Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, in 1963. Photograph © Yevonde Portrait Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library. Forty years ago today, HRH Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, died in her sleep on 3 January 1981 at London. She was ninety-seven years-old. The princess was a first cousin of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and the…
In 1961, Prince Mihailo (Michael) of Montenegro spent the summer in Windsor, Canada, with Mr and Mrs Peter Bulat. “Liberation will not without patience and loyalty, but it will come. It is inevitable. The vast majority of Yugoslav people are anxious to be once again a free nation,” the prince told The Windsor Star. “Since…
Princess Mechtilde zu Leiningen and her husband Karl-Anton Bauscher speak with Hereditary Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen at the funeral of Fürst Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 2004. On 12 February 2021, Mechtilde Bauscher died at Bamberg. She was eighty-five years-old. Princess Mechtilde’s mother Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna. Born at Würzburg on 2 January 1936, HSH Princess Mechtilde…
From the official communiqué released by the Grand Duchy… The state of health of Grand Duke Jean has declined since yesterday evening, the cour grand-ducale has announced. Luxembourg‘s former head of state was hospitalised about a week ago following a pulmonary infection. During the course of last week his health had initially improved. The whole…
Noble Couplings That Were Not To Be: Hereditary Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Elvire Pasté de Rochefort Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Fürst Richard of S-W-B, Elvire Pasté de Rochefort, Prince Gustav of S-W-B On 16 August 2000, the Danish royal house announced the betrothal between Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (b.12 January 1969; eldest of three…
On 9 July 1999, Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark (b.10 July 1965) wed Spanish architect Carlos Javier Morales Quintana (b.31 December 1970) at St Sophia Cathedral in London. Alexia is the eldest child of King Constantine II of the Hellenes (b.1940) and Queen Anne-Marie (b.1946; née Denmark). Carlos is the son of Luis Miguel…
Photo courtesy of Eleonore Habsburg. On Wednesday, 20 October, Archduchess Eleonore of Austria and her husband Jérôme d’Ambrosio welcomed the birth of their first child, a son: Otto d’Ambrosio. The archduchess shared this message on her Instagram: “Welcome to the world little Otto – born 20th October 2021. Your parents could not be more proud of…
Princess Theresa and Count Cajetan(NOTE: THIS PHOTO MAY NOT BE COPIED OR REPRODUCED.) The engagement has been announced between Princess Theresa von und zu Liechtenstein and Count Cajetan zu Toerring-Jettenbach. Theresa (b.1987) is the eldest daughter of Prince Michael of Liechtenstein (b.1951) and Hildegard Peters (b.1948), who married in 1986. Theresa’s paternal grandparents are Prince…
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…
Archduchess Cecilia of Austria. Photograph courtesy of Archduchess Kathleen of Austria. On 15 January 2021, Archduke Imre of Austria and his wife Archduchess Kathleen welcomed the arrival of their fourth child, Archduchess Cecilia. The little archduchess has three elder sisters: Archduchess Maria-Stella, Archduchess Magdalena, and Archduchess Juliana. Archduchess Cecilia of Austria is the eighteenth great-grandchild of…