It therefore seemed prudent to take a step back and evaluate how much time would be needed to carry a dedicated royal blog. When I first started writing here, I made the attempt to publish something every day, and I don’t have that kind of time anymore.

I am sad to see the end of Blog Royale, but in the end, there have been major royal Norwegian attendance and events these past two weeks, and I haven’t blogged anything at all about the royal side of things.

Upon reflection, I have decided that I shall only be updating at the main blog – Norwegianne.net, which means that there may be sporadic royal news, discussion topics and book reviews there, instead of here.

Norwegianne.net will be featuring some royal tidbits, recipes, posts about living in Norway, book reviews, and whatever else I have the time and inclination to write about.

Thanks for the time you’ve taken to read here at Blog Royale. It has been great having you along.

I first noticed it with last month’s entry, but figured it was too soon after the wedding. But shouldn’t she be having some sort of attendance at bigger royal events soon?

Or is not adding her to the list of people one may select a way to hide what she may or may not do?

(Speaking just after throwing stone in the glass house, I am also missing Kate in my categories, for now, but then, she didn’t marry into my firm)

But have you seen this?

Princess Ragnhild celebrating in Rio de Janeiro

For the first time, there were enough Norwegian students in their final year of high school in Rio, to form a group like in Norway: the so-called Russ. These named 80 year old Princess Ragnhild, Honorary Russ of the year, and the picture is from that ceremony.

The King, who is known to be in favour of staying on the job, answered.

“As long as I am in shape, I will keep going.” He added that he is currently in no condition that demands retirement.

But it is not just about his age. The fact that Haakon and Mette-Marit have small children is also something that he has taken into account. He wishes for them to be parents a bit longer, and that the mantle of royal responsibility can wait a bit.

His sense of humour is still intact, and he finished the query up with the following comment: “I have a deal with my children that they will give me a hint the day they think I’ve gone completely ’round the bend.”

An additional place was created for Prince Christian by using the logic that he was “moving to the area”, despite having moved to Amalienborg, which is in a different municipality than Gentofte.

In fact, the municipality has registered him as a Gentofte citizen, leading BT to ponder what his new adress might be.

I suggest Bernstorff Castle, just north of the school. Previously home to several Danish royals, it is currently a conference centre within a huge park. The perfect fake home for a 5 year old.

Back to serious now. I think it is nice that Frederik and Mary wants Christian to go to a public school. The problem is that he is getting beneficial treatment in admission over other children who are really living in the area. It should be possible to find a nice public school for him within the borders of Copenhagen and close by Amalienborg. Or, if going outside Copenhagen’s borders, at least one without a waiting list..

But there have also been a lot of traveling going on. As I have stated before, since royal courts tend to report state visits, official visits, trade missions, etc. in different level of specificity, I have opted for merely counting the days as singular events, rather than detailing all the activities that has gone on.

Siena suggested also adding the data of how many activities these people do – on average per month – per week. I’ve tried to incorporate that, with the last number showing how many activities the person has done, on average a week in the month that has passed.

If you’re interested, I am collating all the events in a GoogleCalendar, from where I tally the final result at the end of the month. I’m happy to share access to that if anyone wants to know.

(I know I miss events, as I usually go by the official calendars, with minor catch-ups from other reports, so I am always happy to be reminded.)

Name: Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall,
Claim to Fame: married to the Prince of Wales.
Age: 63
Population size of the UK: Roughly 62 millions.
Number of total engagements: 6
6/62 = 0.09
Number of engagements per week, average: 1.5

Name: Daniel, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland.
Claim to Fame: Married to the Crown Princess of Sweden
Age: 37
Population size of Sweden : Roughly 9.3 millions
Number of total engagements: 10
10/9.3= 1.07
Number of engagements per week, average: 2.5

Name: Letizia, Princess of Asturias
Claim to Fame: Married to the Prince of Asturias
Age: 37
Population size of Spain : 46 millions
Number of total engagements: 12
Dividing: 12/46 = 0.26
Number of engagements per week, average: 3

Name: Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat
Claim to Fame: Married to the Crown Prince of Denmark
Age: 38
Population size of Denmark : Roughly 5.5 millions
Number of total engagements: 1
Dividing: 1/5.5=0.18
Number of engagements per week, average: 0.25

Maternity leave for most of the month. The Christening was the only official engagement, although she was out and about with family.

Name: Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant
Claim to Fame: Married to the Duke of Brabant, heir to the Belgian throne.
Age: 37
Population size of Belgium : 10.8 millions
Number of total engagements: 11
Dividing: 11/10.8=1.01
Number of engagements per week, average: 2.75

Name: Princess Máxima
Claim to Fame: Married to the Prince of Orange
Age: 39
Population size of The Netherlands : 16.6 millions
Number of total engagements: 12
Dividing: 12/16.6= 0.72
Number of engagements per week, average: 3

Name: Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
Claim to Fame: Married to the Crown Prince of Norway
Age: 36
Population size of Norway: 4.8 millions
Number of total engagements: 8
Dividing: 14/4.8=1.66
Number of engagements per week, average: 2

He now is HRH The Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus.

Thus Kate won’t be known as Princess William after the wedding ceremony, but HRH The Duchess of Cambridge. Any notion that the Queen would give her a title in her own right is also, for now at least, out of the window. Ergo, any press reports calling her Princess Catherine or Princess Kate will be wrong

The Dukedom of Cambridge became extinct in 1904 with the death of the grandson of George III and as a Marquessate in 1981.

The addition of Northern Ireland’s Baron Carrickfergus is interesting.

The school where he’ll enrol in Grade 0, is called Tranegårdsskolen. It is located in Hellerup, a posh suburb north of Copenhagen. It takes about 10-15 minutes by car from Amalienborg.

The school goes from grade 0 to 9. It has about 500 pupils.

While they are away, the Crown Princely family will be rather restricted in their travels. Their exact location is not known, but they have three holiday places to choose from. Their winter cabin in Nore and Uvdal, their summer cottage close by Risør, and the villa in Kristiansand.

Of course, in addition to that, there is the family winter cabin in Sikkilsdalen, as well as the summer place at Mågerø. They’re not wanting for places to vacation in Norway.

No news of what Ari Behn and Princess Märtha Louise and family are doing.

Personally, I will be heading up for the mountains tomorrow. Norwegians are a strange race – once the snow has disappeared in the lowland we chase up to the mountains to be with it as long as possible. (Even when we don’t care much for it…) Anyway, happy Easter.

Minik and Ivalo are both Greenlandic names.