Grichka and Igor in the 1990s. Within the space of less than a week, the well-known Bogdanoff twins, Grichka and Igor, died as the result of complications from Covid-19; the brothers were not vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. The Bogdanoffs had been admitted to the Hôpital Georges-Pompidou in Paris on 15 December. Grichka died on 28 December 2020;…
Grand Duke George of Russia and the Duke of Braganza at the Portuguese Embassy to Russia in Moscow The Duke of Braganza, Head of the Royal House of Portugal, and Grand Duke George of Russia, the Heir to the Head of the Imperial House of Russia, met today in Moscow. They spent time both at…
Recently, the engagement between Count Benno Czernin-Kinsky (b.1990) and Countess Antonia von Mensdorff-Pouilly (b.1992) has been announced. Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Antonia is a Saxe-Coburg descendant: she is a great-great-great-granddaughter of Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1778-1835). In 1804, Sophie married Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1777-1852). Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was the sister of the eventual King Leopold I of…
Prince Luiz upon leaving hospital. Yesterday, 6 November, Prince Luiz of Brazil was discharged from the Santa Catarina Hospital in São Paolo after a hospitalisation of several days. He had been dealing with bronchitis, which was successfully treated with antibiotics. The prince is eighty-two years-old. On Saturday, 31 October, the secretariat of the Imperial House…
Princess Victoria Romanova.Photograph courtesy of the Russian Imperial Chancellery. Today, Her Serene Highness Princess Victoria Romanova Romanoff celebrates her birthday! Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Princess Victoria Romanovna.Photograph (c) Russian Imperial Chancellery. Born in Rome on 18 May 1982, Rebecca Virginia Bettarini was the first daughter and only child of His Excellency Ambassador Roberto Bettarini and…
Prince Carl Johan of Sweden, Duke of DalarnaPhotograph (c) Swedish Royal Family Prince Carl Johan Arthur of Sweden was born on 31 October 1916 at Stockholm Palace. The prince was the fourth son and fifth (and youngest) child of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf (1882-1973; later King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden) and his wife Crown Princess Margaret…
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Queen Marie of Yugoslavia in Paris at the 25th commemoration of the death of her husband (1959) On 22 June 1961, Queen Marie of Yugoslavia died in London at the age of sixty-one. She was survived by her three sons: King Peter II, Prince Tomislav, and Prince Andrej. The queen had been a widow since the…
Nikolaos welcoming his brother Pavlos and sister-in-law Marie-Chantal while his wife Tatiana watches.Photo (c) TT NYHETSBYRÅN. Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal in Athens. Photo (c) TT NYHETSBYRÅN. On Monday, 18 October, several members of the Greek royal family gathered together for brunch at the cafe Athénée in Athens. Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal met…
This week, amidst some rather bleak news, there was an happy announcement from the Royal House of Hannover. Prince Christian and Princess Alessandra of Hannover are expecting twins in Summer 2020. The children will be the first offspring for the couple. Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’ozaOfFiyRNViWZmkrRiPMA’,sig:’VLfvDCLppck-qFPt6akUEHady2xRu8V8xAouvd-Iqq4=’,w:’594px’,h:’419px’,items:’932900338′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); On 24 November 2017, Prince…