September 2009 Archives

Wedding of Bahrain king’s son

  • Posted on September 30, 2009 at 11:04 pm

The photo below shows Sheikh Nasir bin Hamad al-Khalifa, son of Bahrain’s king, during his recent wedding ceremony. Sheikh Nasir has married a daughter of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who is the ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates. The bride is identified by Wikipedia as Sheikha Sheikha. (Photo: -/AFP/Getty Images)

Princess Mathilde at anti-cancer conference

  • Posted on September 30, 2009 at 10:39 pm

Princess Mathilde of Belgium gave a speech at the European Partnership for Action Against Cancer conference in Brussels on September 29. (Photo: EPA/ERIC)

Felipe & Letizia visit university

  • Posted on September 30, 2009 at 10:28 pm

Below: Spain’s Prince Felipe, the heir to the throne, and his wife, Princess Letizia, at Salamanca University, near Madrid. (Picture by: Prisma / Splash News)

Prayers in Thailand for king’s recovery

  • Posted on September 30, 2009 at 9:52 pm

Below: Thai Buddhist monks pray for King Bhumibol Adulyadej in front of the Emerald Buddha at the Royal Palace compound in Bangkok on September 28. People around the country have been praying for the king’s speedy recovery. He was hospitalized on September 19 for fatigue and a fever. (Photo: EPA/NARONG SANGNAK)

Saudi king opens university

  • Posted on September 30, 2009 at 5:55 am

King Abdullah University for Science and Technology opens (photos)

(Photo: EPA/AHMAD TAHON)

Royal news from Thailand

  • Posted on September 30, 2009 at 5:24 am

Head of Ottoman dynasty dies

  • Posted on September 30, 2009 at 5:20 am

Emir witnesses treaty with Switzerland

  • Posted on September 29, 2009 at 2:32 am

The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (center), watched Swiss Federal President Hans-Rudolf Merz (left) and Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheik Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani (right) shake hands after signing a tax treaty in New York on September 24. (Photo: EPA/DOMINIC FAVRE)

Letizia checks out some sneakers

  • Posted on September 29, 2009 at 2:07 am

Spain’s Princess Letizia visited a shoe display at a shoe and leather products fair in Madrid on September 25. (Photo: REUTERS/Susana Vera)

Japanese royal couple in Berlin

  • Posted on September 29, 2009 at 1:45 am

Japan’s Prince Hitachi and his wife, Princess Hanako, visited German president Horst Koehler at the presidential residence, Bellevue Palace, in Berlin on September 25. The prince is Emperor Akihito’s younger brother. (Photo: REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch)

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