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

[Biri]

Only Grand Duke and Grand Duchess must not vote, do they?

 

[Blog Real]

Last night in the gardens of the Château de Berg the traditional “Garden Party” took place. Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, accompanied by the Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume, invited around 300 representatives of political, diplomatic, administrative, economic and civil society circles to this summer event.

https://monarchie.lu/fr/actualites/garden-party-27-juin-2023

 

[Toledo]

Only Grand Duke and Grand Duchess must not vote, do they?

I thought in general royals/working royals don't vote in any elections since as heads of state they can't favor any political group, right? Not sure about the extended family besides the crown prince's.

 

[Blog Real]

The second "Garden Party" organized by Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, accompanied by the Hereditary Grand Duke and Prince Louis, gathered last night 265 guests in the gardens of the Château de Berg.

https://monarchie.lu/fr/actualites/garden-party-29-juin-2023

 

[An Ard Ri]

What a lovely setting the Château de Berg makes for the Summer Garden Parties

 

[Somebody]

These parties seem a lot less formal than the British ones. They seem to really have time for their more limited amount of guests.

 

[An Ard Ri]

These parties seem a lot less formal than the British ones. They seem to really have time for their more limited amount of guests.

And they serve alcohol too, I don't think there's alcohol served at the British Garden Parties?

 

[iceflower]

Yesterday, July 11, HGD Guillaume, HGD Stéphanie, Princess Alexandra and husband Nicolas attended a Robbie Williams concert in Luxembourg:


** monarchie: Concert de Robbie Williams "XXV Tour" à la LuxExpo **

 

[Somebody]

Yesterday, July 11, HGD Guillaume, HGD Stéphanie, Princess Alexandra and husband Nicolas attended a Robbie Williams concert in Luxembourg:


** monarchie: Concert de Robbie Williams "XXV Tour" à la LuxExpo **

I'm a bit surprised that it is an official engagement with text such as 'Welcome to Luxembourg, Robbie!' and lots of pictures.

 

[Moonmaiden23]

I am a little surprised to see Stephanie at this event tbh.

She was completely absent from the German State visit, and given the fact that she was partially educated in Germany and completely fluent in the language it would seem to have been perfect for Stephanie.

But it's great to see she and Guillaume out with Alexandra and Nicolas.?

 

[iceflower]

Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa together with Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie invited the members of the Council of State for an institutional dinner at Château de Berg yesterday, September 26:


** Pic ** monarchie.lu with more photos: Dîner constitutionnel avec les membres du Conseil d'État **

 

[iceflower]

Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie, Princess Alexandra and Prince Sébastien went to the polls for the 2023 legislative elections in the Grand Duchy today, October 8:


** monarchie: Elections législatives 2023 au Grand-Duché **

 

[crm2317]

Sebastien didn’t stay long after the wedding in Portugal!

 

[doro]

A question: can the Grand Ducal family to vote?

 

[iceflower]

Yes, they can. This interview with a jurist answers the questions concerning the voting rights pretty well:


** lessentiel.lu: Darf der Großherzog eigentlich wählen? ** translation **

 

[iceflower]

Yesterday evening, October 12, Grand Duke Henri, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume, Prince Guillaume and Princess Sibilla attended a concert in tribute to Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte at the Philharmonie Luxembourg:


** monarchie: Concert en hommage du Grand-Duc Jean et de la Grande-Duchesse Joséphine-Charlotte **

 

[Blog Real]

Grand Duke Henri and Princess Stéphanie visited together, this Monday morning at Tramsschapp, the CAL 2023 Salon.

https://monarchie.lu/fr/actualites/salon-du-cal-2023

 

[Adda]

The Grand Ducal Couple alongside the Hereditary Couple and their children, attended the "Le Geste & le Territoire" exhibition.
I can't believe how grown up Charles is.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C0CiIhxoU5z/?igshid=ODhhZWM5NmIwOQ==

 

[Moonmaiden23]

Prince Charles is growing like a weed, and baby François is almost a clone of his father imho.

 

[Saragli]

Prince Charles is growing like a weed, and baby François is almost a clone of his father imho.

I was gonna say the same thing, a carbon copy.

 

[iceflower]

Yesterday, December 14, Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa accompanied by Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie hosted a reception for soldiers and police officers mobilized on international missions mandated by the UN, NATO and the European Union for peacekeeping operations:


** monarchie: Réception OMP (Opérations de Maintien de la Paix) 2023 **

 

[Adda]

Photos from the New year's reception
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2RjsJ-Imzz/?igsh=MW90NG56Z2NtbnBjOQ==

Nicolas Bagory has received the The Order of Adolph of
Nassau.

 

[iceflower]

Some additional photos of the reception can be found here:


** monarchie: Réception du Nouvel An 2024 au Palais grand-ducal **


Also yesterday, January 18, Grand Duke Henri and Hereditary Grand Guillaume attended the Inauguration of Solarcells, the new "Made in Luxembourg" photovoltaic (PV) panel production plant:


** monarchie: Inauguration de l'usine "Solarcells" **

 

[Somebody]

Great to see Alexandra and Nicolas attending as well. Also good to see he received the go-to order for spouses.

 

[Alisa]

I echo your sentiments. Delightfully surprised to see Princess Alexandra and her husband attending such events. Everyone looked wonderful!

 

[iceflower]

Today, March 5, Grand Duke Henri and Hereditary Grand Guillaume had a working lunch with Pierre Gramegna, Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism:


** monarchie: Déjeuner de travail avec M. Pierre Gramegna, Directeur général Mécanisme européen de stabilité **


Later Hereditary Grand Guillaume and Prince Guillaume attended the annual ceremony of awarding the Youth Merit badges:

** monarchie: Remise des insignes du "Mérite Jeunesse Luxembourg" 2024 **

 

[iceflower]

Today, May 5, the family attended the closing events of the Octave:


** monarchie: Programme de la Clôture de l'Octave 2024 **

** monarchie: Clôture de l'Octave 2024 - Messe pontificale en la Cathédrale Notre-Dame **

** monarchie: Clôture de l'Octave 2024 - Procession dans les rues de la capitale **

** monarchie: Clôture de l'Octave 2024 - Apparition au balcon du Palais **

 

[Somebody]

Previously this would be one of the bigger events of the year with lots of family members present. What happened that this has dwindled down to only the Grand Ducal Couple being in attendance?!

 

[Moonmaiden23]

How disappointing. It's the LRF annual event that I always looked forward to the most because of the large family turnout.

At the very least, the Heir Couple should have attended unless there was some dire emergency.

 

[Blog Real]

Grand Duke Henri, Grand Duchess Maria Theresa and the hereditary couple Guillaume and Stephanie, accompanied by Prince Charles and François, took part this Sunday afternoon in the closing procession of the Octave celebrations.

At the end of the procession, the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg greeted the public from the balcony of the Palace.

More pictures:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1787176307953893511