On October 7, Haakon and Mette Marit gave an interview to CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour.  Fortunately the Amanpour iTunes podcast has the full interview – click here to launch iTunes where you can download it for free.  Click here to see a clip on CNN’s website (for some odd reason this does not work in Firefox)

Last week there were some reports in the Norwegian press about Princess Martha Louise’s husband Ari Behn suffering from depression.  I hope he gets better.  You can read more about it in this thread at The Royal Forums.

I was checking my email and saw this quiz at MSN Encarta’s page:  Princes Quiz.  You can test your knowledge of the world’s princes.

I am so sorry for the lack of updates.  I am almost done with school and will have my degree within a couple of weeks, so after that I can update more often.

Lord Frederick Windsor married actress Sophie Winkleman (who played a princess in teh short-lived series The Palace) on Sept 12, 2009.  According to the Daily Mail, the bride had trouble walking in her wedding dress, lol.  Princess Eugenie was one of the few other royals (besides the groom’s parents) in attendance.

I just want to say that I am thinking of all those who died on this day, eight years ago, and of the people they left behind.  Rest in peace.  Let’s hope this never happens again.

Time magazine’s web site has an interesting article on Princess Letizia’s style.

“Was it the black Armand Basi bubble dress with the yellow flower brooch? The cunning orange sheath with the pleated waist that she wore to receive the heir to the Japanese throne? Or the one-shouldered white cocktail number that she paired this summer in Mallorca with the chunky necklace? It wasn’t that long ago that Letizia Ortiz, 37, tended to dress in the anchorwoman’s power blazers and pastel cardigans. But somewhere along the line, the former journalist has become a fashion icon, coming in number two on Vanity Fair’s renowned Best Dressed List for 2009. That’s what being princess of Spain — or at least getting used to the role — will do for a person.”

Read more at the source.

I was browsing just a few minutes ago and came across this article:  Know Your Eligible Princes.  It only lists four royals, two of whom aren’t technically princes, and one of which is not actually eligible (and neither is their first pick, Harry, if hte rumors are true about him getting back together with Chelsy).  Still, it’s an interesting little read.

The following were listed:  Prince Harry (his birthday is next week), Pierre Casiraghi (he has a girlfriend named Beatrice), Prince Albert von Thurn und Taxis and Prince Felix of Luxembourg.

I have added a widget on the left side of the screen – you have to scroll to the bottom to see it.  It shows the latest articles at Hello magazine concerning royalty (’statesmen’, or politicians are also lumped in with it, unfortunately).  I figure it’s a good way to show the latest news when I’m not posting.

I’m almost done with college, in my last term, so hopefully when it’s finished (about a few weeks from now) I will be more motivated to post more often.  I have some stuff I haven’t even posted yet…I might post them soon.

Wow, another wedding annoncement in Sweden!  This is the second one this year!  Anyway, Princess Madeleine is engaged to her boyfriend Jonas Bergstrom.  There is no date for the wedding yet, but it will be after Victoria’s wedding.

Source:  The Local

HELLO (and many others) are reporting on today’s christening of Joachim and Marie’s baby son.  It is at the christening that his name was announced – Henrik Carl Joachim Alain.