Luxembourg Grand Ducal Family, Current Events 1: September 2004 - April 2005

[drimal]

The book's name I was talking about is: Joséphine-Charlotte Hommage 1927-2005 (German version).

Below there is the title page and the back page of the book and another picture on the first page.
This is the beginning of some beautiful pictures I will scan from the book and post here.

 

[Josefine]

are any new state visits planned?

 

[rere]

"the caller was in fact a policeman, and a member of the special unit
charged with the Grand Duke's protection at that"

that is too scary!

 

[drimal]

I have a scarying news from my newspaper which I translated from German:

Call from a phone box/ observation cameras registered the perpetrator

On Friday of the past week the Grand Ducal family was threaten by a anonymous phone caller. During the inestigations of the police there was a hunch that a member of body guards could be the suspicious and now it is nearly certain that the man was filmed during his call.
Observation cameras have registered the man in the phone box. The police kept quiet if this observation was a coincidence or a systematic surveillance.
On last Friday there was a call from an anonymous man who threatened the Grand Duke and his family. After a well-directed investigation the criminal police found out that the call were coming from a phone call.
On account of clear clues against a body guard of the Grand Duke this man was by an examining magistrate on Saturday. But the man wasn't arrested because the facts need to be checked. The accused person denied the whole act. The public prosecuter explained that the accused person is innocent as long as their is no sentence from a judge.

 

[lisamaria]

The link from the Benelux message board said "There. Another little "scandal" from Luxembourg." What others have there been? Someone?
I post here a few pictures I think haven't appeared here before. I love the one with Mathilde - she looks like there were little green men swimming around in her glass and she was talking to them

-Lisa

 

[lisamaria]

Here is moore... and oh, about the main issue: is it known what the man said? Did he threaten to kill the grand duke? Did he demand anything?
-L

 

[Danielle]

I have a scarying news from my newspaper which I translated from German:

Call from a phone box/ observation cameras registered the perpetrator

On Friday of the past week the Grand Ducal family was threaten by a anonymous phone caller. During the inestigations of the police there was a hunch that a member of body guards could be the suspicious and now it is nearly certain that the man was filmed during his call.
Observation cameras have registered the man in the phone box. The police kept quiet if this observation was a coincidence or a systematic surveillance.
On last Friday there was a call from an anonymous man who threatened the Grand Duke and his family. After a well-directed investigation the criminal police found out that the call were coming from a phone call.
On account of clear clues against a body guard of the Grand Duke this man was by an examining magistrate on Saturday. But the man wasn't arrested because the facts need to be checked. The accused person denied the whole act. The public prosecuter explained that the accused person is innocent as long as their is no sentence from a judge.

Thank you for translating that article. There are some really depraved people in this world, and it's very sad they had to target the family, or anyone for that matter. I hope they are all okay, and that this doesn't happen again.

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

This is so scary! Who is next?

 

[msfroyste]

that is sad. goes to show that good help is hard to find, espcially if you're famous. i feel sorry for them.

 

[drimal]

It is really scaring nowadays being a famous person. You are the target for criminals and evil people. If you only think on the terrible murder on Swedish minister Anna Lind or the failed assassination on French's prime minister Jacques Chirac...

But if even one of your body guards (who has the function to protect you) is a nasty traitor...

Now the sixth weeks of mourning are over (the sixth week memorial was last Saturday among the close family ) and the Grand Duke has new worries.

 

[Nathalian]

Oh my God....this is not happening.....Man, this family soffer enough, and now, this crazy man is threaten them.....It´s too much...

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Just when I could become happier with the thought of new pics of them coming out, this has to happen.

 

[KatieLouise]

Hmm... all very disturbing.

 

[agisele]

dsiturbing indeed. i hope that they'll be able to resolve this problem asap.

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Could they possibly be connected?

 

[msfroyste]

grand duke henri and grand duchess maria teresa are in paris. here's a link but unfortunately the write-up's in french: http://members3.boardhost.com/Oranjes/msg/105032.html

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

It mentions something about visiting some old academy.

 

[drimal]

Princess Anne of Great Britain and North Ireland is a special guest today in Luxembourg. After a lunch in the Grand Ducal palace she will be present at the inauguration of a new building of the British embassady and than visit the "Thérapie équestre" (therapy with horses) in Mondercange.

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

I thought Henri and MT were in Germany.

 

[msfroyste]

last i heard they were in paris last week for a couple of days and then returned to luxembourg.

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Princess Anne of Great Britain and North Ireland is a special guest today in Luxembourg. After a lunch in the Grand Ducal palace she will be present at the inauguration of a new building of the British embassady and than visit the "Thérapie équestre" (therapy with horses) in Mondercange.

Any pics of The Luncheon?

 

[drimal]

Any pics of The Luncheon?

I found no pictures on the internet and have scanned from a newspaper this two pictures:

1. Princess Ann being present at the inauguaration of the new British embassady on Boulevard Joseph II in Luxembourg city uncovering the heraldic symbol of Great Britain and a plaque, James F. Clark the British ambassador and Gertjan Storm the Dutch ambassador
2. Ann visiting the "Thérapie équestre" an organisation who tries to rehabilitate disabled persons with horses

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

What would we do w/o you drimal? We would probably not have seen most of the pics you have shown us.
Doesn't Princess Anne look alot like the Queen as she has gotten older?

 

[drimal]

Many pictures from "Ouverture du 22e Festival des Migrations" from last 5th March 2005!

Here is the link to many many beautiful pictures of the Grand Ducal couple visiting the festival of migration:http://www.rtl.lu/service/agenda/eventphotoen/index.php?tcategory_id=&limitStart=40

I have made a "best of" from the pictures of this event:

 

[drimal]

more pictures...

 

[drimal]

much more pictures...

 

[drimal]

much much more pictures...

PS: 39 pictures in 4 posts on one day! This is certainly a new record on TheRoyalForums!

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

MT really let her hair grow.

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Is there seriously absolutely nothing going on with this family?

 

[Danielle]

I'm sure there is, but we just don't know about it ... yet.