A Gotha Quiz: Who Are We? By Darren Shelton, for the European Royal History Journal. “Before we married, I loved my future wife from afar. She, however, loved another. I approached the apple of her eye and told him my plight. He spoke to her and set her straight and opened the path for me to…
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His Majesty King Francesco II of the Two Sicilies in his later years. The opening for the case of the beatification of King Francesco II of the Two Sicilies, the last monarch of that kingdom, is to take place in the coming week. The announcement was made on 11 December by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, the Archbishop of Naples…
Prince Charles greeted at the airport in Kyiv by three women in a traditional Ukrainian costume, 11/4/96.Photo (c) Getty Images / John Stillwell. The prince speaking to young academics at the Mohyla Academy, 11/4/96.Photo (c) Getty Images / Tim Graham. Ukrainian youths hold posters of the Prince of Wales during his visit, 11/4/96.Photo (c) Getty…
The death notice of Rohays Galitzine.From The Times of 17 January. Aged seventy, Princess Rohays Galitzine died on 7 January 2023. Rohays is survived by her husband Prince Alexander Galitzine and their two daughters, Princess Sasha and Princess Nadezhda. The wedding of Sir David Butter and Myra Wernher. Born on 9 April 1952 at London, Rohays Georgina Butter…
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OUT NOVEMBER 2020! As we release this news, we are hoping our newest book, The Grand Ducal House of Hesse, was to your liking. The Grand Ducal House of Hesse is available on AMAZON, AMAZON.CO.UK, at Hoogstraten English Bookstore (The Hague, The Netherlands), and Librairie Galignani. Furthermore, The Grand Ducal House of Hesse is also now available at our website: History…
Photograph courtesy of India Hicks. Lady Pamela Hicks (b.1929; née Mountbatten) received the Covid-19 vaccine today in the village in which she lives at Oxfordshire. The ninety-one year-old is the only surviving daughter of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born Prince Louis of Battenberg) and his wife the Edwina Ashley. Lady Pamela is a…
Each year, many of us send Christmas cards to cherished family and friends. Oftentimes, for those of us who are royal enthusiasts, we also mail letters containing good wishes to royals around the world whom we admire. This year, my favourite over-the-seas Christmas card came from Nicholas and Alina-Maria of Romania. They are a very…
The Christening of Prince Louis: guests and godparents The following guests will today attend the christening of Prince Louis at The Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace: – The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall – The Duke and Duchess of Sussex – Mr. and Mrs. Michael Middleton, Mr. and Mrs. James Matthews,…