My tiara-loving heart is so full! We had three new tiara debuts last night (June 17) during the 18th birthday gala for Princess Ingrid Alexandra, from the birthday girl herself and the other two newly 18 year old princesses of Europe: Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange; and Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant. Embed from Getty […]
2017 in Review: Royal Event Highlights
Royals send condolences for Barcelona & Cambrils attacks
On Thursday and Friday, there were a string of terror attacks in Spain, killing over a dozen people and injuring over 100. The Guardian has a good timeline of events here and here, if you’re interested. In what is sadly feeling more and more like routine as the world suffers more and more attacks this […]
Harald & Sonja 80th birthday celebrations Day 2
Royals in tiaras for King Harald & Queen Sonja’s 80th birthday dinner
Last night, May 9, King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway held a joint 80th birthday dinner at the Royal Palace in Oslo – their birthdays are February 21 (for Harald) and July 4 (for Sonja). A truck load of Norwegian and foreign royals attended including crowd favorites Crown Princess Victoria, Queen Maxima, and The […]
2016 in Review: Royal Event Highlights
Barring anything major happening, for the rest of the week and into 2017 I’m going to do year end reviews for 2016 – taking a look back at the major highlights both events and fashion, British royal engagement numbers, Kate’s fashion, etc. I’m kicking this year end review off with a look back at some […]
Royal Round Up: Royals Christmas cards & photos
I doubt this will get much attention at all since it’s Christmas and since my last few articles haven’t gotten much attention, but for those who don’t celebrate Christmas of for those who want something to look at during any downtime during Christmas celebrations, here’s a quick wrap up of various royals’ Christmas cards and […]
Royal Round Up: Triple the tiara appearances & double the York princesses
This royal round up features three separate tiara appearances (one that barely makes the count as royal, but whatevs) and two different York princesses. Queen Mathilde and Crown Princess Mette-Marit were out and about at State Banquets while Princess Beatrice was doing the charity thing and Princess Eugenie was attending a service at Westminster Abbey.
Royal Round Up: Duchess Camilla, Crown Princess Victoria, Crown Princess Mary, Queen Sonja
King Harald’s Silver Jubilee
I covered some of the portraits released as part of King Harald V of Norway‘s Silver Jubilee on Sunday, January 17. Today I’m covering the Jubilee celebrations that took place in Norway on Sunday. The entire royal family of Norway came out for the Jubilee, as well as the monarchs of Sweden and Denmark.