Coronation of Charles III, Stephanie of Monaco grandmother… The royal events not to be missed in 2023
The year 2023 promises to be rich in royal events. On May 6, the coronation of Charles III Should be very popular with the British but also around the world. An event that the English crown has not known for 70 yearswith that of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953… In Jordan, it will also be time for festivities, since two weddings are planned. Hussein of Jordan and his fiancée Rajwa Al-Saif will say “yes” to each other, as well as the sister of the crown prince, Iman, who will seal his fate to Jameel Alexander Thermiotis. In Monaco, it will also be a time of celebration since a new baby is to be born on the Rock. The son of Stephanie of Monaco, Louis Ducruetis about to become a dad for the first time. Do not miss anything of the program for the next twelve months!
- Coronation, literary publications and anniversaries in the UK
At the Windsors, multiple dates are to be entered in the diaries. On January 10, 2023, Prince Harry’s memoir titled Spare will be available in bookstores. In France, the publishing house Fayard publishes the Duke of Sussex’s book. A work that promises to be explosive, although the Harry and Meghan documentary available on Netflix seems to have already had its share of revelations.
Note that another book could well come to overshadow it… This is the reissue of the Prince Charles children’s tale titled The Old Man of Lochnagar released in 1980! “46 very Scottish pages, where the one who was still the Prince of Wales puts on stage a very original old man who has cabinets whose toilet flush in the shape of a bagpipe triggered, when it starts, a virile music of the Highlanders” laughs royal author Bertrand Meyer-Stabley.
But it is on May 6, 2023 that Charles III will be brought to light. The one who has waited all his life in the antechamber of power will be crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey in London in a ceremony he wants respectful of traditions but resolutely modern. Then in November, a new opportunity to celebrate the king will be given to the British since the new sovereign will celebrate his 75th birthday. Happy birthdays also to the Duchess of Kent who will celebrate her 90th birthday, to Lady Louise Windsor who will celebrate her 20th birthday and to Prince George who will celebrate his tenth birthday!
On the Rock, 2023 will also be an opportunity to celebrate. Louis Ducruet’s wife, Marie Chevallier, gives birth to her first child. A news that brings joy to Stephanie of Monaco who will become a grandmother for the first time. This year, Charlène and Albert of Monaco will both celebrate important anniversaries: the princess will celebrate her 45th birthday and her husband his 65th birthday. Tatiana Santo Domingo will turn forty and celebrate with his wife Andrea Casiraghi their 10 years of marriage. definitely the couple will be honoredsince their little boy Sacha will celebrate his 10th birthday. Not to forget, the centenary of Prince Rainier in May 2023, a series of events in his homage is already planned.
On the side of the Swedish royal family, it is King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden who will be honored for his milestone golden jubilee his 50 years of reign. Behind the scenes of the Royal Palace in Stockholm, the festivities are taking shape. On the birthday side, Daniel from Sweden, husband of Crown Princess Victoriawill celebrate its 50th anniversary. Madeleine of Sweden, who lives in the United States with his familywill celebrate her pewter wedding anniversary with her husband Christopher O’Neill.
- Haakon and Mette-Marit in Majesty in Norway
For the Norwegian monarchy, the royal couple formed by the crown prince Haakon and his wife Mette-Marit does not fail to be honored. In effect, both will celebrate their 50th birthday. In July for him and in August for her. In better health than during the end of the year celebrations, King Harald should celebrate merrily his 55 years of marriage to Queen Sonja, this beloved woman whom he had managed to impose in the royal family against everyone’s advice.
- Leonor and Juan Carlos blow out their candles in Spain
On the side of the Bourbons, two important anniversaries will follow. Leonor of Spainthe eldest daughter of Felipe VI and Letizia from Spainand heiress to the throne, will turn 18. An important course was given on October 31. “According to the constitution, she will be able to reign without a regencyif she were to ascend the throne prematurely”explains Nicolas Fontaine of Histoires Royales. In exile in Abu Dhabi, Juan Carlos will celebrate his 85th birthday. For this anniversary date, will the deposed king be invited to the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid by his son Felipe VI with whom he is at odds ? Answer on January 5, 2023.
- Dark year for Denmark
The crisis is brewing at the Danish court and 2023 should unfortunately not help ease tensions. As of January 1, the four children of Prince Joachim, the youngest son of Margrethe II, will be officially deprived of their titles of prince and princess. Another dark event in the calendar, the five years of death of Prince Henrik of Denmark in February, a prince who had lived his whole life with a sense of frustration. The end of the year promises to be more radiant: Prince Christian will celebrate his majority in October.
- Marriage and birth in Luxembourg
In Luxembourg, the year 2023 will be synonymous with celebration, for two occasions that will mark the Grand Duchy. First of all with the wedding of Alexandra of Luxembourg scheduled for next spring. The 31-year-old princess will marry a French commoner, Nicolas Bagory. Other happy news, the birth of the second child of Guillaume de Luxembourg and his wife Stéphanie. A little playmate for Charles, scheduled for the month of April.
- The king and his brother split the honors in Belgium
In the Kingdom of Belgium, the people will celebrate 10 years of reign of King Philippeafter the abdication of his father, King Albert II in 2013. Around the national holiday, July 23, festivities should be organized. The sovereign’s brother will also be highlighted since Laurent of Belgium will celebrate his 60th birthdayand his 20 years of marriage with his wife Claire.
- Willem-Alexander on the front line in the Netherlands
Same significant event on the side of the Netherlands, since the king Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands will celebrate its 10 years of reign, after the abdication of his mother Beatrixalso in 2013.
- Not one, but two royal weddings in Jordan!
On the side of the Hashemite kingdom, we will have to take out the handkerchiefs since the emotion will be there twice. Hussein of Jordan, the eldest son of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania, aged 28, will marry Rajwa Al-Saif. Their engagement was announced on August 17, 2022.
His sister, Iman of Jordan, 26, should follow suit. Shortly before his older brother, on July 6, 2022, the engagement of the king’s eldest daughter with Jameel Alexander Thermiotis, originally from Venezuela, had been unveiled.
- A royal wedding that is slow to come to Greece
Uncertainty remains… The wedding of Princess Theodora of Greece and her fiancé the American lawyer Matthew Kumar is slow to materialize. Their engagement was announced in November 2018 and the nuptials were to take place in 2020but the calendar has been disrupted, in particular because of the Covid-19 epidemic.
A long-awaited wedding that should come together many crowned heads. Indeed, the one who is princess and actress is also the niece of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Queen Emeritus Sophia from Spain.
- Milestone anniversaries in Japan
Finally, at the throne of the chrysanthemum, two anniversaries will mark 2023. That of Hisako, the widow of Prince Nohirito, who will celebrate her 70th birthday. As for Masako, wife of Emperor Nahuritoshe will celebrate her 60th birthday at the Palais de Tokyo.
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