On Thursday, August 2, 2012, His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg along with Their Royal Highnesses Princess Alexandra and Prince Félix as well as Prince Louis and Princess Tessy met with members of Team Luxembourg in London.
The grand-ducal family spoke with swimmers Laurent Carnol and Raphael Stacchiotti, Table Tennis player Ni Xia Lian, Archer Jeff Henckels, and several others.
On Wednesday evening Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco visited Deutsches Haus in London along with former Olympic swimmer and close friend, Ms. Franziska van Almsick.
The two friends visited Deutsches Haus to celebrate the accomplishments of Team Germany so far in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games… if that makes any sense.
Other guests who attended last night’s party included German government officials, Tennis star Boris Becker, and Team Germany gymnast Marcel Nguyen who just won the silver medal in the Men’s Individual All-Around to name a few.
On August 2, 2012, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands along with their daughters as well as niece enjoyed Day 6 of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London.
The royal family got up bright and early to watch Marleen van Iersel and Sanne Keizer of Team Netherlands play against Maria Zonta and Ana Gallay of Team Argentina in Women’s Beach Volleyball, Group D-Match #31. Team Netherlands won, 2-0.
In the afternoon, the royal family headed on over to the Riverbank Arena to cheer on Team Netherlands in Women’s Field Hockey, Group A-Match #15. Team Netherlands battled it out against Team China. Final score: 0-1. Team Netherlands won.
Poor King Juan Carlos I of Spain… the old guy just can’t get seem to get a break these days. First, he received a nasty black-eye last year after walking into a door. Then last April he broke his hip whilst in Botswana killing innocent Elephants with his “alleged” mistress, Corrina Sayn-Wittgenstein. Today, the old king has taken a tumble ala President Gerald Ford.
You see, His Majesty King Juan Carlos was visiting the headquarters of theEstado Mayor de la Defensa this afternoon to attend an important meeting. So after shaking hands with various Spanish military officials then waving to the press the old king missed a step on the stairs and BLAM! He fell. Smashing his old royal face on the pavement.
Being the old professional trooper that he is His Majesty he got up, dusted himself off, and went on his merry way. Once inside the building the old king participated in the meeting along with Defense Minister, Mr. Pedro Morenes Eulate, the Chief of the Defense Staff, Admiral General Fernando Sánchez, the Chief of Staff of the Army, Lieutenant General Jaime Dominguez Buj, Admiral, and Chief of Staff of the Navy, Admiral Jaime Muñoz-Delgado to name a few.
His Majesty King Juan Carlos I also held an audience with the President of the Council of Ministers of Italy, Mr. Mario Monti, at Zarzuela Palace. But, I’m sure you don’t really care about that, right? Didn’t think so. 🙂
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 July 31, 2012, Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco was at the Aquatic Center in London to watch various swimming competitions. The one event that everyone was anticipating, including the princess, was the Men’s 200m Butterfly Final.
The best of the best competed: Michael Phelps of Team USA, Takeshi Matsuda of Team Japan, Yin Chen of Team China, Pawl Korzeniowski of Team Poland, Tyler Clary of Team USA, Dinko Jukic of Team Austria, and Chad Le Clos of Team South Africa.
Anyway, before the race began many believed one of the greatest athletes ever, Michael Phelps, would win. He didn’t. The winner was Chad Le Clos of Team South Africa with a time of 1:52.96. Mr. Phelps came in at 1:53.01.
So yeah… Princess Charlene was there to cheer on Chad’s amazing swim along his family, friends, and dozens of Team South Africa fans. Oh and Prince Albertwas thereas well as members of the Grand Ducal family of Luxembourg including Comtesse Stéphanie de Lannoy. 🙂
Congrats to Chad! 🙂
Interview with Chad whilst in Monaco. Begins at the 6:09 mark
Anyway, the royal family clapped, smiled and cheered as Team GB performed brilliantly throughout the competition. In the end, Team Germany won the gold medal. Team GBwon the silver medal and Team New Zealand won the bronze medal.
Afterward, the Duchess Kate of Cambridge, Prince Harry and the Duke of Cambridge visited the Athletes Village at Olympic Park in London to met with members of Team GB. They had fun.
Soon, the Duke of Cambridgewaltzed on over to the Water Polo Arena to watch Men’s Water Polo, Group B Match #17. Team GB had some tough competition against the heavily favored team, Serbia.
In the end, Team GB lost… big time. The score: 21-7. Team Serbia basically kicked their booty to put it mildly. 🙂
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On Thursday, August 2, 2012, His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg along with Their Royal Highnesses Princess Alexandra and Prince Félix as well as Prince Louis and Princess Tessy met with members of Team Luxembourg in London. 
The Royal Correspondent 