Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, News and Pictures, Part 3

[Alexandria]

Welcome to Part 3 of News and Pictures of Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa.

The previous thread can be found at: Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa Pt. 2

Please refrain from making posts with excessive "ooohing" and "ahhhhing," or even posts such as "Yah! A new thread," as well as remembering to stay on topic. Just because we may not get dozens of pictures a day of this couple or their family does not mean that we should take it as reason to discuss how tall we are or what we ate for dinner.

[Danielle]

Thank you, Alexandria and to stacy and HMQueenElizabethII for posting photos of the couple in the previous thread. :)

Polfoto 24-04-2005 Prince Albert of Monaco, left, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, center, and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg talk prior to the installment Mass of Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 24, 2005.

[stacy]

Quote:
Originally Posted by lamass

where is this picture???

here:
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...hmentid=126453

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Question: Are Henri and MT HRHs or HMs?

[suturegeisha]

Originally Posted by gaggleofcrazypeople

Question: Are Henri and MT HRHs or HMs?

They are both Royal Highnesses. Kings and Queens are Majesties.

[hillary_nugent]

Originally Posted by suturegeisha

They are both Royal Highnesses. Kings and Queens are Majesties.

Does that mean their title is not as 'superior' as kings and queens? i hope that makes sense...:o

[hillary_nugent]

in some of the pictures at the mass at the vatican the Grand Duke and Grand Duchesss was speaking to Queen sofia of spain, i was wondering in what language would they communicate in? since they know many languages would they settle for English, Spanish or French?

[msfroyste]

i read somewhere on this forum, that it's pretty common for the royals to use english as their main means of communication between each other. however, they could use whatever's comfy between whoever they're communication with and themselves, considering how many languages they all probably know. *shrugs.

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Anyway, I was watching the BBC when they had the whole new Pope thing, and out of the corner of my eye (I also happened to be online at that time) I spotted Henri and MT. Its odd how the BBC shows them even though they aren't major royals in most of the world.

[msfroyste]

well, henri is a head of state and mt is the spouse of a head of state, so technically speaking, they're on equal footing as a king and/or queen. same thing happened to me gaggle, i was doing something else at the time and the white mt was wearing just happened to catch my eye and boom, there they were. i was kinda shocked that cnn actually showed them more than they did during the papal funeral.

[lisamaria]

Hullo folks,

just thought to check in and tell that a most amazing thing happened yesterday. The EU accession treaty of Bulgaria and Romania was signed in Luxembourg in the presence of the grand dukes. I actually learned this from the Finnish TV news (that's the amazing part), in which they showed H and MT to arrive and shake hands with everyone. What makes that amazing is that the last time they were noticed in the Finnish media was sometime in the 1980s... Yes, we are very far from the world in here.
-Lisa

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

I heard about that on the BBC, but didn't see them there.

[lamass]

in the group picture m-t really stands out and that is in a good way.

[drimal]

Here is a link to this subject:

http://novinite.com/view_news.php?id=46980


And some pics of the Grand Ducal couple participating at this treaty:


Note: The EU Council is altering every six months; Luxembourg's prime minister is actually (from January 2005 till June 2005) president of the EU Council. This is the explanation of the presence of the Grand Ducal couple (representing Luxembourg, having the EU council presidence, as its sovereigns).

[drimal]

The special book Henri Grand Duc 50 is available from this week onwards.

The editions Saint Paul which bring out the book Henri Grand Duke 50 in German and French have made the focal point on many beautiful pictures.

Here is a link to the ordering of the book:
http://www.editions.lu/commander.htm

Click on libo.lu and then on the flag Henri 50... Hope this helps.

[agisele]

love the color of the dress of the Grand Duchess. I must agree that she does stand out in that sea of black.

[msfroyste]

thanks to everyone who posted all the info. perhaps someone who posts here can get their hands on a copy of the book and be kind enough to share some new info with us.

[hillary_nugent]

Can some one help me find the link to the video about Grand duke Henri and his birthday? i didn't get to watch it all but now i can't find the link...thanks in advance ^___^

[lisamaria]

Hello again!

This week's Point de Vue magazine (if it's sold in here, it's probably also sold elsewhere in Europe too), has a special about Henri and Maria Teresa, whole 10 pages it seems. The web-page is here:

http://www.pointdevue.fr/default.php

and the mag in the newsstands. It should cost about 2-4€.

-Lisa

[hillary_nugent]

Originally Posted by hillary_nugent

Can some one help me find the link to the video about Grand duke Henri and his birthday? i didn't get to watch it all but now i can't find the link...thanks in advance ^___^

Don't worry i found it