European Royal History

  On Thursday, 10 December, the establishment of the Fonds Prinses Delphine van Saksen-Coburg was unveiled at University Hospital Ghent. The fund will seek to promote the integration of the arts into healthcare. Princess Delphine of Belgium is the honorary chairman of the charity. The princess will endeavour to help raise awareness of the fund’s…

A Right Royal Conundrum. Photograph (c) Marko Todorović, Tanjug/Tanja Valič, Wikipedia/White House Press Office Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’fB8-spXzSN143p6OP3M97g’,sig:’bpSDNjMnHghlVg7XnHjN2bDpQpRiXSRlB00j4ljDOGQ=’,w:’396px’,h:’594px’,items:’817647106′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’5uJx2-z0ROxlTWpATJsgnw’,sig:’NEfJjKmAvEbLMd-Cv-E8S92j9be2C6caX9eOHLgcRfU=’,w:’397px’,h:’594px’,items:’71964359′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Over the past week, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia (b.1936) and her youngest daughter Christina Oxenberg have been going back and forth through Balkan…

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Serbia with Bishop Irinej of Eastern America in New York. Photograph (c) HRH Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia. Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine celebrate Christmas at Saint Eleftheorios Greek Orthodox Church in New York. Photograph (c) HRH Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia. Yesterday, 6 January 2021,…

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…

Fürst Johannes von Khevenhüller-Metsch Death notice.   HSH Fürst Johannes “Hans” von Khevenhüller-Metsch died in Rome on 26 November 2020. Johannes was sixty-four years-old. The prince had suffered from the effects of COVID-19 for some time. Fürst Max von Khevenhüller-Metsch Count Maria Johannes Franz Xaver Lazarus Maximilian Felix Hubertus von Khevenhüller-Metsch was born on 20 November 1956 as the…

Many thanks to my dear friend Roger Lundgren, Founder of Kungliga Magasinet, for sending me this signed photograph of Crown Prince Leka II of the Albanians and Crown Princess Elia (née Zaharia) on their wedding day. Roger was recently in Tirana to celebrate a personal occasion with the couple and their family. I was delighted to…

  King Simeon II of the Bulgarians attended Easter services at the St. Nedelya Metropolitan Cathedral in Sofia. With the blessing of His Holiness the Metropolitan of Sofia and Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte, at midnight His Eminence Bishop Polycarp of Belogradchik proclaimed the Resurrection of Christ to the gathered crowd and celebrated the hierarch’s Holy Liturgy…

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