On April 10, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan was in Amman to participate in the opening of the:
“….regional Arab Development Forum in Jordan launched by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) as part of the worldwide U.N.-led consultations on the global development agenda beyond 2015, when the current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire.
The two-day forum will identify regional priorities for the global development framework that will succeed the MDGs framework. Her Majesty is one of two members representing the Arab World on the U.N. High Level Panel advising U.N. Chief Ban Ki-moon on the post-2015 global development agenda.”
On April 10, 2013, His Royal Highness Prince Felipe of Asturias visited the region of Pallars Jussà, Lleida, on the occasion of the centennial of the first hydroelectric facilities in central Cataluña according to the Spanish royal court.
On April 9, 2013, Her Royal Highness Princess Letizia of Asturias presided over the El Barco de Vapor and Gran Angula Youth Literature Awards ceremony held at the Real Casa de Corrreos in Madrid.
It was announced that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh will attend the funeral of the former Prime Minister the late Baroness Margaret Thatcher at St. Paul’s Cathedral on April 17, 2013.
The former Prime Minister passed away on April 7, 2013, at the age of 87. Click hereto read an article about this latest news from Channel 4 News.
In other news, on April 23, 2013, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge will visit the Willows Primary School in Wythenshawe, Manchester. During her visit the Duchess will “…launch a new school counseling program in partnership between the Royal Foundation, Comic Relief, Place2Be and Action on Addiction.”
On the evening of April 8, 2013, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco was at the Cinémathèque Française in Paris to attend the opening of the exhibition, Le Monde Enchanté de Jacques Demy.
On April 9, 2013, His Royal Highness Prince Felipe of Asturias held audiences at Palacio Real de El Pardo with the committee of the XVIII promoción de la Academia General del Aire and a group of Spanish Naval captains and colonels. And, that’s it. 🙂
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