On Saturday, June 29, 2013, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands accompanied by Dutch Prime Minister, Mr. Mark Rutte, arrived in Den Haag to celebrate Nederlandse Veteranendag (Dutch Veterans Day).
According to RVD, Veteranendag was:
“…established by the government and is organized by the Comité Nederlandse Veteranendag with the support of the Ministerie van Defensie (Ministry of Defense). It is a tribute to the more than 130,000 Dutch veterans from World War II to the mission in Afghanistan who have worked in the service of peace.”
On June 28, 2013, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal arrived at the Park Inn Hotel in Telford, Shropshire to participate in the Offender Mental Health Conference. Please click here for more information about today’s event as well as to view photos.
Last evening the princess attended the Engineering: Design for Life exhibition and gala dinner at the University of York. Click herefor more information about yesterday’s event.
On June 28, 2013, Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, as patron, attended the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Limburgs Geschied en Oudheidkundig Genootschap (Limburg Historians and Antiquarian Society) in Maastricht according to RVD. During today’s event the princess was presented with the book, Limburg: Een Geschiedenis (Limburg: A History).
On June 28, 2013, Their Serene Highnesses Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco arrived at Port Hercule in Monaco to attend the 18th Jumping International de Monte-Carlo.
On June 28, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II arrived at Howe Barracks in Canterbury, Kent to visit “…the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS)…” according to Buckingham Palace.
On the morning of Friday, June 28, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrived in Amsterdam to attend the 2013 Startup Boot Camp Demo Day (SBC). So, what is Startup Boot Camp you may ask? Well, according to the SBC’s official website it is:
“….a mentorship driven program; these mentors drive the startups acceleration over the 3 month program – and often for months or years afterwards. The Startupbootcamp founders team, together with their group of international mentors, can open the door to nearly every investor, customer or partner. The value is the quality of that network.
Mentors work closely with the startups to develop their product, validate their business model, get their first pilot customers and aim to get funding at the end of the program. Startupbootcamp facilitates this mentorship driven model by providing startups with the essential tools needed to have a concrete focus during the 3 month program. What are these essential tools? We provide €15,000 towards living expenses for the team during the program, 6 months co-working space, over €150,000 in sponsored services and the platform to pitch to over 400 investors at Investor Demo Day.”
According to RVD, during this morning’s event Her Majesty attended various presentations and met with participants involved in the program “…duringa roundtable conversation about entrepreneurship in the digital era.”
In the afternoon, Her Majesty Queen Maxima arrived in Eindhoven to attend the 2013 RoboCup World Championships on Robotics. Again, according to RVD, the goal of RoboCup is to promote “…technology and accelerating the development of affordable and reliable robotic technology for the (aging) society.”
For more information about RoboCup and Startup Boot Camp please visit their official websites here andhere.
Well, to say it is a slow news day is quite an understatement. With that being said I believe now is a good time to post this fantastic interview with Deborah Cavendish (neè Deborah Freeman-Mitford) entitled, The Effervescent Life of Deborah, The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire.
“The youngest of the legendary Mitford sisters reminisces about her life and her correspondence with the charismatic Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, considered to be the finest English travel writer of his generation. An evening filled with wit, eccentric characters, and a celebration of courage and friendship. Charlotte Mosley, her niece and editor, joins the Dowager Duchess in conversation.”
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On Saturday, June 29, 2013, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands accompanied by Dutch Prime Minister, Mr. Mark Rutte, arrived in Den Haag to celebrate Nederlandse Veteranendag (Dutch Veterans Day).
The Royal Correspondent 