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…
Jean Christophe, Prince Napoléon, stated in an interview with Le Figaro that he and Countess Olympia will tie the knot on 19 October. The groom-to-be’s father, Prince Charles Napoléon, was born on 19 October 1950. Charles will thus celebrate his sixty-ninth birthday on the occasion of his only son’s marriage. On that day, the couple…
Princess Woizlawa Feodora Reuß (1918-2019; née Mecklenburg-Schwerin) HH Princess Woizlawa Feodora Reuß, born Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, passed away yesterday, 3 June, at Strittmatt, Schwarzwald, Germany. The princess was 100 years old and the eldest surviving European royal. She had suffered from a short illness. Princess Woizlawa Feodora celebrates her 100th birthday in December 2018 The…
The memorial service for Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on Corfu.Photograph (c) Leonidas Corfu. On Saturday, 17 April, the funeral of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, took place at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. At the same time, a memorial service was held for Prince Philip at Saint Spyridon Church on Corfu, the Greek…
Photograph (c) NAEF On Tuesday, 3 December, Princess Beatrice of York and Count Edoardo Mapelli-Mozzi attended the annual Carols by Candlelight at St. Luke’s Church. This yearly occasion seeks to garner funds for the Northwood African Education Foundation (NAEF), of which Princess Beatrice is Patron. Photograph (c) NAEF This year, £14,500 was raised for NAEF….
View this post on Instagram September 27th, 2020 A post shared by Antalya von Preussen (@antalyalauren) on Oct 3, 2020 at 9:06am PDT On 27 September 2020, Prince Friedrich Alexander “Al” of Prussia wed the Honourable Antalya Stephanie Lauren Nall-Cain at St John’s Church in Lemsford, England. The wedding reception was held at Brocket Hall, the…
Hello Subscribers and Eurohistory readers, Its has been some time since I last posted anything on the blog! All subscribers are getting a personal letter from me inside Issue CXVII, which we begin mailing on March 21! The magazine is being picked up at our old printer in Berkeley tomorrow afternoon. I have some advance…
Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie.Photo (c) Maison Grand Ducal / Sophie Margue. This morning the Grand Ducal Court is pleased to announce that Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg is expecting her second child. She and Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume, who wed in 2012, welcomed their first child and son, Prince…
Count Friedrich Karl von Schönborn and Princess Isabelle d’Orléans at the funeral of Madame the Countess of Paris, 2003. Today, Princess Isabelle d’Orléans celebrates her ninetieth birthday! Isabelle with her grandparents/godparents: Princess Elizabeth of Orléans-Branganza and the Duke of Guise, 1932. The baptism of Princess Isabelle. From left to right: Princess Isabelle, Countess d’Harcourt; the…
Many royal romances are played up to be fairytale stories. A young woman meets Prince Charming. The couple falls in love. They then live happily ever after. Peter and his mother Marie This was not to be the case of Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908-1980), son of Prince George of Greece and Denmark…