Left to right: Archduke Georg, Archduke Michael, Archduke Eduard, and Archduchess Christiana of Austria in Budapest. Photo (c) Eduard Habsburg. Today, His Holiness Pope Francis I paid a quick trip to Hungary. During the course of his visit, the Holy Father met with religious leaders of many faiths and also had a meeting with Hungarian…
Princess Maryam with an Afghan nurse, 1960s. Over the weekend, it was announced that Princess Maryam Begum of Afghanistan had passed away on 25 December. She was eighty-five years-old. Born on 2 November 1936, Princess Maryam was the fourth child and second daughter of King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan (1914-2007) and Queen Humaira Begum…
A Book Review by Coryne Hall of The Royal Hellenic Dynasty (co-authored by Prince Michael of Greece, Mrs Helen Helmis-Markesinis and Arturo E. Beéche) [Note: This book review by Coryne Hall was originally published in Volume 10.5, Issue LIX of the European Royal History Journal of October 2007.] A few years ago a wonderful picture book of the…
The Duke of Aosta and Deputy Minister Sergey Vershinin. Photograph (c) SMOM. On 27 July, Sergey Vershinin, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, was received by a delegation of the Order of Malta led by Ambassador Stefano Ronca, Secretary General for Foreign Affairs. The meeting took place in the Magistral Villa at Rome….
Today, inside St George’s Chapel, Windsor, HRH Prince Henry of Wales and his fiancée Ms Meghan Markle exchanged wedding vows. TRH The Duke and Duchess of Sussex Earlier today, Buckingham Palace released an announcement in which HM The Queen granted her grandson Henry the title of Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton, Baron Kilkeel. https://www.royal.uk/prince-harry-and-ms-meghan-markle-announcement-titles…
Princess Leopoldine von Lobkowicz, Countess Jan Dobrzensky von Dobrzenicz. Photograph courtesy her family via Community Funeral Homes. Aged ninety-four, Princess Leopoldina “Leo” von Lobkowicz, Countess Jan Dobrzensky von Dobrzenicz, passed away on 18 March 2021 at Haliburton Hospital, Ontario, Canada. Prince Leopold von Lobkowicz and his wife Princess Franziska von Montenuovo. Born on 14 November 1926…
This week, the family of King Constantine II of Greece came together to celebrate his 81st birthday. In addition to his wife Queen Anne-Marie, the king was joined by his children Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Princess Theodora of Greece. Constantine’s sisters Queen Sofía of Spain and Princess Irene also were on hand to…
News has just broken that Dom Luiz, Head of the Imperial House of Brazil (Bassouras Branch), has passed away. https://www.facebook.com/groups/360463081306375
Yesterday, a portrait of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, sold for for £1,200 at action house Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet. The creator of this work was artist Richard Stone. The painter recalled that this portrait of Princess Alice, the longest lived of Queen Elizabeth II’s aunts, was the result of several sittings at Barnwell Manor, the…
Princess Beatrix in 2020. Photo © RVD – Jeroen van der Meyde. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, aged eighty-three, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The princess, who was Queen of the Netherlands from 1980-2013, has received both of her covid vaccines as well as her booster jab. The following statement was released by the…