Frederik & Mary @ Belgium's Prince Philippe's 50th

Over the weekend (23-24 April, 2010) Prince Philippe of Belgium (Duke of Brabant) and his wife Princess Mathilde (godmother to Isabella) have been celebrating his 50th birthday with numerous royal guests including Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and her fiancé Daniel Westling, the Oranges, Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, the Prince and Princess of Asturias of Spain, Felipe and Letizia, Infanta Cristina, the Grand Ducal couple of Luxembourg, Henri and Maria Teresa and many other royals from the Netherlands, Portugal, Europe generally and some Jordanian royals (not sure from news yet available). No photos yet. I have taken some pretty poor quality screencaps from the news clip from HLN.be - best I can give you at the moment. The royals and guests boarded a bus to transport them to an evening gala in the Royal Greenhouse at Laeken Castle on Friday, with a visit to the Magritte Museum during the day. Princess Máxima went shopping at Natan. On Saturday there was a brunch at the Plaza Hotel in Brussels.



Screencaps © HLN.de

HLN.de - clip (01:28)

Nieuwsblad.be 'Prins Filip viert verjaardag met collega-prinsen'

More photos when/if they become available and lots still to catch up on for the Queen's 70th (and then some!)

Mary & Frederik at Luxembourg silver anniversary

This weekend Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary are representing the Danish royal family at the celebration of the silver wedding anniversary of the Luxembourg Grand Ducal couple. The Grand Ducal couple made a state visit to Denmark just after Mary and Frederik were engaged (which made Mary 'official' so she attended) and the couple were guests at Mary's and Frederik's wedding in 2004. A little background on the Luxembourg royal family from the official website (in pdf but 122 pages in English with photos) and from Hello! magazine and Wikipedia - Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg

Friday, June 30. Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik during arrivals for the 25th wedding anniversary of Luxembourg's Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Theresa at the Royal Palace in Luxembourg.



Saturday, July 1. Inauguration Musee d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc-Jean (Mudam) by the Grand-Ducal couple and Grand Duke Jean, in the presence of royal guests.



Added: Saturday, July 1. Gala Dinner and dance at the Grand Ducal residence, Slot Berg


Also added: Hello! magazine 'Royals gather for Luxembourg silver wedding party'

And from Billed Bladet:


Gouvernement du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (official site in French)
BBC profile of Luxembourg
Luxembourg Grand Duchy links in English
Languages in Luxembourg 'Luxembourg: a linguistic puzzle'
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on Netty's royalty page
Wikipedia - Prince Louis of Luxembourg about Prince Louis, girlfriend Tessy Anthony and the birth of their child Gabriel this year