(VIDEOS) HM Queen Elizabeth II Welcomes the President of China to London.

On Tuesday, October 20, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh welcomed the President of the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Xi Jinping, and his wife, Madame Peng Liyuan, to London, England.

According to the British royal court the day officially began at the:

“…Royal Pavilion on Horse Guards Parade.  Presentations [were] made, the Guard of Honour gave a Royal Salute and the Chinese National Anthem were played. The President, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, inspected the Guard of Honour. Afterwards, the President and Madame Peng joined The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh for a state carriage procession along The Mall to Buckingham Palace.

Following a private lunch at Buckingham Palace, given by The Queen, Her Majesty invited the President and Madame Peng to view an exhibition in the Picture Gallery of items from the Royal Collection relating to China.

In the afternoon the President and Madame Peng visited the Palace of Westminster, where they were welcomed by the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Lord Speaker. The President will delivered an Address in the Royal Gallery to Members of Houses of Parliament and other guests.” 

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(VIDEOS) HM King Philippe of Belgium Attends the 2015 Entreprise de l’Annee.

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On the evening of October 19, 2015, His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium attended the 20th Edition of the Entreprise de l’Annee (Enterprise of the Year ) award ceremony in Brussels.

The winner of the award went to Pairi Daiza.  Finalists included the company EASI from Nivelles, the Eloy Group from Sprimont, and Mithra Pharmaceuticals from Liège.

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HM Queen Mathilde of Belgium Attends a Seminar in Brussels.

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On the afternoon of Monday, October 19, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium attended the 1st Edition of the European Microfinance Day high-level opening seminar held at the Comité Économique and Social Européen in Brussels.

Today’s seminar, organized by the European Microfinance Network (EMN) and the Microfinance Centre (MFC), aims to raise awareness of microfinance as a tool to fight social exclusion and unemployment in Europe.

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(VIDEO) News Regarding HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco.

On Friday, October 16, 2015, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco gave a keynote speech during the 2015 Arctic Circle Assembly held at the Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center in  Reykjavík, Iceland.

Established in 2013 the Arctic Circle Assembly is the world’s foremost meeting for international cooperation on Arctic issues with more than 1,500 participants from over 50 countries attending the annual meeting each year.

On Saturday, October 17, 2015, the sovereign prince attended the gala, Africa on the Rock, held at the Hôtel de Paris in Monte-Carlo.  The event was organized by the AMREF Flying Doctors in collaboration with the Fondation Princesse Charlene de Monaco.

And, finally, this morning at the Palais Princier the sovereign prince welcomed delegation from town of Matignon, France, to the palais on the occasion of Monaco Heritage Day.  According to the Palais Princier, the sovereign prince listened to a “…serenade of traditional Breton music [in] tribute to Prince Albert.” 

In a statement about today’s event the Palais Princier also notes that an:

“…exhibition about the Hotel Matignon, the Paris living place of the Princes of Monaco in the eighteenth century, was presented in the Palace library.  The sovereign prince was keen to accommodate visitors who came to attend one of the exhibition presentations, almost three hundred years to the day after the celebration, in Monaco, of the Matignon-Grimaldi marriage, in October 20 1715.” 

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