On Monday, September 23, 2013, Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex continued her visit to Doha, Qatar with the charity, ORBIS.
This morning the lovely countess took “…Qataris donors on a tour of ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital at Doha International Airport…” In the evening, the countess attended a dinner held at the British Embassy according to the British royal court.
On the afternoon of September 23, 2013, His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex arrived in the town of Birkenhead in North West England to open the St. Catherine’s Health Centre. Thereafter, he opened the newly restored Liverpool Central Library in, well, Liverpool. 🙂
The Earl of Wessex also participated in the opening of Wigan University Technical College.
For more information about today’s events as well as to view photos please click here and here.
On Monday, September 23, 2013, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Rothesay accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway arrived in Aberdeen, Scotland to inaugurate Maggie’s Aberdeen, a Cancer support and care center at the Elizabeth Montgomerie Building.
The new £3 million building, adjacent to the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary was designed by the Norwegian architecture firm, Snøhetta, in collaboration with the Scottish architecture firm, Halliday Fraser Munro, according to the official website for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centre.
Click here to watch a video from today’s opening.
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Click here to watch a video news report about the center.
On Sunday, September 22, 2013, Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex arrived in lovely Doha, Qatar with the ORBIS charity to “…raise awareness about the prevention and treatment of blindness which affects some 1.5 million children around the world…” according to the Gulf Times.
After touching down at Doha International Airport the countess met with the Prime Minister of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani. In the evening, the countess attended a charity gala dinner at Katara Hall.
Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex is currently visiting Calcutta, India with the “…sight-saving organization, ORBIS.” Please click here to read an article from the newspaper, Express.
On Monday, September 16, 2013, His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex arrived on the island of Jersey to begin his two-day visit.
Yesterday, the youngest child of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh presided over a ceremony where he presented “…four young islanders with the gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award…” according to Channel Online TV.
Today, The Earl of Wessex attended a ceremony in celebration of the 350th anniversary of the presentation of the Royal Mace.
For more information about The Earl of Wessex’s visit to the island of Jersey please click the links below.
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In preparation for his upcoming South Pole trek with the Walking With the Wounded charity later this year, His Royal Highness Prince Harry of Wales spent “…20 hours in [a] cold chamber (freezer) at Mira in Nuneaton…where temperatures dropped as low as minus 55c with wind chill…” according to Clarence House.
For more information about Prince Harry’s night in a giant freezer as well as to view photos and watch videos please click the links below.
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