The Royal Recap of the Royals You Love: January 15-21, 2018

Belgium

-King Philippe & Queen Mathilde held a New Year's Reception for foreign diplomats and their spouses on Tuesday {Source} {Photos}


-King Philippe met with the Belgian Prime Minister and victims and emergency service personel to a Monday night explosion, and attended a working meeting this morning at the Federation of Enterprises of Belgium (FEB) on the prospects and challenges of the Belgian economy in 2018 on Tuesday {Source}{Source}. On Wednesday, the King of the Belgians visited Foyer des Orphelins and association Thermos {Photos} {Source}

-Queen Mathilde celebrated her 45th birthday on Saturday.

-Princess Claire celebrated her 44th birthday on Thursday.

Bhutan

-King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck celebrated Daw Chunyipai Losar with the people of Trashiyangtse on Wednesday {Photos}

Bulgaria

-Princess Kalina, Duchess of Saxony celebrated her 46th birthday on Friday.

-Prince Tassilo Preslavski celebrated his 16th birthday on Saturday

Denmark

-Crown Prince Fredrik undertook a visit to Higashi-Matushima, Japan on Wednesday {Photos}.

-Prince Joachimb sailed with frigate niels juel out on the sound to mark that Denmark in 2018 has taken over command of NATO's fregatgruppe snmg1 on Thursday {Photos}

-Princess Marie visited Vejen Gymnasium, where she co-taught a French lesson on Tuesday {Photos}. On Friday, she invited students from 6. th grade at elsinore school home to cook and learn about food waste {Video}

Germany

-Carl Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Prussia  celebrated his 4th birthday on Saturday.

-Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia celebrated his 4th birthday on Saturday.

-Prince Max Emmanuel, Duke in Bravia celebrated his 81st birthday on Sunday.

Great Britain

-Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge & Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge took a tour of Coventry Cathedral, opened the new £59m Science and Health Building at Coventry University and visited the Positive Youth Foundation on Tuesday {Photos}

-Prince Harry of Wales & Meghan Markle visited  Cardiff Castle, and Star Hub on Thursday {Source}{Photos}

-Sophie, The Countess of Wessex celebrated her 53rd birthday and held an audience with the British Army Ice Maiden team on Saturday {Source}.

-Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge  launched the new 'Step into Health' programme on Thursday {Photos}

-Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge visited Great Ormond Street Hospital and Children's Charity to officially open the Mittal Children's Medical Centre on Wednesday {Photos}

-Mia Grace Tindall celebrated her 4th birthday on Wednesday.

-Princess Michael of Kent celebrated her 73rd birthday on Monday.

-Isabella Alexandra May Windsor celebrated her 1st birthday on Tuesday.

Italy

-Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Scilies, The Duke of Castro, Princess Camilla of Bourbon-Two scilies, The Duchess of Castro & Princess Beatrice of Bourbon-Two Scilies attended the first ceremony of investiture of new knights and ladies of the reconstituted French delegation of the holy military order of Saint George on Friday {Source}

Jordan

-King Abdullah II & Queen Rania  chaired a meeting to follow up on the implementation of the National Strategy for Human Resources Development on Wednesday {Photos}

-King Abdullah II visited the 2nd Border Guards Brigade at the Northern Military Zone on Monday {Photos}. On Tuesday, he began an official visit to Cyprus {Photos}

-Queen Rania visited Parachute16 and other startups at the King Hussein Business Park on Tuesday {Photos}

-Princess Haya bint al-Hussein held an audience with Jayne Seymour on Wednesday {Photo}

Liechtenstein

-Marie Theresa von Lattorff celebrated her 14th birthday on Thursday.

Luxembourg

-Grand Duke Henri presented the 2017 Grand Duke Adolphe Prize on Thursday {Source}

Monaco

-Prince Albert II, Hereditary Prince Jacques, Marquis de Baux, Princess Gabriella, The Countess of Carladès, Princess Stephanie, The Countess of Polinac, Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet & Camille Marie Kelly Gottlieb attended day  4 of the 42nd International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo on Sunday{Photos}{Video}{Source}

 -Prince Albert II, Princess Stephanie, Louis Robert Paul Ducruet & Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet attended the opening ceremonies of the 42nd International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo on Thursday {Photos}
Also in attendance was Louis's girlfriend, Marie Cavillier.

-Prince Albert II, Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi & Louis Robert Paul Ducruet attended the  Ligue 1 match between AS Monaco and OGC Nice at Stade Louis II on Tuesday {Photos}
the Grimaldi men were joined by Louis's long-time love, Marie Cavillier.

-Princess Stephanie, Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet & Camille Marie Kelly Gottlieb attended day 2 of the  42nd International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo on Friday and Saturday{Photos}{Photos}

-Prince Albert II unveiled a plaque in honor of the historic ties between Menton and Monaco on Thursday {Source}

-Princess Stephanie took part in the 2018 Circus Festival photocall on Tuesday {Photos}

-Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi attended a presentation of the Mont Blanc 1858 collection on Monday {Source}

-Christian Louis de Massy celebrated his 69th birthday on Wednesday.

-Antoine de Massy celebrated his 21st birthday on Monday.

-Mélanie-Antoinette de Massy celebrated her 33rd birthday on Thursday.

Montenegro

-Hereditary Prince Boris Petrovic-Njegos, Grand Duke of Grahavo+Zeta celebrated his 38th birthday on Sunday.

The Netherlands

-King Williem Alexander & Queen Maxima held a reception for foreign diplomats and representatives from international organizations established in the Netherlands on Wednesday {Photos}

-Princess Margriet, Prof Pieter van Vollenhoven, Prince Maurits van Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, Princess Marilène van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, Prince Bernhard van Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, Princess  Annette van Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, Prince Pieter-Christiaan van Oranje-Nassau, Princess Anita van Oranje-Nassau, Prince Floris van Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven,  Princess Aimée of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-Söhngen, Anastasia Margriet Joséphine van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven,Lucas Maurits Pieter Henri van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven, Felicia Juliana Bénedicte Barbara van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven, Isabella Lily Juliana van Vollenhoven, Samuel Bernhard Louis van Vollenhoven, Benjamin Pieter Floris van Vollenhoven. Emma Francisca Catharina van Vollenhoven, Pieter Anton Maurits Erik van Vollenhoven, Magali Margriet Eleonoor van Vollenhoven, Eliane Sophia Carolina van Vollenhoven & Willem Jan Johannes Pieter Floris van Vollenhoven attended a performance of Introdans at Schouwburg Orpheus in honor of Princess Margriet's 75th birthday on Friday {Source}{Photos}.

-King Williem Alexander met with members of Dress for success on Tuesday {Photos}.

-Queen Maxima visited the 2018 Bio-beurs (Bio-Fair) on Wednesday {Photos}

-Princess Margriet celebrated her 75th birthday on Friday.

-Carlos Hugo Roderik Sybren klynstra de Bourbon de Parme celebrated his 21st birthday on Friday.

Norway

-Crown Prince Haakon attended a training session of the  Norweigan Armed Forces on Monday {Source}. On Thursday, the future King of Norway visited the bio-finery plant, Borregaard, and visited Vang School and Resource Center {Source}{Source}{Video}

-Crown Princess Mette-Marit  visited the Mental Health Council on Thursday {Source}

-Princess Ingrid Alexandra celebrated her 14th birthday on Sunday.

Romania

-Margareta, Custodian of the Crown, Prince Radu, Princess Maria. Nicholas de Roumanie Medforth-Mills & Alina Maria Binder attended the 40th day of mourning ceremony for King Mihai on Monday {Video}

-Margareta, Custodian of the Crown & Prince Radu visited the headquarters of the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Gendarmerie on Wednesday {Source}. On Friday, they visited the City Hall to meet with  City Hall employees who made a remarkable contribution to organizing and running King Mihai I's funeral and attended a recption for journalists that covered King Mihai's funeral {Source} {Video}

-Margareta, Custodian of the Crown hosted an evening dedicated to the Romanian Television on Thursday {Source}

Spain

-Don Iñaki Urdangarín y Liebaert celebrated his 50th birthday on Monday.

María de las Mercedes Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo celebrated her 18th birthday on Wednesday.

Sweden

-King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Prince Daniel, Prince Carl Philip & Princess Sofia took part in several activities to mark the official visit from Iceland on Thursday, and Friday  {Source}{Source}.
Crown Princess Victoria did not take part due to illness.

-Princess Birgitta, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen celebrated her 81st birthday on Friday.

Yugoslavia

-Crown Prince Alexander & Crown Princess Katherine attended the Epiphany litigation and traditional swimming for the Holy Cross at the Danube Quay on Friday {Photos}

-Prince Alexander celebrated his 36th birthday on Monday.

-Prince Philip celebrated his 36th birthday on Monday.