In royal circles

Members of the Band of the Welsh Guards get ready to perform during a media opportunity at a barracks in London, April, 5, 2011. The band has been chosen to perform inside the forecourt of Buckingham Palace during the day of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Britain

Britain's Prince Charles looks at parachutes drop during a display by the 1st Brigade Infanterie Parachutiste on a three-day visit to Morocco on April 4, 2011, in Rabat. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and the prince are on a tour of Portugal, Spain and Morocco.

Britain

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, left, and Prince Charles, second left, pose with Spain's Princess Letizia and Prince Felipe at an official dinner at the Palacio Real de Madrid on March 30, 2011, in Madrid.

Britain

Prince Charles gives a speech as Letizia, Princess of Asturias, looks on at an official dinner at the Palacio Real de Madrid on March 30, 2011, in Spain.

Britain

Spain's Crown Prince Felipe, right, and his wife, Princess Letizia, welcome Britain's Prince Charles, second left, and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, left, at the El Pardo Palace in Madrid, on March 30, 2011.

Britain

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Morocco's King Mohammed VI, center on right side, offers a private dinner in honor of Britain's Prince Charles, third from left on left side, and his wife Camilla, second from left on right side, Monday, April 4, 2011, at the Royal Palace Dar Essalam in Rabat.

Britain

Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, reviews the Spanish honor guard at the El Pardo Palace in Madrid, on March 30, 2011. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are on an official visit to Spain, where they will attend an official dinner at the royal palace in Madrid and have lunch with King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia.

Britain

Prince Charles wears a skull cap during a visit to the Danan Synagogue on April 6, 2011, in Fez, Morocco.

Spain

Spain's Princess Letizia and Prince Felipe pose together at an official dinner honoring Britain's Prince Charles at the Palacio Real de Madrid on March 30, 2011, in Madrid.

Monaco

Prince Albert II of Monaco, second right, and his fiancee, Charlene Wittstock, right pose with Irish President Mary McAleese, and her husband, Martin McAleese, left, at a state dinner at Aras an Uachtarain, the official residence of the president of Ireland, on April 4, 2011, in Dublin.

Monaco

Charlene Wittstock, fiancee to Prince Albert II of Monaco, leaves a pub in Newport, Ireland, on April 6, 2011. The couple were on a state visit from April 4 to 6. It was recently announced that South African swimming champion Wittstock had converted to Roman Catholicism ahead of their July marriage.

Monaco

Prince Albert II of Monaco, left, attends a Civic Reception at City Hall during a State visit on April 5, 2011, in Dublin.

Monaco

Prince Albert II of Monaco, center, meets Environment Minister Phil Hogan, left, and Minister of State Willie Penrose on a visit to Dublin's Customs House on April 5, 2011, in Dublin.

Monaco

Prince Albert II of Monaco poses after receiving the scarf of the Doctor Honoris Causa degree, during a ceremony for the 25th anniversary of the Institute Portalis in Aix-en-Provence, southern France, on March 29, 2011. Portalis Institute, created in 1984, is part of the Faculty of Law and Political Science of Aix-en-Provence.

Jordan

King Abdullah II of Jordan speaks to Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, unseen, during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence, outside Moscow, April 7, 2011.

Japan

Japanese Emperor Akihito, background, and Empress Michiko talk with evacuees from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at Tokyo Budoh-kan, a shelter acting as an evacuation center, on March 30, 2011.

Japan

Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito, left, talks to an evacuee from March 11 earthquake and tsunami, along with Crown Princess Masako at a gymnasium, currently serving as an evacuation center, inside Ajinomoto stadium in Chofu, western Tokyo, on April 6, 2011. The couple visited the evacuation center to encourage the evacuees who are mainly from Fukushima prefecture.

Japan

Japanese Emperor Akihito, left, and Empress Michiko talk with evacuees from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at Tokyo Budoh-kan, a shelter acting as an evacuation center, on March 30, 2011.

Belgium

Prince Philippe of Belgium gives a speech during his visit to Skolkovo business school outside Moscow, on April 4, 2011.

Belgium

The director of the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen, near Brussels, demonstrates a bell to Belgium's Princess Mathilde, right, during her visit to St. Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 7, 2011.

Belgium

German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes King Albert II of Belgium in front of the Chancellery in Berlin on March 29, 2011.

Norway

King Harald V of Norway, left, Queen Sonja of Norway, center, and Princess Mette-Marit attend the official welcoming ceremony for Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite in Oslo on April 5, 2011, Norway.

Norway

King Harald V of Norway welcomes Lithuania's president Dalia Grybauskaite on the first day of the Lithuanian state visit on April 5, 2011, in Oslo, Norway.

Norway

King Harald V of Norway and Lithuania's president Dalia Grybauskaite during a state visit welcoming ceremony on April 5, 2011, in Oslo, Norway.

Spain

Spain's Queen Sofia holds 7-month-old panda cubs Po and De De during her visit to Madrid's zoo on March 29, 2011.

Spain

Spain's King Juan Carlos, left, stands in front of the Bellevue Palace in Berlin on April 7, 2011.

The Netherlands

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Dutch princess Maxima poses next to children as she visits an education project for children from deprived areas in Ho Chi Minh City, on March 30, 2011. She and Crown Prince Willem Alexander are on an official visit to Vietnam.

The Netherlands

Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, center, and Princess Maxima, left, are welcomed by Le Hoang Quan, chairman of the people's committee, during their visit to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on March 30, 2011.

Britain

Britain's Prince Harry tries out an immersion suit as he joins the Walking with the Wounded team for training on the island of Spitsbergen, situated between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole, on March 30, 2011.

Britain

Britain's Prince Harry tries out an immersion suit as he joins the Walking with the Wounded team for training on the island of Spitsbergen, situated between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole, on March 30, 2011.

Britain

Britain's Prince Andrew, left, is shown the way by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono prior to their meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, April 7, 2011. Andrew, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II,is Britain's special representative for trade and investment.