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A Baby on the Way for the Murats!

Prince Joachim and Princess Yasmine at Les Invalides, 5 May.Photograph (c) Frederic de Natal. This week, Prince Joachim Murat (b.1973) and Princess Yasmine (b.1982; née Briki) announced that they are expecting their first child. The couple civilly married in Paris on 5 March; their child is due to be born at the end of the…

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An Imperial Engagement: HIH Grand Duke George of Russia and Nob. Rebecca Virginia Bettarini

Photograph courtesy of the Russian Imperial Chancellery.   Photograph courtesy of the Russian Imperial Chancellery.   Photograph courtesy of the Russian Imperial Chancellery. Today, 20 January 2021, the Chancellery of the Imperial House of Russia announced the engagement of HIH Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Nob. Rebecca Virginia Bettarini.       The statement reads…

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The 98th Birthday of Maria von Hanau: A Hungarian Refugee to the US Who Became A Princess

  Princess Maria. Maria Madelaine (de) Kossaczky was born on 9 December 1924 at Budapest, Hungary, as the only child of Major General Árpád Vitéz Kossaczky (Szeleste, Austria-Hungary 9 April 1886-Miami, Florida 24 June 1967) and Ilona Wallner (Nagyszombat, Austria-Hungary 16 November 1891-Greenwich, Connecticut 3 December 1983). Árpád and Ilona were married on 10 November…

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Huno and Johann: The Twin Dukes of Oldenburg Celebrate Their Birthday

Hereditary Grand Duke Nikolaus of Oldenburg and Princess Helene of Waldeck and Pyrmont Hereditary Grand Duchess Helene of Oldenburg Hereditary Grand Duke Nikolaus of Oldenburg and Hereditary Grand Duchess Helene (née Waldeck und Pyrmont) On 3 January 1940, Hereditary Grand Duke Nikolaus of Oldenburg (1897-1970) and his wife Hereditary Grand Duchess Helene (1899-1948; née Princess…

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Princess Beatrice of York and Count Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in Bahrain

Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’GkhFzuyJRGdx67ni7v_9Uw’,sig:’q7oAaqFbykZ6Ov9K42dCS8sH-L5DCiDzenOhye2CVFs=’,w:’594px’,h:’396px’,items:’1135395915′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); In addition to her mother, Princess Beatrice of York was also in Bahrain during the official visit of the Duke of York to the Middle East. The princess was accompanied by Count Edoardo “Edo” Mapelli Mozzi. Beatrice and Edoardo met in September 2018. He is the son…

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