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Luxembourg and Danish royals express sadness over Jacques Chirac's death

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27th September 2019
Several royals expressed their condolences to French President Emmanuel Macron and Bernadette Chirac, the wife of Jacques Chirac, following the death of the latter. The former President of France (1995-2007) died in his home at 86. They said: “It is with great emotion that we have just learned of the death of your dear husband, Mr Jacques Chirac. We salute in him the man who embodied the…
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Luxembourg

Tessy Antony de Nassau receives knighthood from Ordre Lafayette

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23rd September 2019
Tessy Antony de Nassau, former Princess Tessy of Luxembourg, has been awarded a knighthood from Ordre Lafayette for her military service and international work. Tessy was presented with the honour on Saturday at the International Day of Peace 2019 event in Geneva, Switzerland, which was hosted by the Bring Hope Foundation and Cercle Diplomative Geneve. In her acceptance speech, Tessy spoke…
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Luxembourg

Luxembourg's Prime Minister forms special team to look into palace staff operations

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23rd August 2019
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has appointed a special commission to look into the Grand Ducal Family’s staff operations and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa’s role, the Luxembourg media has reported. At the end of June, Jeannot Waringo was appointed to be the “representative of the Prime Minister” to oversee how the Grand Ducal Court functions, allowing the…
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Luxembourg

Princess Tessy receives Swiss honour for humanitarian work in education

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1st August 2019
Earlier this week, Princess Tessy of Luxembourg has been honoured with the Cross of Merit from the International Pestalozzi Gesellschaft (International Pestalozzi Society in English) in Switzerland in recognition of her dedicated humanitarian work in the field of education provision for disadvantaged children across the globe. On social media Monday, Tessy said she was “very…
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