The Royal Fanzine

Princess Marie-Esméralda  Adelaide Lilian Anna Léopoldine of Belgium, Lady Moncada  was born 30 September 1956, as the second daughter and youngest child of King Leopold III of Belgium and his second wife, Lilian, Princess of Réthy { Source }. She has five older siblings, three of whom are from her father's 1st marriage{ Source }: Grand Duchess  Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg, Princess of Belgium (1927-2005, half-sister) King Baudin I of Belgium (1930-1993, half brother) King Albert II of Belgium (1932-, half brother) Prince Alexander of Belgium (1942-2009, full brother) Princess Marie-Christine of Belgium (1951-, full sister ) Her family ties also make her (in addition to being the aunt of members of the Belgian Royal Family) an aunt to members of the Grand Ducal family of Luxembourg. She grew up with her parents and siblings in Belgium and her brother, King Albert II is one of her godparents. Due to her father having an out of order marriage ceremony f...

Emma Tallulah Behn was born 20 September 2008, the third daughter and youngest child of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and husband Ari Behn{ Source }. She has two older sisters, Maud Angelica & Leah Isadora { Source }. Her godparents were:  Marianne Solberg Behn The Crown Princess of Norway Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark Christian Udnæss Carl Christian Christensen Anbjørg Sætre Håtun Sigvart Dagsland She was named after American actress Tallulah Bankhead. She is the 5th grandchild of Queen Sojna and King Harald{ Source }. She is 7th in line for the Norwegian Throne after her uncle, two cousins, mother and sisters.

Don Juan Urdangarín y Bórbon was born 30 September 1999, the eldest son of Infanta Cristina of Spain and Iñaki Urdangarín. He is 7th in line for the Spanish throne after his 4 cousins, aunt, and mother. His godparents are his maternal aunt Infanta Elena and paternal uncle Mikel Urdangarín. He grew up in Spain, until his family moved to Washington, DC for his dad's job in 2009. He and his family moved back to Spain in 2012, and to Switzerland in 2013. Just like any other 13 year old, Juan enjoys riding his bike, going to handball games and to Palma de Mallorca for the much-celebrated Spanish Regatta season. He and his brothers are avid fans of FC Barcelona. Because he and his siblings are so far down the line for the throne and the family lives in the Switzerland, he is primarily kept from the limelight, unlike his cousins.

Belgium -Queen Mathilde & Princess Elisabeth, The Duchess of Brabant  attended attended a ballet Competition on Saturday { Photos } Denmark -Queen Margrethe II officially opened the Danish Meat Research Institute (DMRI) new headquarters on Tuesday { Source } Jordan -Princess Salma  celebrated her 14th birthday on Friday. Italy -Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma  celebrated her 80th birthday on Wednesday. Monaco -Prince Albert II & Princess Charlene  attended the 10th Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative on Monday { Photos }. -Prince Albert II  attended the Monaco Yacht Show on Wednesday { Photos }. -Princess Charlene  attended the 7th annual World Focus on Autism event on Wednesday { Photos } The Netherlands -Queen Maxima  met with (UN) Secretary-General on Tuesday { Photos } Norway -Princess Märtha Louise celebrated her 43rd birthday on Monday. Spain -King ...

Princess Iman bint Abdullah was born 27 September 1996, the second child and elder daughter of  King Abdullah II of Jordan  and  Queen Rania of Jordan  { Source }. She has an older brother and a younger brother and sister { Source }: Crown Prince Hussein  (1994) Princess Salma (2000) Prince Hashem  (2005) Little is known about her, but it is possible she attended International Academy Amman with her sister, Princess Salma who is 4 years and a day younger. Princess Iman is apparently a keen athlete at the school.

Princess Salma bint Abdullah was born 26 September 2000, the third child and second daughter of King Abdullah II of Jordan and Queen Rania of Jordan { Source }. She has two older siblings and a younger brother{ Source }: Crown Prince Hussein (1994) Princess Iman (1996) Prince Hashem (2005) Little is known about her, but it is possible she attended International Academy Amman with her sister, Princess Iman who is 4 years and a day older.

Princess Maria Pia Elena Elisabetta Margherita Milena Mafalda Ludovica Tecla Gennara of Bourbon-Parma was born 24 September 1934 { Source }. Her parents were Umberto II of Italy and Marie-José of Belgium{ Source }. She was born Princess Maria Pia Elena Elisabetta Margherita Milena Mafalda Ludovica Tecla Gennara of Savoy { Source }. She was the eldest of four children { Source }: Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937) Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy (1940) Princess Maria Beatrice Caroline of Savoy (1943) She married Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia on 12 February 1955{ Source }. Together, they have four children, two sets of twins{ Source }: Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia (b. 1958) Prince Michael of Yugoslavia (b. 1958) Prince Sergius "Serge" Wladimir Emanuel Maria of Yugoslavia (1963) Princess Helene Olga Lydia Tamara Maria of Yugoslavia (1963) Together, they also have three grandchildren{ Source }: Milena Maria Pia Angelique Armaule Gaubert (1988) Na...

Luis Juan Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo was born 23 September 1991, as the eldest grandchild of Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, Dowager Viscountess of la Torre { Source }. His parents are Doña Simoneta Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón and José Miguel Fernández y Sastrón { Source }. He has two siblings{ Source }: Pablo Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo (1995) María de las Mercedes Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo (2000) As he is not technically or is technically a minor member of the Spanish Royal Family (pending on if you see his grandmother's abdication prior to the adaption of the constitution and define "descendants of King Juan Carlos I" as his sisters and their descendants as well), little is known about him nor does he perform public duties, one can assume he lives a fairly normal life of a 23 year old.

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway was born 22 September 1971 at Rikshospitalet University Hospital and is the elder of two children of the present King and Queen  of Norway{ Source }. She has one younger brother, Crown Prince Haakon { Source }. She was named for her grandmother, Crown Princess Märtha and her great-grandmother, Queen Louise { Source }. Prior to 1990, the young princess could not inherit the throne due to there being a rule for males only, however, in 1990 a constitutional amendment was adopted establishing female rights to the throne as well as rights to the first born child{ Source }.. However, these new rules took place only for those born after the amendment was established (thus why her brother remains heir apparent, and her niece is his heir-apparent, and not she and her eldest daughter being the heir apparent and heir's heir){ Source }. She grew up along side her younger brother at their parent's Skaugum Estate, with fairly normal childhoods{ Source }. T...

Belgium -King Philippe & Queen Mathilde held a meeting with BadDoberan on Thursday { Photos } -King Philippe met with the President of the Republic of the Philippines on Monday { Source }. On Tuesday, the Belgian king paid a visit to ActirisBrussels { Photos } -Queen Mathilde visited the " Social Relay Pays de Liège " on Tuesday { Photos }. On Friday, the Belgian Queen met with Belgian athletes participating in the Special Olympics { Photos }. -Princess Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este attended the closing ceremony of the 2014 Special Olympics on Saturday { Photos } Denmark -Queen Margrethe II & Princess Benedikte attended the 2014 Dronning Ingrids Hæderslegat on Monday { Source } -Queen Margarethe II    officially opened the exhibition, 1814: Spillet om Danmark og Norge (1814: The drama of Denmark and Norway)  on Wednesday { Photos }. -Crown Prince Fredrik  met with several Danish sailors and members of Team Vestas Wind on Monday {...

Alexia Knecht de Massy was born 21 September 2001, the second of four daughters of Donatella Knecht de Massy and K. Sébastien Knecht de Massy { Source }. She has one older sister, Christine , and two younger sisters, Vittoria and Andrea. She is a great-granddaughter of Princess Antoinette of Monaco, Baroness of Massy, but is not a member of the Princely Family. She attended the private catholic school, L'Institut François d’Assise Nicolas Barré , along with her sisters and second cousins once removed (I think. Alexia's grandmother was a cousin of Camille and Alexandra's mothers) Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Camille Gottlieb until 2010 or 2011 when the family moved to South Africa. She should be in the Quatrième year (equal to 8th grade in the US system) at Ecole Francaise du Cap Francois le Vaillant in South Africa. As she is so young and not technically in line for the throne anymore with the death of her great uncle (Prince Rainier III) in 2005, her parents ke...

Prince Noah de Nassu was born 21 September 2007, the younger of Prince Louis of Luxembourg and Princess Tessy's two children{ Source }. He has an older brother, P rince Gabriel , who is a little over a year and a half older{ Source }. His godparents are: Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg (his paternal uncle) Patty Antony (his maternal aunt) Prior to his parents marriage, his father renounced his title for himself and his descendents, so Prince Noah is not in line for the Luxembourg throne { Source }. However, on Luxembourg's National Day on 23 June 2009, Grand Duke Henri issued a Grand-Ducal decree granting his mother the title of Princess of Luxembourg with the style Her Royal Highness{ Source }. . The same proclamation gave the title Prince of Nassau and style Royal Highness to him and his elder brother and possible future children{ Source }. . He resides in London with his parents and elder brother, where he likely began school in 2010{ Source }. He...

She's ba-ck. That's right folks, Delphine Boël's battle to prove King Albert II of Belgium is her natural father continues. As I reported in July 2013 , Miss Boël began legal proceedings to obtain DNA tests from Princess Astrid and then Prince Philippe (who is now King, and holds legal immunity from the situation). Anyway, before I get too far ahead of myself, allow me to explain some of the background of the situation and what this could potentially mean for the Belgian Royal Family: The Background of the situation: Years ago, King Albert & Queen Paola were separated for a while, but remained married. During this time, King Albert had an affair with Sybille, Baroness de Selys Longchamps, which allegedly produced the famed Belgian artist, Delphine Michèle Anne Marie Ghislaine Boël in February 1968. While Boël and her mother remained in hiding for the majority of her life and she was raised as the legal daughter of Jacques Boël, it was first brought to the public’s atte...

Marie-Chantal Claire Miller (aka HRH Crown Princess Marie Chantal of Greece ) was born 17 September 1968, the daughter of Ecuadorian born María Clara "Chantal" (née Pesantes Becerra) and Robert Warren Miller{ Source }. She has two sisters, Pia-Christina, ex-wife of Christopher Getty, and a younger sister, Alexandra-Natasha, ex-wife of Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg{ Source }. She grew up as an American citizen, but spent much of her younger years globe trotting{ Source }. She was born in England, and spent her early childhood years in Hong Kong, Switzerland and France{ Source }. She graduated from high school and attended University in the US (in NYC){ Source }. She began dating Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece in the early 1990s, he proposed during a skiing holiday in 1993{ Source }. They wed in 1994. Together, they have a daughter and four sons, all of who bear the title HRH Prince(ss) of Greece{ Source }: HRH Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece (1996) HRH Prince Co...

Prince Odysseas-Kimon of Greece was born 17 September 2004 in London as the 2nd son of   Crown Prince Pavlos & Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece { Source }.    He has an older sister, two older brothers and a younger brother, all of who carry the title and style HRH Prince/ss of Greece. They are: Maria-Olympia (1996) Constantine Alexios (1998) Achileas-Andreas (2000) Aristidis-Stavros (2008) Like his siblings, he's grown up mostly in the US and Europe. As of right now, the family is based in London. He shares a birthday with his mother. His christening took place in Greece the following summer after his birth { Source }. His godparents consisted of{ Source }: Prince Philippos of Greece (paternal uncle) Princess Olga of Greece (paternal 2nd cousin 1x removed) Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (paternal 1st cousin 1x removed) Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway Nassos Thanopolous (Greek businessman based in England, likely a friend ...

Prince Daniel of Sweden  was born 15 September 1973 in Sweden as the son of Ewa Westlind and Olle Gunnar Westling{ Source }. He has a sister, Anna { Source }. The future Prince Consort attended schools in Sweden, including Rabo Primary School, Perslunda School and Hammargymnasiet upper secondary school { Source }. He graduated upper secondary school in 1991   { Source }. During his summers, he would work at a home for the elderly{ Source }. Prince Daniel was also a member of the Swedish military group 114 in Gävle { Source }. After completing his military service, he worked at a centre for children with special needs { Source }. In 1994, he moved to Stockholm, Sweden to study at the Gymnastics Federation's Folk High School { Source }.During his time at Gymnastics Federation's Folk High School, he studied the youth recreation leader programme { Source }.While studying there, he worked for a fitness company, and after completing his education, he continued to work...

Queen Letizia of Spain was born Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano on 15 September 1972 and is the daughter of Don Jesús Ortiz Álvarez and Dona Paloma Rocasolano Rodriguez{ Source }. The future Spanish Queen has two sisters: Telma Ortiz Rocasolano ( 1973) and Érika Ortiz Rocasolano (1975-2007){ Source }. She began his studies in Oviedo, in the public school La Gesta and later at the Institute Alfonso II{ Source }. At age 14, she moved with his parents and sisters to Madrid, where she completed her school at Instituto Ramiro de Maeztu{ Source }. She received a degree in Information Sciences, Journalism industry, Complutense University of Madrid{ Source }. She holds a Master of Audiovisual Journalism from the Institute of Journalism Media Studies{ Source }. During her studies, Letizia worked for the Asturian daily newspaper La Nueva España and later for the newspaper ABC and the news agency EFE{ Source }. She was awarded the Larra Prize by the Madrid Press Association t...

His full name is  Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor { Source }. He is the second son of Prince Charles of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales. He has an older brother, Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge . His stepmother is Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall . His sister-in-law is Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge . His first nephew is Prince George of Cambridge . He is the stepbrother of Laura Lopes and Tom Parker-Bowels. He is the stepuncle of Lola and Freddy Parker-Bowels and Eliza, Gus and Louis Lopes. At birth, he was 3rd in line for the British Throne...at present, he is 4th, and with the birth of his second niece or nephew next year, he will be 5th. He was born at 4.20pm on 15th September, 1984 at St Mary's Hospital{ Source }. He weighed  6lb 14oz at birth{ Source }. On 21st December 1984, Prince Henry Charles Albert David was christened by the Archbishop of Canterbury, in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.  His godparents were { Source }: Th...

Belgium -Queen Paola  celebrated her 77th birthday on Thursday. -Noblie Elisabetta 'Lili' Maria Rosboch von Wolkenstein, Archduchess of Austria-Este  celebrated her 27th birthday on Monday. Denmark -Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth  celebrated his 15th birthday on Sunday. Germany -Albert II, Prince von Thurn and Taxis, Princess Gloria von Thurn and Taxis & Princess Elisabeth von Thurn and Taxis  attended the wedding of Princess Maria Theresia von Thurn und Taxis and Hugo Wilson on Saturday { Photos }. - Princess Maria Theresia von Thurn und Taxis  married Hugo Wilson on Saturday{ Photos } Great  Britain -The Prince Charles of Wales, Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge & Prince Harry of Wales  attended the Invictus Games Opening Ceremony on Wednesday { Source } -The Prince Charles of Wales, Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall, Princess Beatrice ...

Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth was born 14 September 1999, the first child of Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth & Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Countess von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth { Source }. He has one younger sister, Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth { Source }. He is one of three grandchildren (soon to be four! His Aunt Princess Nathalie announced she was expecting baby #2 last month in February 2015)of Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Richard, the 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg{ Source } His christening took place in Germany in December 1999{Source} and the following were named as his godparents{ Source }: Gustav, Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (maternal uncle) Prince Nikolaos of Greece & Denmark (maternal 1st cousin 1x removed) Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (maternal 3rd cousin 1x remov...