In May 1934, the engagement was announced between Infanta Maria Antónia of Portugal (1903-1973) and Mr Sidney Ashley Chanler (1907-1994). The infanta was the daughter of Infante Miguel, Duke of Bragança (1853-1927), and his second wife Princess Marie Therese zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1870-1935). Mr Chanler was the son of Mr William Astor Chanler (1867-1934) and Mrs Beatrice Minerva…
Tsar Simeon and Princess Marie Louise. Photo (c) Paraskeva Georgieva. Last Friday, on 13 January, Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria celebrated her ninetieth birthday in the capital of her homeland, Sofia. She arrived for the event together with her sons Prince Karl-Boris and Prince Hermann zu Leiningen, her daughter Princess Alexandra von Kohary with her husband…
TRH Crown Prince Leka and Crown Princess Elia of the Albanians were recently photographed while going for a stroll in Tirana. Crown Princess Elia appears to be pregnant; however, the Albanian Royal Court has not confirmed whether the princess is with child. Crown Prince Leka of the Albanians and Crown Princess Elia (née Zaharia) married…
Princess Beatrix in 2020. Photo © RVD – Jeroen van der Meyde. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, aged eighty-three, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The princess, who was Queen of the Netherlands from 1980-2013, has received both of her covid vaccines as well as her booster jab. The following statement was released by the…
Today, fifty years have passed since the death of King Peter II of Yugoslavia on 3 November 1970. The office of Crown Prince Alexander II of Serbia, the king’s only child, issued the following communiqué on 2 November 2020: A memorial service for His Majesty King Peter II (son of the great unifier His Majesty…
Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Today, Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies celebrates her seventieth birthday. The wedding of Prince Ferdinando of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and Chantal de Chevron-Villette Embed from Getty Images On 16 June 1950, Princess Béatrice Marie Caroline Louise Françoise of Bourbon-Two Sicilies was born at Saint-Raphaël, Var, France. The princess was the first…
Exposé: The Russian Imperial House Versus the Social Media Influencer Pretending to be a Romanoff by Seth B. Leonard The Imperial House of Russia is currently engaged in a legal battle in Italy to prevent a social media influencer from using the Romanoff surname for commercial gain, among other concerns. Grand Duke George of Russia,…
A decade ago, on 13 May 2011, Princess Maria of Bavaria, Princess Mother of Brazil, died at her home in Rio de Janeiro. She was ninety-six years-old. The princess passed away on the 123rd anniversary of the 1888 signing of the Lei Áurea (Golden Law) by Princess Imperial Isabel of Brazil, the grandmother of Princess…
Embed from Getty Images Prince Sixte Henri of Bourbon-Parma has announced that today, Thursday, 26 March 2020, his sister Princess Marie-Thérèse of Bourbon-Parma passed away in Paris from the coronavirus. The princess was eighty-six years-old. Princess Marie-Thérèse of Bourbon-Parma was born on 28 July 1933 as the daughter of Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma and his wife Madeleine…
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, in 1963. Photograph © Yevonde Portrait Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library. Forty years ago today, HRH Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, died in her sleep on 3 January 1981 at London. She was ninety-seven years-old. The princess was a first cousin of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and the…