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His Excellency Mr Epimeni Bapfinda was received in audience by The King today and presented the Letters of Recall of his predecessor and his own Letters of Credence as Ambassador from the Republic of Burundi to the Court of St James's.

Mrs Languide Nzoyihera was also received by His Majesty.

His Excellency Mr Ruslan Bolbocean was received in audience by The King and presented the Letters of Recall of his predecessor and his own Letters of Credence as Ambassador from the Republic of Moldova to the Court of St James's.

Mrs Bolbocean was also received by His Majesty.

Ms Corin Robertson (Director General, Finance and Corporate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) was present.

The King spoke to Mr Philip Davis MP (Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas) by telephone this evening.

The Queen, representing The King, this morning attended the Maundy Service in Worcester Cathedral and was received at the North Door by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire (Mrs Beatrice Grant), the Lord High Almoner and Bishop of Worcester (the Right Reverend Dr John Inge) and the Reverend Canon Dr Stephen Edwards (Interim Dean).

During the Service Her Majesty, on behalf of His Majesty, distributed the Royal Maundy.

The Reverend Canon Paul Wright (Sub-Almoner) was present.

The King's Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard were on duty.

 - Court Circular || 28 March 2024
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Other Royal Families / Re: The Greek Royal Family new...
Last post by Curryong - March 28, 2024, 10:31:42 PM
Quote from: PrincessOfPeace on March 28, 2024, 08:44:27 PMYesterday, March 27, Margareta, Custodian of the Crown, handed out the highest insignia of The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award programme to a number of students. Princess Sofia was present as well:

https://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/the-duke-of-edinburghs-international-award-martie-2024/

Apparently Nicholas Medford-Mills, the son of Margareta's sister Elena, took part in the Duke of Edinburgh Awards himself when at school in England. He was spoken of often meeting members of the Danish-Greek royal family and other royals in the past and may well end up as heir again, especially as both his mother and aunt are now elderly.
#3
Monaco / Re: The Monegasque Family Gen...
Last post by Curryong - March 28, 2024, 10:14:43 PM
I think that Rainier was very worried at the time that the Grimaldi name would die out as Albert was not married. Any children he had were very young, illegitimate and unlikely to be allowed to succeed.

It all appears to be speculation and we don't know what senior legal and constitutional authorities were consulted by this adviser at the time or how serious it all was. Certainly Monegasque royals had behaved in very unconventional ways in the past. It shouldn't be forgotten that Rainier's own mother, Hereditary Princess Charlotte, was legitimised, adopted and made an heir by his grandfather, who had no other children.

However, the Charlotte situation just after WW1 was probably unconstitutional and there were apparently grave doubts about its legality at the time. And that situation was very different to Rainier being able to actually set a legitimate heir (Albert) aside and placing his elder sister Caroline in his position. If he had wished to bring in equality among his heirs regardless of their gender then surely the obvious time to have done it would have been when Prss Grace was expecting their first child.

The situation in the 1990s would have been akin to Queen Elizabeth II telling Charles that she intended to set him aside as heir in favour of Andrew because his private life was endangering the House of Windsor. That wouldn't have happened in a million years and I don't think the proposals re Albert would have gone ahead anyway even if Rainier and Albert had hit a rough spot in their relationship and Rainier was closer to his elder daughter at the time. That personal situation was not uncommon in the Grimaldis anyway.

There would almost certainly have been legal challenges had Rainier attempted anything of the sort, imo, and as this is a DM concoction we don't know the background to these investigations. It may well have just been impatient moves by Rainier to forc3 Albert to get married and produce legitimate heirs, something that happened anyway, albeit many years later.   
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Other Royal Families / Re: The Greek Royal Family new...
Last post by PrincessOfPeace - March 28, 2024, 08:44:27 PM
Yesterday, March 27, Margareta, Custodian of the Crown, handed out the highest insignia of The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award programme to a number of students. Princess Sofia was present as well:

https://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/the-duke-of-edinburghs-international-award-martie-2024/
#5
The Royal Palace of La Granja de San Idefonso was commissioned by King Philip V of Spain in the 18th century.   
He wanted to create a palace that reminded him of his childhood in the French court. 
#6
Monaco / Re: The Monegasque Family Gen...
Last post by LouisFerdinand - March 28, 2024, 08:03:41 PM
If Prince Rainier III would have bypassed Prince Albert, would not Princess Caroline have become the reigning Sovereign Princess?   
Or was Princess Caroline expected to renounce her claim like Hereditary Princess Charlotte did?   
Would Andrea have been created a Prince before he ever succeeded?
#7
Monaco / Re: The Monegasque Family Gen...
Last post by PrincessOfPeace - March 28, 2024, 05:07:18 PM
Prince Rainier's secret plan to oust his son: Late ruler of Monaco didn't think party boy Prince Albert was 'up to the job' and investigated making Princess Caroline his successor in the late '90s, report claims -

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13248499/Prince-Rainiers-secret-plan-oust-son-Late-ruler-Monaco-didnt-think-party-boy-Prince-Albert-job-investigated-making-Princess-Caroline-successor-late-90s-report-claims.html
#8
King Charles meets the ambassadors of Burundi and Moldova at Buckingham Palace as Camilla stands in for him at annual Maundy service where he delivered a pre-recorded Easter address to the congregation -

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13248889/King-Charles-Burundi-Camilla-Maundy-Service.html
#10
Socialites & Royal Acquaintances / Re: Hereditary and non-heredit...
Last post by sara8150 - March 28, 2024, 02:01:21 PM
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1881783/hugh-grosvenor-wedding-prince-harry-prince-william
It's his big day but he invite William and Catherine, George to his wedding period i dont think he invite Harry to his wedding due back to his bombshell tell all memoir book in 2023,Oprah and Netflix but Hugh and his fiancée Olivia make decision to invite on the lists but Duke of Westminster send invite to Wales and monarch to his wedding on June 7 but King Charles been friend of Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster