| Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden attended "Birgit Nilsson 100 years" Jubilee concert held at Stockholm Royal Swedish Opera on May 18, Saturday. Märta Birgit Nilsson lived between the dates of May 17, 1918 - December 25, 2005 and specialized in opera works of Wagner and Richard Strauss. She was a Swedish dramatic soprano. |
| On the occasion of 50th birthday of Crown Prince Frederik, Royal Run is held all over the country today. Today, Crown Princess Mary will participate in a 10 km race together with Crown Prince Frederik. However, this morning, the Crown Princess participated in a short race in Copenhagen with her children Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine. After the race, the Crown Princess, Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine received Royal Run medal. More than 35.000 people participated in Royal Run in Copenhagen. |
| Queen Letizia of Spain is making a working visit to he Dominican Republic and Republic of Haiti between the dates of May 20-23 to see on site the projects implemented with the cooperation of Spain. Queen Letizia of Spain, accompanied by Secretary of State for International Cooperation and for Ibero-America, Fernando García Casas, arrived at Las Américas International Airport of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic on Sunday afternoon. |
| Yesterday, on May 20, 2018, on the occasion of 750th anniversary of "Mariastad", Queen Mathilde of Belgium attended Marian Procession in Halle. Marian Procession is also called as Mariaprocessie. In 1267, Machteld van Brabant donated Mary's famous statue to Halle. For 750 years, Virgin Mary statue has been protected in Our Lady Basilica. Halle declared the year of 2018 as its 750th jubilee year. |
| On May 19, 2018, Queen Letizia, Queen Sofia, Princess Leonor, Infanta Sofia, Victoria Federica Marichalar and Irene Urdangarin watched Billy Elliot's musical theater play performed at Madrid Nuevo Teatro Alcalá. The musical composed by Elton John is Billy Elliot's adaptation to theater and tells the story of Billy who took boxing course to please his father, however soon afterwards discovered that his real passion is dancing. |
| On May 19, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and the Duchess of Sussex departed Windsor Castle for a evening reception, hosted by The Prince of Wales at Frogmore House, in a silver blue Jaguar E-Type Concept Zero. This vehicle was originally manufactured in 1968, and has since been converted to electric power. Meghan wears a bespoke Stella McCartney high neck lily white gown in silk crepe for her evening reception. |
| Grandson of Queen Elizabeth II of England, and 6th heir to the throne, Prince Harry got married to American actress Meghan Markle- Prince Harry took the title of "The Duke of Sussex" and his wife Meghan became "The Duchess of Sussex". |
| Today Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle are getting married in Windsor at St George's Chapel (Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle: Titles Announcement: The Queen has today been pleased to confer a Dukedom on Prince Henry of Wales. His titles will be Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel. Prince Harry thus becomes His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex, and Ms. Meghan Markle on marriage will become Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex.) |
| Yesterday evening, on the occasion of 25th anniversary of establishment of The Crown Prince Frederik Foundation, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark hosted a dinner at Frederik VIII’s Palace, Amalienborg for board members of the Crown Prince Frederik Foundation and partners of the Foundation. |
| On May 18, 2018, Meghan Markle and her mother Doria Ragland, arrived at Cliveden House Hotel on the National Trust's Cliveden Estate in Berkshire near London where they will spend the night together before tomorrow's wedding. Meghan Markle is wearing Roland Mouret’s Barwick dress and Manolo Blahnik shoes. |
| On May 15, 2018, Crown Princess Victoria attended Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Leadership Council meeting held at Stockholm School of Economics. Leadership Council consisting of sustainable development experts from academy world, business world, nongovernmental organizations and public sector supervises the activities of SDSN. At the meeting, embodiments of sustainable transformation continuing in Sweden and failing points of the action plan were discussed. |
| Spanish Queen Letizia visited facilities of The Military Emergencies Unit (UME) located in Air Base of Torrejón de Ardoz in Madrid and attended a working meeting to receive information about duties of The Military Emergencies Unit and tools used. The Military Emergencies Unit (Spanish: Unidad Militar de Emergencias, UME) is a department of Spanish Armed Forces, which is responsible for providing disaster aid across Spain. |
| Swedish Royal Court released 4 new photos of Princess Estelle and Prince Oscar, two of which are black and white, with the title "Spring greeting from Haga". The photos were taken by royal photographer Linda Broström at Haga Park in the middle of May. |
| King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attended finals of Famelab 2018 at Madrid Galileo Galilei Hall. Famelab 2018 is an international scientific contest which aims to encourage combination of science with intelligence and humour in an innovative format. At the final, contestants make a presentation before the jury in public and the jury selects one contestant which will participate in Cheltenham Science Festival. |
| This afternoon, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Duchess Catherine of Cambridge, Prince George, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle came to Windsor for wedding rehearsal. The Duchess of Cambridge was photographed for the first time since the birth of Prince Louis three weeks ago. At the wedding rehearsal, Duchess Catherine wore a belted floral-print midi dress by Michael Kors. Meghan Markle wore a blouse by TUXE Bodywear which she had worn before. The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will take place on May 19. |
| Today, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark presented The Crown Princess Mary Scholarship to two Australian exchange students studying at Copenhagen University. Exchange students in Australia, that is, Tennille Louise Vitagliano from Sydney University and Max Kausman from Monash University won The Crown Princess Mary Scholarship. Every year, Copenhagen University receives nearly 2000 exchange students. |
| Yesterday evening, on May 16, 2018, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark attended a dinner held at D'Angleterre Hotel in Copenhagen in connection with Copenhagen Fashion Summit 2018. Copenhagen Fashion Summit 2018 took place at DR Concert Hall between the dates of May 15 and May 16, 2018. Copenhagen Fashion Summit is an international conference focusing on sustainable fashion. |
