3. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Crown Princess Märtha, and after her great-great grandmother, Queen Louise (the mother of King Haakon VII). 4. She became a big sister in 1973 ...

It was enacted by Duke Haakon, who later became King Haakon V of Norway ... this spectacular Grade II-listed country manor house was once the property of Henry VIII. Llanthony Secunda Manor, as the ...

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner is the only living recipient. The insignia of the Order consists of a portrait of the King set in a jeweled frame. The ribbon of the order is red, bordered in blue, with a ...

The Royal Yacht Norge was the Norwegian people's gift to King Haakon VII in 1947. The yacht is owned by the King but maintained and crewed by the Royal Norwegian Navy. Originally built in 1937 in the ...

(6th Jun 1944) 5th "Finest Hour" speech by Winston Churchill. (18th Jun 1940) 5th King Haakon VII of Norway, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London.

Unfortunately, this fondness for facing left would set the King on a direct collision course – and a blazing row - with the Royal Mint. This royal rumpus over the production of the coinage for ...

Achieving the feat in 1936 brought her riches and fame. The royal brothers carried on – the Prince became King Edward VIII in January 1936 before abdicating 11 months later so he could marry his ...

Smelly Old History: Jude Law as King Henry VIII and Alicia Vikander as Catherine Parr MetFilm Distribution/PA Ambergris in particular would have been a sign that this was no ordinary patient.

Henry unwittingly set in motion a series of events that would forever change how English scholars would access the primary ...