On October 17, 2013, His Majesty King Harald V of Norway visited the Osloungdommens Motorsenter in Hvervenbukta in Oslo.
The center is celebrating their 50th anniversary this year.
And, that’s it. 🙂
Click here to watch a video news report from NRK.
Photo courtesy of Kongehuset Norway
On October 17, 2013, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden attended the World’s Children’s Prize Award Ceremony at Gripsholms Slott.
The winner of the World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child went to Mr. James Kofi Annan.
Photo courtesy of Kungahuset/M.Edwall
On the evening of October 17, 2013, Their Majesties King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses Prince Laurent and Princess Claire and Their Imperial and Royal Highnesses Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz attended a lovely concert held at the Palais de Bruxelles.
On the morning of October 17, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium accompanied by the Minster-President of Flanders, Mr. Kris Peeters, attended, Fashion Talks: Get inspired in Antwerp.
According to the official site for today’s event, Fashion Talks is “…the first major international fashion conference in Belgium.”
Click here to watch a video news report.
On the morning of October 17, 2013, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands arrived in Den Haag to officially open the new building of the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken and Koninkrijksrelaties and the Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and the Ministry of Security and Justice).
Thereafter, His Majesty arrived at the Special Collections Department at the Universiteit van Amsterdam to open the special exhibition, Atlas der Neederlanden: De Dageraad van het Koninkrijk.
According to RVD the Atlas, “…consists of nine parts and contains 618 maps of the Netherlands from the seventeenth to the early nineteenth century.”
Atlas der Neederlanden: De Dageraad van het Koninkrijk will be open to the public on October 18, 2013 – January 19, 2014. If you are interested in learning more about the restoration of the Atlas please click here (in English).
Click here to watch a video from NOS about the Atlas.
Photo courtesy of RVD/HKH
On the evening of October 16, 2013, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco arrived at the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel in Monaco to attend the 2013 Golden Foot Award, a “…prestigious international award given to the career of a football player over the age of twenty eight.”
The winner of the 2013 Golden Foot Award went to Mr. Didier Drogba.
Congrats!
Please click here and/or here to view photos.
Recently, Miss Carina Axelsson — longtime partner of His Serene Highness Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg — attended the 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany.
Anyway, on her blog Miss Axelsson finally announced the UK and US release dates for her highly anticipated new novel, Model Under Cover: A Crime Of Fashion.
For further information about the novel and the release dates please click here and here.
Photo courtesy of Zimbio
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