STOCKHOLM—Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf will undergo a planned a keyhole surgical procedure “in the heart area,” the palace said Tuesday. The official announcement did not elaborate on the nature of the surgery. The king is not known to have had surgery for a any serious ailment before. After the surgery, scheduled for Feb. 20, […]
This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. The story of Inale is set in a time when tradition, honor, and duty mattered. Inale, the princess of Otukpo, is set to marry whoever won the wrestling competition ordered by the king. The competition allows all men to compete […]
ATHENS, Greece—Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, who won an Olympic gold medal before becoming entangled in his country’s volatile politics in the 1960s as king and spent decades in exile, has died. He was 82. Doctors at the private Hygeia Hospital in Athens confirmed to The Associated Press that Constantine died late […]
The UK’s King Charles III has been formally proclaimed sovereign on Saturday morning in the first televised accession council. The 73-year-old new monarch automatically became King when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died on Thursday afternoon, but it is tradition for the Accession Council to convene, usually within 24 hours of a monarch’s death, to formally […]
AMMAN—Jordan’s King Abdullah said on Thursday he was restricting the movements of his estranged half brother Prince Hamza and curtailing his contacts with the outside world to ensure he does not act against his country’s interests. Hamza, a former heir to Jordan’s throne who was placed under house arrest last year, was accused in April […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Norway’s 85-year-old King Harald V tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday and has mild symptoms, royal officials said. Harald will take a break from his duties for a few days and that his son and heir to the throne, Crown Prince Haakon, would take them over for now, the royal household said in […]
STOCKHOLM—Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia have tested positive for COVID-19, the palace said in a statement on Tuesday. “The King and Queen, who are fully vaccinated with three injections, have mild symptoms and are feeling well, given the circumstances,” the palace said in a statement. The palace said the king, 75, and […]
BANGKOK—Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn on May 3 completed intricate Buddhist and Brahmin rituals to symbolically transform him into a divine embodiment of the gods as the Southeast Asian nation officially crowned its first monarch in nearly seven decades. King Vajiralongkorn, 66, became constitutional monarch after the death of his revered father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, in October […]
NEW YORK—Wire fox terriers are still King at Westminster. A wire fox from Brazil who’s won big in Europe became America’s top dog Tuesday night, beating out a crowd-pleasing longhaired dachshund and popular Sussex spaniel. There were some boos—along with modest cheers—at Madison Square Garden when judge Peter Green pointed at the 7-year-old King. “It […]
