The Sapieha family: Jan Paweł, Paola, Cristina, Michael, and Anna. On 6 August 2021, Prince Jan Paweł Sapieha-Różański died at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The prince was eighty-five years-old. Born on 26 August 1935 at Warsaw, Jan Paweł was the first of three sons of Prince Jan Andrzej Sapieha-Rozanski and his wife Princess Maria (née Zdziechowska). Prince Jan Paweł had…
The cover of A Life for the Tsar. This book is the result of a long, organic evolution. Fascinated as the authors both are with the Romanov Dynasty and interested in pursuing unique and exciting aspects of its history, they stumbled upon the Coronation of Nicholas II as a potential subject quite by accident. The…
As you can watch at the link above, the Duke of York gave an interview to Emily Maitlis about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and the allegations against him. It was broadcast on BBC Newsnight this evening. The duke denied any knowledge of anything untoward regarding Epstein, and the duke denied that he himself had…
Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’I8aMgHQCRa9YLElTijhwDw’,sig:’JPAlDMfFeVl_AdspGhePKcg-Jw4mIA8dk3RYH4RzaSI=’,w:’396px’,h:’594px’,items:’460627380′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Alejandro Lequio García passed away today, 13 May, at the Hospital Quirón in Barcelona. Alejandro, also known as “Álex,” had been ill with cancer since 2018. He was twenty-seven years-old. Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’APjjcIPESRBM-DdSTVMaDw’,sig:’jljiK6Ur-b3qtotm1UEgYCSUKTpTK2yMAaxlNYXXE6s=’,w:’364px’,h:’594px’,items:’540302652′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Álex was born on 23 June 1992…
On Wednesday, Lecturas magazine ran as its cover a photo of Infanta Cristina next to a recent picture of her husband Iñaki Urdangarin holding hands with another woman (later identified by Lecturas as Ainhoa Armentia) on the beach in Bidart, France. The headline blared: “EXCLUSIVE: WHILE INFANTA CRISTINA LIVES IN SWITZERLAND, IÑAKI WITH ANOTHER WOMAN.” The well-known journalist Pilar Eyre…
Over the decades, the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States has compiled many reports and dossiers on various royal families around the world. In 1963, the CIA was focused on the Royal Family of Greece: in particular, on King Paul, his wife Queen Frederica, and their son Crown Prince Constantine. The report, which is…
The Duke and Duchess of Noto.Photo (c) Real Casa di Borbone Due Sicilie. Today, 25 September, Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto, and Lady Charlotte Diana Lindesay-Bethune were married at the Duomo di Monreale in Palermo, Italy. The Duke of Noto is the eldest son and heir of Prince Pedro, Duke of Calabria, and…
Princess Ljubica and Prince Michael of Serbia with their daughter Princess Natalija. Prince Mihailo and Princess Ljubica of Serbia today welcomed the birth of their second child, Princess Isidora. Princess Isidora joins older sister Princess Natalija, who was born in 2018. The newest Karađorđević is a great-grandchild of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Queen Marie (née Romania);…
Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images During the exile of the Greek royal family from their country during World War II, HRH Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark was born at Cape Town, South Africa, on 11 May 1942. Irene was the third child and second daughter of Crown Prince Paul of…
Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie.Photo (c) Maison Grand Ducal / Sophie Margue. This morning the Grand Ducal Court is pleased to announce that Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg is expecting her second child. She and Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume, who wed in 2012, welcomed their first child and son, Prince…