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Saturday, 20 February 2016

Regent appoints female Chief Justice

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In the weekly Council of State at the Royal Palace on Friday, the Crown Prince Regent appointed Toril Marie Øie Chief Justice of the Supreme...
Tuesday, 2 February 2016

My latest articles: Georg and Anne of Denmark & the Mexican empire

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I have forgotten to mention that the February issue of Majesty has been on sale since 21 January, this time containing two articles by me. ...
Wednesday, 20 January 2016

My latest articles: Coronations and solemn blessings

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My new book on the role of coronations in Norwegian history, Norges krone - Kroninger, signinger og maktkamper fra sagatid til nåtid , is of...
Sunday, 17 January 2016

King Harald's silver jubilee celebrated today

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Thousands of people came out on a freezing cold day in Oslo today to help celebrate the silver jubilee of King Harald's accession to the...

Celebrations of King and Queen's silver jubilee kick off

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We have now entered 17 January, the 25th anniversary of King Olav V's death and Harald V's accession to the Norwegian throne. The ce...
Saturday, 16 January 2016

At the road’s end: Princess Ashraf of Iran (1919-2016)

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On Thursday, the funeral of a now mostly forgotten but once highly visible royal took place in Monaco. Princess Ashraf of Iran, who died on ...
Thursday, 31 December 2015

Prince Consort Henrik to retire

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In her New Year's Speech, delivered live from Fredensborg Palace at 6 p.m., Queen Margrethe II announced that her husband, Prince Consor...
Tuesday, 22 December 2015

My latest articles: Norwegian silver jubilee and Waterloo bicentenary

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It is still 2015, but the January 2016 issue of Majesty (Vol. 37, No. 1), which contains two articles by me, is now on sale. On 17 January,...
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Friday, 18 December 2015

Celebrations for King Harald's and Queen Sonja's silver jubilee

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In a month, 25 years will have passed since King Olav V died and Harald V ascended the throne, and the silver jubilee of the King's acce...
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Wednesday, 2 December 2015

On this date: Prince Mikasa turns 100!

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While many royals have reached their nineties, few members of reigning royal families have lived to celebrate their 100th birthday, but toda...
Thursday, 19 November 2015

My latest article: Mountbatten in Sweden and Princess Esmeralda on her mother

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Today the December issue of Majesty (Vol. 36, No. 12) goes on sale in Britain and this month I have contributed two articles. One of them d...
Thursday, 12 November 2015

My latest article: Kings consort

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In a recent interview with the French newspaper Le Figaro , the Prince Consort of Denmark once again stated that in his opinion he ought to ...
Tuesday, 27 October 2015

My latest articles: Princess Esmeralda on her father & Edward VII and Norway

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The November issue of Majesty (Vol. 36, No. 11) went on sale in Britain on Thursday and this month I have contributed two articles. There ...
Saturday, 24 October 2015

Seraphim Order for Princess Sofia

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On Friday night, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden attended an award ceremony and banquet at the Royal Swedish Academy of Engi...
Thursday, 15 October 2015

Princess Sofia is pregnant

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The court of Stockholm has just announced that Princess Sofia, who married Prince Carl Philip four months ago, is pregnant. The couple's...
Sunday, 11 October 2015

Prince Nicolas of Sweden christened

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At noon today, Prince Nicolas of Sweden, the son of Princess Madeleine and Chris O'Neill, was christened in the chapel of Drottningholm ...
Thursday, 8 October 2015

My new book is out today - "Norges krone"

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I am glad to report that my new book, Norges krone - Kroninger, signinger og maktkamper fra sagatid til nåtid , is on sale from today. The t...
Friday, 2 October 2015

Queen's childhood home to be moved to museum

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The news that the villa in which the Queen grew up was to be demolished caused some consternation a while ago, but yesterday it became known...
Thursday, 1 October 2015

My latest articles: Princess Esmeralda on her grandparents, Queen Charlotte and Ludwig II's bride

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I used to post updates here about articles I write, but in the final months of work on my new book there was no time for that, but now that ...
Wednesday, 30 September 2015

At the road's end: Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia (1939-2015), historian

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A spokeswoman for the former royal house of Prussia has announced that the historian Prince Friedrich Wilhelm died yesterday, following a le...
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