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Victoria, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland (Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée) was born 14 July 1977 at Karolinska Hospital, Solna, Sweden. The Swedish  royal court has released a picture on this link .   Sweden is located in Northern Europe, it borders Norway to the west and the north, Finland in the east and Denmark in the south.  visit from the Indian President to Sweden (2015) Family Victoria is the oldest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. She is a member of the House of Bernadotte . Born as a princess of Sweden, she was designated crown princess in 1979 ahead of her younger brother. Her place as first in the line of succession formally went into effect on 1 January 1980 with the parliamentary change to the Act of Succession that introduced absolute primogeniture. 👉  Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden is a great-great-great granddaughter of  Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom through Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught an...

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (now the Prince of Wales), recently stated that walking helped a lot to maintain his mental health. Prince William about walking: "Walking has been a feature of my life during the good times and the bad, come rain or shine. For me, it provides an opportunity to clear my mind and gain some perspective. It's a key part of how I manage my mental health. It can be a very sociable exercise or a moment of complete calm and isolation. In the hope of inspiring a few other people to get active and take some extra time for their own mental health – I wanted to share a few of my stories and favourite songs with you in an episode of Time to Walk." But who are/were other royals who liked to walk? Check it in this new hobby post.  Austria Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Sisi) loved to make long walks.  Belgium King Baudouin of Belgium liked walking during his talks with people. He asked author Henri Van Daele: "Shall we walk a bit around?" Qu...

Giorgio Armani is an Italian fashion designer born on 11 July 1934. He formed his  company Armani in 1975. By 2001, Armani was the most successful Italian fashion designer.  Source picture: Book Cover Giorgio Armani was born in the northern Italian town of Piacenza, where he was raised with his older brother Sergio and his younger sister Rosanna by their mother Maria Raimondi and father Ugo Armani. During the secondary school at the liceo Scientifico Leonardo Da Vinci in Milan,  Armani aspired to a career in medicine, particularly after reading A.J Cronin's  The Citadel. He enrolled in the Department of Medicine at the University of Milan. But he left after three years and in 1953 he joined the army. Due to his medical  background, he was assigned to the Military Hospital in Verona.  Finally he opted luckily for another career path. After the army, Armani found a job as a window dresser at La Rinascente, a department store in Milan in 1957. He went on to be...

On 11 November 1940 the commemoration of the 2600th B-day of the Japanese Empire took place in Tokyo. Around 50.000 Japanese people from in and outside Japan participated in the celebration before the imperial palace. For the VIP guests there was a lavish banquet in the presence of the imperial family. Joseph Grew, the ambassador of the United States of America in Japan had conveyed his congratulations. The Emperor of Japan accepted these wishes with gratitude. The festivities ended on 15 November 1940. More than one year later, on 7 December 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.  Source pictures: Wikipedia

Emperor Akihito of Japan abdicated on 30 April 2019. He was the first Japanese Emperor to do so since 1817. This marked the end of the Reiwa era. The new Emperor of Japan is Emperor Naruhito. His enthronement ceremony is scheduled on 22 October 2019. During the enthronement ceremony various ancient imperial regalia are given to the new Emperor. For the people in Japan the enthronement ceremony is an extra holiday and it will be attended by many guests (about 5.000) with high profile delegates from at least 155 countries. What a great diplomatic and royal event! There are already many confirmed royal guests such as: - King Willem Alexander and Queen Máxima from The Netherlands; - King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium; - Grand Duke Henri from Luxembourg; - King Felipe and Queen Letizia from Spain; - King Carl XVI Gustaaf from Sweden and Crown Princess Victoria; - Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Denmark; - Crown Prince of Norway; - Albert II, Princ...