Queen Silvia + King Carl Gustaf: Royal time out with the grandchildren

Royal News 2022 in the GALA ticker

July 1, 2022

Queen Silvia and King Carl Gustaf vacation in southern France

Queen Silvia, 78, and King Carl Gustaf, 76, are currently enjoying themselves on the Côte d’Azur. As so often in summer, the royal couple relaxes in Sainte-Maxime, a small community in southern France, and lets their soul dangle in their residence Villa Mirage. Also present: Prince Carl Philip, 43, Princess Sofia, 37, and their three sons Prince Alexander, 6, Prince Gabriel, 4, and Prince Julian, 1.

According to “Dana Press”, the extended Swedish family is currently sailing across the Mediterranean on Carl Gustaf’s yacht “Polaris”. Equipped with peaked caps and sunglasses, the royals enjoy the time together in airy casual clothing and are thus following a tradition they have come to love. However, the Swedish royal family will not be staying in France for too long, because July 14th is Victoria Day. For Princess Victoria’s 45th birthday, the royals will of course meet again at Solliden Palace.

Queen Letizia: Warm meeting with Jill Biden and her granddaughters

Jill Biden, 71, clearly enjoyed her stay in Spain for the NATO summit. Numerous pictures show how well the US First Lady and Queen Letizia, 49, got along. On June 28, 2022, they completed a special appointment together, which must have meant a lot to Jill in particular: they visited refugee families in a reception center in Madrid. Also present were Jill Biden’s step-granddaughters Finnegan, 22, and Maisy Biden, 21. They are the daughters of Joe Biden’s, 79, son Hunter, 52, who comes from his first marriage to Neilia Hunter, † 30, who died early.

The meeting with Queen Letizia was extremely cordial. Photos show the four women chatting animatedly and laughing together. The Spanish Royal also hugged the granddaughters of the US President. So it’s no wonder that Jill Biden thanked King Felipe’s wife, 54, for her hospitality a little later via Twitter: “We thank Her Majesty Queen Letizia for showing us the beauty of Spain and bringing friends together in the community .”

June 30, 2022

Princess Leonor: An A in diligent study

Princess Leonor, 16, has been enjoying her well-deserved summer vacation at home for a week. Her first year of school at UWC Atlantic College is over and the Spanish heir to the throne can be proud: Supposedly her certificate has only top marks. A joy for the teenager, but above all for her parents King Felipe, 54, and Queen Letizia, 49. It can be assumed that the two of them let their eldest move far away in autumn 2021 with concern. Changing schools and then going abroad is no child’s play.

But Leonor seems to have adapted quickly to the new surroundings and their learning environment. She can now reap the laurels and spend the most beautiful weeks of the year at home with her loved ones without any worries. According to sources close to her, including the magazine Hola!, Leonor couldn’t have been happier about her choice of school. She prepared well for the experience and made wonderful use of the almost 10 months at the boarding school. During the school year she worked very hard and studied hard so that she could take good grades home with her. And now it’s time to switch off and enjoy life!

June 29, 2022

Prince Felix and Prince Nikolai speak for the first time about their mother’s second divorce

Prince Felix, 19, and Prince Nikolai, 22, recently gave their first interview to the Danish magazine “Billed Bladet” without their parents Prince Joachim, 53, and Countess Alexandra von Frederiksborg, 57. In it, the brothers also spoke for the first time about how they experienced their mother’s second divorce. After their parents separated, the two found a loving stepfather in Alexandra’s second husband Martin Jörgensen from 2007 onwards.

But in 2015 Alexandra and Martin announced their love, Felix and Nikolai had to go through a divorce again. However, this has welded the Danish princes and their mother closely together. “We were a support for our mother and she was a support for us. She is really a strong woman,” say Nikolai and Felix today. And further: “We stand by each other as a family. We have always been together, she was always there for us, and of course we for her.”

Prince Frederik: when he has to take on royal duties during Margrethe’s lifetime

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe, 82, is in excellent health even after 50 years on the throne. But what if her health suddenly deteriorated and she was no longer able to carry out her duties? The Danish medium “Billed Bladet” is now investigating this question.

And that knows: If the Danish head of state is no longer able to carry out his government business, the “law on the conduct of state affairs in the event of the king being underage, ill or absent” will come into effect, which has been anchored in the ancient Danish law since 1871. In that case, the Queen will have to hand over her duties to the heir to the throne, Prince Frederik, 54. If she is unable to do this due to her poor health, the handover takes place after consultation with Parliament. Despite taking over the business of government, Margrethe’s eldest son will not receive the title for the time being – only when the queen dies will he be appointed official king of Denmark.

June 28, 2022

How is Princess Mette-Marit after Haakon’s diagnosis?

After Princess Ingrid Alexandra, 18, in August 2021 and King Harald, 85, contracted the corona virus in March 2022, Prince Haakon, 48, has now contracted COVID-19. The royal court reported this on Sunday morning, June 26, 2022.

An official statement said he had “mild symptoms,” but concern for his wife Princess Mette-Marit, 48, is growing. The reason: The Crown Princess suffers from chronic pulmonary fibrosis and visited the Oslo London pub with her husband the day before Haakon tested positive, where two people were shot dead on the night of June 25th. So far, no information has been given about her state of health or even a positive test result has been announced, but there is great concern for Mette-Marit. An infection with the corona virus could lead to the long-term consequences of “Long Covid” for the princess, according to the Robert Koch Institute, Mette-Marit, who has chronic lung disease, is one of the risk groups for severe courses.

June 27, 2022

Secret Appearance! Princess Victoria and the children ring in the midsummer weekend

Last Saturday, June 25th, the whole of Sweden celebrated its popular and well-known midsummer festival far beyond the country’s borders. Princess Victoria, 44, Princess Estelle, 10, and Prince Oscar, 6, kicked off the summer solstice weekend celebrations with a surprise visit from outside the public eye, according to a picture that has surfaced on Estelle’s Cultural Foundation Instagram account. However, there was no sign of Prince Daniel, 48.

Victoria and Estelle smile for the camera, only Oscar, who is holding Rio, the dog of the heir to the Swedish throne, on a leash, looks a little grim. The three royals viewed the foundation’s third artwork in royal Djurgården on June 26.

Resembling a three-dimensional piece of cloth, the two-metre-tall sculpture “Bronze Wind Sculpture I” was created by Nigerian-British artist Yinka Shonibare, 59. The sculpture was inaugurated by Daniel on June 2nd. However, Estelle and Co. were absent from the celebrations. That’s probably why Victoria’s husband wasn’t there last Friday – and was already waiting for his family to enjoy the following midsummer festival with them.

Caroline von Hanover represents Prince Albert at a moving funeral service

It is a tragedy that happened on June 19 in Monaco: Firefighter Thierry Pérard died during an operation, he was only 51 years old. On June 24, 2022, he was buried in Monaco Cathedral. Prince Albert, 64, deeply regretted “not being able to attend the national tribute in person”, as he stressed in an official press release, but he and his family were still in Norway at the time of the funeral service. Nevertheless, the regent had the flags flown at half-mast throughout the principality and elevated the deceased to the rank of sergeant-major in the fire service. He also posthumously made Thierry Pérard a Knight of the Order of Saint Charles. It is extremely rare for a firefighter to die on duty in Monaco, local media reports.

Albert was represented at the funeral service by his sister Caroline von Hannover, 65, and his aide Colonel Luc Fringant. It was a moving ceremony that moved Princess Caroline in particular to tears. This is shown by video recordings of “Diocèse de Monaco”. While Caroline was still wearing sunglasses at the beginning of the service, she had to take them off after several speeches by Pérard’s colleagues and relatives in order to wipe the tears from her eyes several times. After the service, the 65-year-old went to the grieving family and was also very emotional: the princess wiped the tear-stained faces of the relatives and hugged one of the mourners for a long time.

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Sources used: instagram.com, Dana Press, diocese.mc, histoiresroyales.fr, instagram.com, youtube.com, billedbladet.dk, hola.com

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