The Royal Fanzine

Belgium -Princess Maria-Laura, Archduchess of Austria-Este  celebrated her 26th birthday on Tuesday. Denmark -Crown Prince Fredrik  began a visit to the United States on Monday { Source }. Check back for a full recap. -Crown Princess Mary  attended a Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Concert as part of the group's European Tour on Monday{ Source }.On Tuesday, the future Danish Queen attended "Advice for Life" for the Crown Princess Mary Foundation{ Source }. -Princess Marie  took part in the judging of the "Cooking For Kids" Contest on Tuesday { Source } -Prince Nikolai  celebrated his 15th birthday on Wednesday. Great Britain -Prince Richard, The Duke of Gloucester  celebrated his 70th birthday on Tuesday. -Gary Lewis  celebrated his 44th birthday on Monday. Greece -Queen Anne-Marie  celebrated her 68th birthday on Saturday.   -Princess Tatiana  celebrated her 34th birthday on Wednesday. Jo...

Queen Rania of Jordan was born 31 August 1970 as Rania al Yassin and the daughter of two Palestinians form Tulkarm. During her youth, she attended schools in Kuwait and Turkey, earning a degree in Business Adminstration. After graduation, she worked for marketing departments for various international banks and computer companies { Source }. In January 1993, she met her future husband and then Crown Prince of Jordan at a dinner party, and after a brief courtship and engagement, they were married in June 1999{ Source }. Their first child was born a year later in June 1999, followed by baby # 2 two years later, and two more children after that in 2000 and 2004{ Source }. She once said, “I just wake up and feel like a regular person. At the end of the day you are living your life for the people that you represent. It’s an honour and a privilege to have that chance to make a difference – a qualitative difference in people’s lives – and it’s my responsibility to make the most out of that ...

Queen Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid of Greece was bor n Princess Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid of Denmark , the third child of King Fredrick IX of Denmark and Queen Ingrid of Denmark on 30 August 1946 { Source }. She has two older sisters, Queen Margarethe II of Denmark & Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg { Source }. Her godparents were: King Christian X of Denmark (paternal grandfather) Queen Alexandrine of Denmark (paternal grandmother) King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (maternal grandfather) Prince Bertil of Sweden (maternal uncle) King Haakon VII of Norway (maternal 1st cousin 1x removed) Prince George of Greece (paternal 1st cousin 1x removed) Crown Princess Märtha of Norway (maternal 1st cousin 1x removed) Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (maternal 1st cousin 1x removed) Princess Dagmar of Denmark (paternal great-aunt) Queen Mary of the United Kingdom The young princes attended schools in Denmark, and Switzerland. She began attending Z...

Like most of us, royals must go to school to get their education during their childhood and adolescence, and often into their 20s for university. Each year things remain the same around September-the seasons change, summer ends, and school begins. 2014 is no different. Sure, some royals are attending new schools this year, or attending for the first time, but most often as the seasons change, and school begins, the same royals are going back to the same schools. Here is a list of some of the royals and what they are up to now: Belgium: The Children of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde : Princess Elisabeth, The Duchess of Braban t will be continuing at Sint-Jan Berchman's, in the second year of the Collège division. Prince Gabriel will be continuing his education at Sint-Jan Berchman's, a few years behind his sister. Prince Emmanuel will continue his courses at Eureka School, where he became a student in September 2012 after several years with his siblings at Sint-Jan Ber...

Prince Nikolai William Alexander Fredrik of Denmark, Count of Monpezat was born 28 August 1999, the elder of the two sons of Prince Joachim and Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg{ Source }. His is the oldest of Queen Margarethe II and Henrik, Prince Consort's grandchildren{ Source }. At present, he has one younger brother, one younger half brother and a younger half-sister, the half-siblings being from his father's second marriage to Princess Marie{ Source }. His siblings are{ Source }: Prince Felix Prince Henrik Princess Athena Prince Nikolai was christened in chapel of Fredensborg Palace on 6 November 1999. At the christening the musical work Lys på din vej composed by Frederik Magle, dedicated to Prince Nikolai, was given its first performance. His godparents are: Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (his paternal uncle) Nicola Baird (his maternal aunt) The Prince Edward, The Earl of Wessex Peter Steenstrup Camilla Flint He is named for: Nikolai : is after ...

Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark was born 26 August 1980 as Tatiana Ellinka Blatnik in Venezula but raised primarily in Europe by her mother and stepfather { Source } Tatiana's biological father died when she was six, and she has an older brother { Source }. She studied at Georgetown University, recieving her bachelors degree in sociology in 2003 { Source }. After graduation, she began to work in the publicity department as an event planner for fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg { Source }. Princess Tatiana resigned in July 2010 to focus on her wedding plans { Source }. She had become engaged to Prince Nikolas of Greece and Denmark in July 2009 { Source }. They were married in a ceremony in Greece in August 2010 { Source } Since her marriage, she has made numerous public appearances. She has attended numerous royal weddings including Crown Princess Victoria's , Prince William's , Princess Nathalie's and Princess Madeleine's , numerous Fashion Week Eve...

Princess Maria Laura Zita Beatrix Gerhard of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este was born 26 August 1988, the second child and oldest daughter of Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este and Princess Astrid of Belgium at the University Clinic St. Luc,Woluwe-St-Lambert, Belgium{ Source }. She is currently seventh in line to the Belgian throne after her four cousins, mother and elder brother. She has four siblings, one older and three younger, as well as a sister-in-law{ Source }: Prince Amedeo (b. 1986) Archduchess Elisabetta of Austria-Este (according to Belgian law, she has not legally been made a Princess of Belgium as of yet) Prince Joachim Princess Luisa Maria  Princess Laetitia Maria Her godparents are her paternal uncle Archduke Gerhard of Austria-Este and her elder paternal aunt Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este, Countess von und zu Arco-Zinneberg{ Source }. Until 1993, she resided in Basel, Switzerland, at which point her parents relocated to Bel...

Prince Richard Alexander Walter George, The Duke of Gloucester was born 26 August 1944, the second son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Princess Alice, The Duchess of Gloucester { Source }. He is the youngest grandchild of King George V and a first cousin to  Queen Elizabeth II { Source }. It was not anticipated that he would become the Duke of Gloucester as his elder brother Prince William of Gloucester stood in front of him for the role{ Source }. However, when his brother was killed in a flying accident on 28 August 1972, that changed { Source }. He succeeded his father in the role of Duke of Gloucester in June 1974 { Source }. Although distantly in line for the throne, he began taking on a public duty very early on in life. At four months old, he accompanied his parents to Australia while his father served as Australia's Governor General from 1945-1947 { Source }. His education began as most royals did during that time, at home { Source }. He then attended The Wellesl...

Gary Lewis was born 25 August 1970, the 2nd of 4 children, with an older sister and two younger brothers, is the son of Larry Lewis & Viki Carr. He was previously married and has a son from that relationship, Ari { Source } He married Lady Davina Lewis on 31 July 2004 at the Chapel at Kensington Palace { Source }. They met while they were both on vacation in Bali in 2000-she was recovering from her university studies in the US, while he was on a surfing holiday { Source }. Before their wedding ceremony, thirty members of his family were treated to a London sight seeing tour by The Duchess of Gloucester { Source }. After their wedding ceremony, the couple moved to New Zeland, anticipating a stay of six months-that was 9 years ago { Source }. Together, they have two children: Senna Kowhai Lewis (2010) Tāne Mahuta Lewis (2012) Like his wife, he does not carry out any official functions on behalf of the Queen. However, they are invited to family events, such as weddings (they at...

Austria -Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg  celebrated her 42nd birthday on Friday. Belgium -Prince Gabriel   celebrated his 11th birthday on Wednesday. Denmark -Crown Prince Fredrik, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Joachim & Princess Marie  attended a reception in honor of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark's Hofmarskal (Lord Chamberlain) on Wednesday { Photos } -Crown Princess Mary  attended the conference, Invest in Girls and Women: Everybody Wins , organized by Women Deliver on Monday { Photos }. -Prince Joachim  participated in the inauguration of a crossfit circut on Friday { Source }. -Princess Marie  attended the Copenhagen Jewellery & Watch Show on Sunday { Source }. Jordan -Queen Noor  celebrated her 63rd birthday on Saturday. Morocco -King Mohammed VI  celebrated his 51st birthday on Thursday. Monaco - Keith Sébastien Knecht de Massy  celebrated his 43rd birthday on Sunday. -Alexandre Éric Stéphane Coste Grima...

Born Alexandre Éric Stéphane Tossoukpé in Paris, France on 24 August 2003, Alexandre Éric Stéphane Coste Grimaldi is the son of Prince Albert of Monaco and Nicole Coste, which makes him the younger half-brother of Jazmin Grace Grimaldi { Source }. He also has two older half-brothers who live with their father, Nicole's ex-husband, in South America. He is also the step-son of  Princess Charlene of Monaco , and nephew of Princess Caroline & Princess Stephanie of Monaco . His mother Nicole changed their surname to Coste on 10 November 2004, a move in which is believe to be in homage to Prince Albert's lawyer, Thierry La Coste. His mother owns a villa just outside of Monaco in Villefranche-sur-Mer, France and has an apartment in Paris{ Source }. It is believed that one of these is their primary residence and that Alexandre attends school in either Paris or Villefranche-sur-Mer. At present, Alexandre should be preparing to enter 7ème, this is equal to the 5th grade in the...

Keith Sébastien Knecht de Massy, or  Sébastien as he is known by the family,    was born the son of Christine Alix de Massy and Charles Wayne Knecht on 24 August 1971, in Philadelphia, PA. In addition to being a 1st cousin once removed of the present reining Monégasque Princely Family, he is also a distant cousin of the family on their maternal side as his father was a cousin of Princess Grace (I believe Sébastien's grandfather was Princess Grace's uncle on her father's side). He is a member of his aunt Baroness Elisabeth-Anne de Massy ’s organization, All-sports Country team (A.S.Co.T., Team Monaco captain) of the tennis tournament. He also serves as founder and director of the board to his wife's organization, ConservationGuardians . After obtaining his BA in business, Sébastien moved to Lima, Peru to work for Grana y Montero Petrolera . After living in Peru he moved back to Monaco and started his shipping career with the V. Ships Group. This brought him to live ...

Queen  Noor al-Hussein,Queen Dowager of Jordan was born Lisa Najeeb Halaby on 23 August 1951 the daughter of Najeeb Halaby and Doris Carlquist in Washington, DC, USA. She has two siblings, brother Christian and sister Alexa{ Source }. She was educated National Cathedral School from fourth to eighth grade, before she briefly attended The Chapin School in New York City. She went on to graduate from Concord Academy in Massachusetts{ Source }. She attended Princeton University with its first coeducational freshman class, and received a BA in Architecture and Urban Planning in 1973{ Source }. After she graduated, Lisa Halaby moved to Australia, where she worked for a firm that specialized in planning new towns. She became increasingly interested in the Middle East and immediately accepted a job offer from a British architectural firm that had been employed to redesign the city of Tehran{ Source }. In 1976, she moved back to the United States{ Source }. She thought ab...

Duchess Eilika Helene Jutta Clementine of Oldenburg was born 22 August 1972, the daughter of Johann Friedrich Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp , Duke of Oldenburg and Countess Ilka of Ortenbourg { Source }. She married Archduke Paul of Austria in October 1997 { Source }. Together, they have three children{ Source }: Archduchess Zsófia Mária Tatjana Monika Erzsébet Katalin of Austria (Sophie Maria Tatiana Monica Elisabeth Catherine)(2001) Archduchess Ildikó Mária Walburga of Austria (Hilda Maria Walburga) (2002) Archduke Károly-Konstantin Mihály István Mária of Austria (Karl-Konstantin Michael Stephan Maria) (2004) She resides in Hungary with her family and more than likely leads a fairly normal life.

King Mohammed VI of Morocco was born 21 August 1963 the son of King Hassan II and Lalla Latifa Hammou. He has one older sister, two younger sisters and a younger brother: HRH Princess Lalla Meryem (b.1962) HRH Princess Lalla Asma (b.1965) HRH Princess Lalla Hasna (b.1967) HRH Prince Moulay Rachid (b.1970) He completed his primary and secondary studies at Royal College and attained his Baccalaureate in 1981, before gaining a bachelor's degree in law at the Mohammed V University at Agdal in 1985. His research paper dealt with "the Arab-African Union and the Strategy of the Kingdom of Morocco in matters of International Relations". He has also frequented the Imperial College and University of Rabat. Also in 1985, he was appointed President of the Pan Arab Games, and was commissioned a Colonel Major of the Royal Moroccan Army on 26 November. He served as the Coordinator of the Offices and Services of the Royal Armed Forces until 1994. In 1987, Mohammed obtained his fir...

Prince Gabriel Baudouin Charles Marie of Belgium was born 20 August 2003{ Source } as the eldest son and second child of  King Philippe & Queen Mathilde { Source }. He has one older sister and two younger siblings{ Source }: The Duchess of Brabant(2001) Prince Emmanuel (2005) Princess Eléonore (2008) His godparents are{ Source }: Baroness Maria Christina von Freyberg (Second cousin of his father) Count Charles-Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz (maternal uncle) He began his education in 2005 at  Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege (2005-Present). He was named: Gabriel : Continues the tradition of El-/-el names in the family Baudouin : For his great-uncle, King Baudouin of Belgium. Charles : For his maternal uncle and godfather, Count Charles-Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz Marie : For the Virgin Mary, as per tradition with Catholic royalty. He is 2nd in line for the Belgian throne after his sister, Princess Elisabeth, The Duchess of Brabant. He likely speaks Dutch, Frenc...