The Royal Correspondent

Their Serene Highnesses Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco were back at the Aquatic Center in London on August 1, 2012, to enjoy eight swimming heats.  

The princely couple watched with much interest as South African swimmer, Ms. Suzaan van Biljon, competed in the Women’s 200m Breaststroke Semi-Finals.  She finished 3rd with a time of 2:23.21.  

Thereafter the Men’s 200m Individual Medley began with South African swimmer Chad Le Clos participating.  He finished 5th with a time of 1:58.49.

On August 1, 2012, Her Royal Highness Princess Benedikte visited the city of Northampton in the East Midlands. The purpose of the visit is to strengthen “… trade links between Denmark and the town of Northampton.”

The day began with a visit to the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery where she was warmly greeted by local dignitaries including the Mayor of Northampton, Councillor Roger Conroy.  In honor of Princess Benedikte’s visit there was a lovely reception at the museum where the princess also viewed “… her great-great-grandmother’s, Queen Victoria, wedding shoes as well as the rest of the historic shoe collection…”

After the reception, Princess Benedikte visited The Guildhall to view “… two stone murals [that depict] the Danish invasion of Northampton in the 9th century and the arrival of HRH Princess Alexandra of Denmark on 1863 …”

Prior to a lunch at the Town Hall, the Princess and her delegation visited the Northampton Alive exhibition which displays all “… of Northampton’s key regeneration projects, including the expansion of the Carlsberg UK bottling plant…”  

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Sources and photo courtesy of: Kongehuset and NC