News about the royals in the GALA ticker: Princess Victoria is on a sports holiday with her family +++ Queen Paola of Belgium is again worrying her people +++ Princess Mary is said to have been hit by a bodyguard.
Royal News 2022 in the GALA ticker
March 4, 2022
Princess Victoria + Prince Daniel: sports vacation with the kids
After Princess Victoria, 44, and her husband Prince Daniel, 48, attended a board meeting of their foundation “Kronprinsessparets Stiftelse” on Friday, February 25, 2022, Victoria and her father King Carl Gustaf, 75, received the committee for Foreign Affairs. Since then, the Crown Princess has not appeared in public.
The reason: on Monday, February 28, 2022, the “sportlov” began in Swedish schools. These are sports holidays designed to give children the opportunity to exercise more and have more time for sporting activities. For the Stockholm region, the “sportlov” will last from February 28th to March 4th this year. Victoria has her next official date on March 5th.
The fact that Victoria and Daniel went on vacation anyway in view of the Ukraine conflict is met with criticism from many Royal fans. But the court defended the decision of the couple. Margareta Thorgren, Head of Information at the Royal Court, told Swedish magazine Svensk Damtidning: “The crown princess couple are of course following the events surrounding the Russian invasion, but they have also been on a bit of a sports holiday in the last few days. She also reveals that the family is vacationing in Sweden. After the turbulent past few weeks, in which Daniel and Victoria had to personally deny rumors of an alleged divorce, they seem to be in need of a few days of rest.
Meanwhile, King Carl Gustaf is holding the fort. “The king is currently holding numerous talks with the government, the prime minister, the Swedish armed forces and the relevant authorities about the situation in Ukraine,” explains Margareta Thorgren.
March 3, 2022
Queen Paola of Belgium breaks her upper arm in a fall
For the past ten years, Queen Paola of Belgium, 84, has repeatedly worried her people. This was also the case on Thursday, March 3, 2022, when the Belgian court announced shocking news. “Her Majesty Queen Paola broke her head in a fall and has to rest for eight weeks,” the statement said. It is also announced: “The Queen must therefore cancel the official activities planned for the coming weeks.”
The daily Het Laatste Nieuws reports that the former King Albert, 87, is currently in the French ski resort of Châtel, France. However, the court “neither confirms nor denies” whether his wife fell during a skiing holiday.
It’s not the first time that the 84-year-old has suffered a fracture in a fall. In December 2016, the monarch had to be treated for a broken vertebra after a fall in the Brussels hospital. Only three months later, she broke her femoral neck in another accident and had to be operated on at the Saint-Luc University Hospital. She also suffered from cardiac arrhythmia in August and had a mild stroke in September 2018, from which she was able to recover quickly after a short time in the hospital.
Princess Mary’s bodyguard admits he hit her
High-ranking royals are usually guarded and protected by highly trained bodyguards – including Princess Mary, 50. A former security guard turned the tables and is said to have become a danger to the wife of Denmark’s heir to the throne, Prince Frederik, 53. Torben Vigh, who worked for the Danish royal family as a bodyguard for several decades, now claims this in his book “Mine 30 aar som livvagt” (Eng.: “My 30 years as a bodyguard”).
The rear-end collision is said to have happened in 2014, according to Vigh, when he was escorting Mary while she was taking her son Prince Christian, 16, to school in Hellerup (in the greater Copenhagen area). The ex-bodyguard describes the situation as follows: “It was raining heavily and, as usual, I drove close to the car in front of me to prevent other cars from merging behind the VIP car, which would have increased our gap. Suddenly they braked Crown Princess at a yellow traffic light and I couldn’t react.The light aluminum Tesla had a shorter braking distance than my heavier Land Rover, especially on the slippery surface.For the first time in my professional life I had hit my own VIP. “
Princess Mary is clearly enjoying this look
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Torben Vigh and Princess Mary pulled to the curb, he apologized and made sure nothing had happened. “She didn’t look very happy as she inspected the back of the car,” Vigh said. According to his statement, the Tesla belonged to the crown prince.
March 1, 2022
Princess Madeleine invites you to an exclusive dinner – and there are still places available
Anyone who has always wanted to dine with Princess Madeleine, 39, will have an exclusive opportunity to do so in a few weeks. The next “Childhood” gala will take place in New York in May 2022 and the daughter of the founder of the foundation, Queen Silvia, 78, and King Carl Gustaf, 75, have already confirmed their participation. It is even possible to sit at a table with the Swedish royal at dinner. But there is a small catch: the prices with which you can secure one of the coveted places are hardly affordable.
At the end of 2021, Madeleine was declared Vice Honorary Chair of the World Childhood Foundation. Your participation in the fundraising event is therefore set. On February 28, 2022, Childhood USA’s Instagram account announced: “583 Park Avenue is pleased to host this year’s World Childhood Foundation ‘Thank You Gala’ on May 4th in the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine of Sweden, to align”. However, if you want to sit down at a table with her, you have to hurry and dig deep into your pocket. There is room for 16 people at the “Champion Table” and at the “Leader Table”, four of each of these tables can talk to Madeleine at the “Royal Table” – an exclusive opportunity for $100,000 (around 90,0000 euros) or $50,000 ( around 45,000 euros). Perhaps the princess can even be asked to dance. At the announced appearance of Ricky Martin, 50, she probably can’t keep her feet still either.
King Harald and Queen Sonja ‘return home early’
After the Norwegian Palace announced on Friday, February 25, 2022 that Princess Mette-Marit, 48, and Prince Haakon, 48, were returning to Oslo early from their winter vacation due to the worrying developments in Ukraine, King Harald is now also ending , 85, and Queen Sonja, 84, the family vacation early.
“The royal couple is canceling their vacation and returning home early. His Majesty will chair the State Council on Friday,” a court spokesman told NRK broadcaster. This session could also have been chaired by Prince Haakon as Crown Prince Regent.
February 28, 2022
Prince Daniel: America trip without his wife
There are turbulent weeks behind Prince Daniel, 48, and Princess Victoria, 44. The online magazine “Stoppa Pressarna” has repeatedly speculated in recent months about a marriage crisis in the dream couple, and there was even talk of a divorce. The rumor mill was bubbling, some media checked on the palace. At some point, the speculation got the upper hand, so that Victoria and Daniel quickly spoke up personally and firmly denied a divorce in a joint statement.
Since then, the two have been pursuing their royal duties, completing one appointment after the next. But in March, Victoria has to do without her husband’s support for a few days. The reason: From March 13th to 17th Prince Daniel will travel to the USA as part of his “Prins Daniels Fellowship” entrepreneurship program. He will be in San Francisco, California on March 13th, 14th and 15th and in Seattle, Washington on the 16th and 17th. However, the trip does not come suddenly, as Swedish media first suspected. Because of the corona pandemic, it had to be postponed again and again last year and can only take place now.
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Sources used: Dana Press, NRK, Het Laatste Nieuws