Saturday, June 20, 2015

National Day Schedule (or the Day We'll See Five Tiaras)


Can you believe it is national day again already? Time is certainly flying this year! And it looks like the Grand Ducal Family will be out in full force to mark this year's official birthday of the Grand Duke that is Luxembourg's national day. Lucky us! And to make it even better, the cour grand-ducale even threw a little extra appearance into the mix! Three "vive" to them.


Here's the schedule for the coming days:

June 21

10.30am: Court Marshall Pierre Bley will represent the Grand Duke at a religious service at the Protestant Église de la Trinité.

12.00pm:  Court Marshall Pierre Bley will represent the Grand Duke at a religious service at the Orthodox Cathédrale de Saint Nicolas.

June 22

4.00pm: Traditional solemn changing of the guard at the palais grand-ducal, which marks the beginning of the official national day celebrations each year. This year for the first time (at least in as long as I can remember), the Grand Ducal Family will make a balcony appearance to especially mark the 60th birthday of Grand Duke Henri.

5.00pm: Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie will make the tradtional visit of the hereditary couple to Esch-sur-Alzette, the Grand Duchy's second biggest town.

5.30pm: Each year, Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa visit a different municipality of Luxembourg on the eve of national day. This year will lead them to Mondorf-les-Bains in the south of the country. (Trip and you'll stumble into France.)

9.15pm: The Grand Ducal Family will assist at the traditional torchlight parade in Luxembourg city.

June 23

10.00am: Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie, Prince Félix and Princess Claire, Prince Louis and Princess Tessy, Princess Alexandra as well as Prince Sébastien will attend the new-ish official ceremony held at the Salle de concerts Grande-Duchesse Joséphine-Charlotte at the Philharmonie Luxembourg. During its course, the Grand Duke will make a speech.

11.00am:  21 canon shots will be fired from the Fetschenhaff.

12.00am: Grand Duke Henri and Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume will review the troops in the Avenue de la Liberté. The two royal gentlemen will be joined by Grand Duchess Maria Teresa as well as  and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie to view the following military parade.

4.30pm: Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie, Prince Félix and Princess Claire, Prince Louis and Princess Tessy, Princess Alexandra as well as Prince Sébastien will attend the traditional Te Deum mass at the Cathédrale Notre-Dame.

8.00pm: Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie, Prince Félix and Princess Claire, Prince Louis and Princess Tessy, Princess Alexandra as well as Prince Sébastien will host the traditional national day gala at the palais grand-ducal (and the line of persons who will go seriously mad if there aren't any pictures starts right here).

June 24

6.30pm: Court Marshall Pierre Bley will represent the Grand Duke at a religious service at the synagogue.

June 25

7.00pm: Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa as well as Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie will host the first traditional garden party at the Château de Berg to mark national day.

June 26

7.00pm: Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa as well as Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie will host the second traditional garden party at the Château de Berg to mark national day.

June 28

10.30am: Court Marshall Pierre Bley will represent the Grand Duke at a religious service at the Reformed Protestant Church.

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