The Royal Fanzine

Belgium -Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant  attended a reception for "... president of the 'China Entrepreneurs Club'..."on Monday { Photo } -Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant & Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant  attended a concert celebrating the accession of Croatia to the European Union on Monday { Photos }. Denmark -Queen Margarethe II  attended the 2013 Anniversary Parade and presentation of the Dronningens Ur (Queen’s Clock) on Friday { Source } -Crown Princess Mary & Princess Benedikte  attended Day 1 and the opening ceremonies of the  CHIO Equestrian Festival  on Tuesday { Photos }{ Photos } -Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg  celebrated her 49th birthday on Sunday. Alexandra is the 1st wife of Prince Joachim, and mother of his two elder children. German - Albert Maria Lamoral Miguel Johannes Gabriel, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis   celebrated his 30th birthday on Monday. Great  Britai...

Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg was born 30 June 1964 as  Alexandra Christina Manley and would later become Princess Alexandra of Denmark in Hong Kong. She is of British, Chinese, Czech and Austrian ancestry, and is the eldest of three daughters of  Richard Nigel Manley (1924-2010) and Christa Maria Manley (1933-). She attended to her education primarily in Hong Kong. It has never been made pubic whether or not the former princess attended a degree, but she studied international business at universities in Austria, Japan and the UK. She worked in the sales and marketing industry in Hong Kong from 1990-1995. When she was engaged to Prince Joachim, she studied Danish as a foreign language. She met her future 1st husband when he was working for a Danish shipping company and they were both attending a party. They had a quick whirlwind romance, and were engaged by the late fall of 1994, where Prince Joachim surprised her while they were holidaying in the Philippines. Their...

Prince Aristide Stavros  was born 29 June 2008 weighing 8 pounds, 10 oz and was 21 inches in length, the youngest child of Crown Prince Pavlos & Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece. He has four older siblings{ Source }: Princess Maria-Olympia (1996) Prince Constantine Alexios (1998) Prince Achileas-Andreas(2000) Prince Odysseus-Kimon (2004) His baptism was delayed until he was over a year old due to his grandfather being ill. One of his godparents was{ Source } { Source }: Stavros Niarchos Infanta Cristina of Spain Prince Kiril of Bulgaria When he was 2 years old, he attended the wedding of his uncle Nikolas to Tatiana { Photos }

Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah of Jordan is the eldest son of King Abdullah II of Jordan and his wife, Queen Rania and was born 28 June 1994, in Aman, Jordan. He has two younger brothers and a younger sister{ Source }. In 2007, he was enrolled at the King's Academy, completing his secondary studies in 2012. He is presently studying political science at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service{ Source }. The young Crown Prince also holds the rank of first lieutenant in the Jordanian Armed Forces{ Source }. Over the last few years, he has accompanied his father on several military missions.  During his childhood years, he spent most of his time doing just that-being a kid. As he grew older, he began to make appearances on his father's behalf. His first official engagement took place in June 2010, when he stood a representative for his father during the celebrations of the anniversary of the Arab Revolt and the Armed Forces Day. Since then, he has s...

Princess Alexia Juliana Marcela Laurentien of The Netherland s was born on 26 June 2005, the second child of King Williem-Alexander of The Netherlands and Queen Maxima of The Netherlands . She has one older sister, Princess Catharina-Amalia of The Netherlands and one younger sister, Princess Ariane of The Netherlands { Source }. She was born in the Bronovo Hospital in The Hague. Her baptism took place on 19 November 2005 in Wassenaar. Her godparents were{ Source }:  Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant (family friend) Jonkvrouwe Alexandra Jankovich de Jeszenice  (family friend) Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (paternal uncle) Juan Zorreguieta (maternal uncle) Jonkheer Frans Ferdinand de Beaufort (family friend) She was named for various relatives:  Alexia: comes from her father, Alexander Julianna: for her paternal great-grandmother, Queen Juliana Marcela:  for her great aunt Marcela Cerruti,  Laurentien: for her paternal aunt Prince...

Albert Maria Lamoral Miguel Johannes Gabriel, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis was born 24 June 1983 in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany the only son of Johannes, Prince of Thurn and Taxis and Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis{ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Hauser Band XIX. C.A. Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn. 2011. pp.369, 385-386. German.  ISBN 978-3-7980-0849-6 .}. He has two sisters { Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Hauser Band XIX. C.A. Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn. 2011. pp.369, 385-386. German. ISBN 978-3-7980-0849-6 .}: Princess Maria Theresia (1980) Princess Elisabeth (1982) His father died when he was 7 years old, after he had had two heart transplants in as many days { Source }. He completed his high school education in Rome, went into the military for a while, then attended the University of Edinburgh, studying economics and theology {Source}. He is enthusiastic when it comes to race-car driving, and has own many awards d...

Princess Maria Carolina Chantal Edoarda Beatrice Januaria of Bourbon-Two Sicilies was born 23 June 2003 in Rome, Italy. The little Princess is the 1st member of the Royal Family to be born in Italy since her great-great-great grandfather, King Francis II. She was baptized in Italy,  and her godparents were: Prince Laurent of Belgium (family friend) Prince Pierre d'Arenberg (family friend) Anna Maria Pisanu (wife of the Italian Home Secretary Giuseppe Pisanu) Ines Sastre (friend of her parents) She was named for: Maria Carolina : for Queen Maria Carolina of Naples & Sicily (her great x4 grandmother) Chantal: for her paternal grandmother, Chantal, The Duchess of Castro, who died when she was two Edorda: For her maternal grandmother, Edorarda Vessel Beatrice: for her paternal aunt  Januaria: In honor of     San Gennaro and for the Patorn Saint of Naples In 2005, she was joined by a younger sister Princess Maria Chia...

Belgium -King Albert II, Queen Paola, Prince Phillippe, Duke of Brabant & Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant   attended the final concert of the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition 2013 on Monday { Photos }On Tuesday, they met with and attended a reception in honor of new ambassadors and their spouses on Tuesday { Photos } -Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant  participated the  in the General Assembly of the Club of the Rome EU chapter’s academic session on Monday { Source } Denmark -Queen Margarethe II  attended the opening of the special exhibition entitled, Viking on Thursday { Source }{ Photos }. -Prince Joachim inaugurated the newly renovated Sealarium on Thursday { Source } - Theodor Christian Emanuel Rosanes af Rosenborg  celebrated his 5th birthday on Wednesday German - Prince Friedrich Leonhard von Thurn and Taxis  celebrated his 63rd birthday on Saturday. -Prince Hubertus Raphael von Thurn und Taxis  celebrated...

Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont  was born 22 June 1972 in Geneva, Switzerland the only child of Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples & his wife Marina Doria. He grew up mostly in Switzerland, dreaming about one day returning to Italy as its King. He was set to attend   the Gamma Institute in Lausanne to study architecture, but his knack for finance led him to a career in International banking. During his international banking career, he was led to the US and Switzerland. He established the  Altin Fund , and in 2001, he established the  Prince of Venice Foundation. He left banking in 2002, and shortly thereafter left Switzerland.He also established the  Emanuele Filiberto Charity Fund Foundation. He began his television career in 1994 in Switzerland, working as a commentor on foreign soccer matches. He took a 15 year hiatus from television to work in banking. In 2009, he embarked on a new career: television personality. He appeared on ...

Senna Kowhai Lewis was born 22 June 2010, the elder of the two children of Lady Davina Lewis and Gary Lewis, and is the first granddaughter for the Duke & Duchess of Gloucester { Source }. Senna is presently 27th in line for the British throne. Once the new succession laws go into place, she will switch places with her brother in line of succession, but with the pending birth of "Baby Cambridge", she will likely remain in 27th postion, only with her brother coming after instead of before her. She resides with her family in New Zeland, but occasionally makes appearances at events with her family in England. In 2012, she attended the Gatcombe Horse Trials with her then-pregnant mother and father, along with the Philips family { Photos }. As she is so far down the line for the British throne, and still a toddler, she is primarily kept from the limelight, so little is known about the young Gloucester.

Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge was born 21 June 1982 at St Mary's Hospital, London, the eldest son of Prince Charles of Wales and Diana, The Princess of Wales { Source }. At barely two months old on his paternal great-grandmother's 82nd birthday, he was baptized in the Music Room at Buckingham Palace, with the following Godparents{ Source }: King Constantine II of Greece (his paternal cousin) Princess Alexandra, The Hon Mrs Angus Ogilvy (his paternal cousin) The Duchess of Westminster The Lady Susan Hussey Lord Romsey (his paternal cousin) Sir Laurens van der Post. Today, he himself is godfather to{ Source }: Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark (1998) (Grandson of his godfather) Tom Pettifer (2002) (son of his childhood nanny) Grace Emilie Claire van Cutsem (2007) In 1984, he became a big brother, to Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales{ Source }. When his father remarried in 2005, he gained a stepbrother and stepsister, a stepsister-...

Birgitte, The Duchess of Gloucester  was born 20 June 1946, the younger daughter of Asger Preben Knud Wissing Henriksen, and his wife, Vivian van Deurs { Source }. She spent most of her life in Denmark. She was educated in Denmark before attending finishing schools in Switzerland and England { Source }. While she was attending finishing school in Cambridge, she met Prince Richard of Gloucester, who was also studying in Cambridge at the time { Source }. After Cambridge, she returned to Denmark to take a three-year course in Commercial and Economic Studies { Source }. In 1971, she returned to England, this time to work as a secretary at the Royal Danish Embassy { Source }. A year after she returned to England to work at the Danish embassy, her engagement to Prince Richard of Cloucester was announced in February 1972 { Source }. They were married five months later on 8 July 1972 { Source }. At that time, she gained the title Her Royal...

Theodor Christian Emanuel Rosanes af Rosenborg was born 19 June 2008, the youngest of four children of Countess Camilla Alexandrine Cristine of Rosenborg and Mikael Rosanes { Source }. His maternal grandfather was the late  Count Christian af Rosenborg . He has one older sister, Anastasia and two older brothers, Ludwig  and Leopold This youngster   holds no royal title, or succession rights, but as a 1st cousin 2x removed, he is kind of part of the Royal Family, but not really. Because he isn't technically part of the Royal Family, little is known about him. He was recently seen at the funeral of his grandfather { Photos }, however, other than this, I do not believe we have seen him.

Countess Joanna Zaria Nicoline Milou of Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg was born 18 June 2006 in London, England, the younger of the two daughters of Prince Friso and Princess Mabel of The Netherlands.  She is named: Joanna: After her father Zaria: The Slavonian goddess Nicoline : Her maternal aunt and godmother Milou : For Princess Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) (1688–1765), the wife of Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange, the stadholder of Friesland. She was christened on 3 February 2007 at Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague. Her godparents are{ Source }:  King Willem-Alexander I (her paternal uncle) Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Parma (her father's 1st cousin, her 1st cousin 1x removed) Nicoline Wisse Smit (her maternal aunt)  Ruben Ameling (friend of her parents) Maria Luz Luano (friend of her parents) She resides in London with her mother and sister , and where her father is currently in a rehab facility after a February 2012 ...

Belgium -King Albert II & Queen Paola  attended the Orde van Paardevisser on Thursday { Source } -Queen Fabiola  celebrated her 85th birthday on Tuesday. -Prince Philippe attended the 2013 Prix Francqui on Wednesday { Photos }. On Thursday, the future Belgian monarch presented the  2013 Prix du Fonds Prince Philippe { Photos }{ Source } -Princess Mathilde attended a performance of the opera, Così Fan Tutte: Ossia La Scuola Degli Amanti on Tuesday{ Photos } Denmark -Queen Margarethe II & Henrik, Prince Consort  celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary on Monday. -Queen Margarethe II,  Henrik, Prince Consort, Crown   Prince Fredrik & Crown Princess Mary  attended the inauguration gala dinner of the Industriens Hus  on Monday { Source }  -Henrik, Prince Consort  celebrated his 79th birthday on Tuesday. -Crown Prince Fredrik attended the official opening of the 2013 Skole-OL (School Olympics)...

Don Bruno Alejandro Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón was born 15 June 1971, the third child of Infanta Pilar  of Spain and Don Luis Gómez-Acebo y Duque de Estrada, ?th Viscount de la Torre{ Source }. He has an older sister, an older brother and two younger brothers{ Source }. He was married at the Church of la Incarnación on 5 October 2002 to Bárbara Cano y de la Plaza { Source }. Together, they have three sons { Source }: Alejandro Juan Gómez-Acebo y Cano (born 5 November 2004) Guillermo Gómez-Acebo y Cano (born 23 November 2005) Álvaro Gómez-Acebo y Cano (born 30 May 2011), and was baptized that September, where his godparents were Luis Alfonso de Borbon and Francesca Franco{ Source } As he is *technically* not in the Spanish line of succession, little is known about him. Okay. Maybe technically not, pending on how you'd like to interpret the Spanish Constitution, article 57, which states: Section 57 of the Spanish Constitution provides that The Crown ...