Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden welcomed President Barack Obama to the royal palace in Stockholm this morning. After their meeting President Obama boarded Air Force One to travel to St. Petersburg, Russia to attend the G-20 Summit.
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On Thursday, September 5, 2013, Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrived at the Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn where His Majesty was presented with the first copy of the book, Droomboek.
The aim of the book is to “…inspire each other and the new king. The Nationaal Comité Inhuldiging asked everyone [the Dutch people], young and old, to share their dreams for the future of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.”
Thereafter, Their Majesties opened the new outdoor exhibition entitled, Dromen op Paleis Het Loo: Wandel Door de Dromen Voor de Koning, at the Paleis Het Loo. According to the Nationaal Comité Inhuldiging visitors who wish to view this special exhibition will walk:
“…along the avenue that leads from the royal stables to the palace. Towering arches with flags display a selection of the poems from the Droomboek. Visitors can stroll under the arches and admire over 120 dreams from the book, expressed in wishes, poems, drawings and paintings.”
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On September 4, 2013, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden attended the 2013 Stockholm Junior Water Prize held at the Stockholmsmässan.
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On Wednesday, September 4, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark accompanied by His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark and the Danish Prime Minister, Ms. Helle Thorning-Schmidt, inaugurated the largest offshore wind farm in Denmark, Anholt Havmøllepark.
On her final day in Morocco Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, accompanied by representatives from the Mary Fonden, visited the Association Pour le Développement Likaa NGO. Whilst there the crown princess toured Likaa’s one of charity shops, according to the Danish royal court.
Thereafter, Crown Princess Mary arrived at the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca were she was given a tour. Soon, the crown princess arrived at Tilila, a shelter for women who were victims of domestic abuse, where she was given a tour of the facility and met with several of the women as well as their children living in the shelter.
On Wednesday, September 4, 2013, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands received credentials from ambassadors representing Denmark, Libya, and Vietnam at Paleis Noordeinde in Den Haag.
Afterward, His Majesty held a brief audience with Professor J.TH.J van den Berg who presented the king with the book entitled, De Eerste Hondervijftig Jaar: Parlementaire Geschiedenis van Nederland, 1796-1946.
Meanwhile, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrived in Leiden to open the newly renovated historic tropical greenhouse complex at Hortus Botanicus, one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world.
According to the official website for Hortus Botanicus:
“The Universiteit Leiden commenced on a program of sustainable renovation of the historical tropical glasshouses at the Hortus Botanicus Leiden in April 2012.
The level of the first glasshouse has been raised and a canopy walk has been constructed from which the visitor can look down on a tropical forest from above. There is a newly created classroom balcony, which will be the starting point for guided tours of the glasshouses.
The tropical glasshouses will accommodate scientific collections as well those interesting for the general public.”
For more information about Hortus Botanicus Leiden please visit their official website here.
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On September 3, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan attended the “…launch of the internship program, Fursati Lilamayyoz, carried out by the Queen’s non-profit educational organization, Jordan Education Initiative (JEI), to improve employment opportunities for ICT graduates and for those who have finished their studies less than two years ago…” according to Petra News.
Meanwhile, His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan attended the opening of the conference, The Challenges Facing Arab Christians, in Amman.
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