On March 30, 2012, members of the British royal family — minus the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge who are currently on a skiing holiday in Meribel, France — attended a memorial service held at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor.
The purpose of today’s memorial service was to remember the late Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. During today’s event the Right Reverend David Conner noted during the service:
… that both women had ‘significantly enriched’ the lives of those present. Each of us here this morning will cherish some special personal memories; memories that awaken once again sentiments of affection and respect. Rightly such particular memories should be harboured securely and discreetly in our own hearts and minds.
But there are also common themes in our remembering which should be shared openly. Most surely amongst them will be the faithfulness that characterised the lives of both Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret – faithfulness to family and friends, faithfulness to the nation and Commonwealth, faithfulness to the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Recently, His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje visited the IT security company, Fox IT, to learn more about the company (basically, what the heck they actually do). 🙂 According to RVD, “…Fox IT studies and monitors of cybercrime and delivers worldwide (innovative) security solutions for Governments, banks and civil society organizations.”Click here to watch a video. (in Dutch)
On Thursday, March 29, 2012, the prince was in the municipality Barendrecht where he participated in a meeting, toured an activity center and spent time in a “… 500-year-old village church.”Click here to watch a video.(in Dutch)
His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco attended a reception on March 28, 2012 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Monégasque Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation.
According to the Palais Princier de Monaco the reception “… brought together all the athletes, coaches, volunteers, partners who contributed for a quarter of a century development and sporting success of this discipline.” Attendees at the event also included Mr. Rudy Rinaldi and Mr. Jeremy Torre, the Monégasque bobsleighers who won the bronze medal in the 2012 Olympic Winter Youth Games.
Source and photo courtesy of the Palais Princier de Monaco
CleanEquity Monaco, the forum for emerging cleantech companies, closed Friday 30 March with an Awards Ceremony presided over by H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco.
The event showcases cutting-edge emerging cleantech companies to a world-class gathering of senior delegates including specialist financial and strategic investors, established industry players, key policymakers and international trade media.
H.S.H. Prince Albert II audited the judging process and awarded the prizes.
The award for Excellence in the Field of Environmental Technology Research went to ArcActive Limited, a New Zealand company developing a new negative electrode for the Lead Acid battery for use in Start/Stop or Micro Hybrid vehicles. These batteries will enable automakers to significantly improve fuel economy compared to the state of the art AGM batteries, while being cost competitive with AGM.
The award for Excellence in the Field of Environmental Technology Development went to GreenCom Networks, a German company enabling distributed energy management for utilities with its Energy Information Brokerage Platform.
The award for Excellence in the Field of Environmental Technology Commercialization went to Tendril, a US Energy Platform company delivering end-to-end consumer engagement products, applications and services powered by Tendril Connect(TM) – an open standards-based, secure and scalable platform that takes the complexity out of the Energy Internet.
The presenting companies were sourced and screened by Innovator Capital, a boutique investment bank with a focus on cleantech, with help from international partners from Europe, America, India and Japan.
The conference offered a sneak preview of next wave cleantech technologies and associated commercial opportunities.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has become a great-grandmother for the second time. Peter Phillips and his wife, Autumn, welcomed their second child on Thursday, March 29, 2012.
The 7 lb, 4 oz baby girl was named Isla Elizabeth Phillips and was born at the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
Sources: ITV News and the Washington Post via Buckingham Palace
On March 29, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh visited north London as part of Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
According to the official website for the British royal family Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh “…spent the day visiting Valentine’s Park, Redbridge, Waltham Forest Town Hall and Krishna Avanti School in Harrow.”
Click the links below to view photos as well as to watch videos.
Today (29 March 2012), Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal officially opened a new display of the world famous Crown Jewels at the Tower of London which has been completed to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen. A major re-presentation of the Jewel House has given the Crown Jewels a home fit for the 21st century, with new displays showing the jewels like never before. This project has been generously supported by the De Beers Family of Companies.
For more information about the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London please visit the official website for Historic Royal Palaces here.
On March 28, 2012, Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex inaugurated the Leeds Children’s Hospital. Click hereto watch a video news report as well as to read an article.
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On March 30, 2012, members of the British royal family — minus the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge who are currently on a skiing holiday in Meribel, France — attended a memorial service held at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor.
The Royal Correspondent 