European Royal History

Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, 1961. Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia. Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia. Today, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia celebrates her eighty-fifth birthday! Prince George, Duke of Kent, with his niece Princess Elizabeth during one of the duke’s visits to Yugoslavia. The Duke of Kent was a good friend of his brother-in-law Prince Paul.Photograph (c) Getty…

The Belgian Royal House today released an image of King Albert and Queen Paola of Belgium with their three children, eleven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild (with another on the way). Only Prince Joachim of Belgium, the second son and third child of Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz, was missing. The photograph was taken last week…

Embed from Getty Images   Embed from Getty Images Archduke Ferdinand of Austria (b.1997; normally known as Ferdinand Habsburg) is set to join the Austrian military in December 2019. The motor racing driver is the only son of Archduke Karl of Austria (b.1961), Head of the Imperial House of Habsburg, and Archduchess Francesca (b.1958; née Thyssen-Bornemisza…

Screenshot from MUGSHOTS.COM / Photos shown are (c) MUGSHOTS.COM On 12 January 2009, HRH Princess Marie of Romania was booked in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, on the charge of “failure to appear.” In the typical terse terms of a police report, it was noted that Marie was 5’8″ and 162 lbs with blonde hair…

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Over the decades, the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States has compiled many reports and dossiers on various royal families around the world. In 1963, the CIA was focused on the Royal Family of Greece: in particular, on King Paul, his wife Queen Frederica, and their son Crown Prince Constantine. The report, which is…