In Royal Circles

Swedish Crown Princess Victoria is photographed as she arrives in Jodhpur, India, Friday, Oct. 24, 2008.

Thailand

Thai Queen Sirikit, second left, and Princess Chulabhorn, right, talk with relatives of Angkana Radubpanya-avut, an anti-government woman protester who was killed in last week violence, during the cremation ceremony at a Buddhist temple in Nonthaburi province, Thailand, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008.

Thai Queen Sirikit places a cremate flower under the coffin of Angkana Radubpanya-avut, an anti-government woman protester who was killed in last week violence, during the cremation ceremony at a Buddhist temple in Nonthaburi province, Thailand, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008.

Spain

Spain's King Juan Carlos, second left, and Queen Sofia, left, stand with Peru's President Alan Garcia, third left, and First Lady Pilar Nores as Peru's national anthem is played during a welcome ceremony for the royal couple at the government palace in Lima, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. Spain's King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia arrived in Peru for a two-day visit.

Spain's King Juan Carlos, center left, and Peru's President Alan Garcia visit the Sun and Moon Temple at the the archaeological complex of Tucume in Trujillo, Peru, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. In background, actors perform a piece of theater about slavery.

Spain's Queen Sofia, second left, walks with Peru's First Lady Pilar Nores upon Sofia's arrival at the government palace in Lima, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008.

Spain's King Juan Carlos, left, applauds as his wife, Queen Sofia, center, greets a Peruvian dancer in Trujillo, Peru, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Spain's king and queen were in Peru for a two-day official visit.

Spain's Queen Sofia poses for pictures as she holds an archaeological tool during a visit to the Sun and Moon Temple at the the archaeological complex of Tucume in Trujillo, Peru, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008.

Norway

Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit in the audience before Madonna's performance on stage as part of her "Sticky and Sweet" tour at Wembley Stadium in London. The tour is now in the U.S.

Germany

Pallbearers carry the casket of Countess Sonja Bernadotte during her funeral at Castle Mainau on the island Mainau in Lake Constance, southern Germany, Oct. 25, 2008. Countess Sonja, 64, died after a long illness on Oct. 21, 2008. She was married to Count Lennart Bernadotte, a former Prince of Sweden and uncle of Sweden's king.

Guests and members of the family are seen in front of the Castle Mainau on the island Mainau in Lake Constance, southern Germany, during the funeral for late Countess Sonja Bernadotte on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008.

The archbishop of Cologne, Joachim Cardinal Meisner, right, and German Princess Gloria of Thurn und Taxis talk in a TV studio in Cologne, Germany.

Great Britain

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II meets Carles Casajuana, the ambassador of Spain, right, at Buckingham Palace in London, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. The Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, Charles Gray, is at left.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II receives German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Buckingham Palace in London, Thursday Oct. 30, 2008.

Britain's Prince Charles, left, speaks to the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, right, as Brunei Queen Hajah Saleha, center rear, and the Duchess of Cornwall, right, follow, before the royal banquet at at Nurul Iman Palace, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008.

Britain's Prince Charles, left, speaks to one of the soldiers, while inspecting the Royal Guard of Honour of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles, at Seria in Belait District, 60 miles southwest of Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008.

Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, center, talks to Britain's Prince Charles, second left, as the Duchess of Cornwall, second right, talks to the Sultan's second wife, Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim, right, while Queen Saleha sits during a royal banquet at the Nurul Iman Palace in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, Oct. 31, 2008.

Japan

Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito, left, Crown Princess Masako, right, and their daughter Princess Aiko, look at exhibits during a visit to the photo exhibition entitled: "Empress and her children" at Takashimaya department store in Tokyo Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008.

Jordan

Jordan's King Abdullah, right, reviews the troops with Spain's King Juan Carlos after his arrival at Barajas Airport in Madrid, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008.

From right, Jordan's King Abdullah, Spain's King Juan Carlos, Spain's Queen Sofia and Jordan's Queen Rania pose together after the Jordan royals' arrival at Barajas Airport in Madrid, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008.