European Royal History

Marina and Michael of Greece in 1965 Today, Princess Marina of Greece celebrates her eightieth birthday. Embed from Getty Images Marina Karella was born in Athens on 17 July 1940 to Theodor Karella and Elli Chalikiopoulos. Marina’s father, Theodor, was a textile industrialist. Marina Karella Between 1960-1963, Marina attended the Athens School of Fine Arts,…

The civil marriage of Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark and Nina Flohr was celebrated on Saturday, 12 December, at St. Moritz, Switzerland. Among those present at the ceremony were the groom’s father King Constantine II of the Hellenes and the bride’s father Thomas Flohr. The king acted as the witness for his son; Mr…

The baptism of Prince Nikolaos of Greece (1969) Today HRH Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark celebrates his fiftieth birthday. King Constantine and his sister Princess Irene addressing the press after the birth of Nikolaos Constantine and Anne-Marie with their second son (1969) The prince was born “in perfect health” on Wednesday, 1 October 1969,…

Yesterday, it was officially announced that Fabergé will be creating the wedding bands for the union of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and his fiancée Victoria Romanovna Bettarini. The couple will marry on 1 October 2021 in Saint Petersburg.  Sarah Fabergé, Fabergé’s Director of Special Projects and a great-granddaughter of Carl Peter Fabergé, sent her…

The remains of Queen Mother Helen of Romania (1896-1982; née Princess of Greece and Denmark) were repatriated from Switzerland to Romania on Friday, 18 October. After her death in 1982, Her Majesty was buried at the Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery in Lausanne. During his lifetime, her only child King Michael had expressed the wish that he and his…

[adinserter block=”1″] wawa Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Yesterday the Russian Imperial House announced the death of Olga Nikolaevna Kulikovskaya. Olga was the third wife and widow of Tikhon Nicholaievich Kulikovsky (1917 – 1993), the elder son of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882 – 1960) and her second husband Nikolai…

Prince Antônio being discharged from hospital on 11 April 2020Picture (c) Pró Monarquia Prince Antônio of Brazil has been discharged from hospital after his recovery from the coronavirus. Antônio, who is sixty-nine years-old, is the brother of the head of the Brazilian imperial family, Prince Luiz. He is a son of Prince Pedro Henrique of…

  In The Telegraph of Monday, 27 July 2020, the engagement was announced between Frederick “Fritzi” von Preussen and Mathilda “Tilly” Johnson. The couple have been dating for several years. Fritzi von Preussen is a second cousin of Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia, Head of the Royal House. Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed…

Embed from Getty Images   Embed from Getty Images   Embed from Getty Images In April 2008, during a segment of the VTM programme Het Nieuws, Queen Fabiola of Belgium was recorded speaking for the first time about the five miscarriages that she experienced. From 1960 until his death in 1993, Fabiola was the wife and…