An invitation to the imperial and royal wedding In April 1949, from their residence at the Palacio Grão Pará in Petropolis, Prince Pedro Gastão, Head of the Imperial Family, and his mother Princess Elisabeth of Orléans and Bragança (née Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz) announced the engagement of their brother and son Prince João to Princess Fatima Toussoun…
In delightful news from the Greek royal family, many reports indicate that Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark and his wife Princess Nina (née Flohr) will celebrate their religious wedding in October 2021. The couple were civilly married at St Moritz, Switzerland, on 12 December 2020. It is believed that the prince and princess…
Michael Asquith and Diana Battye, 1938. On 5 September 1915, Diana “Didi” Eveline Montagu Battye was born at Kensington, London. Diana was the only child of Lieutenant Colonel Percival “Percy” Lawrence Montagu Battye (1886-1945) and Elisabeth (also known as “Elise” and “Elsie“) Rodocanachi (1891-1982), who married at All Saints Church, Binfield, on 23 June 1914. The marriage…
Today, Prince Rafael of Brazil, Prince of Orléans-Braganza, celebrates his 33rd birthday. Prince Rafael of BrazilPhotograph (c) Casa Imperial do Brasil Rafael Antonio Maria José Francisco Miguel Gabriel Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Ligne was born at Rio de Janiero on 24 April 1986. His parents, Prince Antônio of Brazil (b.1950) and Princess Christine of…
Princess Blanche with her mother Princess Marie-Thérèse, Duchess of Montpensier.Photo (c) Getty Images / Pool Van der Putten/Croy. Today, Princess Blanche d’Orléans celebrates her sixtieth birthday! The Count and Countess of Clermont with their four eldest children, 1965.From left to right: Princess Marie, Princess Blanche, the Countess of Clermont holding Prince Jean, the Count of…
View this post on Instagram In the midst of COVID, a piece of $h!t president, and the power and poignancy of the Black Lives Matter movement, I got married! Because honestly, WHY NOT. It’s great to have cake smeared on your face by someone you love! And hot DAMN do…
An invitation to the wedding of Prince Rostislav Romanovsky. Yesterday, Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich Romanovsky and his wife held their religious wedding in France. The couple were civilly married two years ago in 2019 during a ceremony in the United Kingdom. On the invitations sent out for the religious wedding and in a related press release,…
Belén and Carlos. In Spain, Don Carlos Fitzjames-Stuart y de Solis, Conde de Osorno, married Belén Corsini y Lacalle at the Liria Palace in Madrid. Born on 30 November 1991 at Madrid, Carlos is the second son of Don Carlos Fitzjames-Stuart y Martinez de Irujo, Duque de Huescar, Duque de Alba (b.1949) and Doña Matilda de Solis…
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…
On 19 December 2020, Princess Teresa zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg married Alexander de Cruce Grubb Villiers-Stuart. Prince Johannes and Princess Bettina with their daughters Princess Teresa and Princess Helena.Photograph (c) PPE Agency. Alexander de Cruce Grubb Villiers-Stuart.Photograph (c) Twitter. Born in 1988 at Munich, Princess Teresa Elisabeth Marina Franziska zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg is the eldest daughter of Prince Johannes…