On March 16, 2012, His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje opened the 15th Annual National Career Fair held at the RAI in Amsterdam. After the opening, the prince had a chance to mingled with attendees on the trade show floor. The purpose of the National Career Fair is to gather “… career orientated students and professionals to get in contact with 160 employers.”
Sources: RVD and PPE
On March 14, 2012, His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje boarded the new Dutch Royal Naval ship in Amsterdam, HMS Holland, to travel to Greenwich, England.
According to RVD, there is a special as well as priceless artifact on board, “…the historical decoration of the stern of the 17th century English flagship Royal Charles. The prince will deliver the item to the National Maritime Museum.”
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Click here to watch a video news clip. (in Dutch)
Source: RVD/HKH
On March 12, 2012, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco along with His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje are currently in Marseilles, France where they attended the opening of the 6th Annual World Water Forum.
As I previously mentioned, the event, organized by the World Water Council, will gather 800 speakers from around the world, and 25,000 international leaders are expected to attend this important forum/conference. The purpose of the event is to:
…tackle the challenges our world is facing and to bring water high on all political agendas. There will be no sustainable development while the water issues remain unsolved. Everywhere on the planet, for all and everyone, the Right to Water (recognized by 189 states at the UN one year ago) must be guaranteed and implemented.
During today’s opening of the World Water Forum both Prince Albert II and Prince Willem-Alexander gave speeches in front of hundreds of guests including Prime Minister, Mr. François Fillon, and the former Soviet Union President, Mikhail Gorbachev.
To learn more about the 6th Annual World Water Forum please visit their official website here.
Sources: WWF, Palais Princier de Monaco and RVD
His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje and His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco will be in Marseille, France to participate in the 6th Annual World Water Forum.
The event, organized by the World Water Council, will gather 800 speakers from around the world as well as 25,000 attendees to discuss, debate, and attend presentations regarding, well, water. 🙂 To be more specific the purpose of the forum is to:
…tackle the challenges our world is facing and to bring water high on all political agendas. There will be no sustainable development while the water issues remain unsolved. Everywhere on the planet, for all and everyone, the Right to Water (recognised by 189 states at the UN one year ago) must be guaranteed and implemented.
Both Prince Willem-Alexander and Prince Albert II will give speeches during the World Water Forum’s opening day on March 12, 2012. Two days later Prince Albert II will return to Monaco to participate in a side event (hence connected with the World Water Forum):
…in collaboration with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Blue Plan, Veolia Environnement, International Office for Water and Unitar. The work undertaken by the Mediterranean Water Think Tank will be presented on this occasion.
The 6th Annual World Water Forum begins on March 12 – 17, 2012. For more information about this event please Click here.
In other Monaco related news, Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene is currently in Melbourne, Australia. The princess attended a private gala dinner on March 9, 2012, hosted by Lady Mayoress Emma Page Campbell, at the Melbourne Town Hall in honor of Princess Charlene’s visit to lovely Australia.
Tomorrow, the princess along with Mr. John Kelly (nephew of the late Princess Grace) and Ms. Kristina Haugland from the Philadelphia Museum of Art will officially open the exhibition, Grace Kelly: Style Icon, at the Bendigo Art Gallery.
For more information about this exhibition please click here.
Sources: RVD, Palais Princier de Monaco WWF, and the Herald Sun.
Photos courtesy of Palais Princier de Monaco and Het Koninklijk Huis
His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje was at the National Sports Center Papendal in Arnhem on March 8, 2012 to participate in the 2012 Olympic Flame Conference.
Attendees at today’s event included the Chairman of the Olympic Flame, Camiel Eurlings, as well as representatives from various sports federations and associations, business leaders, and local government leaders.
Source and photo courtesy of: RVD
Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands attended the Women TOP Society Breakfast held at De Witte in Den Haag on March 8, 2012.
According to RVD, today’s event was organized by Stichting Talent naar de Top (Talent to the Top Foundation):
The Foundation focuses on facilitating and encouraging government, businesses, and women leaders to promote as well as recruit women for various job positions…
To learn more about today’s event please click here. (in Dutch)
Source: RVD/Het Koninklijk Huis
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands were in Den Haag this evening to attend a gala dinner for the Stichting Instandhouding Nieuwspoort held in the Knights Hall. Also in attendance were Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as well as dozens of local dignitaries, company CEOs, and members of various social organizations.
During tonight’s gala dinner there was a lecture given by the United Kingdom’s Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Nick Clegg.
Source: Het Koninklijk Huis
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