The Count and Countess of Paris with their children at Dreux in May. Photograph (c) David Nivière. This week, the Count and Countess of Paris packed a few suitcases, gathered their five children, and left their home at the Royal Domain of Dreux. This comes as the relationship between the Count, who has the right to…
Today, Princess Béatrice d’Orléans celebrates her eightieth birthday! Béatrice. Born on 24 October 1941 at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Béatrice Marie Guillemine Huguette Pasquier de Franclieu was the second of the three daughters of Bruno Pasquier de Franclieu (1914-1944) and his wife Jacqueline Térisse (1918-1999), who married in 1938. Béatrice studied political science at the Sorbonne and then received a…
His Majesty King Fuad.Photo (c) Fouad II, Official Site. Today, HM King Fuad II of Egypt celebrates his seventieth birthday! The infant prince in the Cairo’s Abdeen Palace. King Farouk and Queen Narriman of Egypt with their son Prince Fuad. Born on 16 January 1952 at Cairo, Prince Ahmad Fuad of Egypt was the first and only child…
Duchess Diane and Duke Carl of Württemberg attend the wedding of Prince Jean and Princess Philomena d’Orléans, 2009. Photo (c) dpa picture alliance archive / Alamy Stock Photo. Last week, Prince Jean d’Orléans, Count of Paris and Head of the Royal House of France, issued a statement to express his sadness at the passing of his uncle,…
Archduke Karl of Austria Archduke Karl, the Head of the Imperial House of Austria, has announced that he has recovered from the coronavirus. He was diagnosed earlier in March after testing positive for COVID-19. At that time, he began the required quarantine regimen. Recently, Karl tested negative and is now in the clear, health-wise. Karl…
Fifteen years ago today, Prince Theodore Romanoff died on 25 August 2007 at Pompano Beach, Florida. The prince was thirty-two years-old. The New York Daily News of 12 December 1974 announces the arrival of Prince Theodore, A young Prince Theodore.Photo (c) Jacques Ferrand. Born on 30 November 1974 at New York City, Prince Theodore Romanoff was the only…
Late in November 2021, Paul Lambrino (aka Prince Paul of Hohenzollern / Prince Paul of Romania) appears to have been photographed in the French capital. Monsieur Lambrino was seemingly shown attending a dinner for the Club des Leaders in Paris. As reported by Romania-Insider in December 2020, “Paul-Philippe al Romaniei, also known as Prince Paul…
Princess Tatjana. Photo (c) Fürst Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe. Yesterday, Fürst Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe was saddened to announce the death of his first cousin, Princess Tatjana. The princess died on the morning of Monday, 2 August 2021, at a clinic in Bavaria. She was fifty-eight years-old and had been ill with liver cancer. Sigrid and Konstantin,…
Images of Prince Luiz throughout his life. Photo (c) Pró Monarquia. Today, on 15 July 2022 at São Paulo, Prince Luiz of Orleans-Bragança died after a month-long stay in hospital. He was eighty-four years-old. The prince was the Head of the Imperial House of Brazil for forty-one years. The wedding of Prince Pedro Henrique of Brazil…
The Romanov civil wedding in Moscow. Photo (c) David Nivière. Today at 2:00pm, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and Princess Victoria Romanovna Romanoff (née Rebecca Virginia Bettarini) were civilly married at the Khamovniki Town Hall in Moscow. The grand duke is the only child of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia and Prince Franz Wilhelm of…