The Royal Fanzine

Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco was born 28 February 2007 and is the second child of Mohammed VI of Morocco and his wife, Princess Lalla Salma. She had one elder brother, Crown Prince Moulay Hassan.{ Source } In honor of her birth, the king granted a royal pardon to thousands of prison inmates { Source }. In her short six years of life, she has accompanied her parents on numerous royal duties. At the age of 2 in June 2009, she accompanied her mother on a visit to Tunisia.

Prince Ernst August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig of Hanover  was born the second child and oldest son of Ernst August IV, Prince of Hanover, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland and his wife Princess Ortrund on 26 February 1954. He has one older sister, Princess Marie, Countess of Hochberg, and four younger siblings-two sisters and two brothers.  In August 1981, he married Chantal Hochuli, with whom he had two sons:  Prince Ernst August Andreas Philipp Constantin Maximilian Rolf Stephan Ludwig Rudolph, in July 1983 Prince Christian Heinrich Clemens Paul Frank Peter Welf Wilhelm-Ernst Friedrich Franz, in June 1985 They were divorced in October 1997. Two year later, he married Princess Caroline of Monaco , with whom he has one daughter: Princess Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virginia, born in July 1999. Over the last two decades, he has h...

Bhutan -King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck   celebrated his 33rd birthday on Thursday. On Thursday, he awarded gallantry & service medials to the 239th Royal Bhutan Army, Royal Bhutan Police & several others { Photo } -King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck & Queen Jetsun  visited the visited Dechenphodrang Monastic School on Thursday { Photo } Belgium -King Albert II & Queen Paola  visited an exhibition entitled, Hôpital de la Reine: Croix Rouge, L'Océan et la Panne 1914-1918  on Wednesday { Photos } -King Albert II, Queen Paola, Queen Fabiola, Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant, Princess Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este & Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este  attended a special Mass "...to celebrate and remember deceased members of the Royal Family..." held at the l'Église Notre-Dame on Tuesday { Photos } -Prince Laurent  was injured and released from the hospital during a ...

Princess Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary Duchess of Östergötland was born on February 23, 2012  and is the eldest child and heir to Crown Princess Victoria and her husband, Prince Daniel{ Source }. Princess Estelle was christened in the Royal Chapel at the Royal Palace on 22 May 2012{ Source }. Her godparents were{ Source }: Crown Prince Haakon of Norway (good friend of her parents, also a distant cousin) Prince Williem-Alexander of Oranje (good friend of her parents, again a distant cousin) Prince Carl Philip of Sweden (her maternal uncle) Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (good friend of her parents) Mrs. Anna Westling Soderstrom (her paternal aunt) She was named for{ Source }: Estelle: Speculations come up that she was named for Countess Estelle Bernadotte, who was The Crown Princess's great-uncle (I *think* that's right.)'s wife, but nothing has been confirmed. Silvia: Her maternal grandmother Ewa: Her paternal grandmother Mary: one of her godmothers

Crown Prince Naruhito was born 23 February 1960 the eldest son of Emperor Akihito & his wife Emperess Michiko{ Source }. As a child he was known as Prince Hiro(Hiro-no-Miya){ Source }. His coming of age ceremony took place on his 20th birthday in 1980 { Source }. He was official invested as Crown Prince of Japan on his 31st birthday, in 1991 { Source }. Like most in the Japanese culture, his education was very important to him, and he achieved great levels. In 1982, he graduated from Gakushuin University with a degree in history { Source }. From 1983-1985, he studied abroad at University of Oxford's Merton College { Source }. In 1988, he competeled the first part of his doctoral degree back at Gakushuin{ Source }. In 1992, he was a guest researcher in the archives of Gakushuin{ Source }. He married Masako Owada, who was a diplomat at the Japanese Foreign Ministery and a daughter of a International Court of Justice Judge. They were engaged on 19 January 1993 and wed later tha...

Arrietta Morales y de Grecia was born 22 February 2002 in Barcelona, Spain, the eldest of Princess Alexia of Greece & Denmark and Carlos Morales's children. She has two younger sisters and a younger brother. She was baptized on 30 June 2002 { Source }. Her godparents consisted of{ Source }: Princess Theodora of Greece (maternal aunt) Maria Teresa Morales (paternal aunt)  Infanta Cristina of Spain (1st cousin of her mother)  Manuel Cabrera (friend of her father)  and an unknown Greek friend of her mother  She resides in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote, Canary Islands in a house designed by her father { Source }. She is the granddaughter of Queen Anne-Marie of The Hellenes & King Constantine II of Greece. Technically,  she is 8th in line for the Greek throne after her uncle, 4 cousins, mother and brother.

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan  was born 21 Februrary 1980, the eldest son of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and his 3rd wife.  He has 9 siblings-two full siblings (a brother and sister), 4 half sisters and 3 half brothers { Source }. The young Prince attended to his early education in Bhutan, attending Yangchenphug High School.  He also attended The Philips Academy , and  Cushing Academy . He began his higher education career at  Wheaton College , before he moved on to Magdalen College, University of Oxford , where he completed the Foreign Service Programme and International Relations { Source } As a young child, he accompanied his father on visits throughout the kingdom, and official represented Bhutan at several international events. In 2002, he was Bhutan's representative at te 7th UN General Assembly and made his first speech, addressing issues related to welfare of millions of children around the globe { Source }. In ...

King Harald V of Norway was born 21 February 1937, just outside of Olso, Norway, the only son and youngest child of Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Märtha { Source }. He has two older sisters, Princess Ragnhild (1930) and Princess Astrid (1932). At the time of his birth, the succession laws in Norway were salic, otherwise known as male-only. As of 1990, the succession laws changed so it gives the oldest child, regardless of gender as heir (for example, his granddaughter, Princess Ingrid Alexandra will be the 1st queen regent) { Source }. When then Prince Harald was just three years old, he and his family fled to Sweden and then to the United States for the remainder of the war. In May (he,his mother & sisters) and June (his father) 1945, the family returned to Norway, which was widely celebrated by the people of Norway{ Source }. After the family's return to Norway, Prince Harald began to attend school at Smestad School, with a security guard stationed in the halls for h...

Prince Amedeo Marie Joesph Carl Pierre Philippe Paola Marcus d'Aviano of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este, Prince Royal of Hungary & Bohemia was born 21 February 1986 at the University Clinic of St. Luc in Belgium, the eldest child  of Princess Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este & Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este { Source }. He has  three younger sisters and a younger brother{ Source }. His godparents wee his grandmother, Queen Paola, and his maternal uncle, Prince Philippe, The Duke of Brabant { Source }. He attended Sint Jan Berchmans College  for his early education until 2001{ Source }. He then moved on to Sevenoaks College in Kent, England from 2001-2004 { Source }. He then went on to attend Belgium's Royal Military Academy from 2004-2005{ Source }, and then went back to England to study at the London School of Economics  from 2005-June 2008{ Source }. Upon graduation from LSE, he took a gap year to travel and bette...

Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward, Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killyleagh, Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Canadian Forces Decoration, Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty { Source }   was born 19 February 1960, the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth & Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh  At his birth, he was second in line for the throne after his older brother, Prince Charles, but after the birth of two nephews, he is presently fourth in line for the throne. He was born at Buckingham Palace, and baptized two months later{ Source }. His godparents were{ Source }: The Duke of Gloucester (his maternal granduncle) Princess Alexandra of Kent (his 1st cousin once removed) The Earl of Euston The Lord Elphinstone (his 1st cousin once removed) Mrs Harold Phillips He was named after his paternal grandfather, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. One thing that set him apart from h...

Princess Christina of the Netherlands was born Princess Marijke Christina of the Netherlands, is the youngest child of the late Queen Julianna of The Netherlands, thus the youngest sibling of The Netherlands' current reigning monarch, Queen Beatrix. She was born 18 February 1947 in The Netherlands{ Source }. Due to her mother contracting German measles (Rubella) while pregnant with her, the new young princess was left nearly blind from birth. However, due to advances in modern medicine, and special glasses, the princess was able to lead a relatively normal life. She was a happy, smart child that held a passion for languages-once, while attended a state visit by President of the French Republic René Coty, she was delighted to speak fluently with him in French! She is also talented in music, she recorded several CDs and has a Music Foundation in the Netherlands. She sang at her father's funeral and at her mother's funeral and participated in a tribute concert that the CIMA ...

Princess Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg  was born 18 February 1984, in Ronse, Belgium  and is the youngest of eight children of Count Philippe de Lannoy and the late Countess Alix de Lannoy{ Source }.  She attended the Dutch-speaking  Sancta Maria School for her primary education { Source }. After attending Stacta Maria, she moved on to her secondary education, spending two years at  Collège Sainte-Odile in France{ Source }, before returning to Belgium to attend Institut de la Vierge Fidèle, to complete her primary education in 2002{ Source }. Upon graduation, she moved to Moscow, Russia, where she studied Russian language and literature and to further develop her violin skills { Source }. She also studied at the Université Catholique de Louvain  in Belgium, here she obtained a degree in Germanic philology { Source }. She also studied in Berlin, Germany, where she did a graduation project on the influence...

Bhutan -King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck &  Queen Jetsun arrived in Dhaka, Bangladesh for a five-day visit on Friday { Source }. Check back for a full recap. Great Britain -The Prince Charles of Wales & Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall  re-opened the Borough Market in London on Thursday { Source } -Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall  visited the RISE Children's Centre to meet with volunteers, join in on story time and meet with Youth Group members on Tuesday { Source }. On Wednesday, she attended the inauguration of an exhibit entitled Floruculture: Flowers, Love & Money  at the Garden Museum  { Source } -The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal opened the new Bishop Grosseteste University Library on Friday { Source } Jordan -Queen Rania inaugurated a new building of the "...Rmeil Charitable Society located in the Al Jeezeh district and dropped by one of the public schools in the area to check on students starting ...

Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra Joséphine Teresa Charlotte Marie Wilhelmine of Luxembourg was born 16 February 1991 at Maternity Grande-Duchesse Charlotte in Luxembourg, the only daughter of Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg { Source }. She has four brothers- Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke, Prince Louis, Prince Felix & Prince Sébastien, two sisters-in-laws (Princess Stephanie & Princess Tessy, the wives of Prince Guillaume & Prince Louis) and two nephews (the sons of Prince Louis & Princess Tessy) { Source }.  She attended  primary school at Angelsberg, Luxembourg and finished her secondary education at the Lycée Vauban in Luxembourg, where she received the French Baccalauréat with honors in 2009 { Source }. She presently attends Franciscan University  in Steubenville, Ohio, United States, studying history, philosophy and literature, where she should be in her final ...

Prince Hans-Adam II, Adam Ferdinand Alois Josef Maria Marko of Liechtenstein was born 14 February 1945, the oldest child and son of Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein and his wife Countess Georgina von Wilczek. He has three brothers (Princes Phillipp, Franz- Joesph & Nikolaus) and a sister (Princess Nora). The Prince graduated from the University of St. Gallen with a degree in Business and Economic Studies in 1969. He married his second cousin-once removed, Countess Marie Aglaë Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau on 30 July 1967. He has four children-Alois, Maximilian, Constantin, and Tatjana. He has 15 grandchildren. Prince Hans-Adam owns LGT banking group and has a family fortune of $7.6 billion and a personal fortune of about $4.0 billion, making him one of the world's richest heads of state, and Europe's wealthiest monarch. He owns an extensive art collection, which is displayed for the public at theLiechtenstein Museum in Vienna. The Prince has written the...

Belgium -Princess Mathilde  attended a film presentation of the film,  Kinshasa Kids    on Tuesday { Source }{ Photos } -Prince Laurent  attended a presentation and met with patients at the Centre pour Maladies Métaboliques Héréditaires at the Hôpital Universitaire d'Anvers on Saturday { Source } - Princess Louise  celebrated her 9th birthday on Wednesday. -Princess Léa gave an interview to  Place Royale   on  Friday { Video } Princess Léa is the widow of King Albert II's half brother, Prince Alexander. -Princess Marie-Christine  celebrated her 62nd birthday on Wednesday. Denmark -Queen Margarethe II  officially opened the new exhibit entitled  Danmarks Krige (Danish Wars) on Friday { Source } -Crown Prince Fredrik  participated in the Aarhus 1900 and DGI's Fun Run charity race for the benefit of the Danmarks Indsamling 2013  on Thursday { Photos } -Crown Princess Mary     atten...

Princess Marie-Christine Daphné Astrid Elisabeth Léopoldine of Belgium was born 6 February 1951, the elder daughter of King Leopold III & Princess Lilian in Laeken, Belgium. Her godparents were: King Baudouin I (her elder half brother) Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain  When she was barely 9 years old, she received her 1st Holy Communion and Confirmation  in May 1962 { Source }. She has been married several times. First, she married Paul Drucker in May 1981, and it lasted on 40 days, although they weren't formally divorced until 1985. Her second marriage was to   Jean-Paul Gourges in 1989.  Presently, she resides in California with her second husband. Of all of King Albert II's family, his younger sister has to be the most controversial. She has previously made claims of being raped and beaten, and has lived a jet-set life. When she was a guest in a Belgian Embassy abroad, Marie-Christine refused to drink to her broth...

Marie Agathe Odile Cavallier (aka Princess Marie of Denmark ) was born 6 February 1976 in Paris, France, the only child of Alain Cavallier and Françoise Grassiot { Source }. Her parents divorced when she was young{ Source }, and both remarried and gave Marie four younger half brothers{ Source }. Upon her parents divorce, she moved to Geneva, Switzerland with her mother, where she attended Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil { Source }. After obtaining her Bacclaurate from Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil , she attended Babson College , studying international relations and economics, however she never graduated from Babson. Instead, after a brief time at Babson, she transferred to a school in Geneva to study Economics, then transferred to Marymount Manhattan College , where she obtained a Bachelors of Arts. After her university years, Marie worked in the field of public relations for Estée Lauder,and ING Numismatic Group SA, and other varying pos...

Princess Louise Sophie Mary of Belgium was born 6 February 2003, the first child of Prince Laurent and Princess Claire. She was christened when she was 8 months old. Her godmothers were: Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein (her father's 1st cousin) Ms. Marie-Claude Solvay  There was no mention of who her godfather was but some reports claim that her godfather was non-catholic Reza Pahlavi. Her first communion was celebrated in 2011, and was attended by several members of the Belgian Royal Family, including her parents, grandparents  brothers, aunt and uncle Archducess Astrid & Archduke Lorenz, and their daughter, Princess Laetitia Maria (who was also 7 years old at this time), aunt and uncle The Duke & Duchess of Brabant with their children{ Source } In 2005, her parents brought home two young brothers for the little Princess, Prince Nicolas & Prince Aymeric. Because of the    absolute primogeniture, her broth...