| On July 20, 2019, Before the National Day 2019 celebrations, King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz of Belgium attended the traditional classical music concert held at the Palace of Fine Arts, Bozar in Brussels. This year, the guest musician is pianist Henry Kramer, winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2016. (At the event, the Queen wore a new floral print silk gown by Erdem.) |
| On 11 July, 2019, King Philippe of Belgium visited the King’s office for the recordings of his speech for Belgium's National Day. During the office visit, Crown Princess Elisabeth accompanied her father. The national holiday of Belgium is celebrated annually on July 21st. Independence Day celebrates the separation of Belgium from the Netherlands in 1831, as well as the formal establishment of the Kingdom. |
| On Saturday 27th July, Prince Albert’s nephew and the late Grace Kelly’s grandson, Louis Ducruet, is marrying his fiancée Marie Chevallier at the Monaco Cathedral. The guest list reportedly includes many members of Monaco's royal family. Royal family members expected to attend include, Prince Albert and Princess Charlene, the groom's mother Princess Stéphanie and his aunt Princess Caroline, as well as his sister Pauline Ducruet and half-sister Camille Gottlieb. Louis Ducruet and Marie Chevallier got engaged on February 21, 2018 at The Nam Hai Resort in Hoi An, Vietnam. |
| Yesterday, Princess Charlene of Monaco attended the gala dinner of "The Princess Charlene Monaco Prize - Charity Race", held in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France with her son, Crown Prince Jacques. For the third consecutive year, the "Princess Charlene Foundation" and the "Racecourse Society of the French Riviera" (Société des Courses de la Côte d’Azur) are jointly organizing the "Princess Charlene Monaco Prize - Charity Race". The race take place at Cagnes-sur-Mer Racecourse today. |
| As recognition of their work in the community, Telford Community Pride Award winners received special certificates from Princess Alexandra during her visit to Telford on July 19, 2019. The Telford Community Pride Awards is a part of the Telford & Wrekin Council’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Telford and Wrekin is a unitary district with borough status in the West Midlands region of England. Princess Alexandra is The Queen’s cousin and a working member of the Royal Family. |
| On July 19, 2019, Friday, Queen Margrethe II attended ceremony of guards changing held at Grasten Palace. There is always a parade and a changing of the guard when the royal family stay the palace. Each day at 11.30, accompanied by flutes and drums, the regiment departs from the Yellow Mansion and marches through Gråsten to the palace, where the changing of the guard is at 12 o’clock. During the stay of Queen Margrethe II, a small concert is held in the palace yard on fridays after the changing of the guard. |
| On July 19, 2019, Dutch royal family held a photo session on the occasion of the 2019 summer holiday in the garden of Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague. King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima, Crown Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane attended the photo session. The Dutch Royal Family holds two annual photo calls with the press each year. (Queen Maxima wore a new dress by Jan Taminiau. Crown Princess Amalia wore a new long embroidered tulle dress by Sandro. Princess Alexia wore a new printed shirt dress by Sandro.) |
| Today, Queen Letizia had two events at Madrid Zarzuela Palace. The Queen first received representatives of the committee of experts who advise the Spanish Federation of Rare Diseases (FEDER). The Queen then received representatives of "National Women's Health Network" of Salud Mantal España (The Spanish Mental Health Association). Queen Letizia wore a v-neck print midi dress by Carolina Herrera. |
| On the third day of her visit to Bolivia, Princess Mako visited Santa Cruz city in Bolivia. On July 18, Princess Mako attended celebrations that commemorate the 120th anniversary of the Japanese immigration to Bolivia at the Colonia Japonesa San Juan (San Juan Japanese Colony), which is located 140 km northwest of Santa Cruz. A total of 1,684 people immigrated from Japan to San Juan from 1955 to 1992. Currently, 778 people from 240 households live in the settlement. The Princess attended a lunch and a dinner that were hosted by Santa Cruz's Governor Rubén Costas Aguilera. |
| Princess Eugenie, co-founder of the Anti-Slavery Collective and John Richmond, the US Ambassador to Combat Human Trafficking, attended a tour of Westminster Abbey to see the grave of William Wilberforce and to learn more about the journey of British abolitionists. (Princess Eugenie wore a green floral dress by Alice & Olivia.) |
| On July 18, 2019, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium visited 'Science and Culture at the Palace' summer exhibition at the Royal Palace of Brussels. In the summer months of each year, the doors of Royal Palace are opened to visitors with a summer exhibition. The exhibition will be opened to public from July 23 to August 25. When the Royal family go on holidays, they leave the doors of their palace open to the public. This year, the exhibition’s theme is "Science et culture au Palais". |
| On July 18, 2019, Queen Silvia of Sweden and Princesss Madeleine of Sweden attended Anki Wallenberg's funeral service, held at Dalarö church in Haninge south-east of Stockholm, Sweden. Anki Wallenberg (68) died in a sailing accident on the lake Geneva of Switzerland. Anki Wallenberg had been a friend of the Swedish royal family since the 1970s and was, among other things, an important contact for Princess Madeleine when she moved to London in the early 2000s. |
| On July 18, 2019, Queen Letizia attended Fundéu BBVA's Consultative Committee meeting held at the headquarters of BBVA. Fundéu BBVA (Fundéu is an acronym for Fundación del Español Urgente, meaning Foundation of Emerging Spanish) is a non-profit organization. The main responsibility of the Foundation is to maintain the unity and purity of the Spanish language. (Queen Letizia wore a cotton dress by Hugo Boss.) |
| Each year in the summer months, the doors of Buckingham Palace are opened to visitors and a special exhibition is put on in the State Rooms. This year, Queen Elizabeth opened a new exhibition about Queen Victoria. The exhibition tells the life story of Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace, and it is marking the 200th anniversary of her birth. The special exhibition "Queen Victoria’s Palace" tells the story of how the queen transformed Buckingham Palace from a private house into a working royal residence. |
| On the last day of their 3 day official visit to Devon and Cornwall, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attended a Big Picnic at Exmoor National Park in South West England. This year is the 70th anniversary of the National Parks UK and Access to the Countryside Act. Exmoor was designated a National Park in 1949. Additionally, today is July 17 and The Duchess of Cornwall celebrates her 72nd birthday. Happy birthday to you, The Duchess of Cornwall. |
