Elisabeta Palace, the headquarters of the Romanian Royal Family in Bucharest Yesterday, 11 May 2020, the government of Prime Minister Ludovic Orban of Romania gave free use of the Elisabeta Palace in Bucharest to Her Majesty’s Household Association (specifically, to the entity called Asociației Casa Majestăţii Sale). The decision was made by the Orban government following the…
As of now, there are four members of the Brazilian imperial family who have been diagnosed with the coronavirus: Prince Antônio, Prince Alberto, Princess Maritza, and Prince Francisco. On Tuesday, 17 March, it was reported that Prince Alberto of Orleans and Bragança and his wife Princess Maritza had tested positive for COVID-19. According to the…
Prince Alexander, Princess Anastasia-Luise, Prince Maria Emanuel, and Princess Gisela of Saxony On 22 May 1997 at Dresden, all of the living princes and princesses of the Royal House of Saxony, including living consorts (morganatic or otherwise) who had married princes of the blood, agreed to a succession agreement as it pertained to the future…
The Albanian Royal Wedding of 1938 On 27 April 1938, King Zog I of the Albanians (né Amet Bej Zogu) married Countess Geraldine Margit Virginia Olga Mária Apponyi de Nagy-Appony in a grand ceremony at Tirana. The forty-two year-old groom was born on 8 October 1895 at Burgajet as the son of Xhemal Pasha Zogu (~1860-1911) and…
Duchess Caroline of Oldenburg in 2013. Today, Duchess Caroline of Oldenburg celebrates her sixtieth birthday. Born on 10 April 1962 at Kiel, Countess Caroline zu Rantzau was the youngest child and second daughter of Count Christian zu Rantzau (1924-2002) and Héloise von Lettow-Vorbeck (1923-2018), who wed in 1954. Caroline’s paternal uncle Count Kuno zu Rantzau…
On Friday, 26 March, (Today!) Archduke Eduard of Austria (aka Eduard Habsburg), the Hungarian Ambassador to the Vatican, will be giving a talk via YouTube on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the return of the Blessed Karl, Emperor of Austria-Hungary, to the Kingdom of Hungary. On his Twitter, Archduke Eduard posted this message:…
Emperor Bảo Đại of Vietnam and his eldest daughter Princess Phương Mai at the Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix at Monza, 1955. Photograph (c) Mario De Biasi/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images. Princess Phương Mai of Vietnam, Dowager Duchess di Addis Abeba, died on 16 January 2021 at Louveciennes. The princess was eighty-three years-old. A…
HRH Princess Delphine of Belgium The Brussels Court of Appeals has handed down its verdict in the case of Delphine (formerly Boël) and her father King Albert II. As of today, Delphine’s surname is “van Saksen-Coburg/de Saxe-Cobourg” (of Saxe-Coburg). Furthermore, the court has found that she is entitled to the Belgian royal title and…
Last week, several members of different branches of the Georgian royal family issued a letter of protest against their cousin Prince David Bagration-Mukhransky. The letter reads as follows: An Official Letter of Protest The Bagrationi Family Association is an international organisation uniting the majority of Bagrationi descendants. In 2006, a Memorandum was officially…
Prince Alexis of Hesse with his dog Paul Photograph (c) Werra Rundschau At the link, feel free to view a delightful piece by DW News on Prince Alexis and Landgrave of Hesse (of the Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld line) and his family’s home of Schloss Augustenau. Prince Alexis, who studied art history, has managed Schloss Augustenau and its…