Grand Duke hosts audience with Duke of York.

HRH The Grand Duke hosted HRH The Prince Andrew, The Duke of York today in audience at the Grand Ducal Palace (henceforth GDP). Andrew is special representative on trade and investment for the UK. Andrew also visited the Banque Havilland in Kirchberg which is British owned and deals with exclusive customers.

It's just my humble opinion but I think Henri has aged much better than "Randy Andy." Despite being older The Grand Duke looks much younger, IMHO. Henri looked great in his more expensive and better cut suit. Is it just me or does The Grand Duke just ooze "posh?"

Grand Duke and Hereditary Grand Duke host dinner...

Henri and Guillaume hosted an informal dinner at Chateau de Berg for Luxembourgers living abroad. The "plus de photos" link appears broken to me (as of this moment). I'm sure they'll have that fixed later.

Hereditary Grand Duke at European Court of Human rights.

On September 23, 2009 Guillaume visted the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. This looks to be in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Court, but many details weren't released.

These are some additional photos of Guillaume at the European Court of Human rights. The briefcase makes him look very young, IMHO. He's with a new Aid-de-Camp. I was aware that there are 2 of them now I suppose their are 3 of them.

Grand Duke hikes Wolfsschlucht in "Little Switzerland"

Wort mentioned on Saturday that The Grand Duke went on a hike in the Wolfsschlucht (Wolfs Ravine) area of the Little Switzerland region of The Grand Duchy. He did this on the invitation of Minisers Claude Wiseler and Marco Shank (ministers of development and infrastructures respectively). The purpose of the hike was to honor the 20th anniversary of the creation for Commission to protection the Little Switzerland area.  The area is beautiful and is home to many species of native plants and animals in addition to archaeological sites. 

Henri looked as fit, healthy and young as ever. It was also nice to see his trusty Aide-de-Camp out of his usual uniform and in everyday clothes. They arrived in the #3 Audi A8 (it's license plate is simply a 3) which normally transports Guillaume to his events. I always wonder if that's because Guillaume is number 3 in The Grand Duchy or if it's just the 3rd vehicle in the particular Grand Ducal/diplomatic fleet. I do know there is a very posh Jaguar that carries the license plate as 1 with a crown which I have only saw transport Henri, Maria Teresa and Grand Duke Jean. Maybe I should blog about all the royal cars? I do have some other infos on other cars.

New pic old event...

I mentioned here  about a week or so ago that Guillaume and Henri were in Poland for the Interfaith Peace Conference and for the events of the 70th anniversary of WWI and the 20th of the fall of the Berlin Wall. I finally manged to find a single picture of the event (which means others are out there).

Grand Duke and Hereditary Grand Duke at Court of Justice

Guillaume took part in work shops covering "Access to Justice" and "Quality of Justice" at the Court of Justice of the European Communities (CJCE).

According to the actual press release from the CJCE The Grand Duke was also present with Guillaume at the close of the events which were to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities.

From my understanding of the press release the work shops and the presence of The Grand Duke and Guillaume at the 20th anniversary celebrations were on the same day. However, you will notice that Guillaume is sporting not only a different tie but a totally different suit at each of the events.

I really hope some other pictures of this event surface later today or later in the week. Guillaume looked great!

Grand Duke attends concert...

I know I'm a little late in getting this up, but I had a busy day. 

The Grand Duke attended the concert to mark the 20th anniversary of the SEL (Solistes Européens Luxembourg) in Luxembourg City.    

Grand Duke receives General...

Today the Grand Duke received Général Henri Bentégeat in audience at the Grand Ducal Palace. Général Henri Bentégeat is the President of the CMUE (Military Committee of the European Union). The CMUE is charged with conflict management, co-operation, prevention, et al...between the member states. 

More on the Papal Audience....plus vid

I typically get more updates the day after events due to my crafty use of news alerts. Tonight my inbox was overfilling with articles about the visit to the Pope. Most were the same articles that I have linked over the past few days but I add the video now.

I found this page to be particularly interesting because it included a video of Henri, Guillaume, their Aid-de-camp, and various religious dignitaries being greeted by The Pope. I am a native English speaker and even I found the women who narrates the video to be speaking very fast. If you can't understand what she's saying don't think that your English is poor. The video is also on the Vatican's youtube channel. Who knew the Vatican had a youtube channel? Not I. I shall search it momentarily for additional royal audience vidoes...have no fear.

Mad Monarchist linked the same video but I find his blog to be interesting and royal related so I'm linking it anyway. 

Grand Duke and Hereditary Grand Duke meet with Pope...

Henri and Guillaume meet with the Pope at Castle Gandolfo. The meeting was in connection with the Van Thuan award. Wort actually mentioned that whatever they discussed wasn't released to the press which I find odd. I wouldn't have expected the such details from a private visit.

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