Luxembourg

Grand Duchess Maria Teresa receives educator Hanan Al Hroub

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30th April 2018
On 26 April, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg hosted an audience at the Grand Ducal Palace. She met with Hanan Al Hroub who received in 2016, the “Global Teacher Prize”, which is the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for Teaching, by the Varkey Foundation. The Global Teacher Prize aims to promote the status of the teaching profession. This annual award from the Varkey Foundation is…
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Who is Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg?

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16th April 2018
His Royal Highness Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg was born on 16 April 1992 at the Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital in Luxembourg. He is the youngest of Grand Duke Henri, with whom he shares his birthday, and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa‘s five children. He has…
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Who is Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg?

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22nd March 2018
Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista was born on 22 March 1956 in Marianao, a district in Havana, the capital city of Cuba. Her parents were José Antonio Mestre y Álvarez and María Teresa Batista y Falla de Mestre, both of whom descended from bourgeois families of Spanish descent.The Mestre family were descendants in the female line of Ferdinand I of León and Castile, the medieval Emperor…
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Hereditary Grand Ducal Couple to travel to Florida for launch of satellite of 'GovSat'

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27th January 2018
Their Royal Highnesses Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg will travel to Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA next week to watch the launch of the first satellite “GovSat 1” at the Cape Canaveral launch base. “GovSat 1” will launch from the “Falcon 9” rocket belonging to SpaceX on Tuesday, 30 January. SpaceX was…
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New official photos of the Grand Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg released

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14th December 2017
The Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg released several new official photographs of Their Royal Highnesses Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa this morning. The four images were all taken by Lola Velasco; when Their Royal Highnesses posed for the pictures was not revealed. One of the photos is just of the Grand Duke and two feature the Grand Duchess by herself. The last picture is of…
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