The Short-Lived Union of Pierre d’Arenberg and Marie Christine Kraff de Laubarède

Pierre and Marie-Christine in London, 1990.Photograph (c) Fergus Greer/Tatler. In 1995, Prince Pierre d’Arenberg, Duke of Arenberg, married Marie Christine Kraff de Laubarède. It is alleged that the couple underwent a civil marriage ceremony in the Philippines; however, it it thought that the marriage was not registered with the French Embassy, for whatever reason. The…

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CATS: Royals & Their Feline Friends

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Princess Tatjana of Schaumburg-Lippe (1962-2021)

Princess Tatjana. Photo (c) Fürst Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe. Yesterday, Fürst Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe was saddened to announce the death of his first cousin, Princess Tatjana. The princess died on the morning of Monday, 2 August 2021, at a clinic in Bavaria. She was fifty-eight years-old and had been ill with liver cancer. Sigrid and Konstantin,…

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Eduard Habsburg, Hungarian Ambassador to the Vatican, Visits the Heart of Archduke Otto in Hungary

Archduke Eduard praying in front of the heart of Archduke OttoPhotograph (c) Eduard Habsburg Archduke Eduard of Austria recently paid his respects to his late cousin, Archduke Otto (1912-2011). Eduard visited the crypt of the Abbey of Pannonhalma in Hungary, where Otto’s heart is interred. According to Eduard, Otto made the choice for the urn holding…

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Princess Traute of Lippe Celebrates Her 95th Birthday!

Princess Traute of Lippe. Photograph (c) Presse-Foto-Seeger. Today, 16 February 2020, Princess Traute of Lippe marks her ninety-fifth birthday. Princess Traute and Prince Armin of Lippe in 1997. Photograph (c) Presse-Foto-Seeger. The princess was born Traute Becker on 16 February 1925 at Hänigsen, Germany. She was the daughter of Gustav Becker (1893-1963) and Charlotte Meyer…

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Countess Marianne Bernadotte, Aunt of Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf, Celebrates Her 95th Birthday

Countess Marianne Bernadotte Today, Countess Marianne Bernadotte marks her ninety-fifth birthday. Marianne is the widow of the late Prince Sigvard of Sweden (1907-2002; later Prince Bernadotte and Count of Wisborg), who she married in 1961. She was born Gullan Marianne Lindberg on 15 July 1924 at Helsingborg; her parents were Helge Lindberg and Thyra Dahlman. Marianne’s…

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