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On 14 May 2022 Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan passed away at the age of 73. Family Khalifa was born on 7 September 1948 at Qasr Al-Muwaiji, Al Ain, in Abu Dhabi (then part of the Trucial States), the eldest son of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Hassa bint Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan Education   He was a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Crown Prince When his father, Zayed, became Emir of Abu Dhabi in 1966, Khalifa was appointed the Ruler's Representative in the Eastern Region of Abu Dhabi and Head of the Courts Department in Al Ain. Zayed was the Ruler's Representative in the Eastern Region before he became the Emir of Abu Dhabi. A few months later the position was handed to Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan. On 1 February 1969, Khalifa was nominated the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and on the next day he was appointed Head of the Abu Dhabi Department of Defense. In that post, he oversaw the build up of the Abu Dhabi Defense Force, which after 1971...

A lot of royals are interested in the climate case. Some of them take the lead to do something to improve the climate.  Own picture taken in Monaco in 2013 Belgium Princess Astrid of Belgium, daughter of King Albert II of Belgium has taken up the climate change because of its relevance to her main area of interest : the  spread of malaria. Crown Princess Elisabeth of Belgium has given her name to a Belgian scientific research station on Antarctica. This is called Princess Elisabeth Antarctica.  Crown princess Elisabeth of Belgium Source picture: book cover Prinsessen van België (Dutch) Princess Esmeralda of Belgium, daughter of King Leopold III and Lilian Baels is going to write a book about the climate (2021). Denmark, Sweden, Norway Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway travelled to Greenland together to witness themselves the effects of climate change. They visited a research centre. Malaysia Several sult...