The Recap of the Royals You Love: Nov 18-24, 2013

Belgium

-King Philippe & Queen Mathilde participated in a special ceremony for people who recieved a noblility title in 2013 by royal decree on Wednesday {Photos}

-Queen Mathilde visited UZ Leuven Children’s Hospital to participate in Stichting Lezen’s Reading Aloud Week on Monday {Photos}. On Thursday, she attended a concert of Brussels children choir Shanti! Shanti! on the occasion of the international day for children's rights {Photos}

-Prince Laurent & Princess Claire visited the Gembloux community center to view the exhibition, Les Oiseaux des Jardins on Monday {Source}

Denmark

-Queen Margarethe II, Henrik, Prince Consort & Prince Joachim hosted the Kongejagt (King's Hunt) in Grib Skov on Wednesday {Video}

-Crown Princess Mary distributated scholarships for the Danish Heart Association on Thursday {Photos}

-Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Countess von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth celebrated her 43rd birthday on Wednesday.

-Anastasia Rosanes af Rosenborg celebrated her 16th birthday on Sunday.

Great Britain

-Queen Elizabeth II received the members of the The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment {Source} and received the following new ambassadors and high commissioners to the UK: Argentia, Libera, Czech Republic, Uganda on Tuesday {Source}.

-Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary on Wednesday. On Thursday, they visited Southwark Cathedral on Thursday {Photos}

-Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal & Prince Michael of Kent  attended a reception to celebrate Contemporary British Poetry on Tuesday {Source}{Photos}.

-Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh opened The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare's Globe on Wednesday  {Source}.

-The Prince Charles of Wales received the judges of the Sun Military Awards, hosted a reception for the Anglo Romanian Trust for Traditional Architecture and the Global Heritage Fund and attended the Churchillian Award Dinner and a reception for the launch of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Global Forests Report 2013 on Wednesday {Source}{Photos}. On Friday, the future King celebrated the 50th anniversary of trade through Tees Dock of PD Ports with a visit to their office {Photos}

-The Prince Andrew, The Duke of York attended the awarding of The Duke of York Scholarship and announced his patronage of Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence on Tuesday {Source}{Source}

-The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal attended the annual Prize Giving Ceremony at the Royal College of Physicians, and g held a Patrons' Dinner for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People on Wednesday {Source}. On Friday, the monarch's only daughter was officially installed as the first Chancellor of Harper Adams University {Video}

-Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge attended the launch the 'Give Something Back' campaign on Monday {Photos}{Source}. On Friday, he visited Centrepoint Sunderland {Photos}

-Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge & Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge visited Only Connect and an ex-offender's project on Tuesday {Photos}

-Prince Harry of Wales arrived in Novo, Antarctica to participate in the Virgin Money South Pole Allied Challenge expedition on Friday {Photos}

-Sophie, The Countess of Wessex attended a reception to celebrated 50 years of Dr. Who on Monday {Photos}. On Wednesday, she attended the 100 Women in Hedge Funds' Gala Dinner in Hong Kong {Photos}

-Princess Beatrice of York attended a private view of Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore!, a new Somerset House exhibition on Tuesday {Photos}. On Thursday, the elder daughter of the Duke of York attended the Reuben Foundation Ball {Photos}

-Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge attended a Places2B Forum on Wednesday {Photos}

-Prince Richard, The Duke of Gloucester attended a luncheon at the Royal Thames Yacht Club on Wednesday{Source}.

-Birigitte, The Duchess of Gloucester attended a performance of "Don Giovanni" at the Festival Theatre on Tuesday {Source}.

-The Lady Davina Lewis celebrated her 36th birthday on Tuesday.

-Prince Edward, The Duke of Kent met with the executive committee for Leukemia and Lymphoma Research  and attended a reception and dinner for King Edward VII's Hospital (Sister Agnes) on Tuesday {Source}.

-Prince Edward, The Duke of Kent & Katharine, The Duchess of Kent attended the Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of the Lord Kindersley  on Tuesday {Source}.

Japan

-Emperor Akihito received the new US Ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, on Tuesday {Video}{Photos}

Jordan

-Queen Rania attended the opening of the conference, Building Women-Focused Finance: The Global-Local Experience, on Tuesday {Photos}

Luxembourg

-Grand Duke Henri & Grand Duchess Maria Teresa began an official visit to Turkey on  Tuesday {Source}

Monaco

-Prince Albert II, Princess Charlene, Princess Caroline of Hanover & Princess Stephanie participated in the presentation of various medals and  the unveiling of a statue of Prince Rainier on Monday{Source}.

-Prince Albert II & Princess Charlene attended the 50th anniversary commeration of the death of JFK on Friday {Photos} {Source}

-Prince Albert II, Princess Charlene, Princess Caroline of Hanover, Princess Stephanie, Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi, Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi, Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Elisabeth Anne de Massy & Melanie de Massy attended the Fête Nationale du Monaco church service, honor guard ceremony and appeared on the balcony on Tuesday {Photos}

-Prince Albert II, Princess Charlene, Princess Caroline of Hanover & Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi attended a performance of l'Or du Rhin by Richard Wagner as part of the Fête Nationale du Monaco celebrations on Tuesday {Photos}

-Princess Caroline spoke at a UN Convention on the Rights of the Child convention on Friday {Source}

The Netherlands

-Princess Margriet & Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven attended the 32nd Peter Stuyvesant Ball on Friday {Photos}


Spain

-Queen Sofia, Prince Felipe of Astruias paid a visit to King Juan Carlos in the hospital on Thursday {Photos}

-Queen Sofia visited NYC PS Middle School 123 on Monday{Photos}. On Tuesday, Spain's Queen Consort attended the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute Gold Medal Gala {Photos}
other attendees included former US secretary of State Hillary Clinton, actor Antonio Banderas, fashion designer Oscar de la Renta, 

-Prince Felipe of Astrurias & Princess Letizia of Astrurias attended the España-Florida Foundation gala dinner on Wednesday {Photos}

Sweden

-Crown Princess Victoria attended a seminar on popular support for defense, organized by Crown Princess Margareta’s Veteran Reserve Foundation on Wednesday {Photos}

-Prince Daniel  visited Polhem's High School to promote the Prince Daniel's Fellowship on Monday {Photos}