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…
Princess Sophie and companion attend the wedding of her brother Prince Jean-Christophe, 2019. Today, Princess Sophie Napoléon celebrates her thirtieth birthday! Prince Charles with his daughter Princess Sophie. Photo (c) Getty Images / Benoit Gysembergh. Princess Jeanne Françoise, Prince Charles, and their daughter Princess Sophie. Photo (c) Getty Images / Benoit Gysembergh. Born on 18…
Queen Sophia of Greece with her granddaughter Alexandra, April 1921. On 25 March 1921, Aspasia Manos gave birth to a daughter at Athens. The infant was named Alexandra. Her father, the late King Alexander I of the Hellenes, had died on 25 October 1920. A lithograph of King Alexander I of the Hellenes and…
Princess Isabelle and Prince Philipp on their wedding day, 1971. Photo (c) Rue des Archives / GRANGER. On 11 September 1971, Prince Philipp of Liechtenstein and Isabelle de l’Arbre de Malander were married in the Abbaye Notre Dame de la Cambre in Brussels. Prince Philipp was the second son of Prince Franz Joseph II of…
Centennial of the Death of Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna Sr. Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna of Russia (1854-1920) Born at Schloß Ludwigslust on May 14, 1854, as the daughter of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823-1883) and his first wife, the former Princess Auguste Reuß. In August 1874, Marie married Grand Duke…
Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duchess Eleonore, and Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus and Prince Ludwig The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine with their two sons Eleonore with Georg Donatus and Ludwig Prince Ludwig Hermann Alexander Chlodwig of Hesse and by Rhine was born on 20 November 1908 as…
Crown Princess Helen and the newborn Prince Michael of Romania. Photo from HM King Michael I of Romania: A Tribute. Queen Sophie of Greece and her grandson Prince Michael. Photo from HM King Michael I of Romania: A Tribute. Queen Marie of Romania and her grandson Prince Michael. Photo from HM King Michael I of…
In November, French journalist Frederic de Natal interviewed HRH Prince Davit Bagrationi of Georgia. Monsieur de Natal, who is a dear friend, has given me permission to post the English-language translation of his interview with the Head of the Royal House of Bagrationi. Frederic de Natal primarily focuses on news relating to the royal families of the world;…
This year we will host the 5th Royal Gatherings in The Hague on November 10-11, 2018. The conference takes place at the Park Hotel, which has served as our venue for the last four years!. In an effort to provide attendees an excellent roster of lecturers, as well as a varied selection of topics, we…
William, Viscount Stormont. Photograph (c) Robert Ormerod. Charlotte Clune.Photograph from LinkedIn. On 20 February 2021, the engagement was announced between William Murray, Lord Stormont (b.1 November 1988) and Charlotte Clune (b.December 1989). William Philip David Mungo Murray, Viscount Stormont, is the eldest son of Alexander Murray, 9th Earl of Mansfield, 8th Earl of Mansfield…