The Royal Correspondent

On September 2, 1838, Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Wewehi Kamakaʻeha on the island of O’ahu many know her as Her Majesty Queen Liliʻuokalani of Hawai’i.  In honor of Hawai’i's great and last queen there will be various celebrations throughout the islands this weekend.

One major event will be the ‘Onipa‘a celebrations to be held at I’olani Palace on Sunday September 4, 2011.  The event begins at 10am.  For more information click here.

Here is a video from the 2010 celebration:

On September 1, 2011, H.R.H. Princess Marie of Denmark was at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense where she welcomed hundreds of international students to top school.  After being welcomed by the president of the university as well as officials the French-born princess was ushered into the auditorium where she gave a nice speech to the nervous students. To view photos please click here. 

Source and photo courtesy of: Billed Bladet

In today’s edition of the newspaper, Monaco-Matin,  there is an article about H.S.H. Princess Charlène and her charity work with the Special Olympics as well as The Giving Trust Organization in South Africa.  The article also mentions that the princess is currently developing her own foundation which will be announced in the coming months.  Click here to read the article.

Finally, there is a nice photo series from the French newspaper, Nice-Matin, of Princess Charlène.  Click here to view the photos.  

Photo courtesy of: Nice-Matin by G. Rungl