Photo (c) David Nivière. The Russian Imperial Chancellery released a statement today from Moscow announcing that Princess Victoria Romanovna Romanoff is expecting a baby boy. The princess is in very good health, and her pregnancy is progressing smoothly. She and her husband, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich, thanked everyone who has sent them good wishes…
Alina-Maria with Michael, Karina, and Nicholas with Maria Alexandra. Last Saturday, 18 June, Prince Michael of Romania was baptised at the Coronation Cathedral (Catedrala Încoronării) in Alba Iulia. The cathedral was built between 1921-1922; it was the setting for the coronation of Michael’s great-great-great grandparents King Ferdinand and Queen Maria of Romania as monarchs…
Alick Dru and Lady Tatiana Mountbatten at Royal Ascot, June 2021.Photo (c) Getty Images / Kirsten Sinclair. Through her social media, Lady Tatiana Mountbatten recently announced her engagement to Alexander Dru. The engagement announcement in The Telegraph, 8 January. The official announcement of the engagement was placed in The Telegraph by Tatiana’s mother, Lady Spencer of…
6300 Kensington Avenue East Richmond Heights, CA 94805 Ph. 510.236.1730 – Email [email protected] Hello dear friends, Greetings from a quarantined home office! I hope you are all doing well and staying safe. I have been sheltered-in-place at home since March 13. What we thought was going to be a two-week home retreat and remote teaching,…
Earlier this week, Baron Jörg von Saalfeld (don Jörg Freiherr von Saalfeld Viererbe) died at San José, Costa Rica. He was eighty-five years-old. A funeral mass will be held on 28 June at the Iglesia San Rafael Arcángel in Escazú. Born on 17 January 1937 at Munich, Baron Jörg von Saalfeld and his twin…
Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images During the exile of the Greek royal family from their country during World War II, HRH Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark was born at Cape Town, South Africa, on 11 May 1942. Irene was the third child and second daughter of Crown Prince Paul of…
Princess Valerie Marie of Arenberg, Duchess of Arenberg (née Schleswig-Holstein) in 1945 On 3 April 1900, Valerie Marie zu Schleswig-Holstein was born at Liptovský Mikuláš, Hungary, Austria-Hungary. She was the only child of Duke Albert of Schleswig-Holstein (1869-1931), and the only grandchild of Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846-1923), the third daughter and fifth child…
Two weeks ago today on 6 October, HSH Prince Alexander Georgievich Romanoff was christened at the Transfiguration Church within the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour complex in Moscow. Prince Alexander is the first child of HIH Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and HSH Princess Victoria Romanovna Romanoff. Madame Oxana Girko, one of the godmothers…
Since her reign began in 1952, HM The Queen has seen fourteen Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom come and go. However distantly, a number of this politicians are somehow or another related to the queen. Below we will see the familial connections between Queen Elizabeth II and a number of these leaders in British…
Prince Max Emanuel and Countess Anna Maria on their wedding day. Photograph (c) Getty Images / Hans Gregor. The wedding card of Prince Max Emanuel and Princess Anna Maria von Thurn und Taxis. Prince Max Emanuel “Nini” von Thurn und Taxis (1935-2020) and Countess Anna Maria “Mirzl” von Pocci (1944-2008) married civilly at Schwangau…