Emperor Bao Dai and his wife Princess Vĩnh Thụy in 1992. Photo (c) Raymond Reuter/Sygma/Corbis. French journalist and royal researcher Frederic de Natal has reported the recent death of Empress Tây Phuong of Vietnam, the widow of Emperor Bаo Đai. The empress reportedly passed away on the night of 27/28 September at Paris. She was seventy-five…
The Duke and Duchess of Cádiz. The couple during their religious wedding. The groom’s mother and the bride’s grandfather were their witnesses. Carmen and Alfonso. On 8 March 1972, Don Alfonso de Borbón y Dampierre, Duke of Cádiz, and Doña María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco were married at the Royal Palace of El Pardo in…
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…
Principe Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso. Today, Prince Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, Duke of Castel Duino, celebrates his seventieth birthday! Carlo Alessandro’s father Raimundo in the late 1930s. Princess Eugenie of Greece and Denmark with her husband Prince Raimundo della Torre e Tasso, 1953.Photo (c) Getty Images. Born on 10 February 1952 at…
Grichka and Igor in the 1990s. Within the space of less than a week, the well-known Bogdanoff twins, Grichka and Igor, died as the result of complications from Covid-19; the brothers were not vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. The Bogdanoffs had been admitted to the Hôpital Georges-Pompidou in Paris on 15 December. Grichka died on 28 December 2020;…
Fürst Ernst Georg von Hohenberg passed away on 12 January 2023. He was seventy-eight years-old. Ernst was the last surviving grandson of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Duchess Sophie von Hohenberg. Now, the only surviving grandchild of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie is Fürst Ernst’s first cousin, Baroness Sophie von Gudenus (b.1929;…
Prince Carl Christian in the arms of his great-grandfather King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden while his mother Princess Birgitta looks on, 1962. Today, Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern celebrates his sixtieth birthday! Prince Johann Georg and Princess Birgitta with their three children: Prince Carl Christian, Princess Désirée, and baby Prince Hubertus, 1966.Photo (c) Getty…
Princess Patrícia and Prince Pedro Carlos. On 9 October 2021, Prince Pedro Carlos of Orleans-Braganza and his wife Princess Patrícia (née Alvim Rodrigues) celebrated their religious marriage at Petrópolis. The couple were civilly married on 1 September 2018. Prince Pedro Carlos (b.1945) is the son of Prince Pedro Gastão of Orleans-Braganza and his wife Princess…
Princess Gudila and Prince Christoph of Bavaria. Today Prince Christoph of Bavaria celebrates his sixtieth birthday! Born on 5 May 1962 at Schloss Leutstetten, Prince Christoph Ludwig Maria of Bavaria is the fifth child and third son of Prince Rasso of Bavaria and Archduchess Theresa of Austria-Tuscany. Christoph has six siblings: Princess Maria-Theresia (b.1956; married…
Prince Bertil of Sweden and Lilian Davies Craig after the announcement of their engagement, Oct. 1976. Photo (c) Getty Images / Keystone. In December 1985, Prince Bertil and Princess Lilian of Sweden, Duke and Duchess of Halland, paid a visit to the United States. During that time, the royal couple were guests of the Swedish-American…