The Royal Forums

November 2009 Newsletter: The 1990s

Zonk — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:27:52 +0000

The decade that began on January 1, 1990 and ended on December 31, 1999 was a continuation of the decade that preceded it. The decade is noted for the growth of capitalism and multi-national economies that it begat. Many companies experienced a steady economic growth that began to falter by the end of the [...]

20th Anniversary of the United Nations’ Rights of the Child Celebrated in Stockholm

JessRulz — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:09:18 +0000

Various royals flocked to Stockholm these past two days, to attend events to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the United Nations’ Rights of the Child convention. A private seminar on the celebration was held at the Royal Palace of Stockholm early on Thursday November 19th, and was attended by a large group of royal women: [...]

Archduke Otto turns 97

MAfan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:12:14 +0000

Archduke Otto of Austria, Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, former Head of the Austrian Imperial Family from 1922 until his abdication in 2007, turns 97 years old today. He was born on 20 November 1912 at Villa Wartholtz in Reichenau, the eldest child of Archduke Karl and Archduchess Zita. Archduke Karl (1887-1922) was the eldest [...]

Book about Royal Arctic Expedition

Her_Majesty — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:06:02 +0000

The experiences the Scandinavian heirs made during the travel to Svalbard and Greenland will be published in a book. Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Victoria and Crown Prince Frederik have written an own chapter about the impressions they got during the journeys. In summer 2008 the 3 Scandinavian heirs visited Svalbard. They went [...]

Baby Joy for the Duke and Duchess of Vendôme

Marsel — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:06:13 +0000

Prince Jean and Princess Philomena, Duke and Duchess of Vendôme, welcomed a son today. The baby’s first (and so far, the only-known) name is Gaston. The little Prince is the first child for the Duke and Duchess of Vendôme, who were married earlier this year (civilly, on March 19 and religiously, on May 2). Princess [...]

Serbian Royals deeply saddened by the death of Patriarch Pavle

Marsel — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:50:06 +0000

Crown Prince Alexander II, Crown Princess Katherine, Hereditary Prince Peter, Prince Philip and Prince Alexander all expressed their deepest sorrow at the passing of His Holiness Patriarch Pavle. They sent their sincere condolences to the Serbian Orthodox Church and its followers in Serbia and Worldwide. The Royal Palace released the following statement from the Crown [...]

Sheikha Mozah launches First World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE)

dazzling — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:40:08 +0000

On November 16, Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, chair of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, launched the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) which is an initiative of Qatar Foundation. Addressing the Guest of Honour, Irina Bokova, newly elected UNESCO Director-General, and 1,000 opinion leaders from 120 countries, Sheikha [...]

Jordan’s King opens New Deaf Institute Premises

salma — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:37:12 +0000

King Abdullah of Jordan opened on Tuesday the new premises of The Holy Land Institute for the Deaf in Salt (Northwest of Amman). The Institute, which was opened by the late King Hussein in 1964, is a residential school providing education, rehabilitation and vocational training for hearing and visually impaired children and young people. During a [...]

Princess Victoria visited Kenya

Her_Majesty — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:16:40 +0000

Crown Princess Victoria paid a visit to Kenya from November 11th to 14th. During the first day the Princess inaugurated the Conference of Climate Change Day, that is the biggest event during the Swedish EU presidency in Kenya. Later the day she attended the opening of the Victoria Trade Council offices in Nairobi. There she [...]

Belgian Royals gather for The King’s Feast

Marsel — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:02:54 +0000

Belgian Royals celebrated The King’s Feast (Koningsfeest in Dutch and Fête du Roi in French) on November 15 – a day that has been marked by celebrations in honour of the Belgian Monarch since 1866. Crown Prince Philippe, Princess Mathilde, Prince Laurent, Princess Astrid, Prince Lorenz and Queen Fabiola were all present. The celebrations started [...]