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Princess Katharina Victoria Elizabeth Cheryl of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha  was born on 30 April 2014 as the first child of Prince Hubertus & Princess Kelly. She was baptized on 14 September 2014 with the following as her godparents: Countess Katharina of Faber-Castell Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden Duchess Elisabeth in Bravia Prince Ernest August of Hanover (1984) Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin She is named for: Katharina : for her godmother, Countess Katharina Victoria : For her godmother, Crown Princess Victoria Elisabeth : for her godmother, Ducesss Elisabeth in Bravia Cheryl : for her maternal grandmother Her parents are reportedly expecting their 2nd child sometime in 2015{ Photo }.

Don Miguel Urdangarín y Bórbon was born 30 April 2002 as the third son of Infanta Cristina, The Duchess of Palma de Mallorca and Iñaki Urdangarín, Duke Consort of Palma de Mallorca { Source }. He has two older brothers and a younger sister { Source }: Don Juan (1999) Don Pablo (2000) Doña Irene (2005) In June 2002, he was baptized with the following as his godparents: King Felipe VI of Spain (maternal uncle) Lucía Urdangarín (paternal aunt) He has had a global life-residing mostly in Spain, but spending time in the US, before moving to Switzerland. He and his family resided in Washington, DC from 2009-2012, while his father worked for Telefónica. In August 2013 the family, without his father, moved to Geneva, Switzerland, where his mother had taken a job with the Caixa Foundation{ Source }. In early April 2013, his father was offered a new position in Qatar, it was unclear whether or not Infanta Christina and her children will join him there at the end of this school yea...

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden was born on 30 April 1946 as the only son of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sidylla{ Source }. The young prince has four older sisters{ Source }: Princess Margaretha Princess Birgitta Princess Désirée  Princess Christina  The young prince was christened on 7 June 1946, with the name Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus{ Source }. When he was barely 9 months of age, his father died in a plane crash, leaving him to be heir to the throne of Sweden after his grandfather took the throne in 1950 { Source }. A year after his mother's death in 1972, Crown Prince Carl Gustaf would become the King of Sweden following the death of King Gustaf VI Adolf { Source }. The new Swedish King took “For Sweden - With the times" as his motto, thereby declaring his intention of meeting the demands of society on a modern monarch{ Source }. He began his educational pursuits at the Royal Palace of Stockholm, before attending Broms School in 1952, followed by the Sigt...

Prince Heinrich Julius Christian Otto Friedrich Franz Anton Günter of Hanover  was born 29 April 1961 as the youngest child of Ernest Augustus, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick and his first wife, Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg {Source}. He has the following siblings, siblings in laws and nieces and nephews{ Source }{ Source }: Princess Marie of Hanover, Countess of Houchburg (1952) Count Michael of Houchburg Hereditary Count Conrad of Houchburg (1985) Count Georg of Houchburg (1987) Prince  Ernst August Prinz of Hanover (1954) Chantall Houlichi Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1983) Prince Christian of Hanover (1985) Princess Caroline of Monaco, Princess of Hanover Princess Alexandra of Hanover (1999) Prince Ludwig of Hanover (1955-1988) Princess Isabella Prince Otto (1988) Princess Olga of Hanover (1958) Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Princess of  Leinein(1959) Andreas, Prince of Leinein Ferdinand, Her...

Maud Angelica Behn was born 29 April 2003 as the eldest of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and Mr. Ari Behn's three daughters { Source }.She eldest grandchild of King Harald V of Norway and Queen Sonja of Norway. She has two younger sisters{ Source }: Leah Isadora (2005) Emma Tallulah (2008) She was christened at Slottskapellet, The Royal Palace, Oslo, Norway, on 2 July 2003, the one-hundredth birthday of her great-grandfather, King Olav V of Norway. Her godparents consisted of { Source }: King Harald of Norway (maternal grandfather) Crown Prince Haakon of Norway (maternal uncle) Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg , Countess of Pfeil and Klein-Ellguth(her mother's 3rd cousin 1x removed) Marianne Ulrichsen (her mother's friend, was maid-of-honor at her wedding) Anja Sabrina Bjørshol (paternal aunt) Kåre Conradi (her father's friend and best man at his wedding) Trond Giske (friend of her father) At present, she is 5th in line for the throne ...

Princess Benedikte Astid Ingeborg Ingrid of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg    was born 29 April 1944  as the second of three daughters of King Federik XI & Queen Ingrid of Denmark { Source }. She has two sisters, two brothers in law, several nieces and nephews, an numerous great nieces and nephews { Source }: Queen Margarethe II of Demark Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark Crown Prince Fredrik of Denmark Crown Princess Mary Prince Christian (2005) Princess Isabella (2007) Prince Vincent (2011) Princess Josephine (2011) Prince Joachim of Denmark Alexandra, Countess of Fredriksburg Prince Nikolai (1999) Prince Felix (2002) Princess Marie Prince Henrik (2009) Princess Athena (2012) Queen Anne-Marie of Greece King Constantine of Greece Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark (1965) Mr. Carlos Morales Quintana Miss Arrietta Morales y de Grecia (2002) Miss Ana María Morales y de Grecia (2003) Carlos Morales...

The Infanta Sofía de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz of Spain was born 29 April 2007, the younger of the two daughters of the King and Queen of Spain, and the youngest grandchild of Queen Sofia and King Juan Carlos { Source }. She is second in line for the Spanish throne after her father and sister. The Infanta was named after her paternal grandmother, Sofía of Greece and Denmark. Likewise, this grandmother, Queen Sofía of Spain, is named after her (Infanta Sofia's great-great grandmother)paternal grandmother, Sophie of Prussia. She was baptized in July 2007 { Source }, with the following as her godparents: Paloma Rocasolano (her maternal grandmother)  The Prince of Vidin (friend of her father's) She began her education among the children of the Royal Guards at the Palace of El Pardo, a zone in which is restricted by the royal guard in September 2009. In 2010, she joined her older sister at Santa Maria de los Rosales (a school previously attended by her father and aunts...

The Lady Helen Marina Lucy Taylor  was born 28 April 1964 as the middle child and only daughter of The Duke and Duchess of Kent{ Source }. She has two brothers, two sisters-in-law, 2 nieces, and four nephews { Source } : George Windsor, The Earl of St. Andrews (1962) Sylvanna, The Countess of St. Andrews Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick (1988) Lady Marina Charlotte Windsor (1992) Lady Amelia Windsor (1995) Lord Nicholas Windsor  Lady Nicholas Windsor (Paola) Master Albert Louis Philip Edward Windsor   (2007) Master Leopold Ernest Augustus Guelph Windsor (2009) Master Louis Arthur Nicholas Felix Windsor (2014) She is also a first cousin 1x removed from Queen Elizabeth II { Source }, thus is distantly in line for the British Throne. She was baptized on 12 May 1964{ Source }. Her godparents were{ Source }: The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (her father's 1st cousin) Mrs. David Butler Sir Angus Ogilvy (...

Prince Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand of The Netherlands , now known as King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands  was born on 27 April 1967, the first child of Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus of The Netherlands { Source }. He was baptized on 2 September 1967, with the following as his godparents { Source }: Prince Bernhard (maternal grandfather) Queen Margrethe II of Denmark Ferdinand von Bismarck Prime Minister Jelle Zijlstra  Ms Renée Smith-Roëll Alongside his two brothers, Prince Friso (1968-2013) and Prince Constantijn (1969), he grew up in his family's residence of Drakensteyn Castle { Source }. When his grandmother, Queen Julianna, abdicated in favor of his mother in 1980, he and his family moved to Huis ten Bosch Palace { Source }. The future Dutch monarch was primarially educated in The Netherlands and Wales, and did graduate studies in the United States{ Source }. He began his primary education at the Nieuwe Baarnse School, before attende...

Belgium -King Philippe & Queen Mathilde visited the Council of Europe on Tuesday { Video } -Princess Laetitia Maria, Archduchess of Austria-Este  celebrated her 12th birthday on Thursday. Denmark -Queen Margrethe II  attended the 2015 Sibelius / Nielsen festival on Tuesday { Source }. -Crown Princess Mary   participated in the Maternity Foundation's 10th anniversary celebrations on Wednesday { Source }.On Thursday, the future Danish Queen attended the official opening of Research Day { Source }. - Princess Isabella  celebrated her 8th birthday on Tuesday. -Prince Joachim met with some members of The Youth Goodwill Ambassador Corps and attended the Youth Goodwill Ambassador Summit 2015 on Saturday { Source } Great  Britain -Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh & Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge     attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph to commemorate ANZAC Day and th...

Prince Philippos of Greece & Denmark was born 26 April 1986 as the third son and youngest child of King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece { Source }. He has two older brothers and two older sisters, a brother-in-law and two sisters-in-law, as well as many nieces and nephews{ Source }: Princess Alexia (1965) Mr. Carlos Morales Quintana(1970) Miss  Arrietta Morales y de Grecia  (2002) Miss Ana María Morales y de Grecia (2003) Master Carlos Morales y de Grecia (2005) Miss Amelia Morales y de Grecia (2007) Crown Prince Pavlos (1967) Crown Princess Marie-Chantal (1968) Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark (1996) Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece and Denmark (1998) Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark (2000) Prince Odysseus-Kimon of Greece and Denmark (2004) Prince Aristidis-Stavros of Greece and Denmark (2008) Prince Nikolas (1969) Princess Theodora (1983) He was born while the family was ...

Princess Laetitia Maria Nora Anna Joachim Zita of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este was born 23 April 2003 as the the fifth child and third daughter of Princess Astrid & Prince Lorenz of Belgium { Source }. She has 4 siblings, including, two sisters and two brothers, as well as a sister-in-law: Prince Amedeo, Archduke of Austria-Este (1986) Archduchess Elisabetta "Lili" of Austria-Este (1987) Princess Maria Laura, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1988) Prince Joachim, Archduke of Austria-Este (1991) Princess Luisa Maria, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1995) Her godparents are her brother Prince Joachim and Princess Nora of Liechtenstein{ Source }. Like her elder siblings before her, she is attending Sint-Jan-Berchmans School in Brussels, where she is in the 7th grade of primary school (2014-2015) { Source }. As she is 10th and so distantly in line for the throne after her four cousins, mother, two brothers and two sisters, her mother tries to limit her exp...

Daniel St. George Chatto was born 22 April 1957 as Daniel Chatto St. George Sproule { Source }. He is the son of the late actor Thomas Chatto Sproule (stage name Thomas Chatto) and the theatrical agent Ros Chatto { Source }. He has one brother, James { Source } In 1987, using Deed poll, Chatto legally changed his name from Daniel Chatto St. George Sproule to Daniel St. George Chatto. At the same time, his mother, also using Deed Poll, abandoned her surname Sproule in favor of Chatto.{ Source }. He attended Bedales Boarding school { Source }. Before marrying into the royal family, he was an actor, like his father. He appeared in several films throughout the 1980s. His most notable role is probably Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1988, Prince Andrew){ Source }. He began a romance with Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones while working on Heat and Dust in India in 1983, in which he played a party guest and Lady Sarah was working in the wardrobe department { Source }. Fast forward to 14...

Princess Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat was born on 21 April 2007 as the eldest daughter and second child of Crown Prince Fredrik & Crown Princess Mary of Denmark { Source }. She was christened at Fredensborg Palace Chapel on 1 July 2007, with the following as her godparents{ Source }: Princess Mathilde, The Duchess of Brabant (now Queen Mathilde, a family friend) Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark (her father's 1st cousin, her 1st cousin 1x removed) Dr. Nadine Johnston (friend of her mother's) Mr. Christian Buchwald (friend of her father's) Mr. Peter Heering (friend of her father's) Mrs. Marie Louise Skeel (friend of her mother's) Her name was announced as: Isabella : for the Danish Queen-Consort, Isabella of Austria Henrietta : for her maternal grandmother (who died in 1997) Ingrid : for her paternal great-grandmother Margrethe : for her paternal grandmother As previously done with her brother, Den...

Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary of York now Queen Elizabeth II  was born 21 April 1926, as the first child of The Duke and Duchess of York { Source }. She would be joined by a younger sister, Princess Margaret in 1930{ Source }. The young princess was third in line for the British throne at the time of her birth, after her paternal uncle and father, and was not expected to take the crown{ Source }. She was christened as Elizabeth Alexandra Mary for her mother, paternal great-grandmother and paternal grandmother{ Source }. Her godparents consisted of{ Source }: King George V (paternal grandfather) Queen Mary (paternal grandmother) Princess Mary [Viscountess Lascelles] (aunt) The Duke of Connaught (great-great-uncle) The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (maternal grandfather) Lady Elphinstone Her earliest years were spent between her parents' private residence in London and White Lodge in Richmond Park, as well as her grandparents' country homes{ Source }. When she turn...

Prince Georg Antonius Constantin Maria of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg was born 20 April 1999 as the second son of Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg and Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg{ Source }. He has two older siblings, and a younger brother { Source }: Prince Joesph Wenzel (1995) Princess Marie-Caroline (1996) Prince Nikolaus (2000) He is the grandchild of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein   and Princess Marie of Liechtenstein { Source }, thus is 3rd in line for the throne after his father and elder brother.

Austria - Count Léopold de Limburg-Stirum  celebrated his 4th birthday on Sunday. Belgium -King Philippe & Queen Mathilde   attended the 75th birthday gala dinner of Queen Margarethe II of Denmark on Wednesday { Source } { Photos }. -King Philippe  celebrated his 55th birthday Wednesday -Princess Eléonore  celebrated her 7th birthday on Thursday. Bhutan -Prince Daho Jigme Dorji Wangchuck  celebrated his 29th birthday on Tuesday. Denmark -Queen Margarethe II, Crown Prince Fredrik, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Jochim, Princess Marie,Princess Benedikte & Princess Elisabeth   attended the 75th birthday gala dinner of Queen Margarethe II of Denmark on Wednesday { Source } { Photos }.  On Thursday, they attended a second gala dinner to mark Queen Margarethe II's 75th birthday { Source }{ Photos } -Queen Margarethe II  celebrated her 75th birthday on Thursday. -Crown Princess Mary, Princess Isabella, Prince Vincent & P...