The Most Recent QVD Engagement: Benjamin Sewell, Descendant of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Is Affianced To Alice Hobden

  [NOTE: A massive thank you to Michael Rhodes of Peerage News for posting this news originally.]   On Friday, 24 January 2020, the engagement was announced between Benjamin Leopold Sewell (b.1990) a descendant of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Alice S. Hobden.   Benjamin Sewell is…

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Vincent and Josephine: The Danish Twins Turn Ten!

Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine of Denmark. Photograph (c) Franne Voigt. On 8 January 2011, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and Crown Prince Frederik welcomed the arrival of their youngest two children: twins, a girl and a boy. Today, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine of Denmark celebrate their tenth birthday. The twins joined two older siblings:…

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Lady Pamela Hicks At 90: Her Life in Video

Lady Pamela Hicks (née Mountbatten) On 19 April 1929, Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Mountbatten was at Barcelona as the second daughter and last child of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), and his wife Lady Mountbatten (1900-1960; née Hon. Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley). Lady Pamela joined an elder sister Patricia, eventual 2nd Countess of…

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Prince Joachim of Denmark Turns 50!

Prince Joachim and Princess Angelina of Prussia The bride’s parents Count Friedrich Ernest and Countess Sylvia zu Solms-Laubach with their granddaughter Georgina The happy newlyweds!    Prince Joachim of Prussia and Countess Angelina zu Solms-Laubach were married today at Majorca in the Church of Montes-Sion. The bride was escorted into the church by her father. The…

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Princess Eugenie Is Expecting First Child!

  Earlier today, the British Royal Family released the following statement which let it be known that Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank are expecting their first child: Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie and Mr Jack Brooksbank are very pleased to announce that they are expecting a baby in early 2021.   The Duke of York and…

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Princess Isabelle d’Orléans Receives First Communion

Prince Charles-Philippe and Princess Diana of Orléans, Duke of Anjou and Duchess of Cadaval, with their daughter Princess Isabelle.Photograph (c) David Nivière. Princess Isabelle.Photograph (c) David Nivière.   On Saturday, 19 June, Princess Isabelle d’Orléans received her first communion in Cascais, Portugal. Princess Isabelle is the only child of Prince Charles-Philippe d’Orléans, Duke of Anjou,…

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A Century Since the Birth of Archduchess Elisabeth, Posthumous Child of Emperor Karl of Austria

A young Elisabeth with her mother and siblings, 1928. One hundred years ago today marks the birth of Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, the youngest child of the Blessed Emperor Karl of Austria and his wife Empress Zita. The wedding of Archduke Karl of Austria and Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma, 1911. Archduchess Elisabeth Charlotte Alphonsa Christina…

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