Royal Birthday of the Week
Prince Charles turns 60
Six-Day Royal Funeral Starts
Thais wear black as princess funeral rites begin
Princess Masako Sighting of the Week
Japanese royals welcome Spanish royals (photos)
Royal Doctor’s Harsh Punishment
Sentence of 1,500 lashes
“A Ghastly Old Bigot”
Politically incorrect royal shocked news presenter
For a lot more royal news, visit the Royalty.nu News page!
Coronation of Dragon King
Bhutan crowns young king to guide young democracy
Fergie Investigates Orphanages
Duchess of York smears Turkey’s image - officials
Royal Advice for Obama
Use brain not brawn, Dubai ruler urges new US leadership
An Unsuitable Suitor Search
TV Norge censors Crown Princess
Imagine That
Prince William’s naked advice
For more royal news, visit the Royalty.nu News page!
Controversial Royal Comments of the Week
Queen Sofia under fire on eve of 70th birthday
Good Try, But Sofia Still Wins
Prince Philip’s tourism rant
Royal Rescue of the Week
Kidnapped royal family member found in well
Who’s Insulting Royalty This Week?
Moroccan jailed for ‘king insult’
The War on Insults Continues
Thailand to block websites insulting royals: minister
For more royal news (and believe me, there’s always something going on in the world of royalty), visit the Royalty.nu News page!
Elizabeth II in Slovenia & Slovakia
Queen Elizabeth visits Bratislava (photos)
British Princes in South Africa
UK princes’ charity bike challenge (video)
Swedish Princess in India
Princess Victoria at the Taj Mahal (photos)
More Trouble for Gyanendra
Nepal ex king faces blackout over unpaid power bills
Dead Sexy Royal of the Week
Eighteenth century Swedish king drew penises in diary
For a lot more royal news, photos, and videos, visit the Royalty.nu News page!
A Royal Show of Support
Thai queen attends funeral for anti-government protester
Historic Ruling in Malaysia
Ex-king must pay debt
Royal Web Surfer of the Week
The Queen visits Google London (video)
Royal Runner of the Week
Princess Aiko shows she can run fast
Uh-oh
Prince William spends the night getting Dirrty with Christina Aguilera and Paris Hilton
For all the latest royal news, gossip, photos, and more, visit the Royalty.nu News page!
Wow. This was such an interesting week for royal news that I had trouble narrowing it down to a few headlines!
Financial Crisis Hits King
Royal share losses reach 10 million kronor
Rebellion Against a Royal Oath
Swazi MP refuses to pledge loyalty to king’s heirs
Leave Country, Says King
Go west young man or woman
Danish Royals Break Out the Hats
Royals at opening of parliamentary session (photos)
More Bad News for Nepal Royals
Deputy PM asks district king to step down
For more news and photos from the world of royalty, visit the Royalty.nu News page.
A Royal Baby Born This Week
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway’s new daughter (photos)
A Very Short Military Career
Son of Sultan quits Sandhurst after a week
Royal Runner of the Week
Mette-Marit completes Oslo mini marathon
People’s Princess of the Week
Denmark’s Princess Mary in Uganda (photos)
Royal History in the News This Week
Russia rehabilitates last tsar
For more royal news and photos, visit the Royalty.nu News page!
British Royal Succession Debated
Govt mulls allowing Catholic monarchs
A Zulu Tradition Debated
King Zwelithini defends Reed Dance
Goofy Headline of the Week
Royal meets farm-loving criminals
Royal Residence Renovated
Clock goes back at Marie Antoinette’s palace (video)
Princess Diana Still in the News This Week
Diana relieved sister did not marry Charles: letters
For all the latest news from the world of royalty, visit the Royalty.nu News page!
Here’s a really interesting Swedish news/gossip/fashion site about European royalty: Svensk Damtidning
Even if you don’t read Swedish, you can enjoy this site through the magic of Google Translate.
Thank you to Eva for sending these links!
Opening of Swedish Parliament
Royals at opening of Parliament (photos)
Opening of Dutch Parliament
Dutch line the streets to see their queen
Adorable Princess of the Week
Princess Leonor’s first day of school (photos)
Prince Charles Rumor of the Week
Charles’ secret plan for Camilla
Princess Diana Still in the News This Week
Photographer fined for Diana-Dodi photos
For a lot more royal news, plus photos and videos, visit the Royalty.nu News page!
I mentioned in an earlier post that my other blog, the Royal News Blog, has been relocated to RoyalNewsBlog.com.
The new blog’s RSS feed is now available, but I couldn’t get its existing Widgetbox widget to work with the new feed, so I had to disable it and create a new widget. I regret this because a number of people were using the old widget. I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.
Here is the new widget. You can customize the size, color, and display mode.
I’ve had several days of webmaster headaches (I won’t bore you with the very boring details), so there will be no Royal Week in Review this week.
However! I can offer you a link to my newly relocated and quite improved Royal News Blog.
The blog has been around (on TypePad) for a few years, but I haven’t said much about it because I use it mainly to organize and track the syndicated news articles, photos, and videos published on the Royalty.nu site.
But the blog’s move to WordPress lets me do a lot more with it. The posts are now tagged and searchable, so you should find it easier and more fun to browse there now, even if you don’t know much about the world’s current royal families… yet.
On the blog you’ll find royal news from around the world, including British royal news articles that are no longer available on Royalty.nu’s British Royal News page. Links to old photos and videos about world royalty will also remain on the blog after they’ve vanished from the main Royalty.nu site.
However, you won’t find many links to other news sites on the blog. For a complete look at current royal news you can visit the Royalty.nu News page. I think the two sites compliment each other nicely now.
So check the Royal News Blog out and, if you feel like it, leave a comment to tell me what you think! It’s still under construction, and I’ll be working over the next few weeks to get things up to date.
If you have been linking to the old version of the blog, please update your links because that will be going offline very soon. And I apologize for removing the old RSS feed without warning — I know some people were using that. I haven’t added a link to the new RSS feed yet because I have to set it up at Feedburner, but I will try to do that soon.
A Political Storm in Thailand
"We’ll die for King," say defiant protesters
A Controversial Birthday Bash
Protesters attack corruption, criticise king
Swaziland’s Royal Reed Dance
Bare-breasted virgins compete for king
Royal Student of the Week
Mette-Marit returns to college
Misleading Headline of the Week
Prince Felipe caught with mystery woman
For a lot more royal news, and photos too, visit the Royalty.nu Royal News page!
After years of declining power and popularity, Nepal’s monarchy came to an official end in May 2008 when the country became a republic. Naturally, there was a great deal of news coverage surrounding the monarchy’s final years, including these memorable stories:
June 2006
Blame the Bottle
Lack of breast-feeding caused Nepal royal family’s downfall?
January 2007
Speaking of Bottles…
Nepal’s crown prince reportedly surprised the local media by not hitting the bottle — or anything else — at his birthday party.
April 2007
Royal Sweet Tooth Revealed
Nepal’s government spent 1.7 million rupees each year (approximately €30,055 euros or $40,875 US dollars) to keep the royal palace supplied with honey.
August 2007
Blame the Secret Room
Did Tutankhamen-like curse claim Nepal’s royal family?
January 2008
Maybe You Ate Too Much Royal Honey
"If your stomach hurts, is it the king’s fault?"
For the latest news about Nepal’s former royal family, visit Royalty.nu’s Nepal page. And you’ll find royal news from around the world on the Royalty.nu News page.
A Royal Wedding Anniversary
40 years of Harald and Sonja
Playboy Prince of the Week
Prince Frederik parties hard in nightclub
Princess Mary Controversy of the Week
Furious Mary snubs Danish media
Ghost Teacher of the Week
Queen ‘deserves’ salary although she doesn’t teach
Royal History in the News This Week
Huge statue of Roman ruler found
For much more royal news, visit the Royalty.nu News page!
The World’s Richest Royal, Or Not
Thailand rebuffs Forbes’ claims about king’s wealth
A Controversial Shopping Expedition
Swazi anger at royal wives’ trip
Kiss-and-Tell of the Week
Henshall talks of love for prince
A Lost Throne
Would-be king’s plans went awry
Royal History in the News This Week
King Olav worked for US intelligence
For more recent royal news, visit the Royalty.nu News page!
Once again, let’s take a peek into the Royalty.nu news archives at some memorable news stories from years gone by:
July 2000
Oops, Sorry About That
In a full-page newspaper ad, Prince Ernst August of Hanover apologized for urinating on the Turkish pavilion at the Expo 2000 World’s Fair.
March 2002
Royal Runs Away With Circus, Comes Back…
The never-boring Princess Stephanie of Monaco fell in love with an elephant tamer, moved in with him, and even traveled with his circus. Their relationship reportedly ended after some two years.
September 2003
…And Runs Away With Circus Again
Princess Stephanie was reported to have secretly married a circus acrobat after an alleged affair with a palace gardener. The princess and the acrobat divorced in 2004.
May 2006
Tastes Like Veal
Prince Henrik of Denmark reportedly loves dogs. As pets. And fried.
September 2006
At Least He Didn’t Pee on Anything
This headline speaks for itself:
Drunken Harry smokebombs 21st birthday party
As you can see, there’s always something going on in the world of royalty. For the latest news, visit the Royalty.nu News page.
