19 | September | 2012 | The Royal Correspondent

On the morning of September 19, 2012, Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visited the Defense Medical Rehabilitation Center (DMRC) in Headley Court, Epsom, Surrey, to meet with injured servicemen and women who were wounded in during their tour of duty in Afghanistan.

The royal couple also met with “… staff and representatives from a number of charities that have supported the DMRC over the years…”

Afterward, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall opened as well as toured the new “… 48-bed Jubilee Rehabilitation Complex, which includes therapy rooms and a gym for rehabilitation of wounded soldiers and a workshop for hi-tech prosthetic limbs.”

Later in the afternoon, the royal couple hosted a reception at Clarence House for the “…London 2012 volunteers and Armed Forces Personnel who helped secure the Olympic and the Paralympic Games…”

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Sources: Princeofwales.gov.uk and AP

On September 19, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands along with His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje held an audience with European Space Agency astronaut and Dutch physician, Mr. André Kuipers at the Paleis Huis ten Bosch.

Mr. Kuipers recently returned from space (July 1 to be exact) after spending 193 days at the International Space Station, the longest space journey by a European astronaut.

During today’s meeting Her Majesty and Prince Willem-Alexander also met with NASA astronaut, Mr. Don Pettit and Russian cosmonaut, Oleg Kononenko. The two men spent 193 days at the International Space Station with Mr. Kuipers.

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