The late Princess Eva Maria of Yugoslavia. On 13 December 2020, HRH Princess Eva Maria of Yugoslavia died in Palm Springs, California. The widow of Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia, the princess was ninety-four years-old. She had lived in Palm Springs for many decades. Born on 26 August 1926 at Vrnjacka-Banja, Serbia, Milica “Mitzi” Anđelković was…
On 13 May 1995, Dom Duarte Pio João Miguel Gabriel Rafael de Bragança (b.1945), the Head of the Royal House of Portugal, married Dona Isabel Inês Castro Curvello de Herédia (b.1966). Duarte was the son of Dom Duarte Nuño (1907-1976), Duke of Bragança, and Princess Maria Francisca of Orléans-Bragança (1914-1968); Isabel was the daughter of Dom Jorge de Herédia and…
On 8 January 1967, Princess Marina Vassilievna Romanov married William Lawrence Beadleston at the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church in Menlo Park, California. Mrs Igor Sazevitch was the matron of honour. Katherine Sazevitch was the flower girl; Prince George Golitzin, aged 9 and the bride’s first cousin, and Robert Hadow, aged 7 and…
A Biographical Sketch of the Last Princess of Russia: Catherine Ivanovna Romanova Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna with her grandchildren Catherine and Vsevolod King Nikola I of Montenegro with his great-grandchildren Catherine and Vsevolod On 25 July 1915 at Pavlovsk Palace in St. Petersburg, Her Serene Highness Princess Ekaterina (Catherine) Ivanovna of Russia entered the twilight…
Today, 4 February, the Justice Department in Luxembourg announced that the police had opened a preliminary investigations into credible reports of violence at Le Cour. The following statement was released by the Prosecutor’s Office: The Luxembourg prosecutor’s office has opened a preliminary investigation in the context of the statements made during the RTL Presseclub broadcast…
Photo (c) Raffles Magazine. The Raffles Hotel and Resorts Magazine published a splendid photo of a variety of royal and noble persons from around the world. In this image, which is part of an advertising campaign for the hotel and resort chain, we can see from left to right: Maharajah Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur, Archduchess Catharina…
Prince Rafael. Photograph (c) Pró Monarquia. On Wednesday, 16 June, Prince Rafael of Orleans and Bragança received his first dose of the vaccine against the novel coronavirus. The prince got his jab in London, where he lives and works. His parents, Prince Antônio and Princess Christine, are scheduled to get their second dose of the…
The betrothal ceremony of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini.Photograph courtesy of the Russian Imperial Chancellory. The betrothal ceremony of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini.Photograph courtesy of the Russian Imperial Chancellory. The betrothal ceremony of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini.Photograph courtesy of the Russian Imperial Chancellory. The…
Duchess Helene with three of her Brazilian cousins, 1950s. Photograph (c) Casa Imperial do Brasil. Today, 18 May, Markgräfin Helene Pallavicini will be buried at Altshausen, where she passed away on 22 April at the age of ninety-one. Helene, known as “Mausi” in her family, was born a Duchess of Württemberg and was the older sister…
The Duke and Duchess of Noto.Photo (c) Real Casa di Borbone Due Sicilie. Today, 25 September, Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto, and Lady Charlotte Diana Lindesay-Bethune were married at the Duomo di Monreale in Palermo, Italy. The Duke of Noto is the eldest son and heir of Prince Pedro, Duke of Calabria, and…