The Royal Correspondent

On May 15, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Bromley as part of Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

During their tour the queen and the duke visited the London as a Global Centre of Fashion event held at the Bromley Town Centre.  Her Majesty and the duke also attended the Wild London Festival as well as the St. Mark’s Church of England Academy in Surrey.

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On May 15, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands along with Their Royal Highnesses Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands attended the 2012 Appeltjes van Oranje Awards (Apples of Orange) ceremony held at the Paleis Noordeinde in Den Haag.

According to RVD and NOS, “… each year the Oranje Fund awards initiatives that successfully connect different groups of people with the Appeltjes van Oranje Awards…”  There were ten initiatives nominated this year and only three winners.  This year the 2012 Appeltjes van Oranje award went to Smarter Together Neighborhood Farm Baalder, COOLzaad van Stichting BuurtLAB, and Beheer Cultuurhistorische Perenboomrij.

Besides receiving this great award, made of bronze and designed by Her Majesty, the winners also receive 15,000 Euros.

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His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco held an audience on May 14, 2012, with the Director General of the ITER Organization, Professor Osamu Motojima, at the Palais Princier de Monaco.

Also in attendance were the Minister of State, Mr. Michel Roger, the Government Advisor, Mr. Marco Piccinni, as well as five postdoctoral researchers from around the world including Mr. Sun Hee Kim, Mr. Ian Pong, and Mr. Jing Na to name a few.

According to the Palais, the ITER Organization and the Principauté de Monaco “… formed a partnership agreement which provides funding…” for five postdoctoral researchers every two years:

This agreement trains the next generation of scientists and engineers from partner countries (EU, China, the Japan, the India, the Republic of Korea, the Russia Federation and the United States) or the Principality of Monaco, but to also establish the foundations for an international centre for research in nuclear fusion. The postdoctoral researchers will benefit from training in a research topic related to the various areas related to the construction and development with the future project ITER Fusion Reactor.

To learn more about ITER Organization please visit their official website here.

Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark attended a gala dinner held at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul, South Korea on May 14, 2012.

The crown princely couple were accompanied by the Minister of Trade and Investment, Ms. Pia Dyhr, the Minister of Business and Growth, Mr. Ole Sohn, the Minister for Research, Innovation and Higher Education, Mr. Morten Østergaard.

During the evening guests were entertained by performers from the Uppercut Dance Theatre and watched a fashion show by Day Birger et Mikkelsen, FLEYE and Kopenhagen Fur.

Earlier in the day, His Royal Highness Frederik participated in several seminars “…dealing with defense technology, CO2-neutral technology, naval, offshore and food technology…”  While Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary participated in a cooking seminar alongside Mr. Christian Arøe.

Afterward, the crown princely couple attended the one year anniversary of Leo Pharma Korea held at the Shilla Hotel and much more.

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Source: Kongehuset

On May 14, 2012, in Båstad, Sweden Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II and His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark along with Her Royal Highness Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Her Majesty Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia attended the funeral for the late Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg.  Also in attendance were Their Royal Highnesses Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel as well as Prince Carl-Philip of Sweden.

Tomorrow, members of the Danish and Swedish royal family, including Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine according to the Swedish royal court, will attend a commemoration service at Slottskyrkan in Stockholm for the late count.

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Sources: Kongehuset and Kungahuset