Princess Claire of Belgium In a recent interview, Prince Laurent of Belgium gave an update about the goings-on in his family. “We do not know how, but the coronavirus has entered our household,” the prince said in an interview published on 6 May, Wednesday, in Le Soir Mag. “For weeks now, we have hardly gone out—only…
My appreciation to a dear friend, member of the German Gotha, for sending us copies of two death notices: First Franz Alexander of Isenburg and Duke Friedrich of Württemberg. This has been a dreadful week in royal losses! I first met Duke Friedrich many years ago while attending a royal wedding. later, I met him…
Nicholas and Alina-Maria of Romania on 18 September 2020. Alina-Maria of Romania (b.1988; née Binder) and her husband Nicholas (b.1985) are soon to welcome their first child. In June, the couple, who married civilly in 2017 and religiously in 2018, announced that they were expecting. The due date for Baby Romania is November 2020; however,…
Princess Jeanne Chantal Alice Clothilde Marie d’Orléans was born at Pamplona, Spain, on 9 January 1946. Chantal was the tenth child and sixth daughter of Prince Henri d’Orléans (1909-1999), Count of Paris, and his wife Princess Isabelle (1911-2003; née Orléans-Bragança). Chantal was baptized on 21 January 1946 at Saint Nicholas Church in Pamplona, Spain. Five…
In August 2018, Angelica Kreuger filed for a dissolution of her marriage to Richard Knight, and a divorce was granted in November 2018. The couple married in 2009. Angelica and Richard have two daughters: Courtney (b.2007) and Diana (b.2011). King Michael of Romania with three of his daughters: Helen, Irina, and Sophie. Angelica is the…
Olympia of Greece and Perry Pearson In a happy piece of royal news, Princess Olympia of Greece and the Hon. Perry Pearson are in a relationship, according to information gleaned from media reports and the princess’ own social media. The couple visited Olympia’s grandparents King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes in…
Gardener Galleries, an auction house in London, Ontario, currently has on offer a bracelet given to Lady Iris Mountbatten by His Highness Bahadur Singh, Maharaja of Bundi. The bracelet is made of silver and adorned with turquoises, garnets, and pearls. In addition to this jewellery, there are two letters from the Maharaja to Lady Iris, both written in…
Grand Duchess Maria holding her grandson Prince Alexander at home before his christening. Two weeks ago, on 6 December 2022, Prince Alexander Georgievich Romanoff was christened at the Transfiguration Church within the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour complex in Moscow. He is the first of his family line to be baptized in Russia (or a…
Prince Luiz upon leaving hospital. Yesterday, 6 November, Prince Luiz of Brazil was discharged from the Santa Catarina Hospital in São Paolo after a hospitalisation of several days. He had been dealing with bronchitis, which was successfully treated with antibiotics. The prince is eighty-two years-old. On Saturday, 31 October, the secretariat of the Imperial House…
Christian and Karl attend the wedding of Fürst Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe, 2021. In the spring of 2022 in Portugal, Archduke Karl of Austria, Head of the Imperial House of Habsburg, married Christian Nicolau de Almeida Reid, a woman of British and Portuguese descent. When he first publicly spoke of Christian three years ago, the archduke…