About Town: Keeping up with the royalty!

The royalty were out in force in April. French ambassador François Zimeray was at hand to bestow Princess Marie as a ‘grand officier’ of the Légion d’honneur on April 7, one of France’s highest honours.

Countess Alexandra handed over a diploma to the winner of the ESU Public Speaking Competition on April 5. 
Princess Mary Joined forces with Søren Pind, the education and research minister, to officially open Experimentarium on April 24.

And finally, Sue Hansen-Styles , English-language theatre royalty of course, has been overseeing Why Not Theatre Company’s run of ‘Mr Tesla Played’, which concluded on April 26 – pictured with her is Serbian ambassador Dragana Ivanovic (second left  – Nikola Tesla was originally Serbian) and the play’s author Tanja Mastilo.





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