Well, there goes the Heir Consort Work project… The Norwegian court announced that Haakon and Mette-Marit with family, will be taking a family trip from the end of November to the end of January. The purpose of the trip is to experience different global cultures, in addition to spending time together as a family. Since… Continue reading Family trip
This week’s birthdays: November 1-7
2 – Sofia, Queen of Spain (1938) 3 – David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (1961) 5 – Prince Kubrat of Bulgaria, Prince of Panagyurishte (1965) 6 – Princess Henriette of Liechtenstein, Countess von Eltz Faust von Stromberg (1914)
Heir Consort Project: November
We’re moving into November, and here are the numbers for October. I rather like these months, because it makes it easier to track the “normal” work load, so to speak. There aren’t usually major holidays going on that mean these people take the whole month or so off. Mary is still pregnant, but keeping up… Continue reading Heir Consort Project: November
Marie’s Programme for October, 2010
1 – Participated with husband in the yearly reception of the University of Southern Denmark. 5 – Time for the opening of Parliament again. 14 – Handing out the French-Speaking Ambassadors’ Literary Prize. This time at the Belgian embassy. (Well, all the partying can’t just be happening at the French embassy…) 15 – The Danish… Continue reading Marie’s Programme for October, 2010
What’s in a calendar?
Is it just me, or is it a bit strange how the British deem being received at the airport in Aberdeen after returning home from a visit to India as part of the official works they do?
This week’s birthdays: October 25-31
25 – Princess Yōko of Mikasa [Japan] (1983) 25 – King Michael I of Romania (1921) 25 – Princess Élisabeth of Belgium (2001) 26 – Amelia Morales y de Grecia (2007) 26 – Lucas van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven (2002) 27 – Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-Van Eijk (1969) 28 – Hereditary Princess Sophie of… Continue reading This week’s birthdays: October 25-31
This week’s birthdays: October 18-24
18 – Qaboos bin Sa‘id al Busaidi, Sultan of the Sultanate of Oman (1940) 18 – Princess Aimée of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-Söhngen (1977) 19 – Prince Laurent of Belgium (1963) 20 – Empress Michiko of Japan (1934) 22 – Prince Omar bin Al Faisal of Jordan (1993) 23 – Princess Mako of Akishino [Japan] (1991)… Continue reading This week’s birthdays: October 18-24
This week’s birthdays: October 11-17
11 – Prince Faisal of Jordan (1963) 11 – Princess Luisa Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1995) 11 – Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969) 12 – Prince Boris of Bulgaria (1997) 12 – Princess Muta-Wakkilah of Brunei (1971) 13 – Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of San Jaime (1972) 13 – Princess Margarita… Continue reading This week’s birthdays: October 11-17
Nobel Prize of Literature
As a librarian, I must admit to being woefully behind on my reading of the Nobel laureates. I’ve read works by Bjørnson (1903), Kipling (1907), Lagerlöf (1909), Hamsun (1920), Yeats (1923), Shaw (1925), Undset (1928), Buck (1938), Eliot (1948), Faulkner (1949), Hemingway (1954), Steinbeck (1962), Beckett (1969), Golding (1983), Gordimer (1991), Morrison (1993), Heaney (1995),… Continue reading Nobel Prize of Literature