Hereditary Grand Duke Visits California

Luxembourgish royal watching for beginners: Be happy with anything at all you see of a finance or trade mission within reasonable amount of time. So by this definition, let's rejoice! Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume indeed made it to the United States for a visit to California. Today he and Minister of Finance Pierre Gramenga were seen doing something hosted by Plug and Play, a global innovation platform. Considering that the aim of the mission is to "promote the Grand Duchy as a European Fintech hub to professionals in Silicon Valley", I guess they did exactly that.

Humbled to host the Crown Prince of #Luxembourg today! This is how #Fintech will blossom in Europe @TheScottRob pic.twitter.com/nvoYbYkohC

— Plug and Play (@PlugandPlayTC) April 11, 2016

Princess Tessy Supports UNAIDS

On Friday, Princess Tessy met with Michel Sidibé, the Executive Director of UNAIDS in Geneva, in support of the organization's activities. Tessy is a Global Advocate for Young Women & Adolescent Girls, on behalf of UNAIDS.

Back in March, Princess Tessy also attended the performance “A pledge for gender parity,” by the Rudra Béjart School of Dance in Geneva, in support of International Women's Day.

Wonderful catching up w/Princess Tessy of #Luxembourg-@UNAIDS Global Advocate for Young Women & Adolescent Girls pic.twitter.com/zBGnCvzzl0

— Michel Sidibé (@MichelSidibe) April 8, 2016

Czech Award for Grand Duke Henri

You might recall that Grand Duke Henri will head to the Czech Republic this May to mark the 700th birthday of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV. As it turns out, there will also be some Liechtenstein attendance for the event so either keep your eyes open or make sure to check back at Luxarazzi when the time comes around. In addition, Grand Duke Henri will be receiving an award by the city of Prague and the Charles University in Prague its rector Tomáš Zima announced. With the award dedicated to Charles VI the city and university honour personalities from the worlds of culture, science and politics. It hasn't been awarded in 14 years. The Grand Duke will be given the award to honour the the historical ties between Luxembourg and Bohemia.

Guillaume Heads to the U.S.

Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume will be heading to the United States this weekend for a financial mission. Accompanied by Minister of Finance Pierre Gramegna, he will visit California between April 10 and 13. The aim of the visit is "to promote the Grand Duchy as a European Fintech hub to professionals in Silicon Valley". More at Chronicle.lu.

Guillaume and Stéphanie to Travel to China

A trade delegation from the Grand Duchy will be visiting China between May 1 to 6, 2016. The "delegation is headed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in presence of Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess and led by H.E. Mr. Étienne Schneider, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy". Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie and their accompanying delegations will head to Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing. More info.

Keeping Up With the Liechtensteins...

...isn't always easy. We often see little of the lesser known members of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein - time to catch up on some of their events over the past year or so we uncovered only over the last few weeks.

The always globetrotting Princess Anunciata, who is one of the few people in the world who can call two uncles heads of state, was in Florida last December were she attended the opening of the Per Kirkeby Echo of the Light exhibition at the Gallery at Windsor, Vero Moda. See a picture.

We occasionally see either of them with their daughter Theodora, last July Prince Alexander and Princess Astrid, son and daughter-in-law of Prince Philipp and Princess Isabelle, attended the The Mercer N.Y. & InStyle presentation of the Capsule Collection in Munich. See a picture.

Princess Anunciata also globetrotted to Milan, Italy, in June to attend the "Summer Shimmers Don't Be Shy" something. See a picture.

Even longer ago, Prince Max and his wife Princess Angela were in Kitzbühel, Austria, for the legendary Hahnenkamp race of the alpine skiing world cup. See a picture.

Guillaume and Stéphanie at National Selection Conference

Earlier tonight, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie assisted at the opening ceremony of the 3rd National Selection Conference of the European Youth Parliament Luxembourg at the Cercle Cité. Already "since 1987, the European Youth Parliament supports the development of young people into politically aware and responsible citizens by involving them in European political thinking and promoting intercultural understanding", according to their website.

As always, we will add pictures if any become available. Check out Twitter for at least one visual.

Princess Anunciata at Event for Etel Adnan

Photo: Tory Burch

On March 23, Princess Anunciata, daughter of Prince Nikolaus and Princess Margaretha, was among the guests for an event in honour of writer and artist Etel Adnan at VNH Gallery as well as Caviar Kaspia in Paris. The event, which included a lecture and cocktails, was hosted by Tory Burch, whose prefall 2016 collection was inspired by Adnan's "use of color and sense of line that Burch named as a starting point for her latest spin on 1970s-minded sportswear" (according to Vogue). Princess Anunciata, who wore a Tory Bruch dress, was pictured together with German Countess Annina of Pfuel.

More pictures of the event at L'Officiel.

Prince Max at the Finance Forum Liechtenstein

On March 23rd, Prince Max was a speaker at the second Finance Forum Liechtenstein, in his capacity as CEO of LGT Group. The event focused, in part, on the changes in the financial industry and long-term goals and strategies. Other speakers included Prime Minister Adrian Hasler and former Finance Minister Luc Frieden.

Prinz Max, CEO der @LGT_Group referiert am Finance Forum über die Veränderung am Finanzplatz Liechtenstein #FFL pic.twitter.com/FEBpv1vxxf

— LI_Business (@LI_Business) March 23, 2016

Guillaume, Stéphanie and Working Health and Safety

Photo: Isabella Finzi / Tageblatt / Tageblatt.lu

Turns out, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie had another engagement last week that we haven't covered this far. (Thanks Avery for sending the link!) The Hereditary Grand Duke and the Hereditary Grand Duchess attended an academic session marking the end of the 10th Forum de la sécurité et de la santé au travail on safety and health at work. One of the speakers of the event was Helmut Ehnes, general secretary of the International Social Security Association (ISSA). 

More pictures and information at Tageblatt.