Events carried-over from last week:
May 14-23 Italy: The Mille Miglia (auto race), Brescia-Rome, Italy
May 15-26 France: Cannes International Film Festival, @ the Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France
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MONDAY
May 20 Greece: 46th Birthday of Prince Pavlos of Greece + Denmark, Crown Prince of Greece {1967}
May 20 Jordan: 34th Birthday of Prince Rashid bin El Hassan of Jordan {1979}
May 20 Bahrain: 32nd Birthday of Sheikha Najla bint Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain {1981}
May 20 UAE-Dubai: 1st Birthday of Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed bin Dalmouk bin Juma Al Maktoum of Dubai {2012}
May 20 Belgium: Pr.Philippe Dk of Brabant & Pss Elisabeth visit the "Inside the Station" exhibition (dedicated to the Princess Elisabeth polar station) the site of Tour & Taxis in Brussels
May 20 UK: Q.Elizabeth II & Pr.Philip Dk of Edinburgh visit the Chelsea Flower Show
May 20 UK: Pr.Philip Dk of Edinburgh, as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, attends the Regimental Council Meeting @ Buckingham Palace
May 20 UK: Pr.Philip Dk of Edinburgh, as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, attends the 1st Guards Club Dinner @ the Cavalry + Guards Club, London
May 20 UK: Pr.Charles Pr of Wales & Camilla Dss of Cornwall attend the Chelsea Flower Show, London
May 20 UK: Pr.William of Wales Dk of Cambridge & Pr.Harry of Wales visit the Help for Heroes Recovery Centre, Wiltshire [meet wounded service personnel, veterans + their families, tour the Recovery Centre to see the practical support provided by the charity, officially open the 4 new Help for Heroes Recovery Centres (which form part of the Defense Recovery Capability)]
May 20 UK: Sophie Ctss of Wessex attends a Lunch given by Action on Hearing Loss to mark the conclusion of HRH's Vice Patronage, @ Brown's Mayfair, London
May 20 UK: Pr.Richard Dk of Gloucester & Birgitte Dss of Gloucester visit the Chelsea Flower Show @ the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London
May 20 UK: 3rd Birthday of Lady Cosima Windsor {2010}
CANCELLED - May 20 UK: Pss Alexandra of Kent visits the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show @ Royal Hospital Chelsea, London
May 20 Sweden: K.Carl XVI Gustaf, Q.Silvia, CPss Victoria, Pr.Daniel, Pss Estelle & Pr.Carl Philip meet the Swedish Ice Hockey World Champions (gold medalists in the hockey World Cup 2013) @ the Royal Palace of Stockholm
May 20 Sweden: K.Carl XVI Gustaf holds an audience with Bjorn Hagglund, Hakan Wirten & Ulf Holmberg from the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), @ the Royal Palace of Stockholm
May 20 Sweden: K.Carl XVI Gustaf & Q.Silvia attend the informational meeting/session with the Swedish National Day Committee, @ the Royal Palace of Stockholm
May 20 Sweden: Q.Silvia & Pss Madeleine attend the Executive Committee Meeting of the World Childhood Foundation, Stockholm
May 20 Sweden: Q.Silvia attends the annual event of the Association of Friends of the Artists, Prince Eugene's Waldermarsudde
May 20 Sweden: CPss Victoria attends the annual meeting of the Friends of Nordiska Museet + Skansen, Skansen
May 20 Sweden: Pr.Daniel attends the opening of the Tennis Park @ the Royal Lawn Tennis Club, the Royal Tennis Hall
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TUESDAY
May 21 Montenegro: National Day / Independence Day (2006)
May 21 Netherlands: Pss Beatrix opens the new museum Villa Mondrian in Winterswijk
May 21 Luxembourg: HGD Guillaume & HGDss Stephanie visit the Centre for Development + Attraction (CDA) Echternach Region's sites in Echternach [visit the Abbey & participate in the procession of Echternach dancing with high school students to the basilica & tour the historic walk to the Hotel de Ville]
May 21-June 16 UK: The Cartier Queen's Cup (polo tournament) @ Guards Polo Club, Windsor Great Park, Windsor, UK
May 21-25 UK: Chelsea Flower Show @ Royal Hospital, Chelsea, UK
May 21 UK: Pr.Philip Dk of Edinburgh views a Wingsail demonstration on Timsbury Lake, Southampton
May 21 UK: Pr.Charles Pr of Wales & Pr.William of Wales Dk of Cambridge host a conference to call for action at the highest levels & to form a global partnership to stop the illegal trade in wildlife, @ the St. James's Palace State Apartments, London
May 21-24 UK: Pr.Edward Earl of Wessex visits [& carries out engagements in] the USA
May 21 Spain: K.Juan Carlos I holds an audience with Mr. William Jefferson Clinton, former President of the United States of America, @ Zarzuela Palace, Madrid
May 21 Spain: Q.Sofia opens the International Symposium "Advances in Research on Socio Alzheimer's Disease", in Salamanca
May 21 Spain: Infe Felipe Pr of Asturias chairs the "Laureate Summit on Youth + Jobs" @ the European University of Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odon, Madrid
May 21 Spain: Letizia Pss of Asturias opens the new space/facilities of Inclusion Aprocor Foundation (aimed at improving personal autonomy + socio-professional inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities), in Madrid
May 21 Spain: Infa Elena Dss of Lugo opens the exhibition "Credo" of "The Ages of Man" Foundation to celebrate its 25th anniversary, in Arevalo, Avila
May 21-23 Sweden: K.Carl XVI Gustaf attends Royal Colloquium, Abisko
May 21 Norway: K.Harald V holds an audience with the Abel Prize Laureate 2013
May 21 Norway: K. Harald V presents the Abel Prize 2013 to the Belgian mathematician Pierre Deligne @ the University Aula in Oslo
May 21 Norway: K.Harald V attends the Government banquet in honour of the Abel Prize Laureate 2013
May 21-26 Denmark: Pss Benedikte participates in the Olave Baden-Powell Society's membership meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland
May 21 Denmark: Pss Benedikte visits Switzerland [visits Olave Baden-Powell Society's conference center "Our Chalet" in Adelboden]
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WEDNESDAY
May 22 Kuwait: 71st Birthday of Sheikha Shekha bint Ahmad Al-Thaqib of Kuwait {1942}
May 22 Saudi Arabia: 60th Birthday of Prince Mohammed bin Nawwaf bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia {1953}
May 22 Netherlands: K.Willem-Alexander opens the renovated building of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, in The Hague
May 22 Netherlands: Q.Maxima visits the Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital in Rotterdam on the occasion of its 150th anniversary
May 22 Netherlands: Q.Maxima attends the inaugural lecture of Professor Aylin Kuntay (Prince Claus Chair) @ the Academy Building of Utrecht University
May 22 Belgium: K.Albert II, Q.Paola, Q.Fabiola, Pr.Philippe Dk of Brabant, Pss Mathilde Dss of Brabant, Pss Astrid & Pr.Lorenz attend the award ceremony of the King Baudouin International Development in Africa (awarded by the King Baudouin Foundation to Ms. Bogaletch Gebre from Ethiopia), & attend a reception hosted by the King + Queen, @ the Royal Palace, Brussels
May 22 UK: Q.Elizabeth II & Pr.Philip Dk of Edinburgh give a Garden Party @ Buckingham Palace
May 22 UK: Camilla Dss of Cornwall, as President of WRVS, attends a Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate the charity's 75th anniversary & meets volunteers at a reception, @ St. Paul's Cathedral, London
May 22 UK: Pss Anne Pss Royal visits Hampshire [visits the re-development of the Modern Navy Galleries, Storehouse 10, HM Naval Base (PP66), Portsmouth; attends the re-launch of Steam Pinnace 199 @ HM Naval Base (PP66), Portsmouth; & attends the Women's Royal Naval Service Benevolent Trust (WRNS Benevolent Trusts)'s Annual General Meeting + Reception @ The National Museum of the Royal Navy, HM Naval Base Portsmouth]
May 22 UK: Pr.Edward Dk of Kent attends The Cavalry + Guards Club Chairman's Dinner in London
CANCELLED - May 22 UK: Pss Alexandra of Kent opens the relocated Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit @ the Hospital of St. Cross, Rugby, Warwickshire
May 22 Spain: Q.Sofia presents the Unicef Awards Spain 2013 @ the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
May 22 Spain: 9th Wedding Anniversary of Infante Felipe of Spain, Prince of Asturias & (Letizia) The Princess of Asturias {2004}
May 22 Spain: Infe Felipe Pr of Asturias & Letizia Pss of Asturias hold audiences @ Zarzuela Palace, Madrid, [separately] with: a representation of the Secondary School "Prado de Santo Domingo" Alcorcon; a representation of the University-Business Foundation of the University of Valencia (ADEIT) to mark its 25th anniversary; & D. Jodar Francisco Alonso (Mayor of Lorca) & a representative of the College of Special Education "Pilar Soubrier" on the occasion of the agreement between the city of Lorca & Hesperia Foundation Center for Rehabilitation
May 22 Spain: Infa Elena Dss of Lugo chairs the annual celebration festival of the Press Association @ the Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, Madrid
May 22 Sweden: CPss Victoria attends the launch of "Princess Estelle's Prayer Book", the Copper Tents, in Haga Park
May 22 Sweden: CPss Victoria attends Enskilda Upper Secondary School's anniversary celebrations, Stockholm
May 22 Sweden: Pr.Daniel attends the Ministry of Health + Social Affairs' "Fine-Tuning Health Care" Conference, Stockholm
May 22 Denmark: CPss Mary attends the opening ceremony of "Premier Global Conference of the ESC" (the European Society of Contraception + Reproductive Health Care) @ the Bella Center, Copenhagen
May 22 Denmark: Pss Marie participates in a presentation of the AIDS Foundation arspriser, @ the AIDS Foundation, Copenhagen
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THURSDAY
May 23 Kuwait: 48th Birthday of Sheikh Dr. Talal bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah of Kuwait {1965}
May 23 Netherlands: Q.Maxima opens the Alexander Munro Hospital (breast cancer hospital) in Bilthoven
May 23 Belgium: Pss Mathilde Dss of Brabant attends the International Congress on Mental Health + Juvenile Justice under the theme of "Adolescence, Violence + Forced Psychiatric Care", organized by the Centre Hospitalier Jean Titeca @ Flagey in Brussles
May 23 Belgium: Pss Astrid attends an academic meeting organized by the St. Luke Foundation @ the Central Audiences of the Faculty of Medicine at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) in Brussels
May 23 Luxembourg: HGD Guillaume & HGDss Stephanie visit the Centre for Development + Attraction (CDA) Redange/Attert Region's sites in Redange/Attert [attend a presentation of the municipality by the mayor of Redange-sur-Attert (Henri Mausen); take an outdoor walk; visit the House of Water & "Energieatelier"; meet with students + teachers from an elementary school for "Schoulsportsdag"; tour the discovery projects "Photovoltaics" & "Insektenhotel" of Attert High School; meet residents of a retirement home; visit the communal forest "Houneg"; attend an outdoor lunch; & visit the chalet "Beschschoul"]
May 23 UK: Q.Elizabeth II & Pr.Philip Dk of Edinburgh visit Cambridge
May 23 UK: Pr.Charles Pr of Wales & Camilla Dss of Cornwall visit the town of Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales [meet staff in local businesses; attend a School Library Association reception @ the Hay Festival 2013; tour the Hay Festival 2013 site; meet local farmers; meet local school children; & launch the 'Summer Reading Challenge' @ the Hay Festival]
May 23 Pr.Charles Pr of Wales attends the opening night of the Welsh National Opera's new production of Wagner's "Lohengrin" @ the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales
May 23 UK: Pss Anne Pss Royal, as Royal Patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association, attends a Reception @ The Academy of Medical Sciences, London
May 23 UK: Pss Anne Pss Royal, as Chancellor of the University of the Highlands + Islands, holds a Reception @ Buckingham Palace
May 23 UK: Pss Anne Pss Royal, as President of the UK Fashion + Textile Association, attends an Awards Ceremony + Dinner in London
May 23 UK: Pss Anne Pss Royal, as Director of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games + Paralympic Games, attends a Board Meeting @ Canary Wharf, London
May 23 UK: Birgitte Dss of Gloucester attends the Bridewell Foundation Reception @ Mansion House, Walbrook, London
May 23 UK: Pr.Edward Dk of Kent, as President of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, attends the Annual Awards @ the Barbican, London
CANCELLED - May 23 UK: Pss Alexandra of Kent, as President of the Royal Humane Society, attends the Annual General Court @ Haberdashers' Hall, London
May 23 Spain: Q.Sofia presents the 2012 Awards of the Mapfre Foundation @ The Planting, Madrid
May 23-25 Spain: Infe Felipe Pr of Asturias visits Quito, Ecuador [to attend the inauguration of President-elect Hon. Mr. Rafael Correa Delgado]
May 23 Sweden: CPss Victoria attends the OECD Conference on the Environment, Stockholm
May 23 Sweden: CPss Victoria attends the Meeting of Crown Princess Margareta's Veteran Reserve Foundation, @ the Royal Palace of Stockholm
May 23 Sweden: CPss Victoria& Pr.Daniel attend the Friends of the Swedish Institute in Rome's annual meeting @ the Museum of Mediterranean + Near Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm
May 23 Norway: K.Harald V holds an audience with the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
May 23 Norway: K.Harald V holds formal audiences [separately] with: the new Ambassador of Iran (HE Mr. Majid Nili Ahmadabadi); the new Ambassador of Burundi (HE Mr. Pascal Ruhomvyumworo); the new Ambassador of Botswana (HE Mr. Lameck Nthekela); & the new Ambassador of Mali (HE Ms. Ba Hawa Keita)
May 23 Norway: Q.Sonja holds an audience with representatives of the Norwegian Garden Society
May 23 Denmark: CP Frederik opens the exhibition "Inventions - an idea can change the world" in the Experimentarium, Hellerup
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FRIDAY
May 24 Italy: 2nd Birthday of Prince Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Abruzzi {2011}
May 24-26 Jordan: World Economic Forum on the Middle East + North Africa 2013 @ the Dead Sea, Jordan
May 24 Jordan: 3rd Wedding Anniversary [Nikah] of Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein of Jordan & Princess Sara Al-Faisal of Jordan {2010}
May 24-26 Monaco: Grand Prix de Monaco (auto race), Monte-Carlo, Monaco
May 24 Netherlands: K.Willem-Alexander & Q.Maxima visit Luxembourg
May 24 Netherlands: Pss Beatrix unveils the Fisherman's/Visser Name Monument on Scheveningen Boulevard
May 24 Netherlands: Pss Beatrix opens the Noordbrabants Museum + Stedelijk Museums in 's-Hertogenbosch
May 24 Belgium: K.Albert II & Q.Paola attend the official inauguration of the monument "Vindictive" & visit the festival "Oostende voor Anker" in Ostend, Province of West Flanders
May 24 Belgium: Pss Mathilde Dss of Brabant attends an end-of-year performance at the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp, Antwerp, Province of Antwerp
May 24 Netherlands/Luxembourg: Official Visit of K.Willem-Alexander & Q.Maxima of the Netherlands to Luxembourg, at the invitation of GD Henri & GDss Maria Teresa of Luxembourg [K.Willem-Alexander & Q.Maxima are welcomed to the airport of Luxembourg by GD Henri & GDss Maria Teresa; participate in a walkabout for their arrival @ the Grand Ducal Palace; attend a private lunch in their honor @ the Grand Ducal Palace (also attended by: HGD Guillaume & HGDss Stephanie); attend an audience with the President of the Chamber of Deputies (Laurent Mosar) & Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker; & are accompanied by GD Henri & GDss Maria Teresa back to the airport for their departure]
May 24 Liechtenstein: 18th Birthday of Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg {1995}
May 24 UK: Pr.William of Wales Dk of Cambridge attends the XXXVII Ordinary UEFA Congress @ The Grosvenor House Hotel, London, on the occasion of The Football Association's 150th Anniversary [attends a short meeting with UEFA President Michel Platini, FIFA President Josef Blatter & FA Chairman David Bernstein; & delivers a speech @ the start of the Congress]
May 24 UK: Pss Anne Pss Royal, as Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Logistic Corps, attends a Homecoming + Freedom Parade in Abingdon-on-Thames followed by a Service of Thanksgiving @ St. Helen's Church, St. Helen's Court, Abingdon, Royal County of Berkshire
May 24 UK: Pr.Edward Dk of Kent attends the closing Concert of the Newbury Spring Festival @ St. Nicholas Church, St. Nicolas Hall, West Mills, Newbury, West Berkshire
May 24 Spain: Q.Sofia opens the "VII Conference on missing + sexually exploited children" @ the Assembly of the Republic, Sao Bento Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
May 24 Sweden: K.Carl XVI Gustaf & CPss Victoria attend the WWF's annual meeting & visits Stora Skuggan + Djurgardsstaden, Stockholm
May 24 Norway: K.Harald V holds an audience with The Prime Minister
May 24 Norway: K.Harald V presides over the Council of State @ the Royal Palace
May 24 Norway: K.Harald V holds an audience with Psychologist Frid Anny Hansen, appointed Officer of the Order of St. Olav
May 24 Norway: CP Haakon opens the annual meeting of the International Post Corporation (IPC)
May 24 Norway: 11th Wedding Anniversary of Princess Martha Louise of Norway & Ari Behn {2002}
May 24 Denmark: CP Frederik receives the President of the International Red Cross (ICRC) @ Frederik VIII's Palace, Amalienborg, Copenhagen
May 24 Denmark: 5th Wedding Anniversary of Prince Joachim of Denmark & Princess Marie of Denmark {2008}
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SATURDAY
May 25 Jordan: National Day / Independence Day (1946)
May 25 UAE-Fujairah: 65th Birthday of Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Ruler/Emir of Fujairah {1948}
May 25 Netherlands: 47th Birthday of Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau {1966}
May 25 UK: UEFA European Football Championship (the Euro Cup), Wembley Stadium, London, UK
May 25 UK: Pr.Edward Dk of Kent, as President of Wellington College, attends Speech Day, @ Crowthorne, Berkshire
May 25 Sweden: K.Carl XVI Gustaf & Q.Silvia attend the opening of the exhibition "King Gustaf VI Adolf's gift", @ the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm
May 25 Sweden: 52nd Civil Wedding Anniversary of Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern & Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern {1961}
May 25 Denmark: Pr.Consort Henrik opens the exhibition "Folj Hjartat" as part of Denmark days in Kungstradgarden in Stockholm, Sweden
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SUNDAY
May 26-June 9 France: French Open (tennis) @ the Roland Garros Stadium, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
May 26 Serbia: State Funeral for HM King Peter II of Yugoslavia, HM Queen Alexandra, HM Queen Maria & HRH Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia @ St. George's Church Oplenac, Serbia
May 26 Swaziland: 8th Wedding Anniversary of King Mswati III of Swaziland & Inkhoskati LaNtentesa (Nolighwa Ayanda Ntentesa) of Swaziland {2005}
May 26 Saudi Arabia: 2nd Wedding Anniversary of Prince Sarah bint Fahd bin Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia & Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia {2011} [Marriage Ceremony #1]
May 26 Monaco: Monaco F1 Grand Prix (auto race) @ Port Hercule, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
May 26 UK: Pss Anne Pss Royal attends a Service of Remembrance to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Atlantic @ Liverpool Cathedral, St. James Mount, Liverpool, Merseyside
May 26 Spain: Q.Sofia visits the Spring International Dog Show (organized by the Royal Canine Society of Spain) & presents the "HM King Trophy" for the best specimen @ the Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid
May 26 Sweden: Q.Silvia attends Childhood Day, Green Lund (Grona Lund), Stockholm
May 26 Denmark: Q.Margrethe II attends the commemoration service to mark the Deaconess 150th anniversary @ Emmauskirken, Frederiksberg
May 26 Denmark: 45th Birthday of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark {1968}
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