African Royalties

صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير مولاي رشيد يمثل جلالة الملك في تقديم التعازي في وفاة السلطان قابوس بن سعيد بن تيمور

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid offered the condolences of HM King Mohammed VI, following the death of Sultan Qaboos of Oman pic.twitter.com/qc9ekTtosU

— TheMoroccanMonarchy (@M_RoyalFamily) January 13, 2020

His Majesty King Mohammed VI chaired a working session on January 7th 2020 to discuss the Kingdom’s national priority program for drinking water.

ترأس صاحب الجلالة الملك محمد السادس، نصره الله، جلسة عمل خصصت للبرنامج الأولوي الوطني للتزويد بالماء الشروب ومياه السقي 2020-2027

HM King Mohammed VI chaired a working session devoted to the national priority Program for drinking water supply and irrigation 2020-2027 pic.twitter.com/dlnFRTygSe

— TheMoroccanMonarchy (@M_RoyalFamily) January 7, 2020

During the session he urged Government officials to speed up the implementation of the National Water program which emphasizes its role which would cover all regions across Morocco.

In her role as Chairwoman of the National Observatory of the Child's Rights(French: l’Observatoire National des Droits de l’Enfant (ONDE)), HRH Princess Lalla Meryem chaired the closing ceremony of the 16th National Congress of the Rights of the Child.

صاحبة السمو الملكي الأميرة للا مريم تترأس بمراكش حفل اختتام الدورة الـ16 للمؤتمر الوطني لحقوق الطفل

HRH Princess Lalla Meryem, Chairwoman of the National Observatory of the Child's Rights, chaired the closing ceremony of the 16th National Congress of the Rights of the Child pic.twitter.com/oo9DshSYji

— TheMoroccanMonarchy (@M_RoyalFamily) November 23, 2019

During the Congress, The National Pact for Children by 2030 was signed by all concerned public, civil and private sector representatives to express the Kingdom's commitment to improve the life and protecting the rights of children.

Her Royal Highness who was handed the UN Champion Generation Unlimited Prize, awarded by the United Nations, in recognition for her efforts to promote and protect the rights of the child, listened to the various briefings given by various senior and international officials on the statues of the Moroccan Child as well as that of the African Child.  She also reviewed the achievements made and took part in the discussion in setting up an appropriate framework to uphold children’s rights.

The event was celebrated on the same day as the 30th anniversary of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child and the 20th anniversary of the Parliament of the Moroccan child.

A happy belated to Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Hasnaa of the Kingdom of Morocco.

Also known as the Climate-Conscious Princess in Morocco, HRH was born on November 19th to HM King Hassan II and Lalla Latifa Hammou. She is the youngest of HM King Mohammed VI's sister.

She is a mother of two daughters, Lalla Oumaima Benharbit and Lalla Oulaya Benharbit with husband Dr. Khalil Benharbit.

She is involved in many royal duties and pays most attention to the environmental causes around the kingdom in which she chairs as president of the Mohammed VI Foundation for the Protection of the Environment and is founding patron of the Lalla Hasnaa Sustainable Coast Trophies.

Two months ago she gave a speech on behalf His Majesty at the United Nation's General Assembly Climate Action Summit.

A week ago she presided over the Lalla Hasnaa Sustainable Coast Trophies where she handed out awards to 24 environmentally friendly projects and initiatives in five categories on Wednesday November 13th, in Bouknadel, a city north of Rabat.

صاحبة السمو الملكي الأميرة للا حسناء تترأس ببوقنادل حفل تسليم جوائز للا حسناء "الساحل المستدام" في دورتها الثالثة 2019

HRH Princess Lalla Hasnaa, presided over the award ceremony of the Lalla Hasnaa Sustainable Coast Trophies pic.twitter.com/Rw9IoimUbD

— TheMoroccanMonarchy (@M_RoyalFamily) November 13, 2019

On November 20th, she was in the United States where she chaired a gala dinner in honours of the Royal Alawite(Alaouite) Dynasty. The Dynasty was dubbed as a "Dynasty of Tolerance" and the gala was organized by the Em Habanim Sephardic Center in Los Angeles, California.

صاحبة السمو الملكي الأميرة للا حسناء تترأس حفل عشاء بلوس أنجلس يحتفي بالدولة العلوية باعتبارها "دولة تسامح"

HRH Princess Lalla Hasnaa chaired a gala dinner that honours the Alawite Dynasty as a "Dynasty of Tolerance", organized by the Em Habanim Sephardic Center in Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/1y9YnEFKId

— TheMoroccanMonarchy (@M_RoyalFamily) November 20, 2019

His Majesty King Mohammed VI addressed the nation on national TV on November 6th to mark the 44th anniversary of the Glorious Green March.

His Majesty who was accompanied by HRH Crown Prince Moulay Hassan and HRH Prince Moulay Rachid in his televised speech shared his vision and inspiration for a greater internal economy in the 12 regions of the kingdom.

وجه صاحب الجلالة الملك محمد السادس نصره الله، خطابا ساميا إلى الأمة بمناسبة الذكرى الرابعة والأربعين للمسيرة الخضراء

His Majesty King Mohammed VI delivered a speech to the Nation on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the Glorious Green March pic.twitter.com/TTO6V373gZ

— TheMoroccanMonarchy (@M_RoyalFamily) November 6, 2019

He also renewed his commitment and sovereignty over its Sahara as well as will not accept any other solution to the Western Sahara conflict other than its Autonomy Plan summitted to the United Nations back in 2007 to resolve the Morocco-Western Sahara conflicts.

According to MAP, His Majesty spoke about restoring old infrastructure and building new ones to boost internal economy. This was the King's main points and challenges he spoke about.

The Glorious Green March was a strategic mass demonstration in November 1975, coordinated by the Moroccan government, to force Spain to hand over the disputed, autonomous semi-metropolitan province of Spanish Sahara to Morocco.


A new Documentary on King Mohammed VI:

A new documentary on the live and reign of His Majesty was screened in preview at the Lincoln Center in New York on the evening of November 7th, as hundreds of high-profile guests gathered under the auspices of the Moroccan embassy in the US.

The new documentary titled “Morocco: A King, A Vision, An Ambition,” will shed light on Morocco’s transformation during the King's 20 years of reign.

Lalla Joumala Alaoui, Morocco’s ambassador to the US who spoke at the event according to MAP said that the documentary will be talking about the "Moroccan Dream" and the vibrant testimony of His Majesty's vibrant dreams for the kingdom

Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem hosted an official dinner for America's first daughter Ivanka Trump on the occasion of her official visit to the kingdom at the Royal Palace in Rabat on November 7th.

جلالة الملك يقيم مأدبة عشاء على شرف السيدة إيفانكا ترامب ترأستها صاحبة السمو الملكي الأميرة للا مريم

King Mohammed VI offered a dinner in honour of Ivanka Trump, advisor of US president Donald Trump, chaired by HRH Princess Lalla Meryem pic.twitter.com/3Jbot8DxdV

— TheMoroccanMonarchy (@M_RoyalFamily) November 8, 2019

Although His Majesty wasn't attending the dinner, he met with the President's Special Advisor privately for talks about her Women Empowerment trip and visit so far in and around Rabat as well as bilateral talks and friendship between the USA and Morocco

سلا - حلت السيدة إيفانكا ترامب، مستشارة الرئيس الأمريكي، دونالد ترامب، اليوم الأربعاء بمطار الرباط- سلا، وذلك في زيارة للمغرب

HRH Princess Lalla Meryem received
Ivanka Trump, daughter and advisor to US President Donald Trump at the Rabat-Salé airport for a visit to Morocco pic.twitter.com/nSOQYECc7d

— TheMoroccanMonarchy (@M_RoyalFamily) November 6, 2019

Today royals from around the world accepted the invitation from the Imperial Household Agency to attend His Imperial Majesty Emperor Naruhito's and Her Imperial Majesty Empress Masako's enthronement ceremony at Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

Royals and dignitaries come out in force for the #Enthronement of the new Japanese Emperor pic.twitter.com/vKjpIQftsC

— Chris Jackson (@ChrisJack_Getty) October 22, 2019

Today's event began with which marked His Imperial Majesty who ascended in May being officially enthroned as the 126th Emperor on the Chrysanthemum Throne began with a series of ceremonies. First we had the ritual reporting where H.I.M wearing the traditional white Sokutai robes and Her Imperial Majesty came dressed in many-layered Jūnihitoe robes made traditional rites and performed the proclamation of his ascension to the throne, bowed and read aloud his statement in front of Amaterasu(The Sun Goddess) who is the legendary Imperial ancestor. The reporting was done at the Kashiko-dokoro, which is one of three sanctuaries, which houses the statue of Amaterasu.

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After the rituals, Their Imperial Majesties proceeded to Seiden-Matsu-no-Ma(State room) were then joined by members of the Imperial family. While there Their Imperial Majesties dressed in full imperial dressed ascended their thrones, with The Emperor on the Takamikura Imperial Throne reading his statement declaring his ascension, and The Empress on to the Michodai Emperial Throne. During this time all imperial objects: the Sacred Objects, Kusanagi(sword), Yasakani no Magatami(the jewel), and State and Privy Seals were laid on a table. Following The Emperor's speech, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave a speech
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His Majesty King Letsie III accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Masenate, His Majesty King Mswati III accompanied by Her Royal Highness Inkhosikati LaMashwama were sitting next together with His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid who was representing His Majesty King Mohammed VI  sitting behind.

But I do wonder about the seating plan of the royals in the first rows. Some Kings and Queens on the second row, while crown princes (from longer reigning monarchies?) are in the front row. pic.twitter.com/QfHQ1FGXSn

— NettyRoyal (@nettyroyal) October 22, 2019

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In the evening, Our African royals joined other world royalties attending the enthronement banquet hosted by the Imperial Sovereign couples

It is very well to see His Majesty King Mohammed VI doing better after being diagnosed with an acute bilateral pneumonitis few days ago on October 9th as he attended some meetings and events in the Moroccan capital Rabat.

On October 9th, His Majesty sworn in new Members of Government and chaired a council of minister. Days before His Majesty met with Head of Government Saad Eddine El Othmani for briefing where amongst their discussions was the reshuffling of the government.

According to reports, His Majesty asked El Othmani to inject new and fresh people into the government. In the last few speeches where he address the nation, he said it was time to revitalize and renew Morocco’s political elite and renew its public services.  The King was clear that high-level national elites should be “chosen on merit and competence.”

Still on October 9th, he chaired a council of ministers to discuss the 2020 Finance Bill. Morocco World News reports through a statement from the Palace the new finance bill was to be written in accordance with The King's economic instructions in his royal speeches.

On October 11th, He as Commander of the Faithful presided over and performed the Friday prayer at the Hassan mosque in Rabat. His Majesty was accompanied by HRH Prince Moulay El Hassan and HRH Prince Moulay Rachid.

After the prayer still accompanied by his son and brother, he chaired over the opening of the first session of the fourth legislative year of the 10th parliament.

Reading his speeches, His Majesty urged political parties and elites to show a willingness to work together to face the challenges slowing Morocco’s growth and to work for the citizens who elected them.

He also spoke about the challenges that are hindering growth and progress in the country. He then called on the private sector to collaborate with public institutions to implement reforms

500 Most Influential Muslim Personalities:

His Majesty has been ranked amongst the 50 Top most influential Muslim Personalities. This was in a ranking  made by The Jordanian’s Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center for the 2019 publication.

His Majesty was ranked at no 7 on the overall list, No 6 on the honourable rulers and politicians. The publication describe His Majesty as having influenced the network of Muslims following the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence, and is a leading monarch in Africa

A happy belated birthday to Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Asma of the Kingdom of Morocco.

Her Royal Highness who celebrated her birthday in September 29th is the second daughter and third eldest child of Hassan II of Morocco and his second wife, Lalla Latifa Hammou.

She married to Khalid Bouchentouf with whom she has two children, a son and a daughter Moulay Yazid Bouchentouf and Lalla Nuhaila Bouchentouf.

When she is represents her sovereign and brother at various national or international events, she is patron and honorary president to various charities and NGO in the kingdom which includes:

SPANA (Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad).
Lalla Asma Foundation for Deaf Children.

This year's General Assembly week will be a royal studded event with many of our African royalties in town.

Hosted at the United Nations HeadQuarters in New York and usually beginning on the third Tuesday of September, this year's summit began with a special Climate Action summit on September 23rd, before the formal speeches given by heads of state and governments on Tuesday that normally draw the most attention.

Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Hasnaa, attended the United Nations Climate Action Summit on behalf of HM King Mohammed VI and as well addressed the assembly. Her Royal Highness is the president of King Mohammed VI Foundation for the protection of the environment.

Also attending the summit in his capacity as the UN sustainable Development Goals ( SDG) advocates was His Highness Muhammadu Sanusi II, the Emir of Kano. His Highness also attended the UN Advocate Reception in UN Headquarter in New York September, 22nd 2019 following a meeting which were called upon by the UN Secretary General Antonio Gutterres. His Highness is not the only royal advocate attending there is Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, and Her Highness Sheikha Moza of Qatar.

His Majesty Bayethe Mswati III of Eswatini is also in town. His Majesty is accompanied by Her Royal Highness Inkhosikati LaNtentesa and the royal princes and princesses. His Majesty will be addressing the General Assembly on Wednesday September 25th, in the morning.

Although not confirmed or knowned, His Majesty King Letsie III may be attending this year's assembly. Lesotho is set to addressed the assembly on Friday in the morning

A happy birthday to Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem of the Kingdom of Morocco.

عيد ميلاد سعيد لصاحبة السمو الملكي الأميرة للا مريم

Happy Birthday to Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem pic.twitter.com/JkA0BdUUZa

— TheMoroccanMonarchy (@M_RoyalFamily) August 26, 2019

Her Royal Highness who is celebrating her 57th birthday is the first born and first daughter of His Majesty the late King Hassan II and his wife, Lalla Latifa Hammou. Her siblings are: His Majesty King Mohammed VI, HRH Prince Moulay Rachid, HRH Princess Lalla Hasna, HRH Princess Lalla Asmae

Her Royal Highness throughout her life has dedicated herself to her royal role as not only representing and aiding the late King her father and the current King her brother while pursuing her role as an advocate for women and vulnerable children in the Kingdom.

Following her graduation from Mohammed V University where she receive a Bachelors degree in 1981, Lalla Meryem was appointed by King Hassan II to serve as president of the Social Work of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR).

Amongst her work in the kingdom Her Royal Highness has been focusing on the plight of Morocco’s most needy people, she is presiding over the National Observatory for the Rights of the Child (ONDE), the Moroccan Association of Support for UNICEF, the Children’s Parliament, and the National Union of Women of Morocco (UNFM). She is also the President of the Moroccan National Observatory of the Childs Rights and President of the Hassan II Foundation for the social works of the former soldiers and ex-combatants. She was also nominated as UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador with focus her Ambassadorship on UNESCO projects for women and children. Also Member of the Honorary Committee of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children.

In the last year, Lalla Meryem has attended numerous functions as part of her royal work. She launched the African Cities Without Street Children campaign in November 2018 during the Africities Summit.

In March, she was appointed by the secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Yousef Al-Othaimeen as goodwill ambassador for the prevention of child marriage and the promotion of family and marital values.

The princess also launched a vocational skills center for production, marketing, and training this year to help young people aged 15 to 30 to learn skills for the labor market, MAP reports.

During both her father's and brother's reign(prior to his marriage and now during the divorce) Lalla Meryem has been acting as the First lady often appears at his side at official functions. She has also stepped up to welcome fellow royal visitors with a few visiting Morocco in the past year, which included Princess Astrid of Belgium, Queen Letizia of Spain, and the UK’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.

Lalla Meryem got married on September 15th 1984 to Fuad Filali and together they have two children, Lalla Soukaina Filali and Moulay Idris Filali, and twin grandchildren, Hassan and Aya Regragui. The couple has since divorce

A happy Birthday to His Majesty King Mohammed VI of the Kingdom of Morocco.

His Majesty who is celebrating his 56th birthday today is the eldest son of His Majesty the late King Hassan II and his second wife Lalla Latifa Hammou. He is the second born of the late king and was made heir apparent and Crown Prince at birth. His Siblings include TRH Princess Lalla Meryem, Princess Lalla Hasnaa, Princess Lalla Asma and Prince Moulay Rachid.

On July 22nd 1999, he was proclaimed king following the death of his father, and March 21st 2002 he married Salma Bennani, who he granted the personal title of HRH Princess Lalla Salma making her the first publicly known consort in the Kingdom. Together they have two children: 16 year old Crown Prince Moulay Hassan and 12 year old Princess Lalla Khadija.

His Majesty has been in the forefront of the social, educational and economic development of the Kingdom by implementing

This year's celebration was cancel

Youth Day
On the occasion of youth day which falls of His Majesty's birthday as well as 66th Anniversary of King and the People’s Revolution, the 56 year old monarch granted royal pardon to over 705 inmates across the kingdom's prison.

Amongst those granted pardon, some had the sentences reduced

The Kingdom of Morocco is playing hosts to the 2019 edition of the All African games.

Under the patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, the games was officially launched with an official ceremony yesterday August 19th in the Kingdom's capital Rabat at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium.

Deputizing for His Majesty and presiding over the opening ceremony was His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rashid who is the Minister of Sport, was accompanied by The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad, the President of the Union of African Sports Confederations (UCSA), Ahmed Naseer.

The Opening ceremony of what is known as the Olympic Games of the African continent which brought forth the cultural diversity and historical links of not just the Kingdom but that of the continent was full of colors, musics, arts and many others.

The ceremony had also a match pass of more than 7000 sportsman and sportswoman from all 54 countries from during sports disciplines.

The games unofficially began last Friday August 16th with some team events such as football, volleyball and judo with some events have already been concluded and medals awarded.

Egypt the traditional medal table-topper is ahead following a pre-opening ceremony haul of four gold and four silver medals.

Other countries already on the medals’ table are Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Gabon, Cameroon, Senegal, Mauritius, Chad, Congo, and Djibouti.

The games will be running from August 16th to August 31st. The Republic of Ghana will host the games in 2023.

His Majesty was awarded the Olympic African Order of Merit by The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) awarded on August 19th

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid receive the award from ANOCA President, Mustapha Berraf on behalf of his brother on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the 12th African Games.

On the occasion of the Eid Al Adha of August 12th, His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful performed and read the prayers at the Hassan II Mosque in Tetouan.

After the prayers His Majesty took part in the traditional sacrificing of the lamb according the Islam rites. He then received well wishes from members of the royal family including HRH Prince Moulay El Hassan, Crown Prince and HRH Prince Moulay Rachid, members of governments, public servants and army officials.

The previous day he granted clemency and pardon to about 350 people sentenced by the different Moroccan courts. According to a news release from the Ministry of Justice a few of them had their sentence reduced, fines annulled and prison term annulled.

King's day canceled:

The Ministry of Royal Palace announced that the official celebrations of His Majesty's birthday will be canceled. 

On July 31st, His Majesty in his capacity as Supreme Chief and Chief of Staff of the Royal Armed Forces presided over a military swearing-in ceremony held at the Royal Palace in Tetouan.

He was accompanied by HRH Crown Prince Moulay and HRH Prince Moulay Rachid.

Before the ceremony began, there was saluting the Moroccan flag and hearing the national anthem, after which His Majesty gave a speech. According to Agence Press Marocain (MAP) about 1,839 officers including 283 female officers from a range of institutions and military schools were sworn in.

On August 1st, His Majesty hosted a luncheon for government and military officials which was chaired by HRH Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan

He also presided over a reception on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his accession to the throne on July 30th. He was accompanied by HRH Crown Prince Moulay Hassan and HRH Prince Moulay Rashid.

ترأس صاحب الجلالة الملك محمد السادس، نصره الله، بقصر مرشان بطنجة، حفل استقبال بمناسبة الذكرى العشرين لتربع جلالته على عرش أسلافه المنعمين

King Mohammed VI presided over a reception on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the sovereign's accession to the throne pic.twitter.com/wRDkbQEGR0

— TheMoroccanMonarchy (@M_RoyalFamily) July 30, 2019

His Majesty King Mohammed VI is on the cover of VH Magazine to celebrate 20th Coronation anniversary.


His Majesty was crowned king on July 23rd 1999 upon the death of his father His Majesty King Hassan. 

Photo Credits: VH magazine

Inside the July-August edition, His Majesty gave a candid interview to mark this new milestones. The editorial board congratulated the monarch by thanking him His Majesty for All What He Has Done In favour of the kingdom, modernizing the throne, cultural, education, social, and Financial Situation, changing the views which had been 20 Years of hard work, dedication and healing

On Tuesday June 25th, His Majesty King Mohammed VI granted audience to newly appointed ambassadors of the Kingdom of Morocco at Rabat Royal Palace where he handed them their appointment letters.

Afterwards, the new ambassadors were sworn in before the King.

Following that, the King received foreign outgoing ambassadors who came to take leave of the Sovereign at the end of their missions in the Kingdom.

On June 26th, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay Hassan attended the graduation ceremony of the 19th group of the Advanced Defense Course and the 53rd group of the Staff Course.

On June 28th, following the terrorist attacks in Tunis, Tunisia, His Majesty released a message condemning the attack. On June 27th, two suicide bombs exploded in the Tunisian capital. The first suicide bombing targeted a police patrol vehicle in Charles de Gaulle street in central Tunis.

The second attacker blew himself up in the capital’s Al-Qarjani district.

In the message, he expressed his “firm condemnation of this cowardly criminal act.” He also reaffirmed his “full solidarity and continued support for this sister country in the fight against the scourge of abject terrorism.”

He also reiterated Morocco’s ongoing support for all efforts to preserve Tunisia’s security and stability.

The King also extended his “deep condolences and compassion” to President Caid Essebsi, and to the grieving families.

That same day, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince inaugurated the Tanger Med 2. The port is an extension project that will allow Morocco’s Tangier port to surpass some of the key international ports in terms of container capacity in the Mediterranean.

His Royal Highness was representing His Majesty during the inauguration ceremony.

His Majesty King Mohammed VI on Thursday June 20th was in the province of Kenitra to chair the inauguration ceremony of the French PSA group’s ecosystem.

The project which is worth a €280 million investment will be expected to produce up to 100,000 vehicles and associated engines annually, and launched the extension works of this industrial complex, whose production capacity will be doubled by 2021, instead of 2023 as initially planned, while creating up to 4,000 jobs.

This shows and confirms that the thriving car industry in the North African Kingdom.