Showing posts with label Royalty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Royalty. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 August 2012

The 90th anniversary of HRH Grand-Duke Jean

 

To celebrate the 90th anniversary of  HRH Grand-Duke Jean , Luxembourg Post has issued the stamp set  on March 15, 2011. The issue comprises of two stamps depicted His photo and His youngest son, Prince Guillaume.

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Grand Duke Jean has served His country as Chief of State for 36 years and can, on the occasion of His 90th birthday, reflect on a full career, rich in emotions and memories. Born on 5 January 1921 at Berg Castle and given the name Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d’Aviano of Luxembourg, He is the eldest son of the Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg and Prince Felix of Bourbon Parma. After finishing His primary and secondary studies in Luxembourg, He completed His studies at Ampleforth College in Yorkshire County in England.

Friday, 11 February 2011

The Engagement of HRH William of Wales

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Official engagement portraits
On Nov. 16, the royal family announced that Prince William and Kate Middleton were engaged. The prince had popped the question to his longtime girlfriend during an October 2010 vacation to Kenya, it was revealed. The couple pose in their official engagement portraits, taken by photographer Mario Testino in the Cornwall Room at St James's Palace in London on Nov. 25, 2010. (Mario Testino / Reuters)
 
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Many Postal Administration of Commonwealth Country, like Gibraltar Post  issued the stamp series feature the Engagement of HRH Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton  .The issuance of Gibraltar Post presented in one souvenir sheet comprised only one stamp.

Thursday, 13 January 2011

The 60th birthday of HRH Prince of Wales

Jersey Post celebrate the 60th birthday of HRH Prince of Wales by issued the single stamp and one souvenir sheet. The picture of  the Prince of Wales and his two sons applied on the souvenir sheet. 
 
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The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, KG KT GCB OM AK QSO CD SOM GCL PC AdC(P) FRS  (Charles Philip Arthur George) was  born on  November 14, 1948. He  is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II. Since 1958, his major title has been HRH The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is known as The Duke of Rothesay.

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

The 21st birthday of Prince Harry

Gibraltar Post has celebrated the 21st birthday of Prince Harry by issuing the special stamp series feature him since baby till he was young  boy as presented in the following souvenir sheet.

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Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales  commonly known as Prince Harry is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, younger brother of Prince William,and fourth grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. As such, he is third in the line of succession to the thrones of 16 independent countries, though he is resident in and most directly involved with the United Kingdom.

Harry was born at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, England, on 15 September 1984, weighing 6 lb 15oz. Harry was educated at independent schools, starting at Jane Mynors' nursery school and the pre-preparatory Wetherby School, both in London. Following this, he attended Ludgrove School, and, after passing the entrance exams, was admitted to Eton College, where he studied geography, art history, and art at A-Level. The decision to place Harry in Eton went against the family tradition of sending royal children to Gordonstoun.After graduation, the Prince took a gap year, during which he spent time in Australia, working (as his father had done in his youth) on a cattle station and participating in the Young England vs Young Australia Polo Test Match.

Monday, 10 January 2011

Diana Princes of Wales

Diana Spencer was born on  July 1, 1961 at Park House, Sandringham in Norfolk, England, the youngest of three daughters of John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (later the 8th Earl Spencer) and his first wife Frances Spencer.

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Gibraltar Post issued the commemorative stamp of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Twenty-year-old Diana became The Princess of Wales when she married Charles on 29 July 1981 at St Paul's Cathedral, which offered more seating than Westminster Abbey, generally used for royal nuptials. It was widely billed as a "fairytale wedding," watched by a global television audience of 750 million while 600,000 people lined the streets to catch a glimpse of Diana en route to the ceremony.

The marriage produced two sons: Princes William and Harry, currently second and third in line to the thrones of the 16 Commonwealth realms.In the private Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington on 21 June 1982, Diana gave birth to her and Prince Charles's first son and heir, Prince William of Wales. A second son, Henry, was born about two years after William on 15 September 1984.

Saturday, 8 January 2011

HRH Prince William Engaged

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The Isle of Man Post Office is delighted to celebrate the announcement that Prince William is to marry long-term girlfriend Miss Catherine Middleton next year. To mark this prestigious occasion in Royal history, the Isle of Man Post Office is issuing a miniature sheet featuring two stamps depicting Prince William and imagery of Kate and William together.

Prince William is second in line to the throne and now serving with the Royal Air Force.They met at St Andrew’s University in Fife in 2001 where they were both started out on the same history of art course. They graduated in 2005, the same year as their relationship became widely known.Now some eight years on, the couple are stronger than ever and look forward to their wedding which will be a great day of national celebration in 2011.It is expected to take place in either the spring or summer of 2011 and the couple will live in North Wales.The couple’s courtship has been somewhat of a fairy-tale.
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