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…
Princess Monica. Today, Princess Monica von und zu Liechtenstein celebrates her eightieth birthday! Born on 8 April 1942 at Vienna, Princess Monica Maria Theresia Elisabeth of Liechtenstein was the only child of Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein (1911-2001) and his first wife Maria Elisabeth von Leutzendorff (1921-1944), who married in 1941. Princess Maria Elisabeth was killed during a…
Embed from Getty Images On 3 August 1969, Prince Jacques d’Orléans (b.25 June 1941) religiously wed Gersende de Sabran-Pontevès (b.29 July 1942) at Ansouis. The couple’s civil marriage had occurred the prior day. Jacques was the eighth child of the late Count and Countess of Paris. Gersende was the only daughter of Foulques de Sabran-Pontevès (1908-1973),…
Prince Max Emanuel and Countess Anna Maria on their wedding day. Photograph (c) Getty Images / Hans Gregor. The wedding card of Prince Max Emanuel and Princess Anna Maria von Thurn und Taxis. Prince Max Emanuel “Nini” von Thurn und Taxis (1935-2020) and Countess Anna Maria “Mirzl” von Pocci (1944-2008) married civilly at Schwangau…
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…
“A new two-part documentary series about the Duchy of Cornwall will be broadcast on ITV at 9pm on Thursday 24th October and Thursday 31st October. Prince Charles: Inside the Duchy of Cornwall celebrates The Prince of Wales’ 50th working year as The Duke of Cornwall, overseeing the historic Duchy of Cornwall estate. The programme follows…
Countess Marianne Bernadotte Today, Countess Marianne Bernadotte marks her ninety-fifth birthday. Marianne is the widow of the late Prince Sigvard of Sweden (1907-2002; later Prince Bernadotte and Count of Wisborg), who she married in 1961. She was born Gullan Marianne Lindberg on 15 July 1924 at Helsingborg; her parents were Helge Lindberg and Thyra Dahlman. Marianne’s…
The Marital History of the Hereditary Prince of Schwarzenberg Hereditary Prince Johannes of Schwarzenberg Nadia Weiss In the Autumn of 2006, a grand wedding was planned for Hereditary Prince Johannes “Aki” of Schwarzenberg (b.1967), only son of Fürst Karel of Schwarzenberg (b.1937) and his wife Therese (b.1940; née Countess zu Hardegg auf Glatz und im…
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…