Visit of HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, to Slovenia
His Royal Highness, The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, will visit Slovenia on the 14 and 15 May to help launch the first Slovenia-UK Friendship Day.
The Embassy is delighted to confirm that His Royal Highness The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, will visit Slovenia on the 14 and 15 May 2019, as a guest of His Excellency Borut Pahor, President of the Republic of Slovenia. The visit will celebrate the history and future of the enduring friendship between the UK and Slovenia.
The Prince and the President will launch together the first “Slovenia-UK Friendship Day” – to be marked this year on the 14 May. Further details of the visit programme will be announced in due course.
HMA Sophie Honey said:
HRH Prince Edward’s visit and the launch of Slovenia-UK Friendship Day is an opportunity to remember the great things we do together. The historic partnerships between our people date back to the Second World War and beyond. The visit will explore this friendship and its future: sharing knowledge and education, growing our economies with innovative businesses, and keeping each other safe.
Further information
- HRH Prince Edward last visited Slovenia in 2013 (with his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex)
- this visit comes 11 years after the visit of Her Majesty The Queen to Slovenia in 2008
- the Prince most recently met with President of Slovenia HE Borut Pahor in February 2019, during the President’s official visit to the UK
- the Prince’s profile and a short biography can be viewed here.