On the evening of October 17, 2013, Their Majesties King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses Prince Laurent and Princess Claire and Their Imperial and Royal Highnesses Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz attended a lovely concert held at the Palais de Bruxelles.
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium Attends ‘Fashion Talks: Get Inspired in Antwerp’ (VIDEO)
On the morning of October 17, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium accompanied by the Minster-President of Flanders, Mr. Kris Peeters, attended, Fashion Talks: Get inspired in Antwerp.
According to the official site for today’s event, Fashion Talks is “…the first major international fashion conference in Belgium.”
Click here to watch a video news report.
News Regarding HM King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. (VIDEO)
On the morning of October 17, 2013, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands arrived in Den Haag to officially open the new building of the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken and Koninkrijksrelaties and the Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and the Ministry of Security and Justice).
Thereafter, His Majesty arrived at the Special Collections Department at the Universiteit van Amsterdam to open the special exhibition, Atlas der Neederlanden: De Dageraad van het Koninkrijk.
According to RVD the Atlas, “…consists of nine parts and contains 618 maps of the Netherlands from the seventeenth to the early nineteenth century.”
Atlas der Neederlanden: De Dageraad van het Koninkrijk will be open to the public on October 18, 2013 – January 19, 2014. If you are interested in learning more about the restoration of the Atlas please click here (in English).
Click here to watch a video from NOS about the Atlas.
Photo courtesy of RVD/HKH
His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco Attends an Award Ceremony.
On the evening of October 16, 2013, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco arrived at the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel in Monaco to attend the 2013 Golden Foot Award, a “…prestigious international award given to the career of a football player over the age of twenty eight.”
The winner of the 2013 Golden Foot Award went to Mr. Didier Drogba.
Congrats!
Please click here and/or here to view photos.
Carina Axelsson Announces the Release Date of Her Long Awaited Novel.
Recently, Miss Carina Axelsson — longtime partner of His Serene Highness Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg — attended the 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany.
Anyway, on her blog Miss Axelsson finally announced the UK and US release dates for her highly anticipated new novel, Model Under Cover: A Crime Of Fashion.
For further information about the novel and the release dates please click here and here.
Photo courtesy of Zimbio
Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands Opens the New Isala Ziekenhuis. (VIDEOS)
On the morning of October 17, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands officially opened the new Isala Ziekenhuis (hospital) in Zwolle.
During today’s opening Her Majesty was given a tour of the new hospital — including the Amalia Kindercentrum — and met with staff as well as patients.
Click the links below to view photos as well as to watch a videos.
VIDEO, Photos and More Photos
News Regarding His Royal Highness Prince Harry of Wales. (VIDEOS)
On October 17, 2013, His Royal Highness Prince Harry of Wales arrived at the Imperial College in London to officially open the Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies.
According to the official website for Imperial College the new center is:
“…the first collaboration of its kind in the United Kingdom, where civilian engineers and scientists work alongside military doctors, supported by charitable funding to reduce the effects of roadside bombs and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).”
For more information about the Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies please click here.
And, finally, Prince Harry also participated in a “…coaching session as part of the Rugby Football Union’s All Schools programme at Twickenham Stadium in London…” according to Clarence House.
For more information about today’s event at Twickenham as well as to view photos please click here, here, and here.
The Royal Correspondent 