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 Constantine II, the former King of Greece, is currently recovering from a successful heart operation which took place over the weekend.
The surgery happened at a private hospital, Wellington Hospital in northwest London.
68 year-old Constantine’s wife, Queen Anne-Marie, issued a statement thanking people for their support.
“My family and I would like publicly to extend our gratitude and congratulations to the medical team and the staff at Wellington Hospital for successfully operating on my husband.”
The former King had a heart valve replaced and an artery unblocked during the procedure.
Constantine was King of Greece from 1964 until the country abolished the monarchy in 1973.
The ex-King lives in London with Anne-Marie and their five children.
Prince Harry spent his second and final day in New York doing more fun events than on Friday, where he laid a wreath at Ground Zero and met with war veterans.
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Saturday however saw him mingle with Harlem students and participate in the sport of kings – polo.
In the morning, Prince Harry went up to Harlem with fellow royal Prince Seeiso of Lesotho to the Harlem Children’s Zone. The project offers free programs and classes to low-income children. Harry spent some time chatting with the students.
A 10-year-old girl sitting at a desk covered with drawing paper and colored markers gave Harry a picture.
“Is this for me?” Harry asked as he accepted it. Pointing to the desk and pens, he then asked, “You find yourself very lucky to have all this?” When she nodded, he replied “Good.”
After the tour of Harlem, Prince Harry geared up for an afternoon of polo. The Prince participated at the 2nd Annual Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic on Governor’s Island, which benefited his charity, Sentebale.
Before playing, Prince Harry gave a speech about the reason for setting up Sentebale (pronounced Sen-TEE-bah-LAY) with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho.
“Prince Seeiso and I both lost our mothers when we were very young. We set up Sentebale in their memory, and because my mother loved this city, it makes this occasion all the more poignant for me.”
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“I won’t bore you with statistics, but please believe me when I say that Lesotho is a mere microcosm of what is so wonderful, but also so tragic about Africa today.
“This beautiful kingdom has been ravaged by HIV/AIDS and poverty, leaving thousands of children without their parents.”
After that, the Prince went out to play polo.
Members of New York’s high society turned out to see Harry, as well as several celebrities. They included Madonna, Kate Hudson, LL Cool J, Chloe Sevigny and Veronica Webb.
Prince Harry played against famed Argentinian polo player Nacho Figueras. For most of the match, Harry’s team was winning, but then a tie ensued. Luckily, Harry helped break that tie to give his team the winning trophy.
All in all, Prince Harry seemed to have had a great time in New York, and even told reporters he hoped to come back.
He also responded to the accusations that he is a bad boy and the wilder son of the Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana.
“I don’t know what the image is of me. There is always the image that’s been given to me, but people have their own opinions, it’s the media that likes to stamp on the image which isn’t really me.”
Britain’s Prince Harry is in New York City for the next 36 hours. He arrived in the Big Apple earlier today.
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The third in line to the British throne is here to raise money for his charity, Sentebale, and pay his respects to those who died in the 9/11 terror attacks.
The latter was the first event on Harry’s agenda for Friday. He stopped by Ground Zero, and met with New York Governor David Patterson and a few relatives of those who were killed that day. Harry then laid wreath on the fence that surrounds the deep hole where the World Trade Center once stood. The Prince then took a step back, and bowed his head for a moment of silence.
He left a handwritten note tacked to the wreath, citing an “admiration of the courage shown by the people.”
Later on, Prince Harry moved to Hanover Square, to the renamed British Garden, to plant a magnolia bush in memory of the 67 Britons who died on 9/11.
Next, Harry would go to the Veteran’s Medical Center to tour its prosthetics lab and meet some veterans. Prince Harry himself is a veteran in a sense. He fought for 10 weeks in Afghanistan in early 2008.
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Tomorrow, the Prince will go to Harlem with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho to check out community building programs. After that, he is going to take part in one of his favorite activities – playing polo on Governor’s Island.
The event which is attracting many celebrities and VIPs, will raise money for Harry’s Sentebale charity which helps children in the Lesotho, a small kingdom in southern Africa.
This visit to New York is part of a PR project to fix the Prince’s wild boy image. Despite his charity works and service in Afghanistan, Harry is best known for alcohol fueled parties and racially insensitive incidents over the years.
Even so, Prince Harry was welcomed with opened arms in New York, many of whom see his late mother, Princess Diana, in him.
“They have their slip-ups, but what do you expect? They’re young,” said Diana Zborovsky, 25, an attorney who waited with cheering crowds on a street corner for a glimpse of Harry.
Diana, who was named after the beloved Princess of Wales, said if she could say one word to the Princess’ youngest son, she would say his mother would be proud of him.
“He’s doing a great job. He and his brother could just sit back and party but they do things like this.”
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 Getty Images Less than a week after the first Holy Communions for the sons of Infanta Cristina, the Spanish royal family were together once again to mark the samek Catholic rite for Infanta Elena’s daughter, Victoria Frederica de Marichalar.
All of the Spanish royals were in Madrid, except for the Crown Princely family. Felipe and Letizia are on an official visit to Colombia this week, and their two young daughters were not at the gathering.
King Juan Carlos arrived just in time from Rome, where a major football match is taking place.
Victoria is the King’s eldest granddaughter, from his eldest daughter.
Victoria’s parents were together for the ceremony, which is rare since Infanta Elena and Jaime de Marichalar separated in late 2007.
The fiance of Crown Princess Victoria had a kidney transplant Wednesday. 
The Swedish newspaper Expressen says 35 year-old Daniel Westling has an innate, but non-hereditary disease that led to renal impairment and doctors have long observed that a transplant would be needed.
The newspaper says Westling acquired a kidney from his father, Olle.
“Daniel feels very well after circumstances, “said the Swedish royal court’s information officer Nina Eldh. “Everything went as planned. No complications. It was planned a long time.”
Crown Princess Victoria is currently in Greenland, taking a look at the effects of global warming there. It is believed her fiance encouraged her to go, despite his surgery.
Victoria and Daniel met in 2002 at one of Daniel’s exclusive Stockholm gyms. They soon began dating, and in February of this year, announced their engagement.
The couple will marry June 19, 2010.
 As patron of LOKK, Denmark’s Crown Princess Mary was invited to attend the showing of a film about violence in a relationship between young people.
The Crown Princess’ foundation – the Mary Foundation – recently teamed up with organizations aiming to stop domestic violence during hard economic times.
The movie focused on two young women – Maria 18, Leigh 21 – who left their abusive boyfriends and were able to seek help through LOKK.
In addition to the film, LOKK is also issuing an interactive program encouraging young women to leave violent relationships.
LOKK has shelters all over Denmark to aid women and their children when leaving these types of relationships. It also does research and legislative work.
The heirs to the three Scandinavian kingdoms have arrived in the Danish territory of Greenland. 
Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden are visiting Greenland to see the effects of climate change on the island for five days.
The trio made a similar trip to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in June 2008.
Wednesday saw the royals arrive in Greenland aboard the ship HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen. They will be accompanied by several renowned scientists during this trip.
One of the places they will go to will be the Ilulissat glacier, a UN heritage site on the west coast which is shrinking due to global warming.
The visit will end on June 1st.
All three royals are good friends. Crown Princess Victoria once said Haakon and Frederik are like brothers to her.
The crown princely couple of Spain arrived in Bogota, Colombia Tuesday afternoon, to begin their four day official visit to the South American country.
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Crown Prince Felipe and Crown Princess Letizia were greeted by President Alvaro Uribe, who had been on a state visit to Spain just one month ago.
After the welcoming ceremony, the Spanish guests went to have a private dinner with Uribe, and his wife, Lina at the presidential residence.
Tomorrow, Felipe and Letizia will lay a wreath at the monument to Simon Bolivar. Later, they will receive the keys to the city of Bogota. They will also have a meeting with Colombia’s parliament.
Thursday will see the couple with the Commission of Honor for the Bicentenary of the Independence.
Then on Friday, the prince and princess will move on to Medellin with Uribe as their escort.
Their tour of the country will end Saturday.
Media reports have been touting this visit, as it shows the warm relations between Spain and Colombia.
The President of Chile is on a three day state visit of the Netherlands.
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Michele Bachelet arrived Monday morning, and was welcomed by Dutch Queen Beatrix.
After the welcoming ceremony, which was followed by a luncheon, Bachelet went to the University of Leiden, where the Queen and Crown Princess Maxima accompanied her.
There, Bachelet was given the Willem of Orange Medal by the Rector Magnificus of the University. The medal is given to those of high national or international importance.
Later in the evening, the Chilean President was given a state banquet at the Noordeinde Palace in the Hague. Queen Beatrix’s sister, Princess Margriet was in attendance.
During that banquet, the Queen gave a speech in regards to Bachelet’s efforts as President.
“Your visit underscores the growing number of contacts between our two countries. These take place in a wide variety of fields, ranging from cooperation in the area of ports and fisheries, to exchanges of knowledge between academics and researchers. A striking example is the agreements that have recently been signed between a number of Chilean and Dutch universities.
“In visiting several member states of the European Union, you are expressing the importance Chile attaches to strengthening its ties with our continent. For our part, we are equally eager to establish closer links. The Association Agreement your country has concluded with the EU offers numerous opportunities for such contacts. The strong expansion in trade relations seems to anticipate these developments. Moreover, Chile has made an interesting proposal to the EU concerning cooperation in developing alternative, sustainable energy sources.
“Madam President, in recent years we have seen how the people of Chile have managed to place their country’s reborn democracy above their own painful experiences in the past. We have the greatest admiration for this attitude, and for your own efforts to help Chile come to terms with its human rights legacy.”
The purpose of Bachelet’s visit is to have Chile join the International Criminal Court in the Hague. A recent change to the country’s constitution has recognized the court’s jurisdiction.
President Bachelet’s visit will end Wednesday, where she will continue on to France.
Monday, May 25th marks the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s 63rd anniversary from the British. 
King Abdullah II and the rest of the royal family joined in the celebrations.
Large portraits of the King were placed around the captial of Amman, and at nightfall there were fireworks displays over the King Hussein bin Talal Mosque.
Abdullah received congratulations and praise from around the world, not only for his country’s independence, but for his works for peace in the region over the past 10 years.
Even the Jordanian Times praised its King with “a stronger than ever conviction that the future is bright.
“The country is blessed with the wise leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah whose decade-long reign has brought the country much progress and reinforced its stability.”
The Times also praised Queen Rania for her work in education, saying, “investing in children brings the best returns; it is a logical conclusion and work progresses on this front.”
King Abdullah I established the Hashemite Kingdom in 1921, but Jordan did not receive its full independence until 1946, following the end of British mandate.
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