Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway were in Sundvolden, Norway this morning to visit the “…Arbeidsinstituttet, a local labor institute which offers courses in a number of subjects for young people…”
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Photo courtesy of Kongehuset
Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden continued their visit to beautiful Croatia on April 18, 2013. Today, the royal couple visited the town of Zadar where they met with the mayor as well as other local officials. After a tour of the city and a visit to a museum, Their Majesties attended a luncheon held in their honor. The day ended with a visit to an organic farm and vineyard in Nedin.
Meanwhile, in Stockholm, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden attended the Sverige-Amerika Stiftelsen’s annual meeting.
Photo courtesy of Kungahuset
Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium was in Waterloo this morning to attend the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Scandinavian School Brussels École Reine Astrid. During the celebrations the princess “…watched a presentation about the history of the school with a small concert performed by the students and the Chapelle Musicale Reine Élisabeth…”
His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco was at the Grimaldi Forum today to attend the opening of the 2013 Top Marques Monaco.
This famous event, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, showcases super fancy and uber-expensive cars, motorcycles, boats, and a bunch other stuff for insanely wealthy people with too much time on their hands.
Overall, it’s a fancy car show unlike the ones held at the Pomona Fairgrounds or lowrider custom car shows in Phoenix, Arizona or San Bernardino, CA.
Click here and here to view photos. Click here to visit Top Marques Monaco’s glossy official website. 🙂
Her Royal Highness Princess Letizia of Asturias attended a concert at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid this evening. The purpose of the concert was to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Fundación Luca de Tena and to raise money to continue the great works of the Fundación.
And, that’s it. 🙂
Photo courtesy of Casa Real
His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh was in Lincolnshire this afternoon where he officially opened the Turning Center Computing Systems and Control Building at the Bourne Grammar School.
For more information about the opening please click here.
Their Imperial Majesties Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan accompanied by His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Naruhito and Their Imperial Highnesses Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko hosted a lovely spring garden party held at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo. Click here to view photos from Mainichi News.
In other news, it seems that Her Imperial Highness Crown Princess Masako of Japan is one step closer to attending the April 30 inauguration/investiture of His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje. Yesterday,sources claimed the crown princess “…may travel aboard [for the inauguration]… the Imperial Household Agency said it cannot confirm the reports of the trip.” Now, it seems the IHA is “making arrangements” for the trip and that they are “…consulting with the head of the crown princess’s medical team, Yutaka Ono…” Click here to read an article from Asahi Shimbun
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