The Duke and Duchess of Sussex. It has been announced that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expecting a baby girl. The second child and first daughter of the Sussexes will be eighth in the line of succession to the British throne. Prince Harry of Wales, later Duke of Sussex, is the second son…
Duke Friedrich of Württemberg, eldest son of Duke Carl (Head of House) and Duchess Diane (née France), died as a consequence of a terrible automobile accident. The tragedy unfolded on May 9 in a serious accident on the county road 7962 between Ebenweiler and Fronhofen on Wednesday afternoon. In addition, three other people were injured. Friedrich’s…
The High Court of Cassation and Justice has sentenced Paul Lambrino (aka “Paul Philippe Hohenzollern” and aka “Paul al Romaniei”) to three years and four months in prison due to influence buying, money laundering and complicity to abuse of office. The sentence is final and enforceable; it cannot be appealed. The sentence is in connection…
Prince Philip and Princess Danica of Serbia. Photograph (c) Jakov Simovic. Today Princess Danica of Serbia issued a message to the Serbian people on the occasion of Orthodox New Year, which is celebrated tomorrow. Danica is the wife of Prince Philip of Serbia and the daughter-in-law of Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia. Following are the…
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….
King Gyanendra and Queen Komal of Nepal as well as their daughter Princess Prerana have been admitted to hospital after contracting Covid-19. The seventy-three year-old king and seventy year-old queen were diagnosed with coronavirus on 20 April. Gyanendra, Komal, and their daughter Prerana were admitted to Norvic International Hospital in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu…
For whatever reason, it seems relatively rare that people are born on 25 December. When one takes a look at the Gotha, there is an even smaller number of individuals who arrived on Christmas Day. Currently, there are only four princes and one princess who share this unique distinction: the eldest was born in 1934,…
Prince Paul-Louis de Nassau signs on as an officer in the Luxembourg Army. Photo (c) EMA In the presence of his family, HRH Prince Paul-Louis de Nassau was sworn in by Mr. Bausch, Minister of Defense, as an officer of the Luxembourg army. The prince recently completed his training at the Royal Military Academy in…
The religious wedding of Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon and Countess Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg will take place at 11:00am on 19 October in Paris at the Cathédrale Saint Louis des Invalides. Monseigneur Antoine de Romanet, Bishop of the Diocese of the French Armed Forces, will be presiding over the ceremony. Source: https://dioceseauxarmees.fr/horaires-des-messes/cathedrale-st-louis-des-invalides.html For…
Sumner Moore Kirby On 6 November 1934, one of the heirs to the F. W. Woolworth and Co. fortune, Sumner Moore Kirby (1895-1945), married for the third time. The bride was Princess Leonida Georgievna Bagration-Moukhranskaya (1914-2010), the daughter of Prince Giorgi Bagration-Moukhransky and Elena Sigismundovna Zlotnitzkaya. Report of Helen’s birth by the American Consular…