Today, His Majesty King Constantine II of Greece celebrates his eightieth birthday. Embed from Getty Images Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Frederica with their children Princess Sophia and Prince Constantine Embed from Getty Images Prince Constantine of Greece and Denmark was born at Psychiko Palace, Greece, on 2 June 1940. Crown…
Prince Georg Friedrich and Princess Sophie of Prussia depart the Antique Temple, April 2021. Last Sunday, 11 April 2021, Prince Georg Friedrich and Princess Sophie of Prussia commemorated a century since the death of German Empress Auguste Viktoria, who died on 11 April 1921 at Huis Doorn, The Netherlands. The head of the German…
My appreciation to a dear friend, member of the German Gotha, for sending us copies of two death notices: First Franz Alexander of Isenburg and Duke Friedrich of Württemberg. This has been a dreadful week in royal losses! I first met Duke Friedrich many years ago while attending a royal wedding. later, I met him…
The family of the Duke of Edinburgh: Prince Andrew, Princess Alice, Princess Margarita, Princess Theodora, Princess Cecilie, Princess Sophie, and Prince Philip. In addition to his British family, the late Duke of Edinburgh leaves behind many close relatives on the Continent. Prince Philip was the youngest of five siblings, the elder four of whom were…
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…
On 10 June 1825, Princess Hildegard Luise Charlotte Theresia Friederike of Bavaria entered the world at Würzburg. The princess was the seventh child and fourth daughter of King Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786-1868) and his wife Queen Therese (1792-1854; née Saxe-Hildburghausen). Hildegard’s mother had been on a short list of royal ladies to wed Emperor…
The Secretariat of Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, has confirmed that the prince has decided to abolish to Salic Law, which governs the line of succession in the Royal House of Savoy, and to replace it with absolute primogenture. Vittorio Emanuele is the only son of the late King Umberto II of Italy and Queen…
Princess Geraldine with her parents Crown Princess Elia and Crown Prince Leka.Picture courtesy of HRH Crown Princess Elia. Today, Princess Geraldine of Albania celebrates her first birthday! The princess was born at 9:30am on Thursday, 22 October 2020, at the Queen Geraldine Maternity Hospital in Tirana. Geraldine is the first child of Crown Prince…
Queen Marie of Romania from Abis Studio on Vimeo. Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’tTIqgLufSjtXw2cZ5AT4vg’,sig:’HVPXfJPzpAeJuVFIYVTwHfae6_hWHmN707cI32HWopg=’,w:’436px’,h:’594px’,items:’3139588′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); If you are interested, you can rent online the film Queen Marie of Romania (Maria – Inima Romaniei), produced by Abis Studio. It is available with subtitles in English, French, and Romanian. Alexis Sweet Cahill directed the…
Prince Aimone and Princess Olga of Savoy with the Honour Guard at the Basilica of Superga, 2022. Photo (c) Casa Reale di Savoia. Prince Aimone of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, will be relocating to Italy early this year. In a recorded speech to members of the Unione Monarchica Italiana (Italian Monarchist Union) on 31 December,…