| On August 19, 2018, Sunday, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden will visit Estonia on the occasion of celebrations of 100th anniversary of independence of Estonia. According to the visit program, the Crown Princess couple will be welcomed by President Kersti Kaljulaid of Estonia at Tallinn Presidential Palace. The program begins with an individual meeting and a lunch at the Presidential Palace. Then, the Crown Princess couple will plant a tree at Kadriorg Park. |
| Paper which is a fashion and popular culture magazine located in New York published an article about Crown Princess Elisabeth with the title "Elisabeth of Belgium: Next Generation Style Star". In the article, it is written that Queen Mathilde is one of the most stylish royals in Europe and that it looks like she passed her style gene onto her daughter Elisabeth. In the article, it is stated that 16 year old future Queen loves Maje, a French brand and that she prefers bright colors like pink and orange as her mother. |
| On August 12, Princess Ayako of Japan officially got engaged to Kei Moriya with a traditional ceremony held in Tokyo. The traditional engagement ceremony is called "Nosai no Gi". After the engagement ceremony, the couple went to the Imperial Palace and declared their loyalty to Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. Imperial Household Agency released photos of the couple, taken on July 20 and August 5. The daughter of late Prince Takamado and Princess Hasako, Princess Ayako works as a research assistant at Josai International University. The wedding ceremony will take place at Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo on October 29. |
| Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Andrew, Princess Beatrice, Prince Edward and Lady Louise Windsor attended a Sunday service at Crathie Church near Balmoral this morning. The Queen came to Balmoral Castle for summer holiday on Monday. Crathie Church is near Balmoral and the Queen regularly attends church service in her annual holiday. |
| In memory of late Danish Prince Henrik who died on February 13, a piano recital was performed by American pianist Alan Gampel for the benefit of Issia Association at Cayrou Castle (Château du Cayrou) in Puy-l'Évêque town in the South of France. The concert was organized by the sister of Prince Henrik, Catherine de Montpezat. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark attended the concert. ISSIA (d'Issia Pourquoi Pas)Association aims to help young Africans, especially young disabled individuals from the Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso with socio-economic education workshops. |
| On August 11, 2018, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden attended award ceremony of Solliden 2018 Themed Gardens exhibition and presented awards to this year's awardees. In the Solliden best garden contest, two awards are given as Solliden award and Visitors award. Solliden award is the biggest award and selected by the jury and given to the best garden. The awardee of Visitors award is determined as a result of voting of visitors between the dates of July 1 and August 9 and visitors vote for the garden they like the most. |
| On August 11, 2018, Princess Sofia of Sweden visited LMLGA Festival held in Gärdet. The Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia's Foundation and LMLGA organization (Let´s Make Love Great Again) hold a music and entertainment festival in Gärdet, Stockholm on August 11, 12 and all Sweden is invited to the festival. At the festival which will last for two days, many free of charge concerts and conferences will be held. The purpose of the festival is to gather people around the message of love, sincerity and friendship. |
| On August 10, 2018, Princess Sofia of Sweden gave an interview to Swedish television channel TV4 (Nyhetsmorgon), about the safety of children and young people on online media. The reporter of this interview was Casten Almqvist. Nyhetsmorgon is a Swedish morning news and talk show that airs every morning on TV4. |
| On August 9, 2018, Princess Mako of Japan visited Tottori Prefecture to attend the 1300th anniversary of the opening of Daisen-ji. Princess Mako welcomed by Tottori Governor Shinji Hirai at Yonago airport. Princess Mako visited Yonago City Museum of Art. On August 9, Princess Mako attended celebrations of 1300th anniversary of Daisen-ji Temple. Mount Daisen is a volcanic mountain in Tottori Prefecture. Halfway up the mountain stands a Buddhist temple, Daisen-ji. This has existed as a centre of worship since the Heian period. It was founded by the Tendai sect in 718. |
| Today, on August 9, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark met with Katja Iversen who is the CEO of "Women Deliver" at the Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen. The Crown Princess received information about activities of the organization and the preparations for the Women Deliver Conference in Canada in June 2019. Iversen was recently named in the top 10 of Apolitical’s Top 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy. |
| On August 9, 2018, Norwegian Royal Family, that is, King Harald, Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Prince Sverre Magnus, Princess Märtha Louise, Emma Tallulah Behn, Leah Isadora Behn and Maud Angelica Behn visited Svalbard University Center (UNIS) which celebrates 25th anniversary of its establishment. The Royal Family was welcomed by UNIS Director Harald Ellingsen and Leader of Community Council Mr. Arild Olsen. The Royal Family also visited Svalbard Museum for a museum tour and a press conference. |
| Yesterday was 30th birthday of Princess Beatrice of York who is the eldest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson and is also the fifth granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II. The Royal Family released on its official twitter account a collage consisting of 30 photos (#30at30) of Princess Beatrice and congratulated her birthday. Beatrice's mother, Sarah Ferguson shared on Instagram childhood photos showing Beatrice and her sister Eugenie together with the title "Happy birthday my Trixie - Belle so proud of you xx". Happy 30th birthday to you, Princess Beatrice. |
