The Prince of Wales with his first cousin once removed Lady Mary Cecilia Colman, 2002. Photograph (c) Getty Images/PA Images. Lady Mary Cecilia Colman died on Saturday, 2 January 2021 at the age of eighty-eight. She was a maternal first cousin of HM The Queen. Born on 30 January 1932, Mary Cecilia Bowes-Lyon was…
Archduchess Anna-Eugénie and Archduke Felix of Austria, 1952. Photo (c) Getty Image / Keystone-France. In 1961, Archduke Felix of Austria and his wife Archduchess Anna-Eugénie (née Princess of Arenberg) welcomed twins, the couple’s sixth and seventh children, who completed their family. Archduke István Franz-Leopold Johannes Maria Rudolph Theresius Marcus d’Aviano Balthasar of Austria and Archduchess Viridis Aloisia Marie-Eleonore Elisabeth Marcus…
Prince Luiz upon leaving hospital. Yesterday, 6 November, Prince Luiz of Brazil was discharged from the Santa Catarina Hospital in São Paolo after a hospitalisation of several days. He had been dealing with bronchitis, which was successfully treated with antibiotics. The prince is eighty-two years-old. On Saturday, 31 October, the secretariat of the Imperial House…
Dom Antônio and Dona Christine. Photograph (c) Prò Monarquia. Yesterday, September 26, Prince Dom Luiz of Orleans and Bragança, Head of the Imperial House of Brazil, granted the additional style of “Imperial Highness” to his brother, Prince Dom Antônio of Orleans and Braganza. Prince Dom Antônio will now be styled “His Imperial and Royal Highness,”…
The King and Queen.Photo (c) Greek Royal Family. Yesterday, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece lost her husband and life partner of six decades. The love story between King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie is truly one of the most beautiful in modern times. The eventual King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece first met…
The infant prince Simeon. Today, King Simeon II of the Bulgarians celebrates his eighty-fifth birthday! King Boris III and his son Crown Prince Simeon. Born on 16 June 1937, Prince Simeon of Bulgaria (later King) was the second child and only son of King Boris III of Bulgaria and Queen Giovanna (born…
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,…
Princess Irina with her husband John, her sister Margarita, and her father King Michael of Romania on 27 October 2011.Photograph (c) Agerpres / Cristian Nestor Irina Walker, the princess formerly known as HRH Princess Irina of Romania, has been restored to her royal style and title by her sister, the Custodian of the Crown…
This morning, along with around twenty-five other individuals, Prince Heinrich XIII Reuß zu Köstritz was arrested in Germany. The group, labeled as a terrorist organisation, was planning to overthrow the current German government, and install Prince Heinrich XIII as monarch. Former members of the military were involved, as well as several individuals with close…
Don Ignacio de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, Duke of Segorbe. Ignacio, Duke of Segorbe, recently expelled his great-niece Victoria, Duchess of Medinaceli, as well as two nephews and two nieces from the board of trustees of the Fundación Casa Ducal de Medinaceli, which was created in 1978 by Ignacio’s late mother, Victoria Eugenia, Duchess…