Luxembourg Grand Ducal Family, Current Events Part 5: September 2017 - present

[W.Y.CII]

Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte ?

 

[Tilia C.]

It's such a pity that they didn't publish a decent picture of HGD Stephanie. And even more of a pity that Claire didn't attend. Maybe she stayed with the kids? The reception was on a Monday and they sure were supposed to be at school today.

 

[doro]

Finally a New Year's reception happened!!

 

[Alisa]

Yes Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte [emoji6]

 

[JR76]

The aunt of Grand Duke Henri, Princess Marie Gabrielle, Countess of Holstein-Ledreborg has died aged 97.

https://monarchie.lu/fr/actualites/deces-de-la-princesse-marie-gabrielle-de-luxembourg

 

[MAfan]

May the Princess rest in peace. She was the last surviving child of Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Félix.

 

[Somebody]

Can anyone share a more recent picture of the princess? The court used one of a still very young princess.

Has she largely been forgotten in Luxembourg? Or was there still an active interest in GD Jean's siblings?

 

[Blog Real]

Can anyone share a more recent picture of the princess? The court used one of a still very young princess.

Has she largely been forgotten in Luxembourg? Or was there still an active interest in GD Jean's siblings?

"Billed Bladet" shared this photo:


https://imgix.billedbladet.dk/2023-...ss&fit=crop&ar=16:9&crop=faces,entropy&w=1446

 

[eya]

The funeral of the Princess Marie Gabrielle will take place on 18 February at 11 am at Ledreborg Castle near Copenhagen, Denmark, where her family resided.
Grand Duke Henri will attend the funeral.

https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/l...rincess-marie-gabrielle-of-luxembourg-186418/

 

[iceflower]

Grand Duke Henri and HGD Guillaume received Fernand Ernster, new President of the Chamber of Commerce, today, February 28:


** Pic **

 

[iceflower]

Yesterday, April 17, Grand Duke Henri, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa and HGD Guillaume received the participants of the Diplomatic Conference 2023:



** monarchie: Conférence diplomatique 2023 - Réception au Palais **

 

[iceflower]

HGD Guillaume and Prince Guillaume attended the annual ceremony to award the Youth Merit Luxembourg insignia yesterday, April 26:


** monarchie: Remise des insignes du "Mérite Jeunesse Luxembourg" 2023 **

 

[iceflower]

Members of the Grand-Ducal Family of Luxembourg and the Holstein-Ledreborg Family today, May 2, attended a mass at the Saint-Michel Church in Luxembourg in memory Princess Marie-Gabrielle, Princess of Luxembourg, Princess of Nassau, Princess of Bourbon-Parma, who had died in February:


** monarchie: Messe en mémoire de S.A.R. la Princesse Marie-Gabrielle **

 

[iceflower]

Today, May 14, the family attended the closing events of the Octave:


** monarchie: Clôture de l'Octave 2023 - Messe en la Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Luxembourg **

 

[Somebody]

Great to see Felix, Claire and Louid attending. Especially in the absence of the hereditary grand ducal couple.

 

[iceflower]

HGD Guillaume joined the others for the procession in the afternoon, and HGD Stéphanie with Charles and François arrived for the third item on the programme, the balcony appearance. Videos have already been shared via stories on the instagram account, photos will follow later on.

So cute ?


** screenshot **

 

[Moonmaiden23]

It does not surprise me that HGD Stephanie would choose to forgo the Procession. She is about 6 weeks out from major surgery.

This Octave will mark the Grand Ducal Family's first balcony appearance since Covid. I cannot wait to see Charles and François....this will be their first appearance period.?

 

[W.Y.CII]

The Instagram account just posted an video of Henri and MT walking together with Charles, but what catch my attention is behind them, Guillaume is carefully shielding little Francois from sunshine when Stephanie is holding him

 

[Adda]

Here are the IG stories of Stephanie with Charles and baby Francois. Careful before watching though, these images are way TOO CUTE!

https://instagram.com/stories/courg...e=ig_story_item_share&igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

what catch my attention is behind them, Guillaume is carefully shielding little François from sunshine when Stephanie is holding him

Here:
https://instagram.com/stories/courg...e=ig_story_item_share&igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
François is such a healthy looking baby! And Charles, well, he's Little Prince Charming!

 

[Moonmaiden23]

I am very surprised to see infant François at the Octave, but delighted just the same.?

 

[iceflower]

Finally many lovely photos of the later events, including Charles, François, Amalia and Liam:


** monarchie: Clôture de l'Octave 2023 - Procession dans les rues de la capitale **


** monarchie: Clôture de l'Octave 2023 - Apparition au balcon du Palais **


** wort.lu: Oktave-Abschluss mit der großherzoglichen Familie **


** rtl.lu gallery: Feierlechen Ofschloss mat der Schlusspressessioun **

 

[Moonmaiden23]

The GD Family seems to have color coordinated themselves this year in different shades of blue.

Very lovely effect!

Am I the only one that noticed how tall Amalia is growing? She has her mother's very long legs and will be taller than MT in a year or two!

She is a little beauty for sure.

 

[Somebody]

Prince Francois has quite an early royal debut at only 7 weeks of age (and already posing for the group picture for his aunt's wedding 2 weeks ago!)

 

[Prisma]

I'm impressed HGD Stephanie attended with Prince François for any Octave event. Also, HGD Guillaume recently returned from a working visit in California.

Lovely to see Prince Felix's family and Prince Louis at Octave. I miss hats though.

 

[iceflower]

HGD Guillaume, HGD Stéphanie and Prince Felix accompanied by Princess Amalia have participated in the local election this morning, June 11:



** monarchie: Élections communales 2023 **

 

[Somebody]

Why would Felix participate in local elections while living in Geneva (if I'm not mistaken - but at least abroad)?

 

[tommy100]

Voting is compulsory for everyone on the electoral roll

https://luxembourg.public.lu/en/society-and-culture/political-system/electoral-system.html

Extract from the above

Municipal elections
Foreign nationals can also participate in the elections under certain conditions.


In municipal elections, voting is also compulsory for everyone on the electoral roll.

 

[Blog Real]

If voting is mandatory, did Princess Alexandra and Prince Sebastien go to vote? They probably did it in France at the embassy?

 

[tommy100]

If they make it mandatory to vote when you don't live in the country I assume they are going to make it very easy to do so.

 

[Somebody]

However, they are not foreign nationals living in Luxembourg. They are citizens of Luxembourg living abroad. So, I understand voting for national elections (which in most countries excludes foreign nationals) but for municipal elections it is rather complicated: can they just pick any municipality they like? As they live in none of them...