On Tuesday, January 10th, Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess, the Hereditary Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess on the occasion of the New Year have successively received an audience for the New Years reception at the Grand Ducal Palace. President of the Chamber of Deputies, Mr Mars di Bartolomeo and the Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, followed by Prime Minister and Minister of State Xavier Bettel and members of the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
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The following day, Their Royal Highnesses continued successfully receiving in audience at the Grand Ducal Palace, the President and members of the Bureau of the Council of State , The representatives of the National Authorities followed by the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to Luxembourg, the representatives of the European Institutions, as well as the members of the Grand Ducal House.

Invited by the President of Finland Sauli Niinistö, the Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg arrived on Tuesday May 10th  in Helsinki, for a three-day state visit. They were accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Etienne Schneider, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Jean Asselborn and Minister of the Environment, Carole Dieschbourg and a business delegation.

The program of Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg has been essentially marked by political events and economic punctuated the traditional state dinner and evening offered in return by the grand-ducal couple guests.

Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, who also laid wreaths at the Hietaniemi cemetery were despite their busy schedule to offer a small walking tour in the center of the Finnish capital. The opportunity to enter the amazing monolithic church Temppeliaukio. Emblematic of the current architectural expressionism of the 1960s, it has the distinction of having been carved into the rock and be covered with a copper filament dome ringed with a glass roof.

His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri and his wife Her Royal Highness Grand Duchess Maria Teresa were this Monday, March 21st at the Vatican for an official visit. They were accompanied by the children(4 boys and 1 girl):Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume, Prince Félix,  Prince Louis, Princess Alexandra and Prince Sébastien, their daughter in laws:  Hereditary Grand Duchess Stephanie, Princess Claire(who turns 31 today), Princess Tessy and 3 grand children: Princess Amalia, Prince Gabriel, Prince Noah.

While at the Holy See, the Luxembourger Ducal Family were received by His Holiness Pope Francis for a private audience at Apostolic Palace. After the hearing the Grand Ducal family was able to visit St. Peter's Basilica through the "Porta Santa", open to the Jubilee of Mercy.
The Grand Duchess was dressed in a white ensemble, as it authorizes "white privilege" (in Italian, "privilegio del bianco") - a prerogative reserved to a handful of queens, princesses and duchesses Catholics, allowing at the hearings with the pope, wearing white robes and mantillas, usually reserved for the pope.
An other Royal Lady having this privilege du Blanc is HSH Princess Charlene of Monaco
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On the occasion of her 60th birthday which will celebrated on March 22nd, The Ducal Palace release new portraits of the Grand Duchess.

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On Tuesday Grand Duchess Maria Teresa was a special guest Editor in Chief for the Luxembourg news paper Tageblatt, with a focus on microfinance and an active international role for women
 The Grand Duchess's editorial piece highlighted the role of women and girls in building a "culture of peace" that is "fondé sur l’éducation et le partage" ("based on education and sharing").

She is now working closely with the journalists and artists together and decides what is on Wednesday on the first page in the Diary.

At the first briefing she has been a participant. The suggested topics for the various headings are already on the table. The theme of the Grand Duchess is: microfinance.

Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess gave a speech at the Lycée Technique du Centre on Wednesday morning. A speech after which the Grand Duchess met in small groups with students around themes such as immigration, refugees, the monarchy and specific language impairment.
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The lovely Former Grand Duke of Luxembourg who recently celebrated his 95th birthday Grand Duke Jean accompanied by his son the current Grand Duke Henri, his wife Grand Duchess Marie Teresa, grand son Hereditary Grand Duke Prince Guillaume and his wife Hereditary Grand Duchess, Princess Stephanie attended a special musical concert at Grand Ducal Palace in Luxembourg. They listened to the performance of musicians Xiaoming Wang, Sebastian Bohren, Lech Antonio Uszynski and Maya Weber.

The Luxembourgian Grand Ducal Family was out on January 30th to support and attend the Grand Duchy's first International forum on learning disorders, launched by H.R.H Grand Duchess Maria-Teresa which, among other which focuses on ways to integrate students/children with learning disorders into the mainstream educational system. The topic is close to the family’s heart as Prince Louis was diagnosed with dyslexia at the young age of ten. and spoke about his experiences during the forum.

He was supported at the event by his parents Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie, his wife Princess Tessy as well as Prince Sébastien. Also present for the event was Princess Margaretha(sister to the Grand Duke) and also patron of Dyslexia International for many years. The forum was also attended, among others, by Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan of Jordan, (daughter of the former crown prince), and Formula 1 world champion Sir Jackie Stewart.

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The Grand Ducal and Hereditary Grand Ducal Couples hosted on January 12, at the Grand Ducal Palace in Luxembourg, a New Year's reception for members of the government. On the occasion of new year, the Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria-Theresa were accompanied by Hereditary Grand Duke Prince Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Princess Stephanie as they received guests on an official audience at the Grand Ducal Palace. During the first audience, the President of the Chambre des Députés(Deputy Chambers or Senate) and the Bureau of the Chambre des Députés were received. During the second audience, one hour later, Prime Minister (and Minister of State) Xavier Bettel and other members of the Government were received.
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