Máxima at the Opening of the Women Inc. Festival

Princess Máxima attended the opening of the Women Inc. Festival yesterday, at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam - not too far from where Máxima and her husband, Prince Willem-Alexander, had their civil wedding service in February 2002.

PPE Picture Gallery

ANP Picture Gallery

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Joachim & Marie are Engaged; May 24 Wedding

On October 3rd, Kongehuset.dk announced that HRH Prince Joachim was engaged to Miss Marie Cavallier.

On November 21st, the wedding date was announced - May 24th, 2008. Joachim and Marie will marry at the church of Møgeltønder in Southern Jutland. The wedding banquet will be held privately at Shackenborg Castle, Joachim's estate

December 2007 Calender

December 2007 Calender for the Danish, Dutch and Norwegian Royal Families

December 1: NED – Máxima will attend the Women Inc. Festival
December 1: NOR – Sonja will open the Bridge which will connect Lofoten to the Mainland
December 2-9: DEN – Frederik is Regent
December 3: NOR – 2nd Birthday of Sverre Magnus
December 3: NOR – Harald grants an audience to the Chief of the Naval Staff and the sculptor Skule Walsvik (appointed Officer of the Order of St Olav)
December 3: NOR – Harald hosts a Luncheon for the Council Members of The Order of St Olav
December 3-4: NED – Willem-Alexander will attend the Asia Pacific Water Summit in Japan
December 4: NED – Máxima, together with Princess Mathilde of Belgium, will receive the Overview of the Art of Painting
December 4: NOR – Harald, Sonja, Haakon and Mette-Marit host a Dinner for the County Governors
December 6: NOR – Harald grants an audience to the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
December 6: NOR – Harald, Sonja, Haakon and Mette-Marit host a Dinner for the Members of the Supreme Court
December 7: NED – 4th Birthday of Catharina-Amalia
December 7: NOR – Harald attends the Council of State
December 7: NOR – Haakon grants an audience to representatives of the Wergeland Year 2008
December 7: NOR – Harald grants an audience to Marie Aakre (appointed Officer of the Order of St Olav)
December 8: DEN – Mary attends a Christmas Concert by the Royal Danish Children’s Choir
December 10: NED – Catharina-Amalia will attend her first day of kindergarten
December 10: DEN – Mary visits the Rådmandsgades School
December 10: DEN – Mary attends a celebration of the 60th year of the United Nations’ World Declaration for Human Rights
December 11: DEN – Frederik opens the exhibition Danmark-ekspedition
December 12: DEN – Frederik visits the Korshærs Church's Christmas Distribution
December 12: DEN – Frederik participates in arrangement at the Royal Danish Geographic Society
December 12: NED – Beatrix, Willem-Alexander, Máxima, Constantijn and Laurentien will attend the Prince Claus Awards Ceremony
December 24-25: DEN – Margrethe, Henrik, Frederik, Mary, Christian, Isabella and Joachim will celebrate Christmas at Marselisborg Palace
December 25: NED – 38th Birthday of Bernhard Jr

Margrethe lunches with the Estonian President

Queen Margrethe welcomed the President of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, and his wife to Fredensborg Palace on September 7th for a lunch.

Photo of the 3

Copyright: ANP

Mette-Marit at the Grieg Gala

On September 6th, Crown Princess Mette-Marit attended the Grieg Gala with the Bergen Filharmonic Orchestra.Copyright: ANP

Joachim visits Moesgaard Museum

On September 4th, Prince Joachim visited the Moesgaard Museum.

Photos from Polfoto - one, two, three and four

Anita at the Paul Schulten Fashion Show

Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau, the wife of Prince Pieter-Christiaan, attended the Paul Schulten Fashion Show in Amsterdam last week.

Photo Gallery from Mario Nap

Máxima at opening of "Ik & De Ander, De Ander & Ik"

Yesterday Princess Máxima attended the opening of the art exhibition "IK & DE ANDER, DE ANDER & IK" (Me and the Other, the Other and Me) in Bussum.Photo Gallery from PPE
Copyright: ANP/RVD

Beatrix opens Wageningen University Campus

On September 4th, Queen Beatrix and the Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende officially opened the new campus of the Wageningen University.Photo Gallery from PPE
Copyright: RVD/ANP

Frederik wins last race of Farr40 Champs, Mary brings kids to watch

On Saturday September 1st, Crown Prince Frederik and his team aboard the Nanoq won the final race of the Farr40 World Championships. Crown Princess Mary was there to cheer on her husband, and brough Prince Christian, 23 months, and Princess Isabella, 4 months; along to cheer for Daddy.

Photo Gallery from Søren Steffen

Added: Article from HELLO! Magazine - "Isabella and Christian help royal dad celebrate sailing win"

Máxima opens De Kamers

Princess Máxima yesterday attended the opening of De Kamers (The Rooms), a house of culture, in Amersfoort.Photo Gallery from PPE

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Photo Session at Skaugum

Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit posed for the media with their three children; Princess Ingrid Alexandra (3 and a half years), Prince Sverre Magnus (21 months) and Marius (10 years); at their family home in Skaugum.Photo Gallery from PPE

Copyright: Scanpix

Willem-Alexander's 40th Birthday Party

The Prince of Orange - Willem-Alexander - hosted a belated birthday party celebrating his 40th year on Saturday September 1st. The party was held at Het Loo Palace, and went well into the night.The birthday boy arrived in a horse-drawn carriage with his wife, Princess Máxima, and their three daughters - Princess Catharina-Amalia (3 and a half years), Princess Alexia (27 months) and Princess Ariane (4 and a half months). The Prince's eldest daughter had a slight accident when the carriage pulled to a stop (see video), but otherwise all three girls were as cute as buttons in pink gowns. The other guests arrived via the Royal Bus.

The Prince's mother, Queen Beatrix, and brother's Constantijn and Friso - with wives Laurentien and Mabel - were also in attendance. Other family members invited were Willem-Alexander's aunt, Princess Margriet, and uncle Pieter van Vollenhoven; their children Maurits and wife Marilène, Bernhard Jr and wife Annette, Pieter-Christiaan and wife Anita, and Floris with his pregnant wife Aimée. Máxima's parents, Jorge Zorreguieta and Carmen Cerrutti, and brother Martin were also in attendance; as well as plenty of royal guests including Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Crown Prince Philippe and Crown Princess Mathile of Belgium, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, and Prince Felipe, Princess Letizia, Infanta Cristina and Inaki Urdangarin of Spain.

Added: Article from HELLO! Magazine - "Crown Prince Willem's daughters lead guests at royal birthday ball"

Copyright: ANP, Scanpix, PPE

Mary at the "Summer Ballet"

On August 30th, Crown Princess Mary attended the opening night performance of the "Summer Ballet" at the Bellevue Theatre.

Photo Gallery from Søren Steffen

Friso & Mabel Changed Mabel's Wikipedia Page

The RVD announced a few days ago, after much talk in the Dutch media, that Prince Friso and Princess Mabel had in fact altered the Princess' Wikipedia page in 2006. The pair had used a computer inside Huis ten Bosch - Queen Beatrix's residence in The Hague - to change the phrase "gave misleading and false information" (in reference to the information Mabel gave to the Dutch parliament about her relationship with a drug lord prior to her marriage to Friso) to "gave misleading information". The article has since been restored to its prior content.

Article from MSNBC.com - "Dutch royals caught revising Wikipedia"

September 2007 Calender

September 2007 Calender for the Danish, Dutch and Norwegian Royal Families

September 1: NED - 40th Birthday Celebrations of Willem-Alexander
September 3: NED - Máxima will open "De Kamers"
September 4: NED - Beatrix will open the new campus of Wageningen University
September 4: DEN - Joachim will visit the Moesgaard Museum
September 5: NED - Máxima will open the art exhibition "Me and the Other & the Other and Me"
September 5: NOR - Sonja will attend the opening of the 2007-2008 season of the Oslo Filharmonic Orchestra
September 6: NOR - Harald and Märtha Louise host a Luncheon for the Princess Märtha Louise Fund
September 6: NOR - Harald will attend the Anders Jahre Award Ceremony
September 6: NOR - Mette-Marit will attend the Grieg Gala with the Bergen Filharmonic Orchestra
September 8: NED - Beatrix will attend a concert by the World Orchestra for Peace
September 8: NOR - Harald will attend the opening of the 120th Autumn Exhibition
September 8: DEN - Mary will attend the Circus Benneweis Gala Performance for the Mental Health Fund
September 9: DEN - Mary will attend a golf tournament in Helsingør
September 10: NOR - Märtha Louise will attend the event marking the dissolution of The Norwegian Sports Organization for the Disabled
September 11: NED - Beatrix & Máxima will attend the premiere of the Hans van Manen Festival
September 12-13: DEN - State Visit from Brazil
September 12: NED - Beatrix will open the new venue for the Amsterdam Archives
September 12: NED - Laurentien will make a speech at the World Illiteracy Day
September 13-14: NOR - State Visit from Brazil
September 14: NED - Beatrix will open the new venue of the Rijksdienst Art-Historical Documentation
September 15: NOR - Mette-Marit will attend the feast and gala performance of the OsloHimmel Festival
September 17-21: DEN - Frederik & Mary (with Isabella) will visit New York
September 18: NED - Prinsjesdag
September 18: NOR - Haakon attends the event marking the 10th anniversary of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
September 20: NOR - Mette-Marit will visit Svalbard
September 22: NOR - 36th Birthday of Märtha-Louise
September 22: NED - Willem-Alexander will attend the opening of the exhibition "P. Struycken, the Digital Paradise"
September 23: DEN - Frederik & Mary will award the Kronprinsparrets Kulturpris
September 25: NED - 39th Birthday of Friso
September 26: NED - Willem-Alexander will attend the opening of the "Mosae Forum"
September 30: NOR - 35th Birthday of Ari

Happy 39th Wedding Anniversary Harald & Sonja!

On August 29th, King Harald V and Queen Sonja celebrated their 39th year as husband and wife. The pair married in 1968, at the Oslo Cathedral.Copyright: Kongehuset.no

New Pictures of Nikolai & Felix

Kongehuset.dk released a series of new pictures of Princes Nikolai and Felix to celebrate Nikolai's 8th birthday on August 28th.The full gallery can be seen at Kongehuset.dk, or at PPE (with watermarks)

Copyright: Kongehuset.dk

Happy 8th Birthday Nikolai!

Prince Nikolai William Alexander Frederik, the eldest son of Prince Joachim and Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg; celebrated his 8th birthday on August 28th!Born on August 28th, 1999, at the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Nikolai was third in line for the Danish throne at the time of his birth - but has now dropped down to fifth in line after the birth of his cousins Christian and Isabella. The above picture was taken last year.Nikolai was christened on November 6th at the Fredensborg Palace Church. His godparents were Crown Prince Frederik, the Earl of Wessex, Peter Steentrup, Nicola Baird and Camilla Flint.
Copyright: Kongehuset.dk

Beatrix attends the Concours Hippique "'t Peerdespul"

Queen Beatrix attended the Concours Hippique "'t Peerdespul"in Groningen on August 28th.Photo Gallery from PPE

Copyright: PPE

Happy 2nd Wedding Anniversary Pieter-Christiaan & Anita!

On August 27th, Prince Pieter-Christiaan and Princess Anita celebrated their second wedding anniversary. The couple married in 2005, in a civil ceremony on August 25th, followed by a religious service on August 27th.Copyright: Chris Gorzeman/RVD

County Visit to Nord-Troms - Day 1

Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit began their county visit to Nord-Troms on August 26th. Here are some pictures from the first day:Photo Gallery from Isifa
Photo Gallery from nordlys.no
Photo Gallery from NRK
Copyright: ANP

Haakon & Mette-Marit hand out Fund Grants

On August 25th, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit handed out grants for their Humanitarian Fund.
Copyright: ANP

Harald & Sonja at the Opening of Bygdø Royal Farm

King Harald and Queen Sonja attended the Opening of Bygdø Royal Farm on August 24th.Copyright: ANP

Emma's Christening

Emma Francisca Catharina van Vollenhoven, daughter of Prince Pieter-Christiaan and Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau, was christened yesterday at the Het Loo Palace Chapel in Apeldoorn.Copyright: RVD

Happy 6th Wedding Anniversary Haakon & Mette-Marit!

Today, Crown Prince Haakon & Crown Princess Mette-Marit celebrate their sixth wedding anniversary. The couple married in 2001 at the Oslo Cathedral, followed by celebrations at the Royal Palace.Copyright: Scanpix/Kongehuset.no, Rex Features, Gamma Press

Christening of Emma van Vollenhoven

The christening of Emma van Vollenhoven, the daughter of Prince Pieter-Christiaan and Princess Anita, will take place today at the Chapel at Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn.

Emma's godparents are Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau, Caroline van der Toorn-van Eijk, Evert-Jan Wamsteker and Alexandra Countess de Witt-Cavard

RVD

New Picture of Alexandra Berleburg & Family

In a current issue of the German Vanity Fair magazine, there is an article on German royalty. Included in this is Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (the daughter of Princess Benedikte and Prince Richard). This is the picture of the Princess with her family: husband Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, son Count Richard and daughter Countess Ingrid:

Ari presents his New Designs

Ari Behn, the husband of Princess Märtha-Louise of Norway, yesterday presented his newly designed items at the Norwegian Gift - an interior designs fair held in Lillestrom.Copyright: ANP

Christian's First Flirt!

Se og Hør reports this week on Prince Christian's first flirt! Apparently this occured during the christening of Dagmar Louise Foss, the daughter of one of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary's friends, on August 18th. Princess Isabella also attended with her parents.Copyright: Se og Hør

Märtha-Louise visits Guide Dog Training Facility

Princess Märtha-Louise visited the Norwegian Blindeforbundets Forerhundskole - a facility for the training of guide dogs for the blind and visually impaired on August 21st.Copyright: ANP

Beatrix at the European Union Youth Orchestra Concert

Queen Beatrix attended a concert performed by the European Union Youth Orchestra on August 19th. The Queen was joined by her nephew, Prince Maurits, and his wife Princess Marilène.Copyright: ANP/RVD

Happy 34th Birthday Mette-Marit!

Crown Princess Mette-Marit, the wife of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, celebrated her 34th birthday on August 19th!Happy Birthday Mette-Marit!
Copyright: Scanpix/Kongehuset.no

Wedding of Marianne Solberg Behn & Olav Bjørshol

Yesterday, Ari Behn's parents - Marianne Solberg Behn and Olav Bjørshol - remarried. The wedding was attended by Ari, Princess Märtha-Louise, their two daughters Maud Angelica and Leah Isadora, and Queen Sonja, along with a skew of other guests. Maud Angelica was her grandmother's flower girl, while Ari was his father's best man.



Picture Gallery from VG
Picture Gallery from Side 2
Copyright: Stella Pictures