Juan Carlos and Sofía. Today marks sixty years since the marriage of Prince Juan Carlos of Spain and Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark. The couple were twice on 14 May 1962: firstly in a Roman Catholic ceremony held at 10am in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite, and secondly in a Greek…
The Secretariat of Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, has confirmed that the prince has decided to abolish to Salic Law, which governs the line of succession in the Royal House of Savoy, and to replace it with absolute primogenture. Vittorio Emanuele is the only son of the late King Umberto II of Italy and Queen…
Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’AyV_H7odT295ZjrmK85ZvQ’,sig:’vvSORd7mx5seXKjH_PwXVvcZMEaoieQ_EpgfsnIWtJo=’,w:’594px’,h:’591px’,items:’540952954′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Folks, despite the opportune timing, this is not an April Fools’ joke! From ITV: “Last weekend, Fergie [Sarah Ferguson] joined her former husband after he completed a number of official royal visits overseas. The couple stayed in Bahrain on a private visit but they were official…
Amy Lascelles Amy Rose Lascelles (b.26 June 1986), the partner of Matthew Michael Bolton (b.1990), gave birth to a son, Marlow Fox (Lascelles) Bolton on Monday, 20 July 2020. Marlow is the newest descendent of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. George Lascelles, Earl of Harewood Amy Lascelles is the daughter of the Honourable…
Today, the engagement of Princess Beatrice of Prussia and Edmund Jenner was announced. Beatrice Prinzessin von Preußen. Nicholas Prinz von Preußen and Victoria Prinzessin von Preußen. Princess Beatrice Victoria of Prussia (b.1981) is the eldest child of Prince Frederick Nicholas of Prussia (b.1946) and his wife Princess Victoria (b.1952; née Mancroft). Beatrice is an printmaker. She is…
The Royal Family of France. Photograph (c) ddp/abaca press. On 8 December, the Count and Countess of Paris and their five children posed for a lovely Christmas photo-session at Montreal de l’Aude, near Carcassonne, France. The family will be celebrating their first Christmas at this new home. The Count and Countess of Paris departed Dreux…
In 2018, the Duke and Duchess of Castro gave an extensive interview in English to Dutch royal reporter Rick Evers. Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’OV0A0I8fQTx_IKkuLRPAeQ’,sig:’mm1FpXmRqRK2p3cgo8GZy-wkJuKwCxu5xz9I5f938kE=’,w:’594px’,h:’396px’,items:’1141091976′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); The couple spoke about their relationships with various reigning royal houses in Europe, especially the Belgian, Danish, and Dutch royal families. The Duke and Duchess of…
Dear Readers, This is the fourth home we have had to build on Blogger! AMAZING! Somehow, Blogger has logged us out of the three previous Eurohistory blogs. Since there are no human beings tending to customer complaints, our requests for assistance have been ignored! Hopefully, we will not be logged out of this latest cyber…
SAR la Princesse Marguerite D’ORLÉANS, DUCHESSE DE NEMOURS née Marguerite Carrington Watson Well, this is to say that a portrait of the Duchess of Nemours (which, I am thrilled to write, I have recently acquired) will be relocating from France to the United States. The duchess was born Marguerite “Peggy” Watson on 12 February 1899…
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…