On Monday, June 8, 2015, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal opened the newly restored Lincoln Castle in Lincoln, England.
The £22 million restoration of the castle “…comes on the eve of the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta…” writes the newspaper, Lincolnshire Echo.
For more information about today’s opening as well as to view photos please click the links below.
On Saturday, June 6, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh along with Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum of Dubai and His Highness Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai attended the 2015 Investac Derby Festival held at the Epsom Racecourse in Epsom, England.
Photo courtesy of Getty Images/S.Hussein
On the evening of Saturday June 6, 2015, Kensington Palace released new photos of Their Royal Highnesses Princess Charlotte and Prince George of Cambridge.
The lovely images of the little royals were taken by Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge last month at her and her husband’s country estate, Anmer Hall, in Norfolk, England.
Photos courtesy of Kensington Palace/HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
On Saturday, June 6, 2015, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and her daughter, Princess Isabella, made a one-day visit the island of Samsø.
The day began with a visit to Sælvig harbor. Whilst there Princess Isabella christened the island’s new ferry, Prinsesse Isabella, with her proud mother and hundreds of locals looking on with much happiness.
Thereafter, the mother daughter royal duo visited the “…company, Samsø Bær, and experience[d] Samsø’s Nature School in Langøre…” according to a press release.
Please click here and here to view photos.
On Friday, June 5, 2015, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh accompanied by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal and Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, Their Royal Highnesses The Earl and Countess of Wessex, His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, His Majesty King Harald V of Norway, and His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England.
Since 1948, The Duke of Edinburgh became a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron, and in 1953 he became Admiral of the RYS.
For more information about today’s celebrations as well as to watch a video and to view photos please click the links below.
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On Saturday, June 13, 2015, His Royal Highness Prince Carl Philip of Sweden will finally marry his longtime love, Miss Sofia Hellqvist, inside the magnificent Slottskyrkan (royal chapel) at the Kungliga Slottet in Stockholm.
If you are interested in watching the royal wedding Sveriges Television (SVT) will, thankfully, broadcast the entire extravaganza — live online — beginning at 2 P.M. Stockholm time. The broadcast will include pre-wedding ceremony festivities (hence a lot of chit-chatting between the fantastic SVT journalists as well as royal and etiquette experts), the entire royal wedding ceremony, the incredibly long carriage ride through the streets of Stockholm, the glorious gala reception, long speeches, the cutting of the cake, and so forth.
For those of you who were fortunate enough to watch the 2010 royal wedding live between HRH Crown Princess Victoria and Mr. Daniel Westling, well, SVT‘s upcoming broadcast of Prince Carl Philip’s wedding is reportedly going to be shown in similar fashion.
Anyway, onto the who’s who royal guest-list. So far confirmed guests include:
At this time members of the Spanish royal family, the royal house of Jordan, the grand-ducal family of Luxembourg nor the princely family of Monaco have yet to confirm their attendance. Royals from non-reigning houses who may attend the royal wedding include His Highness Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha, Their Highnesses Hereditary Prince Hubertus and Hereditary Princess Kelly of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha (who is due to give birth to her second child in July), the entire Greek royal family, and perhaps a few royals here and there from Germany, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania.
Now, if you want to follow the wedding with other royal watchers via Twitter and/or Instagram the official hashtags will be #kungaligbröllop2015 and #royalwedding2015.
To wrap things up the entire royal wedding will be broadcast live on SVT beginning at 2 P.M. Stockholm time. Please click here and/or here for the direct SVT link. Bookmark them.
Furthermore, SVT is known to be a quite generous network so if you missed the royal wedding live there is a good chance the network will re-broadcast the event and keep it on their site for several days. Basically, if you missed royal wedding I’m sure it will be online for some time. If not, I’m sure someone will upload the whole wedding onto You Tube.
Need a timezone convertor? Click here to find out when the royal wedding will air in your local timezone (probably in the wee hours of the morning).
And, finally, if you would like to watch a pre-wedding interview on Friday, June 12 with the happy couple and hosted by the lovely Miss Ebba von Sydow then please click here and bookmark the link.
As the royal wedding approaches I have no doubt there will be more updates to this post so please stay tuned and have a wonderful weekend, everyone! 🙂
Photo courtesy of Swedish royal court
On Friday, June 5, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Her Royal Highness Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark celebrated the 100th anniversary of the amendment of the Danish Constitution at Christiansborg Slot in Copenhagen.
According to the website, 100 Året, the amendment of the Danish Constitution:
“…on the 5th of June 1915 gave Danish women the right to vote and stand for election.
Though much has happened since 1915, and large steps have been taken in regards to equality between women and men, the debate on equality, democracy and democratic participation is as important and current as ever. The debate today is not only about the right to vote and securing democratic rights, it is also about everyday life – work, spare time, and family.
The 100th anniversary helps to remind us that we must continue to strengthen and develop our democratic system. Where the gender equality debate in Denmark historically began as a fight for women’s basic rights, today it is about women and men’s equal opportunities to influence their own lives and participate in the society. This in turn creates a democratic society where all human resources are put into play.”
For more information about today’s celebrations, in English, please click here.
Photo courtesy of Getty Images/J.Parker
The Royal Correspondent 