Photo (c) David Nivière Photo (c) David Nivière Photo (c) David Nivière Along with Christmas wishes to all, Crown Prince Leka and Crown Princess Elia of the Albanians have released three new pictures of the couple together with their daughter Princess Geraldine of Albania. The images were taken by David Nivière. ______________ For further news and…
Aimone and Irene. On 1 July 1939 at Florence, Prince Aimone of Savoy, Duke of Spoleto, married Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark. The groom was thirty-nine years-old; the bride was thirty-four. Their wedding took place at the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. Among the guests were King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy and…
The civil wedding of Prince Karl Franz Josef of Prussia and Princess Henriette von Schönaich-Carolath. Karl Franz Josef and Henriette. On 6 August 1940 at his residence at Doorn, German Emperor Wilhelm II officially announced the engagement of his grandson Prince Karl Franz Joseph to his stepdaughter, Princess Henriette of Schönaich-Carolath. Ever since his…
Elisabeta Palace, the headquarters of the Romanian Royal Family in Bucharest Yesterday, 11 May 2020, the government of Prime Minister Ludovic Orban of Romania gave free use of the Elisabeta Palace in Bucharest to Her Majesty’s Household Association (specifically, to the entity called Asociației Casa Majestăţii Sale). The decision was made by the Orban government following the…
Dear Subscribers and readers, Continuing with my personal marathon to get all of last year’s magazines out ASAP…I am delighted to let you all know that tonight I finished putting together Issue CXIX – Volume 21.3, Fall 2018!Inside this magazine you will find the following articles: 1. The Romanovs Adrift: The Imperial Family in 1913-1919, by…
Franz Josef Altenburg, 2019. Photo (c) Hollengut. Aged eighty, Prince Franz Josef von Altenburg died on 18 August 2021. Born on 15 March 1941, Prince Franz Josef Georg Clemens Maria Leopold Salvator von Altenburg was the seventh child of Archduke Clemens Salvator of Austria (1904-1974) and Countess Elisabeth Rességuier de Miremont (1906-2000). In 1969, Franz Josef married…
The Duke of Harar in front of a picture of his late father. The Duke of Harar died on 10 November 2021 in the United States. He is survived by his wife, the now Dowager Duchess of Harar (née Connie Jo Quave). The duke was a grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. A communiqué…
HannoverT.R.H. Prince Christian and Princess Alessandra of Hannover Embed from Getty Images
Archduchess Maria Magdalena, 2004. The death of Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria was announced on Wednesday, 18 August. According to the Romanian royal house, Maria Magdalena died in Salzburg, Austria. The archduchess was eighty-one years-old. Castle Bran’s Facebook account issued the following statement: At Bran Castle, we mourn the passing into eternity, after a…
Prince Charles greeted at the airport in Kyiv by three women in a traditional Ukrainian costume, 11/4/96.Photo (c) Getty Images / John Stillwell. The prince speaking to young academics at the Mohyla Academy, 11/4/96.Photo (c) Getty Images / Tim Graham. Ukrainian youths hold posters of the Prince of Wales during his visit, 11/4/96.Photo (c) Getty…