| Hello community-We left behind one more year. Thank you for reading that blog in 2017. We hope your 2017 was very well and wish that 2018 will be better for you. We wish a safe, happy, trouble-free and peaceful world in the new year and next years. We wish that all well-intentioned expectations of our Blog's followers and everyone will come true in the new year. Happy new year to everyone! |
| On December 31, 2017, Queen Elizabeth and other royal family members, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Anne, Countess Sophie of Wessex and Prince Edward attended a morning church service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham. |
| Talented artist Gabriella Norum shared on her Instagram account a portrait of Swedish Princess Estelle made on canvas with acrylic paint. (Artist Gabriella Norum who is living in Stockholm creates extraordinary, real-like, made-to-order portraits on canvas with acrylic paint, oil paint, pencil or ink). |
| Hereditary Prince Alois and Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein congratulated 24 years old Liechtensteiner swimmer Julia Hassler with a reception. Julia Hassler won bronze medal in European Short Course Swimming Championships Women's 400m Final held in Copenhagen city of Denmark on December 17, 2017. Liechtensteiner swimmer Julia Hassler participated in the Olympic Games and she is the first Liechtensteiner athlete who won a medal in international contests. |
| Crown Princess Mary of Denmark gave an interview to Australian Women's Weekly magazine on the 10th anniversary of establishment of The Mary Foundation (Mary Fonden). The subject of the interview was the activities of the Foundation. The Mary Foundation was established by Crown Princess Mary of Denmark in 2007. |
| Spanish Queen Letizia was again eye-catching in 2017 with her slimness and feminine style. Although Hugo Boss and Carolina Herrera brands had a larger place in Queen Letizia's wardrobe, she wore designs of Spanish brands Zara and Mango frequently and thus publicized those brands voluntarily. Spanish Queen Letizia who likes to wear same classical clothes again and again made additions to her wardrobe in 2017. Some outfits worn by Queen Letizia in 2017. |
| King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Queen Jetsun Pema and Crown Prince Jigme Namgyal Wangchuck attended the events 25th anniversary of establishment of Gasa district in Gasa. Gasa was formerly a drungkhag (sub-district) of the Punakha dzongkhag (district). It became a separate dzongkhag (district) in 1992. |
| Crown Princess Mary is currently in Australia with her family both to have a rest and to spend the Christmas holiday after a year that was full of activities. The year of 2017 was a year with lots of official duties for the Crown Princess like the other years and there were days with more than one official events for hardworking mother, the Crown Princess. As in the other years, the Princess performed that duties with success and she was perfect in her selection of outfits at these duties. In order to renew the memories, some events of Princess Mary in 2017 and the outfits preferred by her at these events. |
| New official portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge was released. That portrait photo was taken by photographer Chris Jackson at the same time with 2017 Christmas photo of Cambridges family and the photo of Prince George released on his fourth birthday. That new portrait was released in order to use on promotion pages of foundations and organizations which are under the patronage of the Duchess of Cambridge. |
| Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg gave an interview for the "Place Royale - RTL TVI" magazine about her passion for art and cinema. (Full interview (15 minutes) on RTL Place Royale's Facebook page) |
| On December 26, 2017, Members of The Romanian Royal Family, Crown Princess Margareta of Romania, Prince Radu, Princess Elena, Princess Maria and Irina Walker, attended the Christmas Day Service and Memorial Mass held at the Savarsin Orthodox Church in Transylvania, Romania. The royal family are on 40-day mourning after the death of Romania’s last king, Michael. The king passed away on December 5, aged 96, and was buried on December 16, in Curtea de Arges. |
| On December 25, 2017, King Harald, Queen Sonja of Norway, Princess Martha Louise and her daughters, Emma Tallulah Behn and Leah Isadora Behn attended the Christmas service at the Holmenkollen Chapel in Oslo, Norway. |
| On December 25, 2017, the Dutch Royal Family published their a Christmas photo. The photo showing together King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and their daughters Crown Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane was taken by photographer Jeroen van der Meyde (RVD) at Royal Stables of Noordeinde Palace during the celebrations of 50th birthday of King Willem-Alexander in April 2017. |
| On December 25, 2017, the British Royal family members, that is, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Duchess Camilla, Prince William, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Prince Edward, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Lady Louise Windsor, Princess Anne, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice arriving to attend the Christmas Day morning church service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, England. |
| On December 24, 2017, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Countess Sophie of Wessex, Prince Edward, Lady Louise Windsor, Princess Anne, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice attended a Christmas Eve Carol Service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk. (Princess Beatrice wore a cashmere coat by Burberry) |
| Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Prince Sverre Magnus and Marius Borg Høiby attended Christmas Service at the Skaugum Church in Asker. |
| On December, 24, 2017, Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Marius Borg Høiby attended a Christmas lunch at Oslo Egon Storo Restaurant, held for guests in need of help coming from Fattighuset, Natthjemmet and Church City Mission organizations. About 200 guests attended the lunch and various gifts were given to the guests. Fattighuset is a voluntary organization that provides food and financial aid to persons in need of help. Natthjemmet is an organization that provides urgent accommodation for women in Oslo and is supported by the municipality. |
| On December 23, 84th birthday celebrations of Emperor Akihito of Japan continued with various events throughout the day. A reception and a tea party were held at the Imperial Palace in the afternoon. Accredited ambassadors in Tokyo and Japanese politicians who attended the reception congratulated 84th birthday of Emperor Akihito. A banquet was held for Imperial family members in the evening. Imperial Household Agency released new photos on the occasion of 84th birthday of the Emperor. |
| Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein made Christmas visits to Vaduz Landesspital Hospital and a nursing home last week. At those visits, Princess Sophie met with old patients staying in the hospital and residents of the nursing home and gave various gifts to them. (Photo: Daniel Schwendener /Vaterland) |
| The Duchess of Cornwall hosted a tea party at Buckingham Palace recently, attended by National Osteoporosis Society, the BBC Strictly dancers and Christmas Special celebrities. The National Osteoporosis Society, established in 1986, is the only UK-wide charity dedicated to improving the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. The Duchess of Cornwall is the president of the charity |
| The Monaco Princely palace published 2017 Christmas greeting card showing Prince Albert and Princess Charlene and their twins Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella. Within the card the Princely Family send their best wishes: "At the dawn of this New Year 2018, we send you and your loved ones our warmest wishes for a Merry Christmas filled with joy, health and happiness". (Photo : Vanessa Von Zitzewitz). |
| Today is December 23 and Japan's Emperor Akihito celebrates his 84th birthday. Thousands of well-wishers gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Saturday to celebrate Emperor Akihito’s 84th birthday. Japan's Emperor Akihito greeted the public with Empress Michiko, Crown Prince Naruhito, Crown Princess Masako, Prince Akishino, his wife Princess Kiko and their daughter Princess Mako at the Imperial Palace on his 84th birthday. Happy birthday to you Emperor Akihito. |
| Queen Silvia of Sweden is celebrating her 74th birthday today. The Queen was born on 23 December 1943 in Heidelberg, Germany. Queen Silvia of Sweden has three children and six grandchildren. Swedish royal court published new photo on the occasion of 74th birthday of Queen Silvia. Happy birthday to you Queen Silvia. (Photo: Yanan Li) |
| Yesterday morning, Queen Sonja of Norway made a Christmas visit to Hovseter nursing home (Hovseterhjemmet) in Oslo. The Queen met with residents of the nursing home and visited healthy living spaces like the gym in the nursing home. In addition to that, Hovseter nursing home has a library and a park with camellias. Regular activities, concerts and tours are held every week for residents of the nursing home. |
| On December 22, 2017, Empress Michiko visited "Beatiful Books Can Change The World: The Universe of Tara Books, India" exhibition at the Itabashi Art Museum in Tokyo. At the exhibition, 300 items including handmade books, original drawings, and picture scrolls over 3 meters long are exhibited. |
| Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark who are currently in Australia for Christmas holiday came to Tasmania with their children. The Crown Prince family landed on Hobart Airport of Tasmania yesterday. Today, Crown Princess Mary and her children Princess Isabella, Princess Josephine and Prince Vincent shopped at Salamanca which is the largest shopping square of Hobart city. |
| In the evening of December 21, Thursday, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima gave a dinner at Noordeinde Palace in honour of António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-general who is making a 2 day working visit to the Netherlands. Secretary-general Guterres is currently in the Netherlands to attend closing ceremony of The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). |
| In the evening of December 21, 2017, Thursday, Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and Princess Sofia of Sweden came to Gustaf Vasa Church in Stockholm in order to attend the Christmas concert called "Jul i Vasastan". At that Christmas concert, various events were held for the purpose of raising fund for the benefit of Project Playground. |
| Crown Princess family of Sweden published 2017 Christmas greeting card showing Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Prince Daniel and their children Princess Estelle and Prince Oscar. (Everyone is smiling, even Prince Oscar.) |
| Today, on the occasion of engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Kensington Palace released three engagement photos of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, two of which is black and white. The photos were taken by photographer Alexi Lubomirski earlier this week at Frogmore House. |
| King Philippe of Belgium and Queen Mathilde of Belgium made a Christmas visit to Perrekes House (Huis Perrekes) in Geel city of Antwerp, which carries out a 'life project' for people with dementia. Perrekes House provides private accommodation, care and guidance services, including choir programs, for elders with dementia. |
| On December 21, 2017, Queen Letizia of Spain attended a Working meeting of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) at the AECC headquarters in Madrid and received information about the activities of the Association. Queen Letizia is honorary president of the Spanish Association Against Cancer. |
| On December 20, 2017, King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, Crown Princess Elisabeth, Princess Eleonore, Prince Emmanuel, Prince Gabriel, Princess Astrid, Prince Lorenz, Princess Laetitia Maria, Princess Claire, Prince Aymeric and Prince Nicolas attended the traditional Christmas concert held at the Brussels Royal Palace. This concert is held every year for the purpose of thanking people who serve to the Royal activities. |
| On December 20, Wednesday, King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Prince Carl Philip, Princess Sofia, Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill attended 2017 academic year's closing meeting of Swedish Academy, held at the Old Stock Exchange building in Stockholm. Swedish Academy concludes its working year by a formal gathering at the Stock Exchange Building every year on December 20. |
| Today, Monaco Princely Palace hosted traditional Children's Christmas ceremony as it does every year. On December 20, 2017, Princess Charlene, Prince Albert II, Louis Ducruet and Camille Gottlieb attended Children's Christmas ceremony held at the Princely Palace and gave Christmas gifts to Monegasque and refugee children. |
| Today, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip gave the traditional Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace. 50 royal guests including those who will not be able to spend Christmas at Sandringham were invited to the lunch. British royal family members including Prince Charles, Duchess Camilla, Prince William, Duchess Catherine and their children Princess Charlotte and Prince George, Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice attended the traditional Christmas lunch. (Meghan Markle wore Nightshade dress by Self-Portrait) |
| Belgian royal family published 2017 Christmas greeting card. Christmas greeting card bears a black and white family photo, signatures of King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, their children Princess Elisabeth, Prince Gabriel, Princess Eléonore and Prince Emmanuel, and "Merry Christmas and a happy new year" message in four languages. |
| Tuesday afternoon, Prince Albert and his wife Princess Charlene visited two nursing homes and gave gifts to the elders. The Prince Couple visited Cap-Fleuri and Cap-d'Ail nursing homes together with volunteers of Monegasque Red Cross to share moments of togetherness and intimacy with the elders. The photos of the twins and bathrobes were given as gifts to the elders. Girls of Fémina Sport School who will represent Monaco at World Gymnastics Championship made an artistic gymnastics show. |
| In the evening of December 19, 2017, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway attended the Oslo municipality's annual Christmas dinner at City Hall (Rådhushallen) in Oslo. |
| On December 19, 2017, King Philippe of Belgium and Queen Mathilde of Belgium held a reception for Belgian ambassadors. Belgian diplomats return to Belgium for the Diplomatic Contact Days and attended the meeting of the Diplomatic Contact Days 2017 at Egmont Palace in Brussels. (Queen Mathilde wore a claret red dress from Fall/Winter 2018 collection of Natan, which she had worn before) |
| The Norwegian Royal Family has released their annual Christmas photos today. On December 19, 2017, King Harald, Queen Sonja, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Crown Prince Haakon, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway attended the 2017 Christmas Photo Session at the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway. This is an annual tradition for the Norwegian Royal Family. |
| A new Christmas portrait of Prince William, Duchess Catherine of Cambridge and their children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, was released today. Kensington Palace released the photo on Twitter. The photo was taken by Chris Jackson at Kensington Palace earlier this year. (The Duchess wore her bespoke Catherine Walker skirt suit) |
| On December 18, 2017, Princess Stephanie of Monaco visited the Bellando de Castro and Residence Giaume homes, as part of the Christmas programme of the Hector Otto Foundation in Monaco. |
| On December 18, 2017, Queen Letizia of Spain attended the presentation ceremony of Magistral Action 2017 Award at BBVA city. Then, the Queen attended the meeting of of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Assistance Against Drug Addiction (FAD) at BBVA headquarters in Madrid |
| As they do every year before Christmas, Swedish Crown Princess Family published their new family photo & video with the title "Merry Christmas" and congratulated everybody's Christmas. The photo showing together Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Prince Daniel and their children Princess Estelle and Prince Oscar were taken by photographer Raphael Stecksén at Haga Castle. (VIDEO) |
| Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark who are in Australia with their children for Christmas holiday were seen on Sydney's Palm Beach while they were jogging in the morning. Sydney's Palm Beach also known as 'Palmy' is an iconic region in the North of the city. |
| Japan's Empress Michiko attended a charity concert held for the benefit of 2011's Great East Japan Earthquake at Tokyo Opera city Concert Hall. NGO "Association to Help Refugees" organized the concert, which featured performances by French trumpet player Eric Aubier and seven songs including Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. |
| Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and her daughter Princess Estelle watched After Dark's performance at the Oscar Theatre in Stockholm. Christer Lindarw shared on his Instagram account a photo with the message "So glad that H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria and Little Sweet Estelle had time to see the last matinee today. And Princess Estelle was very fond of the feather boa she received from me". |
| Today, on December 5, funeral of Romanian former King Michael I who lost his life in Aubonne city of Switzerland was held. Representatives of Royal houses attended the funeral of King Michael held in Bucharest city of Romania. King Juan Carlos of Spain and Queen Sofia of Spain, King Carl Gustaf Sweden and Queen Silvia of Sweden, Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Britain's Prince Charles, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece was present at the funeral. |
| On December 15, 2017, the board meeting of Prince Couple Foundation (Prins Carl Philips och Prinsessan Sofias Stiftelse) was held with the attendance of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden at Royal Palace in Stockholm. |
