On September 4, 2013, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden attended the 2013 Stockholm Junior Water Prize held at the Stockholmsmässan.
Photo courtesy of Kungahuset/M.Edwall
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark Inaugurates the Anholt Havmøllepark. (VIDEO)
On Wednesday, September 4, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark accompanied by His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark and the Danish Prime Minister, Ms. Helle Thorning-Schmidt, inaugurated the largest offshore wind farm in Denmark, Anholt Havmøllepark.
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark Visits Morocco: Day Three.
On her final day in Morocco Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, accompanied by representatives from the Mary Fonden, visited the Association Pour le Développement Likaa NGO. Whilst there the crown princess toured Likaa’s one of charity shops, according to the Danish royal court.
Thereafter, Crown Princess Mary arrived at the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca were she was given a tour. Soon, the crown princess arrived at Tilila, a shelter for women who were victims of domestic abuse, where she was given a tour of the facility and met with several of the women as well as their children living in the shelter.
News Regarding TMs King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands.
On Wednesday, September 4, 2013, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands received credentials from ambassadors representing Denmark, Libya, and Vietnam at Paleis Noordeinde in Den Haag.
Afterward, His Majesty held a brief audience with Professor J.TH.J van den Berg who presented the king with the book entitled, De Eerste Hondervijftig Jaar: Parlementaire Geschiedenis van Nederland, 1796-1946.
Meanwhile, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrived in Leiden to open the newly renovated historic tropical greenhouse complex at Hortus Botanicus, one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world.
According to the official website for Hortus Botanicus:
“The Universiteit Leiden commenced on a program of sustainable renovation of the historical tropical glasshouses at the Hortus Botanicus Leiden in April 2012.
The level of the first glasshouse has been raised and a canopy walk has been constructed from which the visitor can look down on a tropical forest from above. There is a newly created classroom balcony, which will be the starting point for guided tours of the glasshouses.
The tropical glasshouses will accommodate scientific collections as well those interesting for the general public.”
For more information about Hortus Botanicus Leiden please visit their official website here.
To view photos from today’s event please click here and here.
Photo courtesy of RVD/HKH
News Regarding TMs King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan. (VIDEOS)
On September 3, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan attended the “…launch of the internship program, Fursati Lilamayyoz, carried out by the Queen’s non-profit educational organization, Jordan Education Initiative (JEI), to improve employment opportunities for ICT graduates and for those who have finished their studies less than two years ago…” according to Petra News.
Meanwhile, His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan attended the opening of the conference, The Challenges Facing Arab Christians, in Amman.
HM Queen Maxima of the Netherlands Visits Stichting Manteling. (VIDEOS)
On the morning of September 3, 2103, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrived in Middleburg to attend a presentation and visit with Stichting Manteling.
According to RVD, Stichting Manteling is the winner of the Oranje Fonds Kroonappel in the category, Helpende Hand.
Click here to watch a video news report.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3rmHgcYk18
Please click here and here to view photos.
Photo courtesy of RVD/HKH
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark Visits Rabat, Morocco: Day Two.
On September 3, 2013, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, accompanied by representatives from the Mary Fonden (Foundation), continued her visit to Rabat, Morocco. The purpose of the visit is to carry out a series of engagements with the “…objective to combat violence against women and improve women’s rights generally in the Middle East and North Africa…” according to the Danish royal court.
This morning the crown princess arrived at the Danish Embassy where she held a meeting with two representatives from Morocco fighting for women’s rights. Soon, Crown Princess Mary and representatives from the Mary Fonden arrived at the Union de l’Action Féminine (UAF), a shelter for women who were victims of domestic violence.
Thereafter, the crown princess and her delegation met with women who were victims of violence, attended a luncheon hosted by the Danish Ambassador to Morocco, and met with the women’s rights organization, La Ligue Démocratique des Droits des Femmes (LLDF).
