The Royal Fanzine

James Robert Bruce Ogilvy is the elder of two children of Princess Alexandra of Kent, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy and Sir Angus Ogilvy  and he was born on 29 February 1964** { Source }. He has a younger sister, Ms. Mariana Victoria Alexandra Ogilvy { Source }. He was the first of four royal babies born in 1964-the others being{ Source }:  The Prince Edward (10 March) (his 2nd cousin through his mother) The Lady Helen Windsor (28 April)(his 1st cousin, her father is the present Duke of Kent) The Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (1 May)(his second cousin through his mother) At his birth, he was 13th in line for the throne, as of January 2014 and the birth of Miss Mia Grace Tindall, he is 46th { Source }.  He was baptized, and one of his seven godparents was Queen Elizabeth II { Source }. He himself became a godfather in 1990, to Princess Eugenie of York { Source } { Source } He, like his younger second cousins 1x removed (Prince William, and Prince Harry), attended ...

Countess Feodora Mathilde Helena af Rosenborg was born 27 Februrary 1975, the youngest of three daughters of Count Christian af Rosenborg and Countess Anne af Rosenborg { Source }. Her two elder sisters were twins who have given her several nieces and nephews{ Source }: Countess Josephine af Rosenborg (1972) Julius Christian Emil Schmidt(2001) Clara Dorthe Elisabeth Schmidt  ( 2004) Countess Camilla af Rosenborg (1972) Anastasia Caroline Amalie Rosanes(1997) Ludwig Christian Mikael Rosanes (2000) Leopold Christian Ingolf Rosanes (2005) Theodor Christian John Rosanes (2008) She has been married twice. She married Eric Hervè Patrice Patte on 31 July 2004, and they divorced in 2006 { Source }. On 26 September 2008, she married Morent Rønnow{ Source }. On 1 Februrary 2009, she gave birth to her only child, Caroline-Mathilde Margareth Rønnow { Source }. Her daughter is presumably named for her great-grandmother, Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (wife...

Prince Ernest-August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig of Hanover was born 26 February 1954 as the second child and eldest son of of Ernst August, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick (1914–1987) and his first wife, Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1925–1980){ Source }. He has one older sister, two younger brothers and two younger sisters, as well as numerous nieces and nephews{ Source }: Princess Marie of Hanover, Countess of Houchburg (1952) Count Conrad Hans-Heinrich Ernst-August von Hochberg (1985) Count George von Hochberg (1987) Prince Ludwig of Hanover (1955-1989, suicide) Prince Otto of Hanover (1988) Princess Olga of Hanover (1958) Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Princess of Leiningen (1959) Prince Ferdinand of Leiningen (1982) Princess Olga of Leingen (1984) Prince Hermann of Leingen (1986) Prince Heinrich of Hanover (1961){ Source } Oskar Heinrich Julius Ferdinand Nick Hanover (il...

Prince Carlo of Bourbon-Two Siclles, The Duke of Castro  was born  24 February 1963 as the only son of Ferdinand, Duke of Castro and Chantal de Chevron-Villette { Source }. He has  He he baptized in France with the name Charles Marie Bernade Gennaro, but he generally uses the Italian form of his name, Carlo { Source }. The Duke of Castro has two elder sisters, and between them they have four children{ Source }: Princess Béatrice Marie Caroline Louise Françoise of the Two Sicilies (1950) Princess Caroline Marie Constance Napoléon ( 1980) Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon (1986) Princess Anne Marie Caroline Carmen of the Two Sicilies (1957) Nicolas Cochin (1979) Dorothée Cochin (1985) Prince Carlo was educated firstly at the Institute of the Marist Fathers at Toulon, France{ Source }. He went on to study at a namesake of the Collège Stanislas de Paris{ Source }.  After studying at an international university in Paris, h...

Arrietta Morales y de Grecia  was born 24 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 biologically related to the following monarchs and/or consorts: Queen Elizabeth II (3rd cousin 2x removed, through The Princess Victoria, The Princess Royal) The Duke of Edinburgh (1st cousins 3x removed, through King George I of Greec...

Belgium -King Philippe & Queen Mathilde  attended a one-day official visit to Germany on Monday { Source }. On Wednesday, they visited Italy for another one-day official visit { Photos } -Prince Amedeo, Archduke of Austria-Este  celebrated his 28th birthday on Friday. Bhutan -King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck  celebrated his 34th birthday on Friday. Denmark - Crown Princess Mary  attended the opening ceremony of the Birkerød Gymnasium Model United Nations (BIGMUN) conference on Wednesday { Source } -Princess Benedikte viewed the exhibition, Pas De Deux Royal: An Artistic Meeting  on Thursday { Source }. Great Britain -Queen Elizabeth II & Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge  attended a reception for members of the Dramatic Arts on Monday { Photos } -Camilla , The Duchess of Cornwall visited the Pound Arts Centre on Tuesday { Source } -Prince Andrew, The Duke of York  celebrated his 54th birthday on Wednesday. -The...

Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan  was born 23 February 1960 as the eldest son of the then Crown Princely couple { Source }. During his childhood years, he was known as Prince Hiro-no-Miya { Source }. He was invested as Japan's Crown Prince on 23 February 1991, eleven years after his Coming of Age ceremony in 1980{ Source }. Today he serves as honorary vice president to the Japanese Red Cross and Honorary President of the United Nations Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation{ Source }. Like most of the Japanese Imperial Family, his educational background is extensive. He graduated from Gakushuin University with a degree in History { Source }.From 1983-1985, he studied at Merton College, University of Oxford{ Source }. In 1988, he returned to Gakushuin to persue a doctorate degree in Humanities, but never finished{ Source }. In 1992, he became a guest researcher for the archives of Gakushuin{ Source }. His engagement was formally announced by the Imperial...

Princess Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary of Sweden, Duchess of Östergötland was born 23 February 2012 as the first child of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel { Source }. In accordance with the 1979 Act of Succession, which entered into force on 1 January 1980, Princess Estelle is second in the line of succession, following Crown Princess Victoria{ Source }. Princess Estelle was christened in the Royal Chapel at the Royal Palace on 22 May 2012{ Source }. Her godparents were{ Source }: Anna Westling Soderstrom (paternal aunt) Prince Carl Philip of Sweden (maternal uncle) Crown Prince Haakon of Norway (friend of her parents, her mother is his eldest child's godmother) King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (friend of her parents, her mother is his eldest child's godmother) Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (friend of her parents, her mother is her eldest child's godmother) Although she is only two years old, she already has a collection of Swedish Royal medals in...

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck was born 21 February 1980 as the son of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and is the current reigning Druk Gyalpo or Dragon King, of the Kingdom of Bhutan{ Source }. He attended to his primary education in Bhutan, before studying his upper secondary education abroad in the UK and US{ Source }. He attended a special program at the National Defense College in India in 2005{ Source }. He has also received several honorary doctorates from the following universities including{ Source }: University of New Brunswick(Canda) Rangsit University (Thailand) Calcutta University (India) Keio University (Japan) His father abdicated in 2006, and he became King on 9 December 2006{ Source }. A public corranation ceremony was held on 1 November 2008{ Source }. In addition to his regular duties as King of Bhutan, he oversees the Royal University of Bhutan as Chancellor; Patron of the Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Patron of the Oxford Centre for Buddhis...

King Harald V of Norway was born on 21 February 1937 as the third child and only son of Crown Prince Olav (the future King Olav V, 1903-1991) and Crown Princess Märtha (1901-1954) { Source }. He had two older sisters{ Source }: Princess Ragnhild (1930-2012) Princess Astrid (1932-) At the time of his birth, the Norwegian Constitution of 1884 stipulated that only male heirs could inherit the throne, this was amended in 1990 to include females and the eldest child regardless of gender{ Source }. He was the first prince born in Norway in 567 years{ Source }. His early years wehre spent at his parents' estate, Skaugum{ Source } (Skaugum would later become his official residence before giving it to his son as his official residence). However, in April 1940, things changed when the Germans invaded Norway{ Source }. The Royal family, members of the government and most members of the Norweigan Storting escaped the country by train{ Source }. Once the family reached the city of ...

Prince Amedeo Marie Joesph Carl Pierre Philippe Paola Marcus d'Aviano of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este  was born 21 February 1986 as the eldest son of Princess Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este and Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este { Source }. He has four younger siblings{ Source }: Princess Maria Laura (1988) Prince Joachim (1991) Princess Luisa Maria (1995) Princess Laetitia Maria (2003) His godparents are his uncle, King Philippe of Belgium and maternal grandmother, Queen Paola of Belgium{ Source }. Amedeo himself is godfather to his cousin, Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, The Duchess of Brabant { Source }. Due to the succession laws at the time of his birth being semi-Salic succession (male-line only), he was not included in line for the Belgian Throne. However, in 1991, things changed when the Belgian courts adapted Absolute primogeniture begining with the descendents of King Albert II, he was placed in line for the throne { Source }. I...

The Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward, The Duke of York was born 19 February 1960 as the second son and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh{ Source }. He has two older siblings and a younger brother{ Source }: The Prince Charles of Wales The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal The Prince Edward, The Earl of Wessex He was the first child born to a reigning monarch in 103 years, the last being Princess Beatrice in 1857{ Source }. His earliest years were spent residing between Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, where he began his education with a governess{ Source }. When he was eight years old, he began attending Heatherdown Preparatory School, Ascot{ Source }. When he was thriteen years of age, he followed in his father and brother's footseps by attending Gordonstoun School in Scotland{ Source }. He spent a year as an exchange student at the Lakefield College School in Ontario Canada in the 1977-1978 school year as part of the  Round Squ...

Princess Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess  was born 18 February 1984 in Belgium { Source }. At birth, she was part of Belgian nobility, therefore was titled Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy   { Source }. Her full name is  Stéphanie Marie Claudine Christine { Source } She is the youngest of seven children of Count Philippe de Lannoy and the late Countess Alix della Faille Leverghem de Lannoy { Source }. She has seven older siblings { Source }: Count Jehan de Lannoy Count Christian de Lannoy Countess Nathalie de Lannoy Countess Gaëlle de Lannoy Count Amaury de Lannoy Count Olivier de Lannoy Countess Isabelle de Lannoy She is sister-in-law of: Prince Louis of Luxembourg Princess Tessy of Luxembourg Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg Prince Félix  of Luxembourg Princess Claire of Luxembourg Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg Countess Luisa de Lannoy (her brother Christian's wife) Mr. John Hamilton (her sister Nathalie's husband, ...

Belgium -King Philippe  visited the Vlaamse Dienst voor Arbeidsbemiddeling in Beroepsopleiding (VDAB) Center of Maritime Competency on Wednesday { Source } -Queen Mathilde  visited Le Relais Social de Charleroi on Tuesday { Photos } -Princess Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este & Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este  announced the engagement of their eldest child, Prince Amedeo, to Miss Elisabetta Maria Rosboch von Wolkenstein on Saturday { Source }{ Video } -Prince Amedeo, Archduke of Austria-Este  became officially engaged to Miss Elisabetta Maria Rosboch von Wolkenstein on Saturday { Source }{ Video } -Prince Laurent & Princess Claire  attended the inauguration of a building in Brussels renovated by the Renovassitance group on Tuesday { Source }{ Photos } -Prince Laurent  attended the Belgian première of the film Saving Mr. Banks on Monday { Photos } Great Britain -The Prince Charles of Wales  met with the Governor-Gen...