The Princess of Orange Turns 18

The Princess of Orange turned eighteen on December 7th. Upon her birthday, she became a member of the Council of State and its Advisory Division. An official biography, Amalia, was released to celebrate her milestone.

Photo: © RVD

Portraits of Princess Estelle Released

The Swedish Royal Court website released photographs of Princess Estelle today. Four-day-old Estelle wore a cardigan knitted by the Crown Princess’s grandmother Alice. The portraits were taken at Haga Palace.

Photo: Kungahuset.se

Official Wedding Portraits of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Photos: Hugo Burnand

Official Engagement Photos of William and Catherine Released

Peruvian photographer Mario Testino was chosen for the official engagement portraits of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. The photos were shot on 25th November 2010 in the State Apartments of St. James Palace.
Photos: © 2010 Mario Testino

Portraits of Grand Duke Henri and Family

Today marks the ninth anniversary of Henri’s succession as Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Fittingly, the Cour grand-ducale de Luxembourg website released new portraits of Grand Duke Henri and his family. The photos were taken at the Château de Berg.

Photos: Cour grand-ducale/Lola Velasco

Portraits of Prince Joachim’s Third Son

Prince Joachim’s third son was presented in a series of photographs shot by Steen Brogaard which were released on the Danish Monarchy website yesterday. The little prince will be christened on July 26th at Møgeltønder Kirke.Photos: Steen Brogaard

New Portraits from The Dutch Royal House

On February 1st, the Dutch Royal Family gathered en masse to jointly celebrate the birthdays of Queen Beatrix and Princess Margriet of the Netherlands at the Royal Theatre Carré in Amsterdam. That same day, the Dutch royals posed for some portraits with photographer Frank van Beek.

Below are the portraits of Queen Beatrix, Prince Willem-Alexander, Princess Máxima, Prince Constantijn, Princess Laurentien, Princess Margriet, Prince Maurits, Princess Marilène, Prince Bernhard, Princess Annette and the husband of Princess Margriet, prof. mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven.
Photos: Frank van Beek

Christmas Card Portraits of The Spanish Royal Family

The Spanish Royal Family released some family portraits which were used on their Christmas cards this year. For King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía, it has almost become de rigueur for them be photographed with their grandchildren which included the newest addition, Infanta Sofía. The little princess was born on April 29th.


Photos: Casa de Su Majestad el Rey

Queen Beatrix Opens Exhibition at the Mauritshuis

The Mauritshuis is featuring an exhibition called Dutch Portraits - The Age of Rembrandt and Frans Hals from October 13, 2007 to January 13, 2008. For the official opening on October 11th, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands appeared at the event and viewed the sixty Dutch seventeenth-century portraits that had been gathered from private collections and museums in the United States and Europe.

Notably, the Six family loaned out Rembrandt’s 1654 “Portrait of Jan Six” to the Mauritshuis for the exhibition. The family has never lent out the portrait from their collection until now.

For more information regarding the Mauritshuis exhibition Dutch Portraits - The Age of Rembrandt and Frans Hals, visit the official website.

Photo: ANP