The Royal Recap of the Royals You Love: February 10-16, 2020

Austria

-Archduke Emmanuel of Austria-Este celebrated his 12th birthday on Saturday 

-Archduke Luigi of Austria-Este celebrated his 9th birthday on Wednesday. 

-Countess Maria Anna Czarnocki-Lucheschi celebrated her 18th birthday on Saturday.

Belgium

-King Philippe & Queen Mathilde visited the Ground Zero and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum and attended a concert organized by organised by the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and the Brussels Philharmonic at the Morgan Library Museum in NYC on Tuesday {Photos} {Photos}{Photos}. On Wednesday, the royal pair attended a United Nations Security Council meeting on children and armed conflict {Source}{Photos}{Photos}

-King Philippe attended the 125th anniversary celebrations of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises (VBO/FEB) on Thursday {Photos}

-Prince Laurent visited the Open Doors of the Morning Market on Monday {Source}. On Tuesday, he hosted a gala dinner in honor of the 25th anniversary of his foundation, The Prince Laurent Foundation {Source}. On Wednesday, the younger brother of the monarch met with representatives of the victims of the 15/2/2010 Buizingen railway disaster {Source}

France

-Prince François d'Orléans, The Count of Dreux celebrated his 38th birthday on Monday.

-Prince Constantin d'Orléans celebrated his 17th birthday on Saturday.

-Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma celebrated his 31st birthday on Wednesday.

Italy

-Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples celebrated his 83rd birthday on Wednesday. 

Jordan

-King Abdullah II held audiences with representatives and leading figures from the Bani Hamida tribes as part of the Basman Forum meetings on Monday {Photos}

-Princess Alia bint al-Hussein celebraed her 64th birthday on Thursday. 

-Princess Ayah bint Al-Faisal celebrated her 30th birthday on Tuesday.

-Prince Hussein Mirza celebrated his 39th birthday on Wednesday.

Liechtenstein

-Prince Hans Adam II celebrated hos 75th birthday on Friday.

Luxembourg

-Grand Duke Henri & Grand Duchess Maria Teresa celebrated their 39th wedding anniversary on Thursday.

-Grand Duke Henri participated in the commemoration ceremony of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Vianden by American troops on Wednesday {Photos} On Friday, the Luxembourg Grand Duke visited the exhibition Aristides de Sousa Mendes - A Portuguese Consulate between human conscience and reason of state {Photos}

-Princess Alexandra celebrated her 29th birthday on Sunday.

Monaco

-Prince Albert II  visited Kalamata, Greece, as part of the Explorations of Monaco to join the team of the Caladan Ocean expedition led by explorer Victor Vescovo on Monday {Photos}. On Wednesday, Monaco's prince attended an ice hockey match, The Last Game, organized by Slava Festisov, the UN "boss" for the polar regions{Photos}

-Baroness Elisabeth-Anne de Massy & Melanie-Antoinette de Massy attended a presentation of the 114th edition of the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters on Tuesday {Photos}

The Netherlands

-King Willeim-Alexander visited Hoek van Holland on Tuesday {Source} On Thursday, the Dutch monarch held meetings with entrepreneurs in the inner city of Beverwijk about their business choices, technological developments and the connection between offline and online {Source}

Norway

-Crown Prince Haakon made an offiical visit to Mozambique this week {Source}

-Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner celebrated her 88th birthday on Wednesday.

Spain

-King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia, Leonor, The Princess of Asturias & The Infanta Sofia released a series of new formal portraits on Monday {Photos}{Photos}

-King Felipe VI & Queen Letizia announced a state visit to the United States in April 2020 on Tuesday{Source}

-King Felipe VI presided over the award ceremony of the 2020 VIII Human Rights Award, which was granted by the Ombudsman and the University of Alcalá, to the Collaboration and Effort Association (ACOES) and held audiences with president of International Airlines Group and the President of Iberia on Wednesday {Source}{Source}. On Thursday, the Spanish monarch held an audience with the latest class of the State Agricultural Engineers Corps and held an audience with the Council of the Diputación de la Grandeza de España and Titles del Reino {Source} {Source}

-Queen Letiza presided over the Princess of Girona Award for Scientific Research on Wednesday {Source}

Sweden

-King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia & Crown Princess Victoria held a meeting with Sweden's State Secretary, and representatives of the Public Health Authority, the National Board of Health and the Swedish Agency for Social Protection and Contingency (MSB) in regards to the coronavirus on Wednesday {Source}

-King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Princess Sofia & Princess Estelle attended a belated birthday gala concert for Queen Silvia performed by the Lilla Akademien on Thursday {Source}

-King Carl XVI Gustaf hosted a farewell audience for the outgoing ambassador for Vietnam on Monday {Source}. On Wednesday, the Swedish monarch held an audience with the Speaker of the Swedish parliment, Andreas Norlén and  visited Stockholm University to listen to a lecture on green chemistry with Professor Paul T. Anastas {Source} {Source}

-Queen Silvia took part in a ceremony to award Silviahemmet certificates of knowledge of good dementia care to Lotsens Nursing and Care facility on Wednesday {Source}

-Crown Princess Victoria held an audience with a seven year old brain tumor survivor and her family courtsey of the Swedish organization Min Stora Dag (My Big Day, equivalent to Make-A-Wish in the US)  on Thursday {Source}

-Prince Daniel held an audience with representatives from  foundation Professor Arne Ljungqvist anti-doping foundation on Monday {Source}

-Prince Carl Philip attended the seminar Swedish gastronomy - a global success,organized by the Gastronomic Academy and Karlstad University on Thursday {Source}

United Kingdom

-The Prince Charles of Wales, Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge & Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge visited The Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Stanford Hall on on Tuesday {Photos}{Photos}{Photos}

The Prince Charles of Wales & Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall visited the Tower of London to mark more than 500 years since the creation of Yeoman Warders and for a celebration of 50 years of VisitBritain on Thursday {Photos}

-Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge & Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge announced their spring 2020 Royal Tour to Ireland from 3-5 March 2020 on Tuesday {Source}

-Peter Mark Andrew Philips & Autumn Patricia Kelly Philips announced they are separating with intentions to divorce on Monday {Source}
It is rumored that Autumn wants to go back to Canada, but Peter does not. It is also rumored that she wants to take her dual citizenship daughters 9 year old Savannah and 5 year old Isla to Canada with her. It's also rumored that Megxit  was a major influence on Autumn's decision to ask for a divorce. Reports also state that Autumn will remain in the UK for the sake of their daughters and the couple will share custody. We'll see how this plays out in the coming months. 

-Queen Elizabeth II held audiences with newly appointed ambassadors to Algeria and Russia on Thursday {Photos}

-The Prince Charles of Wales hosted an investiture ceremony on Friday {Photos}

-The Prince Edward, The Earl of Wessex & Forfar attended a graduation parade of the 2nd Battalion of The Rifles  at Uniacke Barracks on Thursday {Photos}

-Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall hosted a reception in honor of the 15th anniversary of SafeLives on Wednesday {Photos}

-Sophie, The Countess of Wessex & Forfar visited children and carers at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices on Wednesday {Photos}. On Friday, the Queen's younger daughter-in-law joined a panel discussion at a joint UK-Germany event at the Munich Security Conference to hear from women with first-hand experience countering violent extremism {Photos}

-Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge hosted a reception for several of the 15,200 children the Metropolitan and City Police Orphans Fund on Thursday {Video}

-Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge continued her #5BigQuestions survey initiative with visits to The Duchess toured The Ark Open Farm and the Social Bite café on Wednesday {Photos}

-The Hon  Jeremy Lascelles celebrated his 65th birthday on Friday.

-Horatio Valentine Christopher Alessando Hicks celebrated his 1st birthday on Wednesday. 

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