Last week, several members of different branches of the Georgian royal family issued a letter of protest against their cousin Prince David Bagration-Mukhransky. The letter reads as follows: An Official Letter of Protest The Bagrationi Family Association is an international organisation uniting the majority of Bagrationi descendants. In 2006, a Memorandum was officially…
Since her reign began in 1952, HM The Queen has seen fourteen Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom come and go. However distantly, a number of this politicians are somehow or another related to the queen. Below we will see the familial connections between Queen Elizabeth II and a number of these leaders in British…
Yesterday, it was officially announced that Fabergé will be creating the wedding bands for the union of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and his fiancée Victoria Romanovna Bettarini. The couple will marry on 1 October 2021 in Saint Petersburg. Sarah Fabergé, Fabergé’s Director of Special Projects and a great-granddaughter of Carl Peter Fabergé, sent her…
Having arrived at Windsor Castle along with the Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen has released the following statement of solidarity to her people: As Philip and I arrive at Windsor today, we know that many individuals and families across the United Kingdom, and around the world, are entering a period of great concern and uncertainty….
Count Friedrich Karl von Schönborn and Princess Isabelle d’Orléans at the funeral of Madame the Countess of Paris, 2003. Today, Princess Isabelle d’Orléans celebrates her ninetieth birthday! Isabelle with her grandparents/godparents: Princess Elizabeth of Orléans-Branganza and the Duke of Guise, 1932. The baptism of Princess Isabelle. From left to right: Princess Isabelle, Countess d’Harcourt; the…
The Marital History of the Hereditary Prince of Schwarzenberg Hereditary Prince Johannes of Schwarzenberg Nadia Weiss In the Autumn of 2006, a grand wedding was planned for Hereditary Prince Johannes “Aki” of Schwarzenberg (b.1967), only son of Fürst Karel of Schwarzenberg (b.1937) and his wife Therese (b.1940; née Countess zu Hardegg auf Glatz und im…
Lady Pamela Hicks (née Mountbatten) On 19 April 1929, Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Mountbatten was at Barcelona as the second daughter and last child of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), and his wife Lady Mountbatten (1900-1960; née Hon. Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley). Lady Pamela joined an elder sister Patricia, eventual 2nd Countess of…
Prince Aimone of Savoy, Duke of Apulia, Duke of Aosta Recently Prince Aimone of Savoy has been appointed as the ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM; Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta) to the Russian Federation. The Russian Federation has accepted the prince’s diplomatic credentials….
Princess Woizlawa Feodora Reuß (1918-2019; née Mecklenburg-Schwerin) HH Princess Woizlawa Feodora Reuß, born Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, passed away yesterday, 3 June, at Strittmatt, Schwarzwald, Germany. The princess was 100 years old and the eldest surviving European royal. She had suffered from a short illness. Princess Woizlawa Feodora celebrates her 100th birthday in December 2018 The…
On 8 January 1967, Princess Marina Vassilievna Romanov married William Lawrence Beadleston at the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church in Menlo Park, California. Mrs Igor Sazevitch was the matron of honour. Katherine Sazevitch was the flower girl; Prince George Golitzin, aged 9 and the bride’s first cousin, and Robert Hadow, aged 7 and…