Spanish Royals

Their Royal Highnesses Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia of Asturias Preside Over the 2013 Premio Príncipe de Viana de la Cultura. (VIDEO)

On June 6, 2013, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia of Asturias arrived at the Monasterio de San Salvador de Leyre in Navarra, Spain, to preside over the 2013 Premio Príncipe de Viana de la Cultura.  The recipient of the prize was Mr. Daniel Innerarity, a Spanish writer and philosopher. The prize of 25,000 Euros is financed by the Cultural Department of the Government of Navarra.

Afterward, Their Royal Highnesses visited the Olloki, a neighborhood in Navarra, to tour the new facilities of the pharmaceutical firm, Cinfa.

British Royals

His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh Has Been Admitted to the Hospital.

Per a Buckingham Palace spokesman:

“The Duke of Edinburgh has been admitted to the London Clinic for an exploratory operation following abdominal investigations. The Duke of Edinburgh is expected to remain in the London Clinic for two weeks.”

The 91-year-old duke was admitted to the hospital after attending today’s garden party. According to BBC journalist, Mr. Peter Hunt, The Duke of Edinburgh “…was driven to the London Clinic in a car and walked in unaided. His impending surgery isn’t thought to be related to his recent bladder problems or blocked coronary artery.”

British Royals

HRH The Duchess of Cornwall Visits the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

CamHer Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall arrived at the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London this afternoon to met with “…groups of In-Pensioners and staff…” as well as tour the Margaret Thatcher Infirmary.  Afterward, the duchess attended the annual Founder’s Day Parade at the hospital.

If you are interested in learning more about Royal Hospital Chelsea please visit their official website here.

Click here to view photos.

 
Royal House of Jordan

Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan Meets with Volunteers.

RaniaJordanOn Thursday, June 6, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan met with a team of volunteer doctors from the non-profit organization, Children of War Foundation (COWF), in Amman. The Children of War Foundation provides “…access to donated transformative surgical care to children living with a physical deformity or injuries that cannot be treated in their home country.”

During today’s meeting, Her Majesty was informed about the latest work by the foundation including the “…40 children they [volunteer doctors] operated on at the King Hussein Medial Center in cooperation with the Jordanian Royal Medical Services…” according to Petra News.

If you are interested in learning more about the Children of War Foundation and they work they do please visit their official website here.

 
Imperial Family of Japan

His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan Holds a Press Conference. (VIDEO)

His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan held a press conference this morning at Togu Palace in Tokyo to discuss his upcoming six-day official visit to Spain.

The future emperor of Japan also spoke about his lovely wife, Crown Princess Masako, and their recent trip to the Netherlands, “I believe successfully completing the overseas trip gave Masako confidence.  She feels much better…”

His Imperial Highness’s visit to Spain begins on June 10-16, 2013.  The purpose of the trip according to the crown prince is to “…help further promote bilateral exchanges that have a long history” as well as to “…mark the 400th anniversary of bilateral exchanges since a mission was dispatched by Japanese feudal lord Date Masamune to Spain in 1613.”

Swedish Royals

So, You Want to Watch the Swedish Royal Wedding? Details You Need to Know. (UPDATES)

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So, you want to watch the royal wedding between Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Mr. Christopher O’Neill, eh?  Well, here are a few things you need to know before the ceremony.

The royal wedding will take place at the beautiful Slottskyrkan on Saturday, June 8, 2013, and will be broadcast live online to those living in and outside of Sweden on Sveriges Television (SVT).

 Here is the link which will air the wedding.  Bookmark it.   🙂

The wedding begins at 16:00 (4pm) Stockholm time.  I highly suggest that you log onto SVT at least an hour and a half prior to the royal wedding.  Also, here is a time convertor which will tell you when the wedding begins in your time zone.

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After the wedding there will be a 21-gun salute, a cortège route so locals can see the new princess couple, a boat ride to Drottningholms Slott, and finally a gala dinner at Drottningholm Slott hosted by Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden.

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If for some reason you cannot connect to SVT the German network, ZDF, will also air the wedding live online. ** BILD.de (or this link) will also stream the royal wedding live online, and your lovely host will be Count Alexander von Schönburg.

Other networks such as RTL Belgium and ORF2 Austria will only broadcast the royal wedding live on television and online to those who reside in those countries.  Sorry.

Also, if you are on Twitter you can join the live discussions with other royal watchers using the hashtags #Prinsessbröllopet, #PrincessMadeleine, #Sweden, #Stockholm, #SVT, #RoyalWedding, #ChrisONeill, and #SwedishRoyalWedding (I am sure there will be new hashtags in the days to come so check back if you like for updates).   🙂

Finally, if you are interested in watching several archival clips of Princess Madeleine courtesy of SVT please click here.

And, that’s it for now.  If there are any new updates I will let you know.  Otherwise, bookmark the SVT link and enjoy the wedding on Saturday!   🙂

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Photos courtesy of Kungahuset/B. Grenfeldt, D. Norberg and A. Daflos.  Monogram by V. Sagerlund

**Updated with new live streaming link

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