Lady Iris Mountbatten, 1947. Photograph (c) FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images. In the summer of 1949, twenty-nine year-old Lady Iris Mountbatten gave an interview to The American Way Weekly. She discussed her hopes and dreams surrounding her decision to relocate to North America. A great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Lady Iris Mountbatten was the only child of Lord…
The baptism of Prince Nikolaos of Greece (1969) Today HRH Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark celebrates his fiftieth birthday. King Constantine and his sister Princess Irene addressing the press after the birth of Nikolaos Constantine and Anne-Marie with their second son (1969) The prince was born “in perfect health” on Wednesday, 1 October 1969,…
Duke Georg Friedrich of Hohenberg Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Duke Georg Friedrich of Hohenberg has passed away at the age of ninety. He was a grandson of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914) and Duchess Sophie of Hohenberg (1868-1914; née Chotek von Chotkowa). Georg Friedrich’s death was announced on 26 July 2019…
SAR la Princesse Marguerite D’ORLÉANS, DUCHESSE DE NEMOURS née Marguerite Carrington Watson Well, this is to say that a portrait of the Duchess of Nemours (which, I am thrilled to write, I have recently acquired) will be relocating from France to the United States. The duchess was born Marguerite “Peggy” Watson on 12 February 1899…
On Wednesday, 1 April, Prince Luíz of Brazil issued a message to supporters of the Brazilian monarchist movement. Luíz is the Head of the Imperial House of Brazil. The prince, who is eighty-one, lives in São Paolo. In his address, Luíz gave an update on the condition of certain members of his family. Adding to previously known…
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini Photograph (c) Russian Imperial House Between 11-13 July 2020, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and Rebecca Bettarini visited St. Petersburg. On 12 July, the feast day of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, the couple attended the Divine Liturgy in the Ss. Peter and…
Today, 29 January 2020, a funeral mass was held at The Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo of El Escorial for Infanta Pilar of Spain, who died on 8 January at the age of eighty-three. The service was attended by the infanta’s children, their spouses, and her grandchildren. In addition, many other family and friends were present…
A young Prince Antonio of Orléans and BragançaPhotograph (c) Casa Imperial do Brasil Today, Prince Antônio of Orléans and Bragança celebrates his seventieth birthday! Earlier this year, the prince was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, from which he has thankfully recovered. Surely, after all that, this birthday will be especially celebrated (both near and far)…
An invitation to the wedding of Prince Rostislav Romanovsky. Yesterday, Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich Romanovsky and his wife held their religious wedding in France. The couple were civilly married two years ago in 2019 during a ceremony in the United Kingdom. On the invitations sent out for the religious wedding and in a related press release,…
[Note: The following announcement was made on 19 April 2012 by Arturo E. Beéche upon the eve of the marriage of Prince Rudolf of Liechtenstein and Miss Tılsım Tanberk.] Marriage in House Liechtenstein Prince Rudolf of Liechtenstein will be married to Ms. Tilsin Tanberk on April 20, 2012.Rudolf is the son of Prince Philipp Erasmus…