Duchess Caroline of Oldenburg in 2013. Today, Duchess Caroline of Oldenburg celebrates her sixtieth birthday. Born on 10 April 1962 at Kiel, Countess Caroline zu Rantzau was the youngest child and second daughter of Count Christian zu Rantzau (1924-2002) and Héloise von Lettow-Vorbeck (1923-2018), who wed in 1954. Caroline’s paternal uncle Count Kuno zu Rantzau…
In November, French journalist Frederic de Natal interviewed HRH Prince Davit Bagrationi of Georgia. Monsieur de Natal, who is a dear friend, has given me permission to post the English-language translation of his interview with the Head of the Royal House of Bagrationi. Frederic de Natal primarily focuses on news relating to the royal families of the world;…
King Simeon, Queen Margarita, Alexandra Chrobok, Jorge de Magalhães, and their children.Photograph (c) HM King Simeon II of the Bulgarians Members of the Bulgarian royal family recently gathered in Assisi, Italy, to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the death of Queen Giovanna of Bulgaria. Queen Giovanna of Bulgaria in 1937 Born a Princess of Savoy, Giovanna…
A Right Royal Conundrum. Photograph (c) Marko Todorović, Tanjug/Tanja Valič, Wikipedia/White House Press Office Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’fB8-spXzSN143p6OP3M97g’,sig:’bpSDNjMnHghlVg7XnHjN2bDpQpRiXSRlB00j4ljDOGQ=’,w:’396px’,h:’594px’,items:’817647106′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’5uJx2-z0ROxlTWpATJsgnw’,sig:’NEfJjKmAvEbLMd-Cv-E8S92j9be2C6caX9eOHLgcRfU=’,w:’397px’,h:’594px’,items:’71964359′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Over the past week, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia (b.1936) and her youngest daughter Christina Oxenberg have been going back and forth through Balkan…
Prince Rasso and Princess Theresa of Bavaria in 2001. On 9 January 1931, Archduchess Theresa Monika Valerie Elisabeth Ludovika Walburga Anna of Austria was born at Schloß Wallsee. The archduchess was the second child and first daughter of Archduke Theodor Salvator of Austria (1899-1978) and his wife Archduchess Maria Theresa (1901-1967; née Countess von Waldburg…
Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta and Maria Isabella of Savoy-Genoa, 1955. On the occasion of Christmas and the New Year, both Duke Amedeo of Savoy, Head of the Royal House, and his cousin Princess Maria Isabella of Savoy-Genoa have issued messages to Italians in Italy and abroad. Amedeo and Maria Isabella are close friends as…
Hereditary Prince Alexander and Hereditary Princess Hande of Mecklenburg.Photo (c) Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg. On 17 September 2022 at 11am, Hereditary Prince Alexander of Mecklenburg and Hereditary Princess Hande will religiously marry at the Stadtkirche in Neusterlitz. The couple were civilly married on 17 June 2022 in the Great Hall in the Palace of…
The newlyweds. Photo (c) Alain BENAINOUS/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images. Today, Princess Kalina of Bulgaria and Antonio José “Kitin” Muñoz y Valcárcel celebrate twenty years of marriage! The princess and her parents. Photo (c) Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images. On 25 October 2002, a reception was hosted by King Simeon II and Queen Margarita at…
From Tyranny To Freedom: The Sometimes Stranger than Fiction Life of a Noble and Notable Lady Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth (1921-2003) led one of the most extraordinary lives imaginable. Born to an extremely well-connected German noble family, her godmother and namesake was Viktoria-Luise’s maternal great-aunt, Auguste Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, the last German Empress and…
Prince Guillaume and Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg with their children at the Bay des Débutantes The annual Bal des Débutantes will take place on 30 November at the Shangri-La Hotel in Paris. In recent years, the event has been attended by the following royal and noble young women: Princess Charlotte of Nassau; Infanta Maria Francisca…