The Royal Fanzine

Royal Profile: Queen Maxima of The Netherlands

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Queen Máxima of the Netherlands was born 17 May 1971, in Buenos Aires, Argentina the daughter of Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta Stefanini (b. 1928) and his second wife María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart (b. 1944){Source}. She has two brothers, a sister and three half-sisters by her father's first wife Marta López Gil{Source}.

She attended Northlands School and Universidad Católica Argentina, where she graduated with a degree in Economics in 1995{Source}. She worked as an investment banker after graduating, she worked for large international Finance companies in Argentina, New York and Europe{Source}.

She met the heir to the Dutch throne when they were both attending the Seville Spring Fair: "Feria de abril de Sevilla" in 1999{Source}. At the time, she was unaware that he was a prince, as he had introduced himself as simply, Alexander{Source}. Apparently, when Alexander confessed that he was a prince, she thought he was joking! After their initial meeting, they agreed to meet again in New York City, where she was working at the time{Source}. Their relationship and eventual marriage plans were not met without controversy due to her father's involvement with the Argentine government. Thus, when she and her prince married in Amsterdam on 2 February 2002, her parents were not among the guests . On her 30th birthday, she was granted dual Argentine and Dutch Citizenship by royal decree. By Royal Decree on 25 January 2002, upon the solemnization of marriage Máxima Zorreguieta was taken up into the Dutch nobility and the title Princess of the Netherlands and Princess of Orange-Nassau, and the predicate Royal Highness, were formally granted to her{Source}. By Royal Decree nr. 42 of 25 January 2002, the Princess was granted her own personal coat of arms and a personal standard{Source}.On 13 May 2011 the Dutch parliament confirmed that when the Prince of Orange ascends the throne, Princess Máxima will take the style and title of Her Majesty The Queen of the Netherlands{Source}. Rather than converting to the Reformed Dutch Church upon marriage, she remained Roman Catholic, agreeing that any of their children would be raised within the religion of the Dutch Royal Family. Together, they have three daughters who are:

HRH Princess Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria (7 December 2003)
HRH Princess Alexia Juliana Marcela Laurentien (26 June 2005)
HRH Princess Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Inés (10 April 2007)

She is also godmother to:

Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (her niece)
Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway {Source}

The Princess is active in rights for women and migrants to The Netherlands{Source}. She speaks fluent English, Dutch and Spanish. She is often acting as a representative of The Netherlands at conference around the world{Source}.

Prince Harry visits the US: Washington, DC; New Jersey, New York, Colorado, Connecticut

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Washington DC

Day 1 (May 9)

Prince Harry began his US tour with a trip to the Capitol. He arrived in Washington DC, where he paid his respects at Arlington National Cemetery {Photos}, toured a Senate Office building where he met with Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and toured the Halo Trust photography exhibition {Photos}. He then proceed to the White House to meet with First Lady Michelle Obama & Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden and attended an event to honor military families {Photos}.

Day 2 (May 10)

He began his day with a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery {Photos} and visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center {Source}.

After his visit, he boarded a plane for Colorado.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Day 1 (May 11)
Prince Harry attended the opening ceremonies and games of the 2013 Warrior Games in Denver, Colorado {Photos}.

Day 2 (May 12)

Another day at The Warrior Games before boarding a flight to New Jersey.

http://www.styleite.com/media/prince-harry-us-tour-2013/

New York City & Mantoloking, New Jersey

Day 1 (March 14)

The British Prince was only in New York for a few hours, but they were jam packed! First, he attended a baseball clinic to launch a new partership between The Royal Foundation of The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge & Prince Harry and Harlem RBI {Photos}. After, he met up with UK Prime Minster David Cameron to tour 'Makielab' company co-founder Jo Roach during part of a UK business campaign called 'GREAT' at the Milk Studios {Photos}.

Afterward, it was off to Mantoloking, New Jersey where he toured the Jersey Shore with Gov. Chris Christie, and played games with children on the boardwalk {Photos}.

After touring New Jersey, it was back to New York, where he spoke at a American Friends of The Royal Foundation dinner {Photos}. The Dinner was attended by personalities such as will.i.am, and UK Prime Minister David Cameron.

Greenwich, Connecticut

Day 1 (May 15)

Prince Harry participated in the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup at the Greenwich Polo Club. His team won the match 4-3 against the St. Regis Team {Source}{Photos}

Royal Profile: Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein

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Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein was born on 16 May 1969, the second son of Prince Hans-Adam II and Princess Marie of Liechtenstein{Source}.

He attended Gymnasium Grammar School in Vaduz, Liechtensten. He attended the European Business School, where he graduated in 1993{Source}. Afterward, he attended Harvard Business School, where he completed an MBA in 1998{Source}.

He has a background mostly working for financial companies, including Chase Capital Partners and Industrie Kapital{Source}. In 2003, he serves as a manager for the German office of JP Morgan Partners. As of 2006, he is CEO of the Liechtenstein Global Trust{Source}

He was married in January 2000 to Angela Brown. Together, they have one son:

Prince Alfons Constantin Maria of Liechtenstein

Profile:Ana María Morales y de Grecia

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Ana María Morales y de Grecia was born 15 May 2013 in Barcelona, Spain, the second of four children of Princess Alexia of Greece & Denmark{Source}. She is a granddaughter of King Constantine II & Queen Anne-Marie of Greece. Her godparents consisted of {Source}:

Crown Prince Pavlos (maternal uncle)
Alejandro Morales (paternal uncle)

The 10 year old resides in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote, Canary Islands with her parents, older sister, and younger siblings in a house designed by her father {Source}. It's likely she attends school there somewhere.

It's also likely that she speaks at least some Greek, Spanish and English.

Through her mother, she is related to most European monarchies:

Denmark: Queen Margarethe is her great-aunt
Spain: her great-aunt is the present Queen of Spain
United Kingdom: The Duke of Edinburgh is her 1st cousin 2x removed

Royal Profile:Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza

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Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza was born 15 May 1945 the son of Dom Duarte Duno, Duke of Braganza and Princess Fracisca of Orléans-Braganza. His godparents were{Source}:

Pope Pius XII
Queen Amélie of Orléans

From 1957 to 1959, Dom Duarte was enrolled in the Colégio Nun'Álvres in Santo Tirso, Portugal. In 1960, he attended Colégio Militar. He also attended Instituto Superior de Agronomia, and later attended the University of Geneva

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he fufilled his military service seriving as a helicopter pilot in the Portuguese Air Force.

On 13 May 1995, he married Isabel Inês de Castro Curvelo de Herédia. Together, they have three children:

Infante Afonso de Santa Maria de Bragança of Portugal, Prince of Beira, Duke of Barcelos (b. 1996)
Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal (b. 1997)
Infante Dinis de Santa Maria de Bragança of Portugal, Duke of Porto (b. 1999)

Royal Profile: Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein

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Princess Margaretha Antonia Marie Félicité of Liechtenstein, Princess of Luxembourg was born 15 May 1957, the daughter of G.rand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte of Luxembourg.
She has a faternal twin, Prince Jean. Her godparents are:

Prince Felix of Luxembourg
Queen Margarethe II of Denmark

The young princess had a global education-she studied in Luxembourg, Belgium, The United Kingdom, an the United States.

She has no official role in Luxembourg (her brother Henri is the Grand Duke), Liechtenstein (her husband is the younger brother to the present Prince Hans-Adam II) or Belgium (her uncle is King Albert II). However, she does attended official weddings and other family events. She attended the weddings of Archduke Imre of Austria to Kathleen Walker {Photos}, Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg to Stephanie de Lannoy {Photos} and the wedding of Archduke Christophe to Adélaïde Drapé-Frisch {Photo} She also attended her father's 90th birthday party in 2009 {Photos} and the instalation of the new pope in 2013 {Photo}

She is patron of Dyslexia International.

She was married to Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein of 20 March 1982. Together, they have four children, four of which survived infancy:

Prince Leopold of Liechtenstein (1984-1984)
Prince Maria-Anunciata of Liechtenstein (1987)
Prince Joesf-Emanuel of Liechtenstein

Royal Profile: Prince Jean of Luxembourg

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Prince Jean of Luxembourg was born 15 May 1957, the second son of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium. He is the twin brother of Princess Margaretha. His godparents are:

Prince Felix of Luxembourg
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

The young prince was primarily educated in Luxembourg, Switzerland and France. Upon graduation, he attended The Bell School of Languages in Cambridge England. He attended a university in Geneva.

In 1977, he began military officer training at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He was made captain of the Luxembourg Army in 1979.

After completing his university studies, he moved to New York to work as a financial analysist for the

Finance, Planning & Analysis Division of W.R. Grace. Today, the Prince works in the water industry, as an advisor to the GDF-Suez Group, Executive VP of the Suez Foundation and is a member of the Executive Board of Degrémont.

In 1985, he returned to Europe, settling in France, where he attended INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, where he obtained an MBA in 1986.

On 26 September 1986, Prince Jean renounced his right of succession to the Luxembourg throne. He was married on 27 May 1987 to Hélène Suzanna Vestur. His wife and children were granted the titles Count/ess of Nassu. On 27 November 2004, Grand Duke Henri granted Prince Jean, his wife and their children the titles Prince/ss of Nassau, and HRH status, without succession rights. Their children are:

Princess Marie-Gabrielle of Nassau (1986)
Prince Constantin of Nassau (1988)
Prince Wenceslas of Nassau (1990)
Prince Carl-Johan of Nassau (1992)

The Prince and Hélène would later divorce, and he would marry Diane De Guerre in 2009 {Source}

Royal Profile: Zara Anne Elizabeth Philips Tindall

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Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips-Tindall was born 15 May 1981, the daughter of Princess Anne, The Princess Royal and Capt. Mark Phillips {Source}. She has an older brother, Peter Phillips (1977) {Source}, and two half-sisters, Felicity Tonkin (1985, to her father by his brief affair with Heather Tonkin), and Stephanie Phillips(1997 from her father's second marriage to Sandy Pflueger) {Source}. Among her godparents were {Source}:

Colonel Andrew Parker-Bowles
Mrs Jackie Stewart, wife of the racing driver

During her schooldays, latterly at Gordonstoun, she excelled at many sporting activities {Source}. She represented her schools in hockey, athletics and gymnastics. She later qualified as a physiotherapist specializing in Equine Physiotherapy, from the University of Exeter {Source}.

Like both her parents, she is an accomplished equestrian {Source}. She collected individual and team gold medals at the 2005 European Eventing Championship in Blenheim and individual gold and team silver medals at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany, making her the reigning Eventing World Champion until 2010 {Source}. She was set to participate in the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics, but had to pull out at the last minute due to injury of her horse during training both times {Source}.

As a non-titled member of the British Royal Family, she supports many causes, many of which are related to children, spinal injuries or equestrianism. In 2003, she and her mother took part in the first UK double ship-naming ceremony in Southampton. Princess Anne named the P&O Cruises liner Oceana, and Phillips named its sister ship Adonia {Source}. In 2005, she auctioned one of her evening gowns (worn at the London premiere of the film Seabiscuit) to raise money for tsunami relief. She also undertook a visit to New Zealand in her role as patron of The Catwalk Trust. From 1998 to 2005 she served as the president of Club 16-24, a group which encourages young people to take an interest in racing. She is linked to INSPIRE, the Salisbury based medical research charity which helps to improve the quality of life of people with spinal cord injuries, and Sargent Cancer Care for Children, the UK's leading children's cancer charity.

She appears at events for The Caudwell Charitable Trust, which is targeted at children with special needs, disabilities and serious illnesses. She has continued her family's long patronage of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and has visited on many occasions. In 2006, she took part in a special charity day for Cantor Index, whose staff were killed in the 11 September 2001 attacks. In 2007, she became patron of the Mark Davies Injured Riders Fund. To help with Sport Relief 2008, she posed for her first official royal portrait by artist Jack Vettriano. In 2009, she attended a celebrity poker tournament in Monaco in aid of Darfur, Sudan. In September 2010, she attended the 2012 London Olympic Ball alongside cousin Prince Harry of Wales. In October of the same year she attended another celebrity poker tournament, this time in London, in aid of Cancer Research UK, of which she is Royal Patron. Zara was appointed as a Member of Order of the British Empire by her grandmother in the annual New Year's Honours list in 2007 for her role in equestiansim.

In 2009, she became a business woman and fashion designer when she began to design her own range of equestrian clothing for Musto Outdoor Clothing. The range is named ZP176 after the team number Zara was given when she first represented her country. The range was officially launched in July 2010.

She is named Zara at the suggestion of her uncle, Prince Charles-it's Greek meaning "radiance", her second and middle names come from her mother and grandmother. At her birth, she was 6th in line for the throne, but after the births of her cousins Prince William, Prince Harry, Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor, James Viscount Severn, and her nieces Savanah and Isla, she is presently 14th in line of Succession. With the birth of "Baby Cambridge" in July, she'll be placed 15th in line for the throne.

She met her now husband, Mike Tindall, through her cousin, Prince Harry at England's Rugby World Cup-winning campaign in Australia in 2003. They lived together near Princess Anne's Scotland estate for several years. Buckingham Palace announced their engagement on 21 December 2010. They were married on 30 July 2011.

The Crown Princely Couple of Norway take the US by storm!

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Day 1 (May 5)

Upon their arrival in Houston, Texas, they were greeted by parishioners from the Norwegian Seamen’s Church. That evening, they attended the Annual OTC Dinner to kick-off the Offshore Technology Conference{Photos}. During the dinner, Crown Prince Haakon made a speech, in which he stressed that "...1.3 Billion people-still in 2013-do not have access to electricity, and that the world needs to develop, reduce poverty and improve the quality of life for billions {Source}.

Day 2 (May 6)

In the morning the Crown Prince & Crown Princess attended Day 2 of the Offshore Technology Conference {Photos}

The future monarch and his consort attended a buffet dinner at the River Oaks Country Club{Photos}

Day 3 (May 7)

In the early afternoon, the future Norwegian king visited the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics factory in Fort Worth, TX before departing for San Francisco {Source}

After their arrival in San Francisco, the royal couple attended a Kvelertak concert at Slim's Music Club {Source}

Day 4 (May 8)

The Crown Prince attended a breakfast meeting on tourism before giving a presentation at a seminar on tourism {Source}. Before a break in the afternoon, the future monarch was joined by his wife to attend a seminar entitled Advanced Technology and Innovation at Stanford University{Source}. In the afternoon, they took a trip to Palo Alto to visit the Innovation House {Photos} Before dinner at the Fairmont Hotel, they attended a reception at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art{Source}.

Day 5 (May 9)

On the final day of their visit, they kept busy. In the morning, they paid a visit to the San Francisco based, Norweigan software company, ForgeRock {Source}. Afterward, it was off to a luncheon with represetnatives from Norway start-up companies and their American counterparts{Source}. Before boarding their flight back to Norway, they paid a visit to Crown Prince Haakon's old stomping grounds when they visited the Peder Sæther Centre at the University of California, Berkeley{Source}

Prince Michael Visits Jamaica

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Day 1 (April 15)

The younger brother of the Duke of Kent arrived in Jamacia on Monday {Source}

{Photos}

Day 2 (April 16)

Prince Michael visited the Geoformatics department on the UWI Mona campus {Source}{Photos}. He attended a special luncheon hosted by the Governor-General {Source}. He also visited the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre{Source}{Source}{Photos}. He attended a luncheon at the King's House, hosted by the Governor-General {Photos}

In the evening, he attended a reception in his honor {Photos}{Photos}

Day 3 (April 17)

He visited the Jamacia House {Photos}. He met with Jamacia's Opostition Leader {Photos}. He took a tour of the attended a National Works Agency’s Traffic Management Centre and participated in a Round Table discussion with representatives of the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing and the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) {Source}

In the Evening, the Queen's cousin attended the 20th anniversary banquet of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) where he presented a commemorative plaque to the Jamacian Prime Minister {Photos}{Source}{Video}

Day 4 (April 18)

No idea. There's no news coverage of his time.

Day 5 (April 19)

No idea. There's no news coverage of his time.

Royal Profile: Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland

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HRH Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland was born 13 May 1979 , the only son of King Carl XVI and Queen Silvia {Source}. At the time of his birth, he was considered heir to the throne as Sweden did not adopt Absolute primogeniture until January 1980. He has two sisters, an older sister, Crown Princess Victoria and younger sister, Princess Madeline. As of February 2012, he is third in line for the Swedish throne after his sister and her daughter, Princess Estelle.

He was christened at the Royal Palace Church on 31 August 1979. His godparents are{Source}:

Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (his paternal great-uncle)
Prince Leopold of Bayern
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (his paternal 1st cousin 1x removed)
Princess Birgitta of Sweden (his paternal aunt)

He mostly attended schools in Sweden. He began his education at the Västerled Parish Preschool, which he attended from 1986-1989{Source}. He attended the State Schools of Smedslättsskolan, Ålstensskolan, and Enskilda Gymnasiet{Source}. In the 1994-1995 school year, he spent it at the Kent School {Source}. The Prince continued his studies in a science programme at Lundsbergs upper secondary school{Source}. He graduated in the spring of 1999. Recently, he studied graphic design at the Rhode Island School of Design where he worked on a museum identity design project{Source}. In 2011, Prince Carl Philip finished his studies in Agricultural and Rural Management at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Alnarp{Source}.

In his youth, he was an active outdoorsman and scout. He enjoys swimming, skiing, and football{Source}. In 2003, he completed the historic Swedish "Vasaloppet", the longest cross country ski race in the world. He also enjoys car racing and has a licence to compete{Source}.

He has served in the the Swedish Navy{Source}. He has completed his military service at the Amphibious Battalion at Vaxholm's Coast Artillery Regiment as a combat boat commander (Combat Boat 90) in the autumn of 2000{Source}. In December 2002, the Prince was promoted to fänrik (midshipman), and in 2004 to the rank of löjtnant (sub-lieutenant) in the Swedish Navy{Source}. In 2007 and 2008 he went to the Swedish National Defense College{Source}. The course was divided in three weeks autumn 2007 and three weeks spring 2008. After that course he was appointed kapten in the Swedish Navy (lieutenant).

For his mother's 60th birthday in 2003, he designed a cover for a CD of the music of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker, which was released to honor of her landmark birthday, in which the proceeds from it goes to the World Childhood Foundation{Source}. In 2004, the Prince created a calendar, together with an advertising agency, that will be sold to benefit the same organisation{Source}.

Since 1999, he has been linked with several women. The first, and longest was public relations representative Emma Pernald. They dated for ten years before mutually calling an end to the relationship. Since April 2010, he has been linked with model Sofia Hellqvist. He and Hellqvist have been residing together since April 2011.

He holds several Swedish national honors and international honors. These include:

Knight of the Order of Charles XIII (since birth, 13 May 1979) (Sweden)
Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (13 May 1997) (Sweden)
Commander of the Order of the Crown of Malaysia (2005) (Malaysia)
Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav (2005) (Norway)
Grand Cross of the Order of Honour (2008) (Greece)
Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, First Class (12 January 2011) (Estonia)
Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (17 April 2012) (Finland)
Grand Officer of the Order of the Three Stars (Latvia) Grand Cross of the Order of Adolpthe of Nassu (Luxembourg)

As a third cousins once removed from Queen Elizabeth, he is in line for the British throne. In the line for the British throne, he is ahead of his sister and her daughter.

Royal Profile: Prince Wenzeslaus of Liechtenstein

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Prince Wenzeslaus of Liechtenstein was born on May 12, 1974 in Belgium the son of PRince Philip of Liechtenstein and Isabelle de l'Arbre de Malander {Source}/ Prince Wenzeslaus has two brothers:

Prince Alexander(1972) {Source}
Prince Rudolf Ferdinand (1975){Source}

In 2005, he was dating Victoria's Secret model then-23 year old Adriana Lima{Source} He was 31 years old at the time. She has since moved on to marry someone else and has two children.

His father is President of the LGT Group in Liechtenstein, his uncle is the present sovereign of Liechtenstein, and his first cousin, Alois, has been regent since 2004. He himself remains distantly in line for the Liechtenstein throne, in 12th place, after his father, brother, 3 cousins, and 6 1st cousins 1x removed.

Royal Profile:Princess Maria-Anunciata of Liechtenstein

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Princess Maria-Anunciata Astrid Joséphine Veronica of Liechtenstein was born on 12 May 1985, the second of Princess Margaretha & Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein's children. Her only elder sibling, Prince Leopold, had died shortly after birth.

She has the following other siblings:

HSH Princess Marie-Astrid Nora Margarita Veronica of Liechtenstein (1987).
HSH Prince Josef-Emanuel Leopold Marie of Liechtenstein (1989).

She and her younger siblings did not grow up in Liechtenstein, but in Belgium, where their father was the Liechtenstein ambassador to Belgium until 2010.

This worked out well for his mother's sake-her uncle is the present King of Belgium. Therefore, it's almost safe to say that the princess and her siblings grew up around the children of his mother's cousin Princess Astrid: Prince Amedeo, Princess Maria Laura, Prince Joachim & Princess Maria Luisa.

She and her siblings often accompany their parents to official events in Liechtenstein, such as National Day.

She attended a university in London {Source}.

It is likely that she speaks multiple languages, including German (official language of Liechtenstein), Dutch (official language of Belgium), English (official language of England, where she attended University), and maybe some French (official language of Belgium).

She is the first cousin to members of the Liechtenstein, Austria, Belgium, and Luxembourg royal houses.

The Recap of the Royals You Love:May 6-12

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Belgium

-Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant attended the opening of the 6th Conference of the Coopération Belge au Développement on Tuesday {Photos}

-Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este & Princess Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este attended the opening of the 32nd Edition of the Jeux Nationaux Special Olympics on Wednesday {Source}

Denmark

-Prince Joachim attended a "...presentation of this year's bid for the winning car for the 2013 Shell Eco Marathon..." on Monday {Source}

Great Britain

-Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles of Wales, Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall, The Hon. Charles Armstrong-Jones & Arthur Robert Nathaniel Chatto attended the State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday {Photos}
The Hon. Charles Armstrong-Jones & Arthur Chatto are Pages of Honor to Queen Elizabeth II, as well as her great-nephews.

-Queen Elizabeth II attended day 1 of the Royal Windsor Horse Show on Wednesday {Photos}

-Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh attended the re-dedication of the newly restored Temple Church Organ at the Temple Church in London on Tuesday {Photos}.

-Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall attended Day 3 of the Royal Windsor Horse Show on Friday {Photos}

-Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, Sophie, The Countess of Wessex, James Mountbatten-Windsor, Viscount Severn & The Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor attended Day 4 of the Royal Windsor Horse Show on Saturday {Photos}{Photos}{Photos}

-Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh attended the opening of the exhibitation to commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic aboard the HQS Wellington on Wednesday {Photo}

-The Prince Charles of Wales attended the opening of the exhibition, Houghton Revisited: Masterpieces from the Hermitage{Photos}, awarded medals to soldier who fought in Afghanistan at Wattisham Airfield {Source} and hosted a reception for the attendees of the UK Trade and Global Investment Conference {Photos} on Thursday

-The Prince Charles of Wales & Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall hosted a reception for “...various members of the British Caribbean communities from the world of business, politics, sport, entertainment, charity and the media.” on Tuesday {Photos}

-The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal opened the Brain Injury Rehbitlation Trust Independent Hosptial, Chalkdown House on Tuesday {Source} {Source}

-Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall presented awards during the Badminton Horse Trials on Monday {Photos}

-Sophie, Countess of Wessex dedicated a memorial statue to the Bevin Boys at the National Memorial Arboretum on Tuesday {Source}

-Prince Harry began a 5-day tour of the US, which will take him to Washington, DC, Colorado, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut on Thursday {Source}. Check back soon for a full recap.

-Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips Tindall launched the Range Rover WISE scholarship programme at the Royal Windsor Horse Show on Wednesday {Photos}

Jordan

-King Abdullah II held an audience with the Prime Minister of Yemen on Monday {Photos}

-Queen Rania attended a Teacher Training and Curriculum Development session during the Arab Education Summit on Tuesday {Photos}. On Wednesday, she attended the 2013 Microsoft Jordan Imagine Cup competition {Photos}.

Liechtenstein

-Prince Josef-Emanuel celebrated his 24th birthday on Tuesday.

-Prince Wenzeslaus celebrated his 39th birthday on Sunday.

-Princess Maria-Anunciata celebrated her 28th birthday on Sunday.

Monaco

-Prince Albert II & Princess Charlene attended the 2013 Prix Femme de l'Année (Woman of the Year) awards and gala on Tuesday {Photos} On Friday, the royal pair attended the 2013 White Feather Foundation Charity Ball{Photos}

-Donatella Knecht de Massy celebrated her 41st birthday on Friday.

Morocco

-Princess Lalla Salma celebrated her 35th birthday on Friday

-Crown Prince Moulay Al-Hassan celebrated his 10th birthday on Wednesday.

The Netherlands

-King Willem-Alexander I held an audience with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund on Monday {Photos}

-Queen Maxima met with the United Nations Secretary-General at the United Nations headquarters on Tuesday {Video}

Norway

-King Harald V attended the celebration of Frigjøringsdagen and Nasjonale Veterandagen on Wednesday {Source}

-Crown Prince Haakon & Crown Princess Mette-Marit made an official visit to the US visiting Texas & California this week. Check back for a full recap.

Spain

-Queen Sofia attended the celebration of the Día Mundial de la Cruz Roja and the Media Luna Roja (World Day Red Cross and the Red Crescent) on Wednesday {Source}{Video}

-Prince Felipe of Asturias & Princess Letizia of Asturias toured and met with staff of the new Guadalquivir River Sluice gate, visited the Antiguo Monasterio de Santa Clara to view the exhibition entitled, Santas de Zurbarán: Devoción y Persuasión and toured a newly-restored monastery on Tuesday {Photos}

-Prince Felipe of Asturias participated in the opening of the II Foro Global de Sostenibilidad on Monday {Video}

Sweden

-King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia,Princess Madeleine & Chris O'Neil had a day off in NYC together, where they visited Castle Clinton National Monument, took a boat ride to Ellis Island, visited the Statue of Liberty, and dined at Red Rooster Restaurant in Harlem on Thursday {Photos} {Photos}.

-King Carl XVI Gustaf & Queen Silvia paid a visit to various parts of the US this week. Check back for a full recap.

-Prince Daniel attended the opening of the 2013 SM UF-Företagande (Swedish Young Enterprise Championships) on Monday {Photos}

Royal Profile:Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco

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Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco was born 10 May 1978, the daughter of al-Haj Abdel Hamid Bennan Naima Bennan{Source}. She is the princess consort of Mohammed VI {Source}. She is the mother of:

HRH Crown Prince Moulay Hassan (born 8 May 2003)
HRH Princess Lalla Khadija (born 28 February 2007).

Her mother died when she was just three years old {Source}. She and her sister were raised by her maternal grandmother{Source}. She was educated in private schools in Rabat, Morocco{Source}. After completing her engineering studies, she worked for a few years between 1999 and 2002 as an information services engineer at ONA Group, the country's largest private holding company (which is also controlled by the Moroccan Royal Family){Source}.

She met her husband during a private party in 1999. They began a courtship shortly after, and were married in 2002{Source}.

Since becoming Morocco's first lady, she has kept a low-profile. However, unlike her predecessors for the position, she has kept a more well known profile{Source}. She is active in supporting cancer associations and the Fez Sacred Music Festival{Source}. Salma has also represented the King and Morocco in meetings and gatherings in Thailand, Japan and France. She also founded a cancer prevention association in Morocco and has been involved in HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa work. Recently, she visited Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.

For foreign honors, she holds orders from Belgium & Spain{Source}:

Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II of Belgium since 5 October 2004
Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic of Spain since 17 January 2005

Royal Profile: Donatella Knecht de Massy

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Donatella Knecht de Massy is the wife of K. Sébastien Knecht de Massy, who is the grandson of Princess Antoinette of Monaco, Baroness of Massy. She was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 10 May 1972, and has four siblings including a twin brother {Source}. She grew up mostly in Switzerland, where she attended L'Institut Le Rosey{Source}. She also attended Northeastern University, where she earned a BA in Journalism{Source}.

Upon receiving her BA, she returned to Switzerland to pursue a career in the media{Source}. While in Switzerland, she worked for The Geneva Post{Source}. She moved to Monaco to work for the Formula 1 Magazine called Focus One, which is based out of Monaco{Source}. She currently works for Transport and Commodities with her husband in Monaco{Source}.

She holds Italian citizenship, but is a permanent resident of Monaco {Source}. he married K. Sébastien Knecht de Massy, the eldest grandson of Princess Antoinette of Monaco, Baroness of Massy, in 1999{Source}. Their first of four daughters, Christine (presumably named for her paternal grandmother who died in 1989), was born on 12 June 2000{Source}. Their second daughter, Alexia, was born on 21 September 2001{Source}. Their third daughter Vittoria, was born 18 April 2007{Source}. Their youngest, Andrea was born on 16 October 2008{Source}.

Like the rest of the Grimaldi clan, she plays an active part in charities around Monaco. She has been a part of{Source}:

MOM; Mothers of Monaco who provided funding for children from under-developed countries to be able to come to the Principality for heart surgeries, as well as supplying an orphanage in Tunisia with much-needed supplies.
Ladies Lunch Monaco; who raise funds to support other charitable institutions in the Principality.
Conservation Guardians (President of the Board); who's mission is to Protect and conserve Wildlife and bring support to the communities.

Because her husband and daughters *technically* lost their place in succession with the death of Prince Rainier in 2005, she and her family are known to keep out of the main limelight. However, in more recent years, they have come to a few family events. In 2008, she, her husband and their two older daughters (who were 6 years old and 7 years old at the time) attended the 32nd annual International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo, and they sat in the royal box with the rest of the Grimaldis. They also attended the event in 2011 (Seen here between Princess Stephanie and Pauline Ducruet). In July 2011, she acted as maid-of-honor to now Princess Charlene at her wedding to Prince Albert, where she acted as a witness during both ceremonies (religious), and appeared on the balcony after the civil ceremony. She also attended the Eagles and JM Jarre concerts (sitting in front of Princess Caroline). That November, she and her husband appeared with the family during the National Day festivities, at the church service, during the honor guard ceremony (across and behind Princess Stephanie) and of course, on the balcony.

Royal Profile: Crown Prince Moulay Al-Hassan of Morocco

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Crown Prince Moulay Al-Hassan of Morocco is the oldest child of King Mohammed VI of Morocco and his wife Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco. He has one younger sister, Princess Lalla Khadija. He was born on 8 May 2003 at 6:40am at the Royal Palace in Rabat, Morocco .

His father named him after his grandfather, King Hassan II (therefore, when and if Hassan succeeds to the throne, he will be Hassan III).

The young prince attends the same school his father did, Quranic School of Palace. There, he is recieving the "same basis his father had" {Source}.

Royal Profile: Prince Josef-Emanuel of Liechtenstein

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Prince Josef-Emanuel Leopold Marie of Liechtenstein was born 7 May 1989 in Belgium, the youngest of four children to Prince Nikolaus and Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein. His three siblings are:

Prince Leopold Emmanuel Jean Marie of Liechtenstein (1984)
Princess Maria-Anunciata Astrid Joséphine Veronica of Liechtenstein (1985)
Princess Marie-Astrid Nora Margarita Veronica of Liechtenstein (1987).

Until 2010, his father served as an Ambassador from Liechtenstein for Belgium. This worked out well for his mother's sake-her uncle is the present King of Belgium. Therefore, it's almost safe to say that Prince Josef-Emanuel grew up around the children of his mother's cousin Princess Astrid, Prince Amedeo, Princess Maria Laura, Prince Joachim & Princess Maria Luisa.

The 24-year old is presently in 15th place for the throne of Liechtenstein after his father.

Just as his maternal grandfather and uncle before him, the young prince attended The Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst {Source}. After graduation, the young prince was placed in the Irish Guard, where he was quickly promoted to Lieutenant{Source}.

In the Trooping of the Colour ceremony in 2010, he had the responsibility of presenting Queen Elizabeth II with the flag of his regiment{Source}.

The Recap of the Royals You Love: April 29-May 5

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Belgium

-King Albert II & Queen Paola attended the presentation of the new book, Hommage à l'Europe on Monday {Photos}

-Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant & Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant attended the abdication & investiture of the Dutch monarchy on Monday & Tuesday

Dubai

-Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein celebrated her 39th birthday on Friday.

Denmark

-Queen Margrethe II & Princess Marie attended a reception in celebration of the DEMA’s 75th anniversary on Thursday {Source}.

-Henrik, Prince Consort attended the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Røde Kors Børnehavens on Thursday {Source}

-Crown Prince Fredrik & Crown Princess Mary attended the abdication & investiture of the Dutch monarchy on Monday & Tuesday.

-Crown Prince Frederik participated in the opening of the 2013 Forskningens Døgn on Thursday {Photos}

-Prince Henrik celebrated his 4th birthday on Saturday.

-Princess Benedikte celebrated her 69th birthday on Monday.

-Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg celebrated 38th birthday on Thursday.

Great Britain

-Queen Elizabeth II & The Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh attended to a two-day state visit from the President of the United Arab Emirates on Monday & Tuesday{Source} On Thursday, they visited the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, where Her Majesty opened the renovated Peter Long Unit, and they attended a Luncheon by the Commanding Officer in the Officers' Mess {Source}. On Saturday, they paid a visit to the “...Headley Court military rehabilitation center...” {Photos}{Source}

-The Prince Charles of Wales visited the Samaritans Centre, attended a Reception for The Prince's Regeneration Trust on Thursday{Source}

-The Prince Charles of Wales & Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall attended the abdication & investiture of the Dutch monarchy on Monday & Tuesday.

-Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall attended a children's writing workshop at Middlesbrough Central Library, presented certoocates to winners of the "I Love Middlesbrough" poetry competition and joined a book giveaway session, attended a Reception at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, and visited Barnardo's Sexual Exploitation of Children of the Streets Project on Thursday{Source}

-The Prince Andrew, The Duke of York attended the Lord High Admiral's Passing Out Parade at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth on Thursday{Source}

-The Prince Edward, The Earl of Wessex met Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Volunteers at Commonwealth House on Thursday {Source}.

-Prince William, Duke of Cambridge & Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge celebrated their 2nd wedding anniversary on Monday.

-Sophie, The Countess of Wessex paid a visit to St Albans’ Highfield Park on Wednesday {Source}

-Autumn Patrica Kelly Philips celebrated her 35th birthday on Friday.

-Princess Beatrice of York & Sarah, Duchess of York attend the annual fundraiser in aid of Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research on Thursday {Photos}

-The Lady Sarah Chatto celebrated her 46th birthday on Wednesday.

Greece

-Crown Prince Pavlos, Crown Princess Marie-Chantal, Princess Maria-Olympia & Prince Achileas Andreas attend the annual fundraiser in aid of Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research on Thursday {Photos}

Japan

-Crown Prince Naruhito & Crown Princess Masako attended the adication and investiture of the Dutch monarchy on Monday & Tuesday.

Jordan

-Queen Rania visited the Queen Rania Al Abdullah Center for Community Empowerment and the Khawia bin Al Azwar School for Girls on Sunday {Photos}

-Prince Hassan bin Talal & Princess Sarvath el Hassan attended the abdication & investiture of the Dutch monarchy on Monday & Tuesday

Liechtenstein

-Alois, Hereditary Prince & Sophie, Hereditary Princess attended the abdication & investiture of the Dutch monarchy on Monday & Tuesday.

Luxembourg

-Grand Duke Henri & Grand Duchess Maria Teresa attended the opening of the 2013 Spring Fair on Saturday {Photos}

-Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke & Princess Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess attended the abdication & investiture of the Dutch monarchy on Monday & Tuesday

Monaco

-Prince Albert II attended the abdication & investiture of the Dutch monarchy on Monday & Tuesday.

-Prince Albert II & Princess Caroline attended the opening day of the 46th Concours International de Bouquets held at the Chapiteau de Fontvieille on Saturday {Photos}. On Sunday, the brother and sister teamed up again to attend 'The Violonist Of The Hope' Concert{Photos}

-Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet celebrated her 19th birthday on Saturday.

Morocco

-Princess Lalla Salma attended the abdication & investiture of the Dutch monarchy on Monday & Tuesday.

The Netherlands

-King Willem-Alexander & Queen Maxima attended Dodenherdenking (National Remembrance Day) ceremony on Sunday {Photos}

-King Williem-Alexander I, Queen Maxima, Princess Catharina-Amalia of Oranje, Princess Alexia, Princess Ariane & Princess Beatrix participated in the abdication & investiture of the Dutch monarchy on Monday & Tuesday.

-King Willem-Alexander I, Queen Maxima & Princess Beatrix attended a Bevrijdingsdag (Liberation Day) concert on Sunday {Photos}

-Prince Constantijn, Princess Laurentien,Princess Margriet, Prof. Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven, Princess Mabel, Princess Christina, Princess Irene, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma, Princess Annemarie of Bourbon-Parma,Princess Carolina of Bourbon-Parma, Mr. Albert Brenninkmeijer, Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Parma, Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma,Mr. Tjalling ten Cate, Prince Maurits of Oranje-Nassu, van Vollenhoven, Princess Marilène of Oranje-Nassu, van Vollenhoven, Prince Bernhard of Oranje-Nassu, van Vollenhoven, Princess Annette of Oranje-Nassu, van Vollenhoven, Prince Pieter Christiaan of Oranje-Nassu, van Vollenhoven, Princess Anita of Oranje-Nassu, van Vollenhoven, Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven,Princess Aimée of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-Söhngen, Bernardo Guillermo,Nicolás Daniel Mauricio Guillermo, & Juliana Guillermo attended the abdication & investiture of the Dutch monarchy on Monday & Tuesday.

Norway

-Crown Prince Haakon & Crown Princess Mette-Marit attended the abdication & investiture of the Dutch monarchy on Monday & Tuesday

-Maud Angelica Behn celebrated her 10th birthday on Monday.

Spain

-King Juan Carlos I met with the Equatorial Guinea’s Minster of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation on Monday {Source}

-Prince Felipe of Asturias & Princess Letizia of Asturias attended the abdication & investiture of the Dutch monarchy on Monday & Tuesday

-Infanta Sofia celebrated her 6th birthday on Monday

-Don Miguel Urdangarín y Bórbon celebrated his 11th birthday on Tuesday.

-Pablo Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo celebrated his 18th birthday on Saturday.

Sweden

-King Carl XVI Gustaf celebrated his 67th birthday on Tuesday {Photos}.

-Crown Princess Victoria & Prince Daniel attended the abdication & investiture of the Dutch monarchy on Monday & Tuesday. On Thursday, they began a two-day visit to the Västra Götaland province in Sweden, where they visited Läckö Slott, opened Victoriahuset and attended a dinner with the locals {Photos}

Royal Profile:Pablo Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo

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Pablo Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo was born 4 May 1995 in Madrid, the middle child of Doña María de Fátima Simoneta Luisa Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón & José Miguel Fernández y Sastrón {Source}. He has an older brother, Luis, and a younger sister, Maria{Source}. He is the grandson of the sister of the King of Spain, Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz, Grandee of Spain, Dowager Viscountess de la Torre{Source}.

Due to being so distantly related to the throne, he is not *technically* considered a member of the Spanish Royal family, thus he carries out no public duties, and it is likely to assume that most of his life is pretty normal.

Royal Profile: Prince Henrik of Denmark

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Prince Henrik Carl Joachim Alain of Denmark was born 4 May 2009, the first child of Prince Joachim and his second wife, Princess Marie. The prince has two older half-brothers from his father's first marriage, Prince Nikolai and Prince Felix, and a younger sister. He was christened on the 26 July 2009, and his godparents were:

Crown Princess Mary (paternal aunt)
Charles Cavallier(maternal uncle)
Benjamin Grandet(maternal uncle)
Britt Davidsen Siesbye (family friend)
Christian Scherfig (family friend)

He was named for his grandfathers, one of his uncles or perhaps his great uncle and his father. His official style is:
His Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark, Count of Monpezat. He is presently 9th in line for the Danish throne.

He is likely getting ready to begin school this fall, and like his brothers (and father and uncle before that), he will probably attend Krebs

He shares a birthday with Pauline Ducruet of Monaco and Pablo Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo of Spain. Pauline is the niece of Prince Albert II, Pablo is the great-nephew of King Juan Carlos.

Royal Profile: Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet

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Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet is the younger of Princess Stephanie’s children with Daniel Ducruet, and Daniel’s only daughter and youngest child. Pauline was born 4 May 1994 in Monaco{Source}. Her godparents are her maternal aunt and uncle, Prince Albert and Princess Caroline {Source}.

As a youngster, she mostly lived a “typical” childhood of a gen Z middle child to her mother and youngest child to her father...she participated in sports (gymnastics and diving), went to events with her siblings (a carnival with her little sister and soccer matches of their beloved AS Monaco FC with her older brothers), on family trips, and oh, yeah-traveled with the circus training elephants{Source} and is 8th in line to be the ruler of the tiny principality of Monaco. Well, okay, those last ones are not “typical” Gen Z, but typical “Child of Princess Stephanie”.

She, her siblings and mother returned to Monaco somewhere between late 2002 and early 2004, which brought along many changes for Pauline. She took up gymnastics {Source}, then diving (c. 2007/8), got braces (c. 2004) {Photo}, and began attending a “regular school” (in this case, it was likely the final years either of elementary or early on at College Charles III).

As for schooling, , Princess Stephanie home-schooled her children while they were traveling with the circus, and Pauline and Louis briefly attended Lycee du Zurich, but after a short time, they had to pick up and runaway with the circus-quite literally! Upon their return to Monaco, Pauline skipped ahead in her schooling, making her a year behind her older brothers (who were both the class of 2010), rather than two years behind. Pauline graduated from Lycée Prince Albert Ier receiving the French L Séries Baccalauréat, receiving her results just after her uncle’s wedding in July 2011 {Source}.Since then, it has been reported that she studied a fourth language at a foreign language school near Monaco {Source}, before attending a fashion school in Paris, and focusing on her first official royal duty as president of the jury of the «New Generation» 2ère Compétition de Cirque pour de Jeunes Artistes with the International Circus Festival in February.

In the months leading up to the new Circus Festival in 2012, Pauline and her mother attended numerous circus festivals-one of their old friends, The Klines, one in Russia (that also had a Festival for Young artists) and one in northeast France, quite possibly to get ideas for «New Generation» 1ère Compétition de Cirque pour de Jeunes Artistes.

In July 2005, Pauline had a serious accident while playing on a trampoline, where she fell on her head. It turns out that she was not seriously injured; only suffering a dislocated shoulder.

Like her siblings, she is active in social networking sites like Facebook,Twitter and Instagram. When she was in Singapore for the 2010 Youth Olympics, she even tweeted from her phone! She is a fan of Michael Jackson, the movies Grease, Sex & the City 2, and A Cinderella Story, and the television show Desperate Housewives. Pauline has 1000+ friends on Facebook, among them are her three siblings Michael, Louis and Camille, paternal cousins William and Estelle, maternal cousin Jazmin Grace and ex-stepfather Adans Peres, several of her friends from the Youth Olympics-Hannah Thek, Pamela Ware, Liu Jiao, Fanny Bouvet, Kieu Duong, Elena Bertocchi, Teresa Vallejo, Beannelys Velasquez and fellow Monégasque athletes Amélie Trinquier, and Christopher Déléage.

In 2010 she represented Monaco at the first ever Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, where she participated in diving {Source}. At that competition, Pauline made to the finals in 9th position, and ended up 12th out of 13 divers over all (12 girls made it to the finals). In 2009, she represented Monaco at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Helsinki, Finland where she placed 19th and 22nd. At the 18th FINA Junior Diving World Championships in Tucson, Arizona, USA in 2011, she placed 21st and 29th{Source}. On 5 November 2010, Pauline was nominated as "Sportsperson of the year" for the 2009-2010 season. She did not receive the honor, however, just for being nominated, she received a gold trophy{Source}. Pauline also participated in the World Junior Diving Championships in Aachen, Germany. She participated in two diving schools in recent years-one in Strasbourg, France and another at the University of Indiana. She has also expressed interest in participating in the Olympics someday.

In the last three years since graduating from lycée, the 8th in line for the Monégasque throne has increased her royal presence. First, it was her duties with the <> Festival, beginning in February 2012. That December, she also attended the FIGHT AIDS MONACO World Aids Day Auction and Gala with her mother {Source}. Over Easter Weekend 2013, she was spotted out-and-about with her boyfriend, Paul-Noël Ettori {Source}. The pair has been reportedly dating for at least two years, and were first spotted in London in February 2012 for the Diving Qualifiers for the 2012 Games, however, that was a photo that was stolen from her private Facebook account that leaked onto the internet, so you won't see it linked here.

Royal Profile: Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, Princess of Jordan, Sheikha of Dubai

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Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, Princess of Jordan, Sheikha of Dubai was born on 3 May 1974, the daughter of King Hussein & his 3rd wife, Queen Alia {Source}. She is the younger half-sister of the present King of Jordan.

She was primarily educated in England, where she attended Badminton School for Girls, Bryanston School, St. Hilda's College, Oxford. She holds a BA honours in Philosophy, politics & economics{Source}.

On 10 April 2004, Princess Haya wed His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai{Source}. In December 2007, she gave birth to her first child, Sheikha Al Jaliala bint Mohammed Bin Rashild Al Maktoum {Source}. In 2012, she gave birth to her second child, Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktom {Source}

The Princess is an active Equestrian and humanitarian. In 2002, she participated in the FEI World Equestrian Games in Spain{Source}. She also competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics{Source}. She also participated in the 1992 Pan Arab Games in Syria {Source}. In 2006, she was elected President of the FEI for a 4-year term {Source}, she made history getting elected a second time in 2010 {Source}. She is also patron of the Retraining of Racehorses{Source}. She is also president of the International Jordanian Athletes Cultural Association {Source}. She founded Tikyet Um Ali, chair's Dubai's International Humanitarian City {Source} Princess Haya was an ambassador for the World Food Programme 2005-2007,{Source} and then appointed a UN Messenger of Peace in July 2007 by Secretary-General Ban-Ky Moon{Source}. She was a founding member of former Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Global Humanitarian Forum based in Geneva, and writes editorials and articles on hunger, nutrition and the UN Millennium Development Goals{Source} and serves on the boards of many non-profit organizations. In August 2012, she supported the 2012 United Nations' World Humanitarian Day in Dubai{Source}

Royal Profile:Autumn Patrica Kelly Philips

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Autumn Patrica Kelly Phillips was born 3 May 1978 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the only daughter of Brian Kelly and his wife Kathleen, who is known as Kitty {Source}. She has one older brother, Kevin, and a twin, Christopher, they were primarily raised in Cedar Park, Pointe-Claire, Canada, which is in the English-Speaking west island region of Montreal {Source}. She was baptized on 18 June 1978, at St. John Fisher Parish Church {Source}.

Her parents divorced when she was eight years old. After the divorce, she continued to live in Cedar Park, Pointe-Claire, Canada. Her mother remarried shortly after the divorce was finalized to commercial pilot Ron Magas. Her father also remarried, and had a set of twin sons, Ian and Arthur {Source}.

She attended private Roman Catholic schools, including St. Thomas High School, where she excelled in sports and graduated in 1999 {Source}. She also attended McGill University, earning a degree in East Asian Studies in 2002 {Source}. While at university, she worked various jobs including as a model and bartender{Source}.

She attended the 2003 Canadian Grand Prix, where she would meet her soon to be husband, Peter Phillips {Source}. At the time, he was working for WilliamsF1. At the time, she did not realize who exactly she had chosen to date. Six weeks after their courtship started, she realized who exactly her boyfriend was after seeing him appear on TV in the UK {Source} The next time they saw each other, Peter had some explaining to do! Shortly after their courtship began, since she accepted a job in England anyway, she moved to England, to a Kensington flat with him, as well as frequenting Peter's cottage on his mother's estate{Source}. From there, she attended royal events (such as his grandmother's 80th birthday in 2006) while working as an assistant to Sir Michael Parkinson{Source}. During their courtship, she converted from Catholism to the Church of England, and their engagement was announced on 28 July 2007, and the queen gave her official consent on 9 April 2008, and they were married on 17 May 2008{Source}. Today, they have two daughters:

Savannah Anne Kathleen Phillips (2010)
Isla Elizabeth Phillips (2012){Source}.

The Duke of Edinburgh visits Canada

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Day 1 (April 26)

Upon his arrival, he recieved the ".....insignias of Companion of the Order of Canada and Commander of the Order of Military Merit Award...." from Canada's Governer-General {Video}.

Day 2 (April 27)

The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh presented regimental colors to The Royal Canadian Regiments 3rd Battalion {Photos}