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Saturday, 30 March 2013

White tie for Princess Madeleine’s wedding

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Fans of royal splendour may be pleased to hear that the invitations for the wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O’Neill ...
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Friday, 22 March 2013

First grandchild for Princess Caroline of Monaco

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The Monegasque court has confirmed that Andrea Casiraghi and his Colombian fiancée, Tatiana Santo Domingo, became the parents of a son on Th...
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Thursday, 21 March 2013

My latest article: Three Dutch queens

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When Queen Beatrix abdicates on 30 April, the Netherlands will get its first male head of state in 123 years. In the April issue of the Brit...
Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Parliament votes in favour of the monarchy

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Yesterday the Norwegian Parliament debated a proposal aiming at initiating a process leading to the introduction of a republic. The proposal...
Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Le privilège du blanc

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Pope Francis’s inauguration mass in Rome today was a good opportunity to observe one of the intricacies of papal etiquette, namely what is k...
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Saturday, 16 March 2013

Sweden’s beloved Princess Lilian laid to rest

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On a beautiful winter day, thousands came out onto the streets of Stockholm to pay their respects as the much-loved Princess Lilian , who di...
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Friday, 15 March 2013

Princess Lilian lies in state

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There were long queues outside the Royal Palace in Stockholm today as the much-loved Princess Lilian lay in state in the Palace Church, whi...
Thursday, 14 March 2013

Queen Margrethe to attend Princess Lilian’s funeral; funeral to be broadcast

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The Danish court has announced that Queen Margrethe will attend the funeral of her aunt, Princess Lilian of Sweden , in the Palace Church in...
Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Princess Astrid to attend Princess Lilian’s funeral

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The Norwegian royal family will be represented by Princess Astrid at the funeral of Princess Lilian of Sweden in the Palace Church in Stock...

An Argentine Pope: Francis I

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Some minutes after 7 p.m. today white smoke emerged from the Sixtine Chapel in the Vatican, announcing to the world that the papal conclave ...
Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Turkish state visit to sombre Sweden

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Yesterday the President of Turkey, Abdullah Gül, and his wife, Hayrünnisa Gül, arrived in Sweden on a three-day state visit hosted by King C...
Monday, 11 March 2013

Princess Lilian to be buried on Saturday

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The royal court of Stockholm has announced that the funeral of Princess Lilian , who died yesterday, will take place in the Palace Church at...

King Carl Gustaf pays tribute to late aunt

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In a statement published on the Swedish royal website, King Carl Gustaf has paid tribute to his aunt, Princess Lilian , who died on Sunday e...
Sunday, 10 March 2013

At the road’s end: Princess Lilian of Sweden (1915-2013)

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The court of Stockholm has announced that Princess Lilian, Duchess of Hallandia died in her home Villa Solbacken at Djurgården in Stockholm ...
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Friday, 8 March 2013

My latest article: Bjørnson, Prince Eugen and the crown of Norway

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Edvard Hoem has just become the first author ever to complete a multi-volume biography of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, the poet and dramatist who ...
Sunday, 3 March 2013

European heirs gather in the Netherlands

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This weekend most of the heirs to the European thrones are gathered in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands, and a group photo may be viewed on the ...
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Saturday, 23 February 2013

My latest article: Carl XIII and the conquest of Fredrikstad

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The approaching bicentenary of Norway’s independence is naturally inspiring interest in the events of 1814, and in today’s edition of Fredri...
Wednesday, 20 February 2013

A few details on Swedish royal wedding

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The Swedish royal court has recently begun a rather odd practice whereby the court publishes their own interviews with the members of the ro...
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Monday, 11 February 2013

Pope announces abdication

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Abdication seems to be en vogue among the monarchs of Europe these days. Two weeks after Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced that sh...
Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Another royal jubilee exhibition opens

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For the past two days I have been in Tromsø, far to the north of Norway, where I attended the opening of yet another of the jubilee exhibiti...
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