News about the royals in the GALA ticker: Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit come to Oslo +++ Prince Carl Philip: His wife surprises at the museum opening +++ Emperor Naruhito about Mako’s wedding: “I’m sorry”.
Royal News 2022 in the GALA ticker
February 25, 2022
Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit return from family vacation
The Norwegian royal family is currently enjoying a winter holiday abroad together to celebrate King Harald’s 85th birthday – the king has invited his closest family members to this holiday. A tradition that the monarch has been cultivating for several years.
But current events in Ukraine are forcing Prince Haakon, 48, and his wife, Princess Mette-Marit, 48, to end their vacation early. “The Crown Prince and Crown Princess will return to Norway so that the Crown Prince Regent can take over as head of state,” the royal family confirmed to the NTB news agency. When exactly Haakon and Mette-Marit will come back to Oslo, however, will not be revealed. Nor when the rest of the family is going home. Prince Haakon has his first appointment on February 28, 2022 with the head of the reserve force of the Norwegian armed forces (Heimevernet).
February 24, 2022
Prince Carl Philip: His wife steals the show
Curtain up for Prince Carl Philip, 42, and Princess Sofia, 37! The couple opened the interactive museum “Avicii Experience” in Stockholm on February 24, 2022. As fans and friends of the late Swedish artist Tim Bergling, †28, it was natural for the two to take on this honorable task.
Sofia, who last appeared in public at the beginning of January, celebrated her comeback in a simple black but figure-hugging one-piece suit. However, not without a type change: Apparently, the princess has said goodbye to her eye-catching pony hairstyle and is letting her hair grow again. Maybe the intensive care of the trendy but complex styling opened her eyes. With her return to length, she definitely drew everyone’s attention once again. The princess can wear anything.
Finally back – and she looks completely different!
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February 22, 2022
Emperor Naruhito comments on Mako’s scandalous wedding
It is the first time Emperor Naruhito, 61, has commented on the wedding of his niece, ex-Princess Mako, 30, during a press conference at the Imperial Palace on February 21, 2022, just before his birthday.
Crown Prince Akishino’s daughter, 55, celebrated what is probably the saddest royal wedding in the world on October 26, 2021. With the marriage of her middle-class college friend Kei Komuro, 30, she had to give up her title of princess and now lives in exile in New York. But before that, there were angry protests from the Japanese people.
All photos of probably the saddest royal wedding in the world
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According to the news agency “Kyodo News”, Emperor Naruhito now said: “I’m sorry to have worried many people”, since the wedding was preceded by years of controversy over a money dispute with the husband’s family. Nevertheless, he wishes for his niece that she “will lead a happy life” with her husband. Forgiving words that Mako Komuro’s father had already uttered at the end of November 2021.
February 21, 2022
Princess Märtha Louise: Her friend talks about the engagement rumors
For more than three years, Princess Märtha Louise, 50, and Durek Verrett, 47, have been on cloud nine, since then fans and the press have been speculating again and again whether the couple was secretly engaged. Especially in the past few weeks, the rumors have become more and more persistent. One reason why the shaman is now commenting personally on the headlines. “I haven’t even proposed to her,” Verrett told Danish magazine Billed Bladet. “So I don’t know why people are saying that. It’s weird.” Well, maybe that’s because the 47-year-old has previously emphasized in various interviews that he’s found the woman for life in Princess Märtha Louise? And on his TikTok account, he repeatedly hinted at an imminent marriage.
This is also the case in his current interview with “Billed Bladet”. “I want to grow old with her in the most beautiful way and with respect for her, her children and her family,” says Verrett about his future plans with Märtha Louise. If there is an application, he will proceed in a traditional way. “I come from a very old-fashioned background. My father grew up in the 1920s and I adopted many of his values,” explains Durek .” King Harald, 85, and Queen Sonja, 84, are said to have already asked for permission, according to their own statements.
Tessy Antony-de Nassau shares new family photo
Tessy Antony-de Nassau, 36, found happiness in Swiss entrepreneur Frank Floessel after her divorce from Prince Louis of Luxembourg, 35. They announced their engagement in early 2021, and about a month later they happily announced that they were expecting their first baby together. Little Theodor was born in August, he is Tessy’s third child. She already has two sons with her ex-husband: Gabriel, 16, and Noah, 14.
On Instagram, the ex-princess regularly gives her fans an insight into her everyday family life and enchants with sweet pictures of her children. Same now. The 36-year-old posts a selfie taken in London, UK. Together with her three sons and husband Frank, Tessy beams into the camera, while little Theodor almost disappears into Mama’s thick jacket. “Introduction: the crew, the queen bee and her tribe of intelligent, attractive men,” Tessy comments on the cute family shot. Your community is enthusiastic about the snapshot, comments like “Beautiful family” and “You are really blessed, dear Tessy” pile up under the photo.
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Sources used: kyodonews.net, instagram.com, billedbladet.dk, teda.dk, tiktok.com, NTB