Royals on social media

Europe's royals have had a busy week with all the reigning houses packing plenty into their agendas and a certain baby Cambridge sitting tight while the world became increasingly interested in their arrival date. In fact, an announcement of a new prince or princess was about the only thing not shared on an official royal social media account this week so to round it all up, here's Royals on Social Media...

Cake and concerts

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima headed to Zwolle to help celebrate the Long Live festival which highlights the work of volunteers around the Netherlands. There were lots of people at the party and a huge cake to feed them all and after the kind had cut the first slice he started handing it round - images were shared on the official Facebook page of the Dutch Royal Family.

She was the star of the show the week before and she came close to stealing it this time round as well. After her birthday celebrations, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark  hopped over to Sweden where she joined King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia as well as the President of Finland, Sauli Niinisto, at a festival at the Stockholm Concert Hall celebrating the work of Jean Sibelius and Carl Nielsen. Images of the concert were shared on the official Swedish Royal Family Facebook page.

We will remember them

There were more commemorations for those lost in war during the week with the British Royal Family remembering those who fought at Gallipoli - the 100th anniversary of the start of that campaign was marked on April 25th 2015. The Queen laid a wreath at the Cenotaph before heading to a memorial service at Westminster Abbey. The British Monarch Twitter feed shared images.

The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh and The Duke of Cambridge attend a ceremony at the Cenotaph #ANZAC100 #Gallipoli100 pic.twitter.com/crfBgPNrJD
— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) April 25, 2015

King Philippe of the Belgians laid a wreath in memory of those killed by poison gases as the 100th anniversary of the first use of toxic gases in World War One was marked. Images of the king's act of commemoration were shared by the Monarchie Belge Twitter account.

Herdenking van het eerste gebruik van toxisch gas tijdens #WO1 aan de Kruis der Verzoening te @StadIeper pic.twitter.com/IGZMNtcUNB
— Belgian Royal Palace (@MonarchieBe) April 22, 2015

Just one look...

That's all it took to tell us of the special bond between these royal couples. The Crown Prince and Princess of Norway headed to the research vessel, Lance, which is frozen in Arctic ice to find out more about its work on the environment. There were lots of photos of the couple enjoying the cold weather shared on the official Royal Household Facebook page but it was one of them holding hands in the Arctic cold that made everyone go 'aah'.

Prince Charles and Prince Harry were in Turkey in the week to take part in commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the Gallopoli campaigns. It was a poignant occcasion but during one lighter moment father and son were caught sharing a smile and the photo was an instant hit when it was shared on the official Clarence House Instagram account.