Today, Prince Tirso of Bulgaria celebrates his twentieth birthday! Born on 3 June 2002 at Hospital de La Paz in Madrid, Prince Tirso of Bulgaria is the third son and youngest child of Prince Kubrat of Bulgaria and Princess Carla (née Royo-Villanova y Urrestarazu). Tirso joined two elder brothers: Prince Mirko (b.1995) and Prince Lucas (b.1997)….
The duke and duchess de Sabran.Photo (c) Getty Images / Bertrand Rindoff Petroff. Today, the 8th Duc de Sabran celebrates his eighty-fifth birthday! Born on 30 April 1937 at Villecresnes, Charles Élzéar Marie Joseph Adrien de Sabran-Pontevès was the first child of Foulques, 7th Duc de Sabran (1908-1973) and Roselyne Manca-Amat de Vallambrosa (1910-1988). Roselyne, duchesse de Sabran,…
Edward and Katharine with their son George, July 1962. On 26 June 1962, George Philip Nicholas Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, was born at the family home of Coppins in Iver, Buckinghamshire. George was the first child of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, who had married in 1961. At the time of his birth, the…
On Sunday, members of the Orthodox Christian royal families of Europe celebrated Pascha. Crown Princess Elia of Albania with her father and brother. King Simeon II of Bulgaria. Prince Philip and Princess Danica with their son Prince Stefan. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia. Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of…
Tsar Simeon and Princess Marie Louise. Photo (c) Paraskeva Georgieva. Last Friday, on 13 January, Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria celebrated her ninetieth birthday in the capital of her homeland, Sofia. She arrived for the event together with her sons Prince Karl-Boris and Prince Hermann zu Leiningen, her daughter Princess Alexandra von Kohary with her husband…
Princess Laure with her dog on the shores of Lake Geneva. Louis and Alix with their children (left to right) Catherine, Laure, Jérôme, and Charles. Today, Princess Laure Napoléon celebrates her seventieth birthday! The Prince and Princess Napoléon with their four children, 1969. Born on 8 October 1952 at Paris, Princess Laure Clémentine Geneviève Napoléon…
Prince Karl of Hesse (1937-2022), Nephew of the Duke of Edinburgh On 23 March 2022, Prince Karl of Hesse died in Munich. He was eighty-four years-old. The prince was a nephew of the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Princess Sophie of Greece and Prince Christoph of Hesse. Born on 26 March 1937 at…
Wilhemine. Today, Dowager Fürstin Wilhelmine von Khevenhüller-Metsch celebrates her ninetieth birthday! Wilhelmine’s parents: Lazarus and Franziska. Born on 16 March 1932 at Naklo, Countess Marie Wilhelmina Josefina Theresia Franziska Georgia Henckel von Donnersmarck was the third child and second daughter of Count Lazarus “Lazy” Henckel von Donnersmarck (1902-1991) and Countess Franziska von Eltz (1905-1997), who wed in 1927….
The Duchess of Coimbra and the Duke of Bragança. Over the weekend, the Head of the Royal House of Portugal and his daughter traveled to East Timor to commemorate the twenty years of independence of East Timor. Dom Duarte Pio and Infanta Maria Francesca were present in Dili for the celebrations. The Duke of Braganza…