Dutch Queen Beatrix poses for an official photograph, released to coincide with her 70th birthday, in The Hague, Netherlands. Dutch Queen Beatrix turned 70 on Jan. 31, 2008, with a low-key gathering of close friends at her palace nestled in woods on the edge of The Hague. Her subjects hung the national flag and orange streamers from their homes and public buildings that day.
Members of the royal family sing a happy birthday song for Dutch Queen Beatrix, front row center, and her sister Princess Margriet, front row left, as they celebrated their birthdays at the Carre Theater, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. The Queen's 70th birthday was Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008.
Dutch Queen Beatrix, right, reacts as she talks to music school students after attending a performance marking birthday celebrations for the Queen and her sister, Princess Margriet, at Carre Theater, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. The Queen's birthday was Thursday, Jan. 31, and Princess Margriet's birthday was Jan. 19.
This is another official palace photo of Dutch Queen Beatrix on her 70th birthday, in The Hague, Netherlands. The queen, who lived in exile in Canada during World War II, took over the throne in 1980 when her mother, Queen Juliana, abdicated.
Denmark
Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik, front far left standing, steers his Farr 40-class sailboat Nanoq during the first day of racing at the Acura Key West sailing regatta Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008, in Key West, Fla. Sailboat 16, back, is Plenty, owned by Alexander Roepers.
Norway
This photo from the Norwegian Royal Court shows Norway's Princess Ingrid Alexandra celebrating her 4th birthday. The eldest child of Crown Prince Haakon and his wife, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, she was born Jan. 21, 2004, in Oslo.
Britain
Britain's Prince Charles is flanked by school children from Bishop Perowne CE High School and Performing Arts College in Worcester as he gives a speech, after watching their masked performance entitled "The Caretaker" at the Unicorn Theatre in London, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008.
Britain's Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, poses for photographs with schoolchildren from Bishop Perowne CE High School and Performing Arts College in Worcester as she meets them after their masked performance Jan. 28, 2008. Camilla and Prince Charles attended the performance by 50 children as part of the national finale for TheatreQuest 2007, a program set up by the Prince's Foundation for Children and the Arts.
Queen Elizabeth II receives a bunch of bananas from Elizabeth Hyde, during a visit to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, England, Jan. 24, 2008.Hyde was given two bananas by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, during a royal visit to the hospital, where she was a patient in 1943, and decided to return the favor during the Queen's visit to open a new radiology department.
Britain's Prince William poses for the camera, after undertaking pre-training flight tests at an undisclosed location. The prince is training at the Royal Air Force's Cranwell base in eastern England.
Britain's Prince William is seen undertaking pre-training flight tests at an undisclosed location. Known as Flying Officer William Wales, he is being trained on helicopters as well as fixed-wing aircraft at the Royal Air Force's Cranwell base.
Monaco
Prince Albert II of Monaco watches as two zoo employees carry the sedated leopard Sirius, at Monaco zoo. Two sibling leopards, Pitou and Sirius, both 16 years old, are to be transferred by plane from Monaco to their new African home at the Shamwari Wildlife Reserve in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
Prince Albert II of Monaco, right, with English veterinary John Knight, checks the breathing of sedated leopard Pitou, at Monaco zoo. The leopard, once part of a French traveling circus, has been at the Monaco zoo for nine years.
Prince Albert II of Monaco, right, with English veterinary John Knight, adinisters eye drops to the sedated leopard Sirius, in Monaco zoo. Two sibling leopards, Pitou and Sirius, were transferred by plane from Monaco, where they had been living at the zoo, to their new African home at the Shamwari Wildlife Reserve in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
Jordan
Wife of Morocco's King Mohammed, Lalla Salma, left, Morocco's Princess Lalla Meriam, center and Jordan's Queen Rania visit a child care center in Marrakesh, Morocco. Queen Rania and King Abdullah II made a three-day state visit to Morocco in January.
Jordan's King Abdullah and Queen Rania arrive for a visit to a historical site in Marrakesh, Morocco, during their three-day visit.
Spain
Spain's Prince Felipe de Borbon, left, and Ecuador's President Rafael Correa attend the inauguration ceremony of Alvaro Colom as Guatemala's new president in Guatemala City, Monday, Jan. 14, 2008.
Spain's Crown Prince Felipe, left, shakes hands with U.S. Senator Mel Martinez in the presence of the U.S. Ambassador to Spain Eduardo Aguirre at the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. Martinez headed a delegation from the U.S. Senate on a visit to Spain.
Japan
Japanese Emperor Akihito is seen seated as Empress Michiko, center, and princes and princesses stand to listen to poetry written by the emperor during the annual palace poetry reading at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo Jan. 16, 2008. Standing princes from left are Hitachi, Akishino and Crown Prince Naruhito. Princesses standing foreground from right are: Princesses Hisako, Hanako and Kiko.
Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito stands before Emperor Akihito, seated center with Empress Michiko, and other princes and princesses as his poetry is being recited during the annual palace poetry reading at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008.