HSH Prince Albert Current Events 23 : July 2007 - Sept.2007

[Zonk]

Welcome to part 23 of the current events thread of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco.

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[Zonk]

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[Josefine]

how old is albert now?

 

[hibou]

how old is albert now?

49 his birthday was in March

 

[Josefine]

so 50 next year

with all the celebrations going around last year king carl gustaf 60 and this year the king and queen of norway 70
will we see celebrations in monaco with royal guests, how was it done before?

 

[hibou]

so 50 next year

with all the celebrations going around last year king carl gustaf 60 and this year the king and queen of norway 70
will we see celebrations in monaco with royal guests, how was it done before?

I guess that will be up to Albert. His sister Caroline choose to keep it low key and if she had one at all it was just family. She kept to her schedule presenting a speech before I believe the Belgium (?) Parliment on childrens' issues and when asked what she was doing for her birthday is said to have commented something to the effect of hopefully doing something useful.

 

[iceflower]

Pics 07.07.07

Prince Albert II of Monaco plays a maracca and shoots with a game rifle during the closing meeting of the
119 Olympic International Committee session in Old Guatemala, Guatemala, 07 July 2007. EPA/ROBERTO ESCOBAR
- especially that first pic is nice

Pic 1
Pic 2
Pic 3

 

[paca]

so 50 next year

with all the celebrations going around last year king carl gustaf 60 and this year the king and queen of norway 70
will we see celebrations in monaco with royal guests, how was it done before?

I don't think that anything will be done, except private and there will be an official present from parliament and mayor/monegasques. Besides who would come. Most royals send their B and C list, others didn't show at all for the ascension, whom would they send for the birthday? Their valets and chambermaids? As long as Albert doesn't work on his reputation and show himself as a respectable man, I doubt that anyone would be interested to come to any event. I doubt that even if he organized a wedding that there would be A list royals showing. Not with his reputation and history.

 

[maryellen1539]

I don't think that anything will be done, except private and there will be an official present from parliament and mayor/monegasques. Besides who would come. Most royals send their B and C list, others didn't show at all for the ascension, whom would they send for the birthday? Their valets and chambermaids? As long as Albert doesn't work on his reputation and show himself as a respectable man, I doubt that anyone would be interested to come to any event. I doubt that even if he organized a wedding that there would be A list royals showing. Not with his reputation and history.

When was the last time an A list royal came to Monaco and for what occasion?

 

[anag]

I'm prety sure he's wearing a traditional Cuban shirt called a "guayabera". He looks funny, but maybe that's because I think guayabera and the first thing that comes to mind are all the old Cuban men in Miami (including my grandfather) that wear them everyday.

Ani

 

[hibou]

I'm prety sure he's wearing a traditional Cuban shirt called a "guayabera". He looks funny, but maybe that's because I think guayabera and the first thing that comes to mind are all the old Cuban men in Miami (including my grandfather) that wear them everyday.

Ani

Thanks Ani for the info it's interesting and adds to the picture. Also thanks for the photos iceflower as always!

When was the last time an A list royal came to Monaco and for what occasion?

That would be Rainier's funeral as he was well respected. Also Princess Diana came to Grace's funeral.

 

[lilae]

I don't think that anything will be done, except private and there will be an official present from parliament and mayor/monegasques. Besides who would come. Most royals send their B and C list, others didn't show at all for the ascension, whom would they send for the birthday? Their valets and chambermaids? As long as Albert doesn't work on his reputation and show himself as a respectable man, I doubt that anyone would be interested to come to any event. I doubt that even if he organized a wedding that there would be A list royals showing. Not with his reputation and history.

When /if a wedding is coming, perhaps it won't happen for a long time and he will have done his job...

 

[NGalitzine]

If by A list you mean other reigning European monarchs, wellthey generally do not attend the enthronement ceremonies of other monarchs. Check out the guests at Elizabeth II coronation...no reigning monarchs in attendance with the exception of colonial kings/sultans/chiefs from the then British Empire. European monarchs were represented by other members of their family. Greece for example sent Prince George and Princess Marie. Interestingly she was bored by the whole thing and offered to psychoanalyse the man sitting beside her....Francois Mitterand representing the French government.

 

[hibou]

If by A list you mean other reigning European monarchs, wellthey generally do not attend the enthronement ceremonies of other monarchs. Check out the guests at Elizabeth II coronation...no reigning monarchs in attendance with the exception of colonial kings/sultans/chiefs from the then British Empire. European monarchs were represented by other members of their family. Greece for example sent Prince George and Princess Marie. Interestingly she was bored by the whole thing and offered to psychoanalyse the man sitting beside her....Francois Mitterand representing the French government.

Thank you for adding that information as it clearly separates out enthronement ceremonies from funerals as to protocol. paca does make a good point about respect. Albert is viewed as a light weight and photos of his partying and flying around with Charlene do not help this image. I realize one can not control the press but he needs to be seen as doing his job at home not just a man of the photo op as he is being portrayed. In fairness it is difficult to change one's image but he has got to start doing something about it or else all the protocol in the world won't save him from what we are currently seeing. He has a good PR woman in place but if he doesn't listen to her what good can she do? The party shots with girls have to go away for a while it over shadows everything else but that's JMO.

 

[iceflower]

Pics 10.7.2007

Prince Albert II of Monaco unveils the ´Sky Miror´ with Lily Safra and Artist Anish Kappor during
a ceremony held at the casino square place in Monaco on July 10, 2007.

Pic 1
Pic 2
Pic 3

 

[libra65]

Thanks for the pics iceflower. Albert looks quite nice in them.

 

[MyAdia]

On Wednesday, 11 July 2007, Prince Albert honored two more Ambassadors to Monaco. These two additional ambassadors increase the total to 23 counties who now have accredited Ambassadors representing Monaco.

Malta Ambassador
In the early morning of Wednesday 11th July in the Prince’s Palace, the ceremony took place in which H.E. Mrs Victoria Ann Cremona, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Malta handed over her letters of credence.
Here’s the link to the article.

El Salvador Ambassador
In the late morning of Wednesday 11th July in the Prince’s Palace, the ceremony took place in which H.E. Mr Joaquim Rodezno Munguia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of El Salvador handed over his letters of credence.

Here’s the link to the article.

 

[MyAdia]

I didn’t see this event listed in Albert’s thread. Here’s a Monaco Times article about an event that Prince Albert attended last month 12 June 2007. Also, here’s a link to 257 pictures of the event. Prince Albert is in a lot of them. There are some nice ones on pages 3 and 4.

The 15th anniversary of the Riviera-Côte d’Azur Zeitung and fifth anniversary of The Riviera Times drew well over 400 specially invited guests to a party held on the Fairmont Hotel’s beautiful outdoor terrace in Monaco.

 

[bbb]

he does look good in the photos, it looks like he's lost alot of weight and looks much better in his suits. he was beginning to look like one of those fat cats in washington, bloated from too much rich food and champagne.

 

[Ghislaine]

On Wednesday, 11 July 2007, Prince Albert honored two more Ambassadors to Monaco. These two additional ambassadors increase the total to 23 counties who now have accredited Ambassadors representing Monaco.

Malta Ambassador
In the early morning of Wednesday 11th July in the Prince’s Palace, the ceremony took place in which H.E. Mrs Victoria Ann Cremona, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Malta handed over her letters of credence.
Here’s the link to the article.

El Salvador Ambassador
In the late morning of Wednesday 11th July in the Prince’s Palace, the ceremony took place in which H.E. Mr Joaquim Rodezno Munguia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of El Salvador handed over his letters of credence.

Here’s the link to the article.

They should give the palace photographer a new camera and/or a short course in proper digital picture resizing. Those pics are awful!

 

[MyAdia]

From Agence France Presse weekly political calendar press release, Prince Albert will be meeting President Sarkozy this Wednesday.

Voici le calendrier des principaux événements politiques pour la semaine du lundi 16 au dimanche 22 juillet :
MERCREDI 18 JUILLET
-------------------

Elysée:

- 16H00 - Nicolas Sarkozy reçoit le prince Albert de Monaco

Also, the first philharmonic concert at the Palace is tonight. Didn’t last year Albert, Charlene, Caroline, and her kids attended this event? Wasn’t there a special recognition because of Charlotte’s birthday? It will be interesting to see if the family attend this year.

Premier concert d'été au Palais Princier dimanche soir
C’est un endroit unique où apprécier la musique classique en été… La cour d’honneur du Palais Princier se transforme dimanche soir en salle de spectacles à ciel ouvert pour l’Orchestre Philarmonique de Monte Carlo. Premier des cinq rendez-vous, dimanche soir, à 21h30, où les musiciens joueront Strauss, Mozart et Dvorak.

 

[paca]

There are several concerts during the summer in the palace. Last years was the one briefly befor red cross which they attended together which happened to be on Charlottes birthday and the philharmonics played happy birthday. While Charlottes boyfriend was seated below their box, Charlene was in the back of the box. Already odd way of handling protocol as Charlenes place would have been down with Felix. Anyways that was the only concert that any of the family attended. Rainier used to be more frequently present. That's one reason people were attracted to it. But then again, last year Albert was hardly here. Maybe this year will be different as he seems to have decided that he needs to be closer to home or that he has opened plenty of embassies to last for a while.....

 

[MyAdia]

Here are some three current events of Prince Albert.

1. French President Nicolas Sarkozy meets Prince Albert of Monaco at the Elysee Palace, France, 18 July 2007.
Prince Albert & President Sarkozy
Prince Albert

Here is another nice picture of Albert’s visit with Sarkozy and a gallery of pictures from Isifa.

(I think Albert looks much better with his hair shaven as close as it is. He should keep it cut this short. )

2. Foundation Albert II signed a partnership to support biocarburant on Monday Jul 16 in the Grimaldi Forum
The Foundation Albert II, with L’initiative of the Sovereign, his president, organized at the beginning of week a conference discusses on the topic of the biocarburants, in Grimaldi Forum. With L’exit, a partnership was signed with the Regional Room of Champagne-Ardenne Agriculture to support a project of creation of biocarburant baptized Lidea. Picture

3. Monaco accredits two more foreign powers

Austria thus becomes the twenty fourth foreign power accredited to the Principality of Monaco. In the early morning of Tuesday 17th July in the Prince’s Palace, the official ceremony took place in which H.E. Mr Hubert Heiss, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Austria handed over his letters of credence to the Principality of Monaco.
Prince Albert & Ambassador Heiss and Press release


Japan thus becomes the twenty fifth foreign power accredited to the Principality of Monaco. In the late morning of Tuesday 17th July in the Prince’s Palace, the official ceremony took place in which H.E. Mr Yutaka Iimura, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan handed over his letters of credence to the Principality of Monaco.
Prince Albert and Ambassador Iimura and Press release

They should give the palace photographer a new camera and/or a short course in proper digital picture resizing. Those pics are awful!

It seems the pictures from the press release listed on their website are purposely blurred. When the press release is reported in Monaco Telecom or Le Petit Journal, they are much better. Here are the two pictures again, but much better.

Prince Albert & Mr. Munguia, the Ambassador for El Salvador
Prince Albert & Mrs. Cremona, the Ambassador for Malta

 

[paca]

My Adia, thanks again for the info. The guy in the second pic at the signature is Philip Deslandes who is now prefect of Champagne-Ardenne. He was the one who actually dared to criticize Albert after his first appearance with Charlene briefly after the Olympics. I knew that I knew the face . At least Albert doesn't seem to be carrying grudges .

 

[MyAdia]

My Adia, thanks again for the info. The guy in the second pic at the signature is Philip Deslandes who is now prefect of Champagne-Ardenne. He was the one who actually dared to criticize Albert after his first appearance with Charlene briefly after the Olympics. I knew that I knew the face . At least Albert doesn't seem to be carrying grudges .

Here’s an article of the signing proceding and here’s a video of Albert attending the conference (from the right side under date 17 julliet, select SIGNATURE CONVENTION.wmv if it doesn’t play automatically).

I remember that discussion when you posted Deslandes' interview. Although he didn’t mention Charlene’s name directly in his interview, it was clear to some of us that he was taking a jab at Albert in his comments about the difference in Albert’s work ethic from his father. While he did acknowledge that he understood that Albert had to fulfil his Olympic obligations, it probably didn’t look well back home when everyone saw the headlines of Albert with this young blond fawning all over him for days in the stadium and read her comments about Turin is a great place for a "lover’s holiday." I bet Albert's IOC obligations didn’t look quite like work after those headlines. Also, I remembered Deslandes' comment that his greatest accomplishment was the high educational attainment of Monegasques. This year Monaco had another high success rate on its BAC exams. Here’s an excerpt from the government’s website about the results that was reported on July 9th.

Excellent Baccalaureate results for Monegasque students

As in most years, the pass rate for the baccalaureate is close to 100% in the Principality.

This year Monegasque students obtained excellent Baccalaureate results. The pass rate at the Albert I school was 98.1%, while at the François d’Assise Nicolas Barré it reached 100%, showing how education in Monaco is one of the best in the region, even in France.

Furthermore, the proportion of passes with distinction is up this year. From a total 251 students taking the exam (counting all subjects and schools), the Albert I school had 112 distinctions (out of 162 passes) including 9 “very good” (4 in sciences, 3 in economics and social studies and 2 in literature). As far as the François d’Assise Nicolas Barré school is concerned, 19 distinctions (out of 47 passes), there were 18 “quite good”, 1 “good” and no ”very good”.

 

[lilae]

MyAdia i have to add that 2007 is the best year in France for Bac results, it's the same in Monaco I presume

 

[lckc571]

My Adia, thanks again for the info. The guy in the second pic at the signature is Philip Deslandes who is now prefect of Champagne-Ardenne. He was the one who actually dared to criticize Albert after his first appearance with Charlene briefly after the Olympics. I knew that I knew the face . At least Albert doesn't seem to be carrying grudges .

can one find what in known as Delandes in connection with Charlene, on the Net?
I would like much to read it, Thanks for the answer

lckc571

 

[MyAdia]

can one find what in known as Delandes in connection with Charlene, on the Net?
I would like much to read it, Thanks for the answer

lckc571

Lckc571, Deslandes' interview is in this post. The discussion started in post #6 in the "Prince Albert Achievements" thread. It was a noble idea to start such a thread, unfortnately the thread is very short and got off track. Maybe we can resurrect it. So, you can start reading from that post, just click on the thread title at the top right hand corner once you read the post.

 

[lckc571]

Lckc571, Deslandes' interview is in this post. The discussion started in post #6 in the "Prince Albert Achievements" thread. It was a noble idea to start such a thread, unfortnately the thread is very short and got off track. Maybe we can resurrect it. So, you can start reading from that post, just click on the thread title at the top right hand corner once you read the post.

Thanks MyAdia, I had not read this wire, is necessary to say that there is so much!!! Thank you, much
lckc571

 

[sirhon11234]

Good at least he is still taking his role as Ruler of Monaco seriously. Its good to hear news about Albert doing something good and productive for his country.