European Royal History

Princess Diana of Bourbon-Parma and Prince Franz Joseph of Hohenzollern Note: Thank you to Alexander Oehmichen, the elder son of the princess, for contacting us to correct the date and place of his mother’s passing, as well as to correct the misinformation that was contained at the linked article concerning her cause of death, which…

Custodian of the Crown Margarita and Prince Radu arrive at the Concert at the Atheneum on Saturday. (c) SIMION MECHNO / AGERPRES FOTO Over the weekend, Custodian of the Crown Margarita and Princess Sophie of Romania celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of their first (and joint) trip to their country back in January 1990. Several items…

THE CHAUMET LACIS TIARA FOR PRINCESS VICTORIA ROMANOVNA   The Chaumet Lacis Tiara.Photograph (c) Chaumet. In news that will delight royal jewellery watchers, the future Princess Victoria Romanovna Romanoff will be wearing a magnificent tiara created by Maison Chaumet when she marries Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia. Grand Duke George is the son of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, head of…

  In June 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Parma were photographed with their three children on the beach of Scheveningen by Jeroen van der Meyde. Prince Carlos and Princess Annemarie, who celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary this year, are shown with their daughters, Princess Luisa and Princess Cecilia, and their son, Prince Carlos. The…

Prince Dom Antônio of Orleans and Bragança Photograph (c) Casa Imperial do Brasil Almost two weeks ago, it was announced that Prince Dom Antônio, second in line to the headship of the Imperial House of Brazil, had contracted the novel coronavirus. Today his family has informed the public that Prince Antônio of Orleans and Bragança’s…

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…

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…