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Old 04-14-2005, 01:11 PM
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Default Grand Duke Jean and the late Grand Duchess Josephine News and Picture Thread
A fresh new thread for News and Pictures of Grand Duke Jean.

The previous thread can be found here: Grand Duke Jean & Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte; News and Pictures, Part 1.

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Old 04-15-2005, 02:50 PM
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From www.wort.lu

The grand ducal family - including Grand Duchess Charlotte, Prince Felix, and Prince Jean- returning from exile on 13th April 1945.

These pictures are ones that I rarely see.:)
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Old 04-15-2005, 11:09 PM
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Yay! New thread! Great pics!
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Old 04-16-2005, 10:33 AM
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Thanks for these pics!
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Old 04-16-2005, 11:53 PM
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Where was Jean today? I didn't see him in any pics.
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Old 04-17-2005, 02:42 AM
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The grand ducal family - including Grand Duchess Charlotte, Prince Felix, and Prince Jean- returning from exile on 13th April 1945.

These pictures are ones that I rarely see.:)
On 13th April 2005,there was a Ceremony to celebrate this event at Luxembourg Embassy in London.His Royal Highness Prince Edward attended the event.Anyone see the pictures?
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Old 04-17-2005, 09:47 PM
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If they were available, I would have seen them by now.
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Old 04-18-2005, 01:49 AM
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i have seen them, but unfortunately they're too small. there are some, i think 3, on the government website, the name of the link escapes me. perhaps someone will post it later.
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I'm thinking its something like something-government.lu?
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I'm thinking its something like something-government.lu?
http://www.gouvernement.lu
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Old 04-19-2005, 06:37 PM
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Thank you! I was kind of right.
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Old 04-30-2005, 05:14 AM
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Very interesting details about Grand Duke Jean:



BORN
5 January 1921 at Château de Berg

MARITAL STATUS
Married in 1953 to Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium; five children

EDUCATION
Athénée (Luxembourg); Ampleforth College (Great Britain); Laval University (Quebec, Canada); Military Academy, Sandhurst (Great Britain)

LANGUAGES
Luxembourgish, French, English, German

CAREER
Volunteer in the British Army (Irish Guards, armoured division, 1942-1945); Colonel and Assistant Inspector General of the Luxembourg Army (1945-1964); member of the State Council (1951-1961); Lieutenant Representative of HRH the Grand Duchess Charlotte (1961-1964); Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 12 November 1964 to 7 October 2000

SPORTS PRACTISED
Riding, fencing, swimming, skiing, tennis

SPORTS ADMINISTRATION
Patron of several sports federations in Luxembourg

HOBBIES
Classical music, reading

HISTORICAL IOC
Honorary member since 1998; member of the Commission of Enquiry for the Winter Games (1968-1969); Chairman of the Rules Reviewing Commission (1973-1976)

Here is the link to the website:http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisati..._uk.asp?id=127
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Old 04-30-2005, 11:13 PM
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Thanks for the info!
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Here is Luxembourg's money with Grand-Duke Jean on it.
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Old 05-24-2005, 07:11 PM
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That doesn't really look like him.
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Old 05-24-2005, 11:32 PM
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Pics....:)
1.The late pope and the late grand-duchess Joséphine-Charlotte
2.Grand-duchess Joséphine-Charlotte and her children, Princess Marie-Astrid and Prince Henri
3.Joséphine-Charlotte and grand-duke Jean
4.Joséphine-Charlotte and Marie-Astrid
5.Grand-duke Jean and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
6.Prince Félix, Grand-duchess Charlotte and Prince Jean
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i have to agree, looks more like henri.
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Old 05-25-2005, 05:45 PM
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They have different noses, though.
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Old 05-31-2005, 11:51 PM
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Here are some pictures:) 1.Grand-duchess Joséphine-Charlotte
2.Grand-duke Jean
3.Princess Marie-Astrid, Prince Henri with newborns Prince Jean and Princess Margaretha
4.Prince Henri and Princess Marie-Astrid
5.Prince Henri and Princess Marie-Astrid
6.Grand-duke Jean with his family
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