Wednesday 10 May 2017

Weekly Round up 24th April-30th April 2017

Tuesday 25th April  



Queen Elizabeth II meets with disabled persons and hands over a motability vehicle.


Prince Andrew, Duke of York attends an ANZAC memorial service at Westminster Abbey


Princess Beatrice of York attends the French Sole Second Collection launch


King Philippe & Queen Mathilde of Belgium visit the Belgian province of West Flanders


Charlotte Casiraghi attends an art exhibition in Paris, France


Queen Maxima of The Netherlands with Ivanka Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the W20 Conference in Berlin, Germany

Wednesday 26th April 

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Queen Elizabeth II meets with the President of Guyana


King Willem-Alexander (Front centre) & Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague.

Thursday 27th April 



King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium visit the Art Exhibition, Rik Wouters




King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands, Queen Maxima and their three daughters Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane celebrate King's Day



Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands celebrates King's Day

 

Prince Constantijn of The Netherlands and Princess Laurentien celebrate King's Day  


King Felipe attends the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly in France

Friday 28th April 


King Willem-Alexander & Queen Maxima host a festival dinner for King's Day with 150 Guests and open up the Royal Palace

Saturday 29th April  


Prince Harry of Wales attends the annual Army-Navy Rugby game

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Saturday 6 May 2017

Prince Philip retires!!!

Well I'm sure you've all heard by now. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II is retiring. What does this mean? 

 Of course, you can't retire from being somebody's spouse (well you can, but he's not divorcing Elizabeth). What it does mean, is that he won't be taking on public engagements from August. He will still accompany The Queen when they go somewhere as a couple, but people can no longer ask him to attend a school opening etc. 

 Philip is not the first person to do this. A few years ago Prince Henrik of Denmark, the consort of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark also stepped down from public office. It's a high pressure job, and The Duke of Edinburgh is 96 come June. I'm sure he is tired and would rather spend his time with his grandchildren, two of whom are still young, and his 5 great grandchildren. 

 This does mean the younger generation will have to step up. Princess Anne, Prince Charles, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Edward and The Countess of Wessex already work very hard. We may now see Prince Andrew, Prince William, The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry taking on more roles. 

 I wish Prince Philip all the best in his retirement and hope he finds it relaxing. Thank you for all your years of service to The Commonwealth! 

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