The Royal Correspondent

After the death of H.S.H. Princess Antoinette of Monaco on March 17, 2011, the Palais Princier de Monaco has announced that H.S.H. Prince Albert II and his fiancée, Charlene Wittstock, have decided to not attend this year’s Rose Ball.

The ball will go on which will, as always, raise money for the Princess Grace Foundation.

Source:  stars-actu.com

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On March 18, 2011, the Japanese Imperial Household announced that T.I.H. Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako of Japan will not attend the upcoming British royal wedding on April 29, 2011 in London, England.

I believe it is quite obvious as to why the Crown Princely couple will not attend.  With the horrific devastation that struck Japan and its people last Friday plus the aftermath, to attend a royal wedding, in my opinion, is not that important at all.

To read more please click the link below.

Source: Telegraph Newspaper Photo courtesy of: Zimbio.com by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images AsiaPac

Fresh from his family vacation in lovely Verbier, Switzerland H.R.H. Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark got right back to work this afternoon in Esbjerg, Denmark.

So what did he do this afternoon you may ask?  Well, he attended a sporting match.   To be specific the heir to the Danish throne attended the World Women’s Curling Championships 2011.

To watch Crown Prince Frederik hard at work by throwing the first Curling stone thingy please click the link to watch the video:  JV.dk

To view many photos from today’s event please click the link:  JV.dk

The prince’s next work day will happen on March 30, 2011 where he will attend a reception with the Australian Ambassador, Øregaard Alle, in Hellerup, Denmark.  So yeah, after a lengthy vacation, then one day of work, Crown Prince Frederik will have another 11 days off to just… hang.

Or, maybe he’ll be hard at work behind his palace walls.

Who knows.

Source and photo courtesy of: JV.dk by Jesper Orry

On March 18, 2011, the RVD announced that H.R.H. Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Crown Princess Maxima of the Netherlands will attend the upcoming British royal wedding on April 29, 2011.

Unfortunately, it seems, so far, that Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands will not attend.

Finally, the lovely Dutch couple are also expected to announce their acceptance to the upcoming Princely wedding in Monaco on July 1 and 2, 2011.

Source: NOS.nl Photo courtesy of: Zimbio.com by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Europe