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Friday, 14 July 2006 09:17
Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, visits the Gandan Monsatery in Mongolia
Photo: Jeroen van Amelsvoort

Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, is visiting Mongolia to join president Nambar Enkhbayar in the celebrations of the 800 years statehood of Mongolia. On Tuesday July 11th, he attented a special version of the national festival of Naadam. In the afternoon he paid a visit to a project to increase capacity in the Mongolian felt and cashmere industry let by designer Alan Flux.
Afterwards the Duke of York visited Gandan monastery where he was received by the abbot, His Emminence Venerable Khamba Lama. He was introduced to an eco-ger that has been set-up to promote
environmental awareness through and with the Buddhist community as part of a programme of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation - a UK based NGO founded by Prince Philip.

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reply written by Guest, August 16, 2006
Blimey so it is. What is this Alliance of Religions and Conservation then, will have to google it.
(We're not allowed to use google as a verb I gather, it infringes their IPRs.)
O Guido we are not worthy!
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It\'s Guido!
reply written by Guest, July 30, 2006
That's Guido on the left in the suit. Who is the guy in the suit in the middle?
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reply written by lukedistelhorst, July 12, 2006
Looks like somebody put on a nice suit for the occassion!

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