the youngest of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden's four sisters, makes her literary debut with a book on Drottningholm Palace. Dagar på Drottningholm, which is co-authored by...
View ArticleHRH Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil of Sweden, Duke of Sudermania
In a formal meeting with the cabinet at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has just announced that his newborn grandson will be named Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil and be a...
View ArticleService of thanksgiving for Prince Alexander
In keeping with tradition, a Te Deum was sung in the Palace Church in Stockholm at noon today to celebrate the birth of Prince Alexander on Tuesday. These services of thanksgiving are usually held the...
View ArticleMy latest article: Crown-wearings
The May issue of the British monthly magazine Majesty (Vol. 37, No. 5) was published on Thursday, the ninetieth birthday of Europe's only crowned monarch, and contains and article by me about...
View ArticleFalling support for Dutch monarchy
Yesterday was the 49th birthday of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, which since his accession in 2013 is also the country's national day. On this occasion, broadcaster NOS published an opinion...
View ArticleFirst great-grandchild for King Albert II
The former Belgian monarch King Albert II, who abdicated in 2013, and his wife Queen Paola became great-grandparents for the first time yesterday, when their grandson Prince Amedeo and his wife...
View ArticlePrince Oscar of Sweden's christening
At noon today, Prince Oscar of Sweden, Duke of Scania was christened in the Palace Church in Stockholm. He was baptised by Antje Jackelén, the first female Archbishop in the history of the Church of...
View ArticleMy latest articles: The Thai succession and Queen Silvia's 40 years
This month is high season for royal jubilees, and I mark two of them with articles in the June issue of Majesty (Vol. 37, No. 6). While the official celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain's...
View ArticleDuchess of Cornwall and Duke of Cambridge join Privy Council
Queen Elizabeth II of Britain held a meeting of the Privy Council at Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon, at which her daughter-in-law Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, and her grandson Prince...
View ArticleKing Albert and Queen Paola now living in Rome
The Belgian newspaper Le Soir yesterday reported that King Albert II, who abdicated in July 2013, and his wife Queen Paola no longer live permanently in Belgium. According to the newspaper, Queen...
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