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viernes, 29 de abril de 2011

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

At 8:00 a.m. Buckingham announced:



The Queen has today been pleased to confer a Dukedom on Prince William of Wales. His titles will be Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus.

Prince William thus becomes His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge and Miss Catherine Middleton on marriage will become Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge.


So, no princess William, she'll be The Duchess!

jueves, 28 de abril de 2011

Kate Middleton @ the Goring Hotel

Ready for her last night as Miss Middleton




"Finally! the Waitie is over!"







Same Smile!




What she is learning in Princess School

The Royal guests! Yay!

It is very exciting to see the non brit royals arriving for the wedding.  Reportedly, they have a big party thrown by the Queen later tonight, it is always cool to have  a nice gather up of royals. I'll be posting as I keep seeing them.

Felipe and Letizia.at the Hilton (has anyone noticed that tomorrow is their daughter Sofia's bday?)



Maxima (wearing Burberry 'cause London is the best place to do so) and WA at the MAndarin Oriental Hotel

El programa/ The program

Como se había mencionado a un poco menos de 24 horas de la boda de William y Kate (me tomará aaaaños acostumbrarme a decirle Catherine), St James's Palace nos regala el programa oficial que mañana costará dos libras en la abadía (la reina pagará por el suyo???). Está disponible en pdf sencillo, pdf animado y como iBook.

Se puede descargar aquí: http://www.officialroyalwedding2011.org/blog/2011/April/28/Royal-Wedding-update--Official-programme--including-Order-of-Service--available-online-1. Vale la pena, guardar un souvenir gratis y destaca  la nueva foto por Mario Testino y el agradecimiento  por parte de los novios.


As it has been mentioned, a little bit less than 24 hours before Will's and Kate wedding (it'll take me aaaages to get used to call her Catherine), St Jame's Palace gives us the offical programme of the wedding. Tomorrow it'll cost 2 pounds outside the abbey (will the Queen get a free copy??). It is available as a simple pdf, animated pdf and as an iBook.

It can be downloaded herehttp://www.officialroyalwedding2011.org/blog/2011/April/28/Royal-Wedding-update--Official-programme--including-Order-of-Service--available-online-1. It is worth to have a FREE souvenir and features a new photo by Mario Testino and a thank you note from the bride and groom.

viernes, 22 de abril de 2011

April, a month full of : Birthday gals!//Abril, el mes de las cumpleañeras!

16 Margrethe

La reina de Dinamarca cumplió 71, con un festejo un poco más modesto que el del año pasado, una multitud de 5000 personas se reunieron en Arhus para desearle feliz cumpleaños!

Denmark's Queen turned 71, in a more modest festivities than last years a crowd of 5000 gathered in Arhus to wish her happy birthday!



21 . Las Isabeles,/The Lizes. Elizabeth II & Isabella til Danmark.

Wow! dos de mis royals favoritas SM la Reina Isabel cumplió 85 años, entera y trabajando. Asistió al servicio de Jueves Santo, obedeciendo a la tradición inglesa en la que el monarca lavaba los pies de los pobres, (como lo hizó Jesus con los apóstoles) ella no le lavó los pies a nadie pero hizo una contribución en la parroquia. Long live the Queen!. Sorprendente!

Por otro lado, Isabella de Dinamarca que se robó la atención de las cámaras en el bautizo de sus hermanitos la semana pasada siendo jugetona y adorable, hoy cumple 4 años.


Wow, two of my favorite royals. HM Queen Elizabeth turned 85, in one piece and working. She attended Maundy Thursday service, obeying an english tradition in which the monarch washed the poor's feet (like Jesus did) she, obviously washed none's feet but payed a donation. Long live the Queen!. She's amazing.




On the other hand Denmark's Isabella, who stole camera on the christening of her twin sibblings last week by being adorable, today turned 4!. I bet she feels such a grown up now!




29 Infanta Sofía

Bueno, esto resulta interesante, me imagino que, Sofía pasará un cumpleaños con los abuelos ó viajará a Londres con papá y mamá, porque este año su cumpleaños cae el día de la boda real de Inglaterra a la que los Príncipes de Asturias han ya confirmado asistencia.


This is kinda intresting, I think Sofia will spend her b-day with her grandparents or will travel to London with mum and dad, because this year her birthday is on the same day as the english royal wedding and the Prince and Princess of Asturias had confirmed their attendance.



Casi se me olvida, el 19... YOOO. I almost forgot on the 19th.... ME!

miércoles, 20 de abril de 2011

... mientras W+K planeaban su boda// while W+K planned their wedding

Y sip, mientras William y Kate planeaban su boda y lo único que parecía haber en las noticias de realeza era en torno a la boda, las otras casas reales continuaron trabajando y festejando.

And yup while Wills and Kate planned their wedding and that seemed to be the only thing on the news, royalty wise was about the wedding the other royal houses kept working.... and partying

Bautizo doble en Dinamarca/ Double christening in Denmark

Por fin vimos que 3 y 4 para Mary y Fred se llamaran Vincent y Josephine (¡ me encantaron los nombres!)  Vincent va despues de Isabella en la línea de sucesión  y no después de  Christian. Un pequeño resumen en este video, disculpen que está en Alemán

At last we saw that number 3 and 4 for Mary and Fred are called Vincent and Josephine (loved the names!!) . Vincent goes after Isabella in the line of succesion and not after Christian. Alittle summary in the next video, sorry if it is in German.


Leti vs Rania  o el día que los príncipes viajaron a  viajaron a Jordanía e Israel.
Leti vs Rania or the day the Prince and Princess Felipe traveled to Jordan and Israel






Máxima, WA y mamá viajaron a Alemania para una visita de estado
Máxima, WA and mum traveled to Germany for a state visit.




Mette Marit and Hakoon estuvieron en Ghana.
Mette Marit and Hakoon were in Ghana


viernes, 15 de abril de 2011

Hola! Hello!

(For english scroll down a bit)

Qué mejor mes para arrancar este proyecto que ya tenía un ratillo en la lista de los "to-do's" que este Abril de 2011. A nível personal cambio de década y este martes 19 entro a la tercera de mi vida. Y a nivel de royals, pues ayer el bautizo de los gemelitos de Dinamarca y por sí no lo sabían la boda de William y Kate. Si ya sé, las revistas, páginas, periódicos y demás no hablan de otra cosa, pero para los royal watchers la espera de este día se nos hizó más larga que quizá a la mismísma Kate.


LA onda aquí, trataré de hacerla bilingüe, a ver qué tal funciona, porque tengo muchas ganas de invitar a mis fellow royal watchers a seguirme.

Sin más por el momento quedo de uds.

A.


I can't think of a better month to finally launch this project that has been in my "to-do list" for a while now that this April of 2011. On a personal level, I switch decades and I enter my third in this world on the 19th. Feels like a great time to start stuff.Now, royally speaking is a great month, there is a christening in Denmark and the royal wedding in Britain. I know, I know, is all over the press, BUT for us royal watchers the wait felt eternal, probably longer than it did for Katey.

I'm planning to do this a bilingual blog, we'll see how that works, cause I'm really looking forward to invite the royal watchers to share their thoughts with me.

Ta.Ta.

A.