March 30, 2004. Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe may overtake Prince Harry in wealth.
Hello! article
Crown Princess Mathilde has been busy with engagements across Belgium.
Hello! article
Spain's popular and accessible royal family provide an excellent example to the world.
Independent article
With many foreign royals attending the funeral, the Netherlands buried its former queen.
Hello! article
BBC News article and picture gallery
Royal Images photo gallery
Swiss Info article
March 29, 2004. Nearly 50,000 people paid their last respects to Princess Juliana in The Hague.
Expatica article
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will visit France to mark the centenary of close relations between the two countries.
BBC News article
Princes Charles and William delighted journalists with playful banter about their skiing abilities.
Hello! article
Telegraph article
March 28, 2004. Prince William has said it is "awesome" to be in the exclusive resort of Klosters, in Switzerland, where he is joining his father on a skiing trip.
BBC News article
Secret files reveal Cold War plans to evacuate the Queen in case of nuclear war.
Telegraph article
March 27, 2004. Prince William joined his father at Klosters in Switzerland.
BBC News article
Security for the wedding in May of Crown Prince Felipe of Spain and Letizia Ortiz will be greatly stepped up in light of this month's terrorist attacks in Madrid.
Telegraph article
Princess Tsuguko of Japan is to begin studies at Edinburgh University this fall.
The Scotsman article
Lady Helen Taylor, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent (not York!), has left her youthful nickname of "Melons" behind her as a glamorous clothing ambassador.
The Scotsman article
March 26, 2004. Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece are expecting their fourth child in September.
Hello! article
Outcast Princess Margarita and her ailing grandfather Prince Bernhard are expected to attend Princess Juliana's funeral.
Expatica article
Princes Charles and William are resuming their Swiss ski holiday tradition this weekend.
Scotsman article
The Prince of Wales is set to see wartime documents relating to two of his relatives who were prisoners during the two world wars.
BBC News article
Prince Hassan of Jordan has said he fears a third world war is erupting in the Middle East.
BBC News article
A new exhibition at Buckingham Palace demonstrates the wide-ranging interests and accomplishments of the much-maligned King George III.
Guardian article
Independent article
The Prince of Wales is to lead a fundraising campaign to restore one of London's best-known churches.
Telegraph article
March 25, 2004. Members of the Spanish royal family showed their grief at the state funeral for the victims of the March 11 terrorist attacks.
Telegraph article
Hello! article
March 24, 2004. Royals from all over the world attended the memorial service in Madrid's Almudena Cathedral.
Hello! article
One of the priests who celebrated mass on the set of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ is a friend of many European royals.
International Herald Tribune article
Denmark's parliament overwhelmingly granted Danish citizenship to future queen Mary Donaldson.
NEWS.com.au article
March 23, 2004. The same hearse used for the funeral of Prince Claus in 2002 will carry his mother-in-law to her final resting place.
Expatica article
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, 92, is ill and may have to miss his wife's funeral.
Expatica article
March 22, 2004. Crown Princess Mathilde of Belgium and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg hosted a dinner to benefit landmine victims.
Hello! article
Juliana of the Netherlands (1909-2004):
Telegraph obituary
Guardian obituary
The Scotsman obituary
Expatica article and analysis
Hello! article
March 21, 2004. As the Dutch royal family mourns, the late queen's grandson Prince Constantijn and his wife Princess Laurentien had their second child, Count Claus-Casimir, today.
Expatica article
Princess (formerly Queen) Juliana of the Netherlands (1909-2004):
New York Times obituary
Telegraph article
Observer article
Independent article
Scotland on Sunday article
March 20, 2004. Former Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, who reigned from 1948 to 1980, died at age 94 at Soestdijk Palace in Baarn.
BBC News article
Expatica article
New York Times articles: (AP); (Reuters)
More on Prince William and water polo:
Telegraph article
March 19, 2004. Prince William is to play for Scotland's universities in an international water polo competition.
BBC News article
Hello! article
Exiled for 25 years, Empress Farah Pahlavi misses her husband the Shah and their homeland of Iran.
Washington Times interview
The South African hotel where the future Queen Elizabeth II spent her 21st birthday is now derelict and abandoned.
Telegraph article
March 17, 2004. Clarence House confirmed that Prince Harry will have a second "gap year" before beginning military training.
Hello! article
Prince Charles visited the Spanish embassy to offer his condolences for last week's terrorist attack in Madrid.
Hello! article
March 15, 2004. Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway took their newborn daughter Princess Ingrid Alexandra out for a ski event.
Hello! article
Prince Charles has donated £650,000 to Greek monks whose Mt. Athos monastery was damaged in a fire two weeks ago.
Hello! article
Despite their victory in the 1999 referendum, Australian monarchists are dismayed by their country's perceived slide towards republicanism.
Yahoo! News article
March 14, 2004. The Habsburgs are continuing their efforts to reclaim property stolen by the Nazis.
Scotland on Sunday article
The Queen ordered the Spanish national anthem played at Buckingham Palace in tribute to the victims of the Madrid bombings.
BBC News article
March 12, 2004. Spain's King Juan Carlos called for national unity in the aftermath of yesterday's terrorist attack in Madrid.
The Scotsman article
Thousands of protesters have taken part in rallies across Nepal as part of mounting protests against the king.
BBC News article
The youngest brother of Malaysia's king is to stand in the country's general election on March 21.
BBC News article
American TV viewers learned more details about the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales from the latter's audio tapes.
BBC News article
Hello! article
Telegraph article
More on yesterday's royal lunch for prominent British women:
Telegraph article
Hello! article
More on "Mrs Kent" the music teacher:
Hello article
March 11, 2004. Pupils at a Hull primary school have just learned that "Mrs Kent" the music teacher is in fact the Duchess of Kent.
BBC News article
King Mswati III forced the speaker of Swaziland's parliament to resign.
BBC News article
King Juan Carlos of Spain addressed the nation.
Queen Sofia, Crown Prince Felipe, and Letizia Ortiz visited victims of today's horrific terrorist attack in Madrid.
Hello! article
Monaco's Prince Rainier III made his first public appearance since being released from hospital.
Hello! article
The Queen honored Britain's most successful women at a Buckingham Palace lunch.
BBC News article
The Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne and his estranged wife are battling over his great-aunt the late Queen Mother's childhood home.
Hello! article
Telegraph article
Two thirds of British teenagers, who a new poll suggests are more conservative than their parents, support the monarchy.
Telegraph article
A new TV drama traces the story of Mary, Queen of Scots and her son King James VI & I.
The Scotsman article
March 10, 2004. Disturbed by Labour's radical constitutional reforms, Queen Elizabeth II met with the Lord Chancellor.
BBC News article
Norwegian police criticized a media report that presented a detailed look at Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit's new home.
Aftenposten article
A new documentary tells the love story of Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik and Mary Donaldson.
Hello! article
Princess Alexandra of Denmark visited children in Bosnia.
Hello! article
March 8, 2004. Princess Märtha Louise and her husband Ari Behn have rescheduled their move from Norway to New York for the fall.
Aftenposten article
Most Norwegian politicians are not interested in debating the monarchy.
Aftenposten article
More on Prince Harry in Lesotho:
Hello! article
March 7, 2004. Rugby fanatic Prince Harry has been passing on his love for the game to young orphans in Lesotho.
BBC News article
Scotland on Sunday article
The Queen appointed republican-leaning Scottish composer Peter Maxwell Davies as Master of the Queen's Music.
Scotland on Sunday article
March 6, 2004. Ten million Americans (not this one!) watched as secret tapes made by Diana, Princess of Wales were broadcast on TV.
Telegraph articles
March 5, 2004. Twenty-five years after the revolution that overthrew her husband, Empress Farah of Iran is sharing her insights into the final days of the monarchy and her life since then.
Washington Post interview
According to Harold Brooks-Baker, John Kerry's royal roots could give him an edge over George W. Bush in November.
CNN article
Americans are still fascinated by the British royal family.
BBC News article
March 4, 2004. Monaco's Prince Rainier III returned home after heart treatment.
Hello! article
Tapes secretly recorded by Diana, Princess of Wales, in which she talks about the breakdown of her marriage, are due to be shown on US television.
MSN article
BBC News article
Prince Charles expressed his concern for endangered fish.
BBC News article
Royalist outrage forced Tony Blair to deny that his government is pursuing a stealth republican agenda.
Scotsman article
Telegraph article
Following in his mother's footsteps, Prince Harry has taken up the cause of African AIDS orphans.
Telegraph article
Prince Harry was particularly shocked by the plight of one baby.
Telegraph article
March 3, 2004. A new study casts doubt on whether remains officially identified in 1998 are really those of the Romanovs, murdered in 1918.
Stanford Report article
The Prince of Wales paid tribute to the bravery of Lebanese people as he viewed art from the Middle East country.
BBC News article
Downing Street has denied claims that plans to change the Crown Prosecution Service's name are a snub to the Queen.
BBC News article
Prince Harry has met Aids victims and TB sufferers on his gap year tour of Lesotho.
CBS News article
BBC News article and photo gallery
Hello! article
The Government announced plans to drop the word "Crown" from the Crown Prosecution Service without consulting Buckingham Palace.
Telegraph articles
Guardian article
March 2, 2004. A businessman intends to return to Russia the tiara that Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich (1861-1929) gave his wife Countess Sophie Merenberg (1868-1927).
St. Petersburg Times article
Queen Noor of Jordan has carved out a new role for herself in the five years since her husband's death.
Washington Post article
Prince Charles welcomed members of the Welsh Guards home from Northern Ireland.
Hello! article
March 1, 2004. Sophie, Countess of Wessex, returned to Britain on crutches after injuring her leg in a skiing accident.
Hello! article
Queen Rania of Jordan launched a worldwide children's initiative in London.
Hello! article
Documents released by the National Archives show that Prime Minister Harold Wilson gave secret advice to King Constantine II of Greece.
Telegraph article