Royal family

• SAN DIEGO, April 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- King Oscar , the legendary Norwegian seafood producer, attended the Norwegian Seafood Summit in San Francisco this week, and worked alongside other industry stakeholders to improve the seafood industry.
• As part of the conference, King Oscar's US leadership team lead by Bjørn Nordvik, General Manager - King Oscar International, collaborated with the Norwegian Seafood Council, industry leaders, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Haakon of Norway on informative and productive conversations around further developing Norway's leading role in seafood sustainability and the securing the future of the Norwegian seafood industry.
• "King Oscar is happy with the progress made on important issues at this Royal summit," said King Oscar's General Manager, Bjørn Nordvik.
• "His Royal Highness' attendance shows that the seafood industry is one of Norway's top economic drivers.

• His Majesty has always led with passion and he has always endeavoured to inspire others to create a better world.
• Two out of every five Canadians will be diagnosed with a type of cancer in their lifetime.
• Seeing His Majesty acknowledge cancer so openly and publicly will hopefully encourage and motivate those who are struggling with their own treatment.
• To His Majesty and to the entire Royal Family, our thoughts are with you today and always.

• NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Getty Images, (NYSE: GETY), a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, today announced an exclusive partnership with leading entertainment photographer, Eric Charbonneau.
• Tapping into his vast network within the entertainment, studio and film industries, Charbonneau is a renowned entertainment photographer based in Los Angeles, specializing in commissioned work.
• His extensive archive will be available for license on Getty Images, including his collection of portraiture via Contour .
• “Eric brings a wealth of experience to the Getty Images team and will help us continue to increase our differentiated content and unparalleled access at the world’s leading entertainment events,” said Getty Images VP of Global Entertainment Kirstin Benson.

• People around the world observed, in close detail, how the UK’s royal institution consolidates its authority by using ritual to link to the past.
• Over the weekend of September 15 and 16 2023, Sweden will celebrate its own royal occasion, the golden jubilee of King Carl XVI Gustaf.
• This may be of interest to the British royal family if their popularity continues to decrease over time.

Towards a low-key monarchy

• Of the nine remaining hereditary monarchies in Europe, the Swedish monarchy has the least power and resources.
• Many members of the Social Democratic party were pushing for the country to become a republic, while the more conservative voices sought to retain the monarchy.
• Instead, it would remain a constitutional monarchy, with the Bernadotte dynasty holding the throne.
• By doing away with this antiquated tradition of male-preference primogeniture, the monarchy was aligned with modernity.

An ordinary (royal) family

• The Year with the Royal Family has been part of Christmas scheduling on public service TV since 1977.
• A typical scene from 1985 features the family making sausages in the palace kitchen – the king in a red cardigan, the children in matching white aprons.
• These media portrayals have sought to underline quite how ordinary the royal family is and how the public might identify with them.
• In his 1995 book, Banal Nationalism, British social psychologist Michael Billig unpicks how nationalism is reproduced in everyday life via ordinary, unremarkable reminders.
• Similarly, we might talk about “banal royalism” to describe how closely tied the Swedish royal institution is to the private lives of ordinary citizens – their superiority accentuated by their proximity to normal people.