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Prince Harry joins in a tree planting event with local school children, at the Chobe National Park, Botswana
Prince Harry visit to Africa - 26 Sep 2019
Harry left Meghan and Archie in Cape Town and went to Botswana and Angola (and eventually, I believe, Malawi) for a few days; here, he's at "a tree planting event with local school children, at the Chobe National Park, Botswana." (a) This child is VERY cute and (b) that National Park looks great and I don't get why I'm not on a safari right now.
Harry Visits Botswana
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Prince Harry with founder of Elephants Without Borders Dr Mike Chase, during a tree planting event with local schoolchildren, at the Chobe Tree Reserve, Botswana
Prince Harry visit to Africa - 26 Sep 2019
Here, Harry is pictured with the founder of something called Elephants Without Borders, Dr Mike Chase, and I assume they're talking about how well they coordinated their outfits. Hooray for elephants, also.
Prince Harry Visits Angola
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Prince Harry walks through a minefield in Dirico, Angola, during a visit to see the work of landmine clearance charity the Halo Trust, on day five of the royal tour of Africa.
Prince Harry visit to Angola - 27 Sep 2019
Here, of course, he's walking through a minefield with Halo, the same landmine clearance charity with whom Diana did her own VERY famous Walk Through a Minefield -- a very good cause that was also amazingly metaphorical; Diana knew what she was doing.
Prince Harry visit to Angola
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Prince Harry sits alone beneath the Diana Tree in Huambo, Angola, on day five of the royal tour of Africa. The Duke is visiting the minefield where his late mother, the Princess of Wales, was photographed in 1997, which is now a busy street with schools, shops and houses.
Prince Harry visit to Angola - 27 Sep 2019
In fact, the area that Diana walked through has, in the last thirty years, been totally cleared of mines and is now a bustling area of town, which is a wonderful thing. This is the Diana Tree, which marks the spot where she was so famously photographed. I wonder if William and Harry ever feel overwhelmed by how often strangers are like, "come here and contemplate your dead mother for us." It's often totally appropriate -- it certainly is here -- and I can imagine it would be a huge comfort to know that a person you loved so much is also loved by others, and her memory will never be forgotten, but it seems like it might get emotionally difficult. TONAL SHIFT! I love those planters.
Prince Harry visits Angola
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Prince Harry meets Barnaby Jose Mar, 6, as he visits the Princess Diana Orthopaedic Centre in Huambo, Angola, on day five of the royal tour of Africa.
Prince Harry visit to Angola - 27 Sep 2019
Harry also visited the Princess Diana Orthopaedic Centre, and this is one Mr. Barnaby Jose Mar, and he looks like a very cute little brave little muffin indeed.
Sophie Wessex visits Wells Cathedral and Cathedral School
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Sophie Countess of Wessex walks with choristers through Vicars Close to Wells Cathedral.
Sophie Countess of Wessex visit to Wells Cathedral and Cathedral School, Somerset, UK - 24 Sep 2019
Meanwhile, Sophie has finally revealed to the world the coven of child witches who do her every bidding.
Sophie Wessex
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Sophie Countess of Wessex and Frank Slevin visit British Cycling.
2019 UCI Road World Championships - 26 Sep 2019
She also continued to insist on wearing this great dress with a very weird shoe choice. Navy shoes, Sophs. IT'S RIGHT THERE.
75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden
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Prince Charles of Wales and Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands during the commemorations of the Operation Market Garden 75th anniversary in Ede, The Netherlands
75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, Ede, Netherlands - 21 Sep 2019
Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, Chaz and Princess Beatrix attended commemorations of the Operation Market Garden 75th anniversary. (Beatrix looks like she's regretting not pulling out her own camo for the occasion.) Operation Market Garden -- which I don't think I learned about in school -- was a failed attempt to push the Nazis back out of the Netherlands over the Rhine.
United Nations General Assembly,
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Queen Maxima walks near Central Park
United Nations General Assembly, New York, USA - 25 Sep 2019
Max and Wax are in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly, and Maxima, bless her, brought a BROOCH.
Max and Wax and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
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Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (right) meets with King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (left) and Queen Maxima
United Nations General Assembly, New York, USA - 24 Sep 2019
She's doing a whole caramel-colored colorway this trip, and I appreciate it.
Maxima and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
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Queen Maxima of the Netherlands looks on as United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers remarks at a side event regarding financial inclusion for development during the 74th session of the U.N. General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters
UN General Assembly - 25 Sep 2019
No one loves talking about financial inclusion the way Maxima does! (She does have a masters degree in economics and worked for a bunch of banks, so.)
Felipe and Letizia
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Spain's King Felipe VI (L) and and Queen Letizia greets people after he arrived to Gran Canaria to inspect the areas affected by wildfires last August, in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain, 23 September 2019. The forest fires, which started on 17 August 2019, forced the evacuation of some 10,000 people and burnt more than 10,000 hectares until it was finally under control.
Spanish royal couple visit affected areas by wildfires and floods on Canary Islands, Gran Canaria, Spain - 23 Sep 2019
People are INTO dots right now. (Here, they're in Gran Canaria to check out part of the country that was devastated by wildfires, so it's good she doesn't look too flashy.)
Queen Letizia in Zara
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Queen Letizia presides AECC event on research on Cancer International Day at Reina Sofia Museum
World Cancer Research Day, Madrid, Spain - 24 Sep 2019
Wearing Zara, High-Street Brand, Worn Before
She wears this Zara dress a lot, and I understand why.
Crown Princess Victoria
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Crown Princess Victoria inaugurated the new research ship "Svea"
Research ship 'Svea' inauguration, Lysekil, Sweden - 25 Sep 2019
Ah! It appears robe-coat season is upon us once more!
CPV
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Crown Princess Victoria inaugurated the new research ship "Svea"
Research ship 'Svea' inauguration, Lysekil, Sweden - 25 Sep 2019
This dress is cute though. Everyone, stock up on your fall florals!
