His Royal Highness Prince Felipe of Asturias held audiences at Palacio de la Zarzuela this afternoon with representatives from Pleno de la Cámara Oficial de Comercio e Industria de Ciudad Real, participants as well as organizers from the primer Congreso Internacional de Derecho Digital and members from the Comisión Ejecutiva de la Asociación de Jóvenes Empresarios de Melilla.
Photo courtesy of Casa Real
His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden was in Uppsala on January 16 where he visited the Institutet för Frbetsmarknads oh Utbildningspolitisk Utvärdering (Institute of Labor and Education Policy Evaluation).
According to the Swedish royal court, the purpose of His Majesty’s visit was to “…gain deeper insight into how the labor market works and research on how society’s efforts in this area affects individuals, organizations and society at large.”
Photo courtesy of Kungahuset
His Majesty King Abdullah of Jordan held an audience with ambassadors of the European Union in Amman on January 16, 2013. Click here for more information about today’s meeting from Jordan News Agency.
On January 16, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands hosted a reception for foreign diplomats at the Koninklijk Paleis in Amsterdam. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet and Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven were also in attendance for this morning’s reception.
Yesterday, Her Serene Highness Princess Stephanie of Monaco watched as performers rehearsed for opening night of the 37th Festival International du Cirque de Monte-Carlo at Chapiteau de Fontvieille. This famous event begins on January 17 -27, 2013. For more information about the 37th Festival International du Cirque de Monte-Carlo please click here.
It seems that His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, Her Royal Highness Princess Caroline of Hanover and Her Serene Highness Princess Stephanie of Monaco are not all that thrilled with the upcoming film, Grace of Monaco, starring Ms. Nicole Kidman and directed by Mr. Olivier Dahan.
This afternoon, the Palais Princier issued a press release stating that the princely family “… does not endorse…” the film and that the script, “… is not a biopic, but recounts a page rewritten and unnecessarily glamorizes of the history of the Principality of Monaco and their families with both significant historical inaccuracies and a series of scenes that are purely fictional.”
The statement also notes that the princely family has been “… in no way heavily involved in this project that (sic) supposedly is devoted to their parents. The Palais had received the script [from the producers] and requested numerous times for changes [for accuracy] …” Unfortunately, it seems their requests were not taken into consideration by Mr. Dahan and the producers of Grace of Monaco. The press release goes on to state that the “…Palais cannot accept that, today, for commercial reasons, the producers of this film implied that they have received Their Serene Highnesses’ full support… this is not the case.”
So yeah, it seems the film will not be historically accurate which is a shame, in my opinion.
To learn more about this breaking news please here and here (in French).
On the morning of January 15, 2013, Their Majesties King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium along with Their Royal Highnesses Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde hosted a New Year reception at the Palais de Bruxelles for “… permanent Representatives and Heads of Mission to the North Atlantic Council, Members of the International Secretariat and the Military Representatives to NATO and General Officers SHAPE.”
Meanwhile, Her Royal Highness Princess Claire attended the inauguration of Etterbeek, “…a housing unit for low income families in Brussels.”
The Royal Correspondent 
