Funeral of King Michael of Romania

Members of the Romanian Royal Family, Foreign Royalty and Heads of State attended the State Funeral of King Michael of Romania on December 16th. King Michael died in Switzerland on December 5th, at the age of 96. He first became King in 1927, and though he hasn’t been the reigning Head of State since 1947, the Government is giving the late King a State Funeral, in line with the plans to give the Royal Family Official Status in Romania. Continue reading

Wedding of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, 1976

Happy Anniversary to King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden, who got married in Stockholm on this day in 1976! The German Translator married the Swedish King and automatically became Queen, in the first marriage of a reigning Swedish monarch since 1797. Unlike other Swedish Royal Weddings, this was strangely not a White Tie affair and instead took place earlier in the day, but the date was very special as their daughter, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, got married on the same day in 2010!

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