European History

Prince Nikolaos and Princess Tatiana on their wedding day. Today Prince Nikolaos and Princess Tatiana of Greece celebrate ten years of marriage! Nikolaos is the third child and second son of King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes. Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’r2MwwYUFToZ8BncrL_v33Q’,sig:’u3kb6Nr6ChQ41GY1HkwpKjv2hR88oAH0iy_N379HAu4=’,w:’414px’,h:’594px’,items:’103637311′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’xnwOz_NXQ0l4y7YsN9rVAw’,sig:’bXxpzvFVU0DPIx3eYH55hr5kpt97cUBIedlsy9l7_UE=’,w:’414px’,h:’594px’,items:’103636971′,caption: true…

Princess Urraca of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. In the fall of 1998, Princess Urraca of Bourbon-Two Sicilies gave an interview to Giuseppe Scammacca. This interview was published in the now defunct French-language magazine Bourbons. Below one can read an English translation of the interview of the princess. +++++++ Your Royal Highness is one of the great nieces of…

Following his hospitalisation yesterday, the Danish royal court has issued a statement regarding thee health of Prince Joachim of Denmark: His Royal Highness Prince Joachim was late last night admitted to Toulouse University Hospital in France. Immediately thereafter, the Prince underwent surgery for a blood clot in the brain. The operation was successful, and His…

At the end of January 1905, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia granted a rare interview to a foreign reporter about the situation in Russia. The uncle of Tsar Nicholas II, fifty-seven year-old Grand Duke Vladimir, the Military Governor of Saint Petersburg, spoke candidly about the events of 22 January 1905 (O.S. 9 January), which…

“Peacock” – a self-portrait of Roxanne Zaher, 2012. Born on 24 August 1988, Princess Roxanne “Roxy” Zaher of Afghanistan is the only child of Prince Muhammad Zahir Khan (b.1962) and his wife Princess Oshila (b.1958). Raised in Virginia, the princess moved to New York to pursue her education. Roxanne attended Stony Brook University; thereafter, the…

Queen Marie of Yugoslavia in Paris at the 25th commemoration of the death of her husband (1959) On 22 June 1961, Queen Marie of Yugoslavia died in London at the age of sixty-one. She was survived by her three sons: King Peter II, Prince Tomislav, and Prince Andrej. The queen had been a widow since the…