Soledad Martorell y Castillejo, 8th Duquesa de Almenara Alta, died on 6 August 2022 in Madrid. Sol’s parents. Born on 8 July 1924 at Madrid, María Soledad “Sol” Martorell y Castillejo was the daughter of Don Francisco de Borja Martorell y Téllez-Girón, 7th Duque de Almenara Alta (1898-1936), an aide to King Alfonso XIII of…
Family and friends of the late Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma gathered at the Hotel des Invalides (Paris) this morning to bid farewell to his earthly remains. Besides his close family, other royals in attendance included: Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and his brother Prince Jean, the Prince and Princess of Venice, as well as Prince…
Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto, and Lady Charlotte Lindesay-Bethune On Friday, 15 May, the engagement was announced between HRH Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto, and Lady Charlotte Lindesay-Bethune. The couple will marry in the Summer of 2021. Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’8P_ZS_vlRKFq6OGx-2Nafg’,sig:’l3WgsHgMvBXibTKQvdvOpbS6SR27MH2Y55vtaQSlOdw=’,w:’594px’,h:’451px’,items:’660087940′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Embed from Getty…
Prince Carl Alexander of Hohenzollern Carl Alexander at his childhood homePhotograph (c) Presse-Foto-Seeger Forty-eight year-old Carl Alexander has recently stated that he is on the lookout for a fourth wife. In 1991, the prince married Angela Stölzle (b.1942; who at one time was his father’s mistress); the couple were divorced in 1997. In 2002, Carl…
Tomorrow, Princess Marie-Astrid of Liechtenstein and Ralph “Rafe” Worthington V will marry in Italy. The bride is the daughter of Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein and Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg. The groom is the son of Ralph Worthington IV and Lucinda Earle Morrissey. However, this will not be the first time that a member of the…
Dear Buyers, Readers, and Friends, Today, we began shipping copies of our latest book, The Royal House of Bavaria (Volume I). If you have purchased a copy from us or through AMAZON at you should be receiving the book by week’s end! Arturo has been busy signing copies! To purchase the book (for USA clients), you…
HH Princess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia Princess Vera Her Highness Princess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia was born on 11 April (Old Style) / 24 April (New Style) 1906 at Pavlovsk Palace. Vera was a great-granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. The princess was named after her paternal aunt Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna (1854-1912),…
Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’1d-76DEEQalEosXq4Two4A’,sig:’sMAREva4ZQEZiJQZvWg12DME4IHDQ18iDD-ld-8_pnU=’,w:’396px’,h:’594px’,items:’1126953042′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Prince Jean, Count of Paris, will meet President Emmanuel Macron on 2 May 2019. The Head of the Royal House of France will receive the President of the French Republic at the Château d’Amboise. Formerly the personal property of the Orléans family, the château has been…
His Grace the 11th Duke of Roxburghe. Guy and Virginia, Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, with their children. On 18 February 1981, Charles Robert George Innes-Kerr, Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford, was born at Edinburgh to Guy and Jane, the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe. Charles’ parents, Guy Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of Roxburghe (1954-2019)…
Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh. Picture (c) National Portrait Gallery, London. The following are the contents of a letter written by the Princess Mary, daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte, to Lady Harcourt in 1816. The princess elaborates on how she has decided to wed her first cousin, the Duke of…