Category Archives: Headlines

HM Queen Maxima of the Netherlands Participates in a Symposium.

Princess Maxima of the Netherlands 2011On Tuesday, October 6, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrived at the Tobacco Theater in Amsterdam to participate in the Wijzer in Geldzaken (Money Wise) Symposium.

Held under the theme, The Silent Power of Financial Resilience, today’s gathering focused on “…how consumers can be sufficiently financially resilient…” according to AFP News.

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Photo courtesy of RVD/HKH

HRH Princess Marie of Denmark Opens an Exhibition in Kolding.

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On September 3, 2015, Her Royal Highness Princess Marie of Denmark opened the exhibition, Georg Jensen: Et Eventyr i Dansk Sølv (Georg Jensen: A Tale of Danish Silver), held at the Museet på Koldinghus in Kolding.

Held on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the late Georg Jensen this special exhibition takes visitors on a:

“… journey through the stylistic periods, which is presented through pieces of Georg Jensen himself and the many talented designers who has been affiliated with smithies from the beginning and to the present.  [The exhibition] opens with an impressive selection of the masters own beautiful jewellery with flora and fauna motives and the hammered hollowware with vigorous decorations.”  

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Photo courtesy of Kongehuset

His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex Opens a New Building at the King Edward’s School.

EoWOn May 12, 2015, His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex opened the new  £3 million Wessex Building at the King Edward’s School in Bath.  Designed by BBA Architects the building houses a library, rooms for lectures, concerts, social events, a dining hall which “…seats 230 people and boasts a terrace with views over Bath…” according to the newspaper, Bath Chronicle.

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