hillary_nugent said:
omg do u live in Luxembourg Drimal?!?!?! that's sooooooo cool!!! tell us about the lifestyle there! do you get to see the royal family often? Do you live near any castles? omg...you also live near France? ah...so lucky!! ^____^
I saw the royal family or members of them in reality four times in my life.
The first time was in 1992 when the former Grand Duke Jean was on official visit in my village. I was eight year at that time (now I'm 20 years old) and I was so proud to chant with my class a welcoming song.

Since that time I'm a great fan of this nice royal family! I collected many photos of them and was always pleased if our channel RTL Lëtzebuerg showed some pictures of them!
The second time I saw Henri and Guillaume at the
Schueberfouer (that is some sort of big fun-fair with many games!

) going on a big dipper. That was funny!
The third time was four years ago when I saw Maria Teresa and her four sons in a shopping center. (This shopping center has the beautiful name
Belle Etoile what means in English
beautiful star) They wear all normal clothes and I recognized them not immediately.
The fourth time was last year on an official visit in Esch/Alzette where I saw Grand Duke Henri and his wife Maria Teresa with their five children.
The Grand Dukal family never have bodyguards and they are really simple and not arrogant at all. Their children visit public schools for example.
They are very popular in Luxembourg indeed. Grand Duke Henri's mother Grand Duchess Charlotte was a great person in the Second World War when Luxembourg suffered under the nazis. She spend the people hope and consolation in these difficult months and was some sort of national hero after the war. Four years after her death (1985) in 1989 a statue was built in her honor.