Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain, as Honorary President, presided over a special meeting with UNICEF España Board of Trustees this afternoon in Madrid. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality, Ms. Ana Mateo, was informed about UNICEF España’s “…priorities of the organization and its strategic plan to continue to achieve results for vulnerable children.”
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Her Royal Highness Princess Mathilde of Belgium visited the Erasmus School in Brussels this morning to attend a “…symposium on victims assistance and the presentation of an educational box, Le Premier Réconfort, which contains information about the grieving process for children, who recently lost a loved one, and provides creative tools that can help them manage their grief.”
His Royal Highness The Duke of Rothesay was all smiles this afternoon when he arrived at the Glen Grant Distillery in Rothes, Morayshire in Scotland. During his visit to the 173-year-old distillery The Duke opened the Glen Grant whiskey bottling plant and unveiled a new plaque.
Prior to his visit to Glen Grant the Duke of Rothesay was in Speyside where he officially opened the “…Helius CoRDe biomass combined heat and power plant and pot ale evaporator plant…” according to Princeofwales.gov.uk.
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Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands held an audience with the President of Tanzania, Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and his wife, Mrs. Salma Kikwete, at the Paleis Huis ten Bosch in Den Haag on April 15, 2013.
President Kikwete also met with Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands in her capacity as Special Advocate of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the Field of Inclusive Finance for Development according to RVD.
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His Royal Highness Prince Daniel of Sweden attended the 2013 Emerichfondens Awards held at the Fryshuset in Stockholm on Monday, April 15, 2013. During today’s event, the prince “…handed out diplomas to the recipients of the Uppsatspriset, Skolornas Fredspris, Eldsjälpriset and the 27Januaripriset…”
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His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco witnessed the signing of a new partnership between the Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace and the University of Pennsylvania on Friday, April 12, 2013. According to the Gouvernement Princier, the purpose of the new partnership is to:
“…promote cooperation in education and research as well as to develop exchanges between the two institutions specifically in the fields of cardiology, surgery and oncology.”
On April 15, 2013, His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan visited the “…recently established Royal Artillery Corps…” near Amman. His Majesty, as Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces, was brief on various training exercises and the RAC’s operations according to the Jordan News Agency.
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