All About Royal Families

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary have 4 children. They were all born in the Copenhagen University Hospital .   Copenhagen University Hospital -Source picture: Wikipedia The Children are: Prince Christian Source picture: Wikipedia Princess Isabella Source picture: Wikipedia and a twin: Prince Vincent & Princess Josephine Crown Princess Mary is godmother of: Holger Reedtz-Thott, a son of Mary's friend barones Helle Reedtz-Thott; Josephine Flemming, daughter of Caroline and Rory Flemming; Prince Henrik of Denmark, son of Prince Joachim and his wife Princess Marie; Princess Estelle of Sweden, daughter of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel;   Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is godmother of Princess Estelle of Sweden  Picture: Wikipedia

On May 14th. 2004, Crown Prince Frederik married Crown Princess Mary in the Church of Our Lady  (Cathedral) in Copenhagen (Denmark).  Source picture:  Wikipedia The Wedding Dress of Crown Princess Mary was designed by a  Danish Designer Uffe Frank . The Danish Folketing (Parliament) passed a law (Mary's Law) to give her the Danish citizenship. Mary had a dual citizenship: Australian and United Kingdom. Crown Princess Mary had to change her faith. She was a Presbyterian but she  became Lutheran. The Royal Couple lives @ Frederik VIII's Palace, one of the 4 Palaces of the Amalienborg Palace (see in the right banner of my blog).

Trier is located in Germany within the Mosel Wine Region, near Luxembourg. The City was very important in History. The Archbishop of Trier was an important Prince of the Church. The Most Famous Landmarks of Trier are : 1/ Porta Negra Porta Negra Trier Germany Porta Negra Trier Germany 2/ Constantine Basilica 3/ Palace of Trier & Garden Palace of Trier Germany There were Renovation Works @ the Palace of Trier -  So I can't show the beauty of the Palace. 4/ Cathedral (Dom) of Trier Cathedral of Trier Germany   inside view   inside view

During a Speech on 6 p.m (local time), King Albert II of Belgium announced his abdication. Screenshot of the last speech of King Albert in 2013 Albert became King of the Belgians on 9 August 1993, after the death and the burial of his brother King Baudouin of Belgium.  Queen Fabiola, Queen Paola and King Albert on the first Day of Kingship Source: Gazet Van Antwerpen - 1993 This is the first time in Belgian History that a ruling King will abdicate. Except King Leopold III,in 1951 he was forced to abdicate in favour of his son King Baudouin.   King Leopold III and his wife Queen Astrid of Belgium   King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium - picture from a stamp On 21 July 2013, Albert's eldest son Philippe, became King of the Belgians.