A Bourbon-Parma/MacMahon Romance in the Making?

  Amaury and Pélagie at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Noto, 2021. Pélagie and Maurice, 2021. In September 2021, Prince Amaury of Bourbon-Parma and Pélagie de MacMahon attended the wedding of Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto, and Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Noto (née Lady Charlotte Lindesay-Bethune). The pair were accompanied by…

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DEATH OF A ROMANOV PRINCE SELLING NOW ON AMAZON!

Death of a Romanov Prince – Prince Oleg Konstantinovich’s Promising Life and Early Death “The coffin was lowered into the grave……    “Soon there was a burial mound above. It was quickly covered with wreaths, flowers and crowned with a plain wooden cross. Prince Oleg’s promising life was finished.”    Death of a Romanov Prince…

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Romanov Weddings: Nicholas Romanoff and Sveva della Gherardesca in 1952

On 21 January 1952, Nicholas Romanovich Romanoff (1922-2014) married Countess Sveva della Gherardesca (b.1930) at the Russian Cathedral in Cannes. Nicholas was the eldest son of Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia (1896-1978) and his wife Countess Prascovia Dmitrievna Cheremeteva (1901-1980), who wed in 1921. Sveva was the daughter of Count Walfredo della Gherardesca (1894-1953) and Countess Nicoletta…

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“A Festival of Failure”: Spanish Press Weighs in on Demise of Royal Marriage(s)

  On Wednesday, Lecturas magazine ran as its cover a photo of Infanta Cristina next to a recent picture of her husband Iñaki Urdangarin holding hands with another woman (later identified by Lecturas as Ainhoa Armentia) on the beach in Bidart, France. The headline blared: “EXCLUSIVE: WHILE INFANTA CRISTINA LIVES IN SWITZERLAND, IÑAKI WITH ANOTHER WOMAN.” The well-known journalist Pilar Eyre…

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