Births:
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, boy.
Princess Sofia of Sweden, a boy
Lady Frederick Windsor – a boy
Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan – a boy
Pregnancies:
Beatrice Borromeo Casiraghi
Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg
Princess Marie of Denmark
Zara Tindall
Sayako Kuroda
Engagement:
Princess Beatrice of York and Dave Clark
Further royal events:
- Abdication in Thailand.
- Possibly the death of more than one monarch and the subsequent transitions of power. (ETA: I am not hoping or wishing for anyone to die, but unfortunately IMO we are heading toward major transitions in at least two royal houses.)
1 - I recommend those of you who think it will be abdication in Japan or Thailand to read more about these two monarchies.
2 - I don't think/hope we are, but can I ask whom of the royal houses you mean?
The Queen is almost 90 and has back and knee problems, but she is very vigorous/healthy and are still out riding her horse. She have hundreds of duties a year, and I'm almost 80% sure that she will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee. She's not likely to die anytime soon.
Emperor Akihito will be 82 later this month and have had several health problems. In 2003 he had surgery for prostate cancer, in 2008 he suffered stress-related health problems, he was in hospital for fever and bronchitis for several weeks in 2011 and in 2012 he had a successful heart bypass surgery. Despite this, he is now in good health and have hundreds of duties a year, and he's not likely to die anytime soon.
Queen Margrethe is 75 and she has her ailments and lives unhealthy, but she's not seriously ill. She's not likely to die anytime soon.
King Harald is 78 and has become a bit frail now, he has back and knee problems and has trouble walking. I've seen him several times and both I and others have noticed that he is breathing very heavily, especially after going up stairs. In 2003 he had surgery for cancer of the bladder/urinary bladder cancer and in 2005 he had two operations on his heart. Despite this, he is now in relatively good health and have hundreds of duties a year, and he's not likely to die anytime soon.
King Bhumibol is 88 today. He is very very ill, he suffers from parkinson's disease, heart problems, has had several strokes and is in a wheelchair. He has been in the hospital almost constantly since 2009. He can die at any time, but I've said this for 6 years now.
