Thyra, Duchesse d’Harcourt (1930-2021)

La duchesse d’Harcourt.Portrait (c) Carme Arisa. Thyra de Zayas, Duchesse d’Harcourt, died on 8 November 2021. She was ninety-one years-old.      Alfonso de Zayas. Juliette d’Harcourt. Born on 31 August 1930 at Palma de Mallorca, Maria Teresa “Thyra” de Zayas y d’Harcourt was the daughter of don Alfonso de Zayas y Bobadilla (1896-1970), Marques de…

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The 2022 Royal Versailles Ball

Prince Jean-Christophe and Princess Olympia Napoléon. Photo (c) Rowben Lantion/BFA.com.   Last Saturday, 21 May, the Royal Versailles Ball was held at the Palace of Versailles. The Royal Versailles Ball celebrates the historic state visit between Queen Victoria and Emperor Napoléon III in 1855 at Versailles. The Royal Versailles Ball is held to raise money to…

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King Juan Carlos of Spain To Undergo Heart Surgery On Saturday

Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’RD8hq3FUQT9tXld6l5EprA’,sig:’Ud1HTeNVvpRluRW-40fLl3iU6DBeDsTd-adWK-Vh7Uk=’,w:’594px’,h:’396px’,items:’535432858′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); HM King Juan Carlos of Spain will undergo heart surgery on Saturday, 24 August. The announcement was made today by the royal palace. It is reported that doctors noticed the need for the operation during a routine check up in June: the exact cause for this…

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The 70th Birthday of Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

Prince Michael in 2013. Photo (c) Getty Images / South China Morning Post. On 10 October 1951 at Graz, Prince Michael Karl Alfred Maria Felix Moritz of Liechtenstein was born as the second child of Prince Heinrich of Liechtenstein and Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria. Michael’s paternal grandparents were Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein and Princess Theresia Maria…

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A Review of Eurohistory’s Royal Exiles in Cannes: The Bourbons of the Two Sicilies of the Villa Marie-Thérèse

Eurohistory published Royal Exiles in Cannes: The Bourbons of the Two Siclies of the Villa Marie Thérèse by David McIntosh and Arturo E. Beéche in 2015. This historic work “includes more than 315 unique and rarely seen photos from both Mr. McIntosh’s archive and the renowned Eurohistory Royal Archive. The book follows the history of…

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