Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia (b.1943) has married for a second time. The prince recently wed his long-time partner Nadia Nour. The information was made public on the Instagram account of Franz Wilhelm’s son, Grand Duke George of Russia. View this post on Instagram поздравляю моего отца, который недавно женился на этой прекрасной даме. Congratulations…
Princess Cécile of Bourbon-Parma On 12 April 1935, Princess Cécile Marie Antoinette Madeleine Jeanne Agnès Françoise of Bourbon-Parma was born at Paris. The princess was the fourth child and third daughter of Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma and Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset. Cécile joined two older sisters and an older brother: Françoise (b.1928), Carlos Hugo (1930-2010), and…
“A new two-part documentary series about the Duchy of Cornwall will be broadcast on ITV at 9pm on Thursday 24th October and Thursday 31st October. Prince Charles: Inside the Duchy of Cornwall celebrates The Prince of Wales’ 50th working year as The Duke of Cornwall, overseeing the historic Duchy of Cornwall estate. The programme follows…
Queen Margarita and King Simeon II on their religious wedding day. Today, Their Majesties King Simeon II and Queen Margarita of Bulgaria celebrate sixty years of marriage! Simeon and Margarita discuss their engagement, 1961. The engagement ring. The engagement of the couple was announced on 10 August 1961 by the Simeon’s mother Giovanna: “Her Majesty…
From Tyranny To Freedom: The Sometimes Stranger than Fiction Life of a Noble and Notable Lady Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth (1921-2003) led one of the most extraordinary lives imaginable. Born to an extremely well-connected German noble family, her godmother and namesake was Viktoria-Luise’s maternal great-aunt, Auguste Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, the last German Empress and…
Today, Lord Frederick Windsor celebrates his fortieth year of life! Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’SmkQwoUJSnN7NyEv9XpZiw’,sig:’Yt_MW81ktd4QqRe8DqhfQ5qmVdACffOgHcR1mFxNSEo=’,w:’544px’,h:’594px’,items:’84817286′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Lord Frederick Michael George David Louis Windsor was born on 6 April 1979 at St Mary’s Hospital in London. Lord Frederick is the eldest child and only son of Prince Michael of Kent and Princess Michael (née Baroness…
Princess Chantal on her wedding day with her parents, the Count and Countess of Paris. In 1971, Princess Chantal d’Orléans (b.1946), the youngest daughter of the Count and Countess of Paris, became engaged to François-Xavier de Sambucy de Sorgue (b.1943), a member of a noble family originally from Bologna, Italy. The Sambucy de…
Prince Wilhelm and Princess Ilona at the wedding of their son in 2009. Photograph (c) dpa picture alliance archive / Alamy Stock Photo. Today, Prince Wilhelm and Princess Ilona of Schaumburg-Lippe celebrate fifty years of marriage. Princess Ilona of Schaumburg-Lippe. On 7 January 1971, Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe and Ilona Hentschel von Gilgenheimb celebrated their religious…
Soledad Martorell y Castillejo, 8th Duquesa de Almenara Alta, died on 6 August 2022 in Madrid. Sol’s parents. Born on 8 July 1924 at Madrid, María Soledad “Sol” Martorell y Castillejo was the daughter of Don Francisco de Borja Martorell y Téllez-Girón, 7th Duque de Almenara Alta (1898-1936), an aide to King Alfonso XIII of…
Victoria and Daniel. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland, and her husband Prince Daniel have tested positive for COVID-19. The royal couple tested positive on the one year anniversary of the first Swedish death from the novel coronavirus. The Swedish Royal House announced the news on social media, stating that the couple are showing “slight…