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, and a niece and nephew{ Source }: Ms. Mariana Victoria Alexandra Ogilvy Miss Zenouska May Mowatt (1990) Christian Alexander Mowatt (1993) He was the first of four royal babies born in 1964-the others being{ Source }: The Prince Edward (10 March) (2nd cousin through his mother) The Lady Helen Windsor (28 April)(1st cousin, her father is the present Duke of Kent) The Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (1 May)(second cousin through his mother) At his birth, he was 13th in line for the throne, as of May 2015 and the birth of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, he is 48th { 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...

Denmark -Princess Marie  attended the opening of Denmark's WeFood Shop (a food surplus store) on Monday { Source } - Countess Feodora Mathilde Helena of Rosenborg  celebrated her 41st birthday on Saturday. Germany -Prince Ernest-August V of Hanover  celebrated his 62nd birthday on Friday. Great Britain -Queen Elizabeth II  visited the new Crossrail Bond Street Station, which will be named Elizabeth Lane on Tuesday { Photos }. -The Prince Charles of Wales  visited The Queen's 1st Dragoon Guards at their new barracks after their return to the UK after being in Germany for 14 years on Monday { Photos } -The Prince Edward, The Earl of Wessex  visited the Blues's state-of-the-art training academy and met with pupils at an Wright Robinson Sports College as part of the tour to mark the 60th anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh Award on Wednesday { Source } -Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge  visited with injured rugby p...

Lily Elektra Ambler was born 28 February 2003 as the eldest child of James Patrick Ambler & Ursula Mary Shipley Ambler { Source }. She has one younger brother{ Source }: Oscar Rufus Ambler (2004) She is the paternal granddaughter of John Kenneth Ambler a nd Princess  Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler { Source }. She is not in succession for the Swedish throne, however, she is distantly in succession for the British throne as a descendant of Queen Victoria through her sons Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany{ Source }

Princess Irina of Romania, Mrs. Walker was born 28 February 1953 as the third daughter of King Mihai & Queen Anne { Source }. She has the following sisters, brother-in-laws, nieces, nephews, and great nieces and nephews{ Source }: Crown Princess Margarita of Romania (1949) Radu, Prince of Romania (1960, m. 1996) Princess Elena of Romania  Dr. Leslie Robin Medforth-Mills (m 1983, div. 1991, b 1942, d. 2002) Nicholas Michael de Roumanie Medforth-Mills(1985) Elisabeta  Karina  de Roumanie Medforth-Mills (1989) Princess Sophie of Romania (1957) Alain Biarneix (m. 1998, div 2002) Elisabeth-Maria de Roumanie Biarneix (1998) Princess Maria of Romania (1964) Kazimierz Wieslaw Mystkowsk (m 1995, div 2002) The young princess was educated in Switzerland and the UK{ Source }. She studied Secretariat (a horse) in Oxford and London { Source }. In 1973, at the invitation of Lord and Lady Gordon, Princess Irina joined the administration thorough...

Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco  was born 28 February 2007 as the second child of King Mohammed VI of Morrocco and Princess Lalla Salma { Source }. She has an older brother { Source }: Crown Prince Mulay Al-Hasan of Morocco (2003) In honour of her birth, the king granted a royal pardon to thousands of prison inmates{ Source }. Khadija visited Tunisia with her mother Lalla Salma in June 2009.

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 of Heredita...

Prince Ernst August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig of Hanover was born on 26 February 1954 as the eldest son 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 { Source }: Princess Marie of Hanover, Countess von Houchberg (1952) Count Michael von Houchburg (m. 1982) Count   Conrad Hans-Heinrich Ernst-August   von   Hochberg ( 1985) Count   George   von   Hochberg  (1987) Prince Lugwig of Hanover (1955-1988) Isabella Gräfin von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli (m. 1987, d. 1988) Prince Otto of Hanover (1988) Princess Olga of Hanover (1958) Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Princess of Leiningen (1959) Andreas, 8th Prince of Lieningen (m 1981) Prince Ferdinand Heinrich, Hereditary Prince of Lieningen (1...

Paola Cecilia Laurentien ten Cate was born on 25 Februrary 2011 as the daughter of Tjalling Siebe ten Cate and Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma { Source }. She has an older sister{ Source }: Julia Carolina Catharina   ten   Cate (2008) Her godparents are: Princess Laurentien of The Netherlands (her mother's cousin's wife) She was named: Paola: not sure Cecila: Not sure Laurentien: For her godmother She is not in succession for the Dutch throne. She likely leads a fairly normal life.

Michael Torsten de Roumanie Kreuger was born as the first child of Princess Irinia of Romania, Mrs. John W. Walker and Mr. John Kreuger on 25 February 1985{ Source }. He has a younger sister, a brother in law and two nieces { Source }: Angelica Margaretta Bianca de Roumanie Kreuger Knight (1986) Richard Robert Knight (m 2009) Courtney Bianca Knight (2007) Diana Knight (2011) He married a woman named Tara Littlfield in February 2011{ Source }. Together, they have a son named Kohen{ Source }. He was born in the United States, and thus is a US citizen. It is likely that he leads a normal private life, despite being a grandson of deposed royalty.

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{ Source }. She has two younger sisters and a younger brother{ Source }: Ana-Maria Morales y de Grecia(2003) Carlos Morales y de Grecia (2005) Amelia Morales y de Grecia(2007) 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 (current and former): Queen Elizabeth II is he...

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, he spent three years working for a public relations firm in New...

Princess Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary of Sweden, The 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 four years old, she already has a collection of Swedish Royal med...

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 House ...

Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley (now known as Katharine, The Duchess of Kent ) was born 22 February 1933 as the only daughter of Colonel Sir William Arthington Worsley, 4th Bt. and Joyce Morgan Brunner { Source }. She had three older brothers, one of whom is currently living { Source }: Sir William Marcus John Worsley, 5th Bt.(1925-2012) George Oliver Worsley (1927-2010) John Arthington Worsley (1928-) She married Prince Edward , The Duke of Kent on 8 June 1961 and together, they have the following children and grandchildren{ Source }: George Philip Nicholas Windsor,The Earl of St. Andrews (1962) Sylvana Windsor, The Countess of St. Andrews Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick (1988) The Lady Marina-Charlotte Windsor (1992) The Lady Amelia Windsor (1995) The Lady Helen Windsor (1964) Mr. Timothy Taylor Mr. Columbus George Donald Taylor (1994) Mr. Cassius Edward Taylor (1996) Miss Eloise Olivia Katherine Taylor (2003) Miss Estella Olga Elizabeth Taylor (2004) Lord Nic...

Belgium -King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, Princess Esméralda & Princess Léa attended the Mass in memory of deceased members of the Royal Family on Wednesday { Photos }. Princess Esméralda & Princess Léa are the half-aunt and aunt by marriage of King Philippe, and are the younger half-sister and sister-in-law of King Albert II. - Queen Mathilde  attended a luncheon organized by the all-female corporate network "Markant" on Thursday { Photos } -Prince Amedeo, Archduke of Austria-Este  celebrated his 30th birthday on Sunday. Bhutan -King Jigme Khersar Namgyel Wangchuck  celebrated his 36th birthday on Sunday. France -Prince Constantin Foulques Alexandre d' Orléans  celebrated his 13th birthday on Monday. Germany -Princess Olga Sophie of Hanover celebrated her 58th birthday on Wednesday. -Princess Alexandra Irene of Hanover, Princess of Leiningen  celebrated her 57th birthday on Thursday. Great  Britain -Queen Elizabeth II  ...

Princess Zita Clara of Bourbon-Parma was born 21 February 2014 as the first child of Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Parma, Count of Bardi & Princess Viktória of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Bardi{ Source }. She is a granddaughter of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and late Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma. She  is soon-to-be a big sister{ Source }. Princess Zita was named: Zita : for her great-great aunt Empress Zita Maria delle Grazie Adelgunde Michaele Raphaele Gabriele Josephine Antonie Louise Agnes of Bourbon-Parma Clara : for her maternal great grandmother She had a double baptism with her cousin, Alaïa-Maria Brenninkmeijer, on October 4, 2014 at Noordwijk aan Zee in the Netherlands{Source}. Her godparents are: King Willem-Alexander I of The Netherlands (paternal 1st cousin 1x removed) Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma (paternal 1st cousin 1x removed) Princess Maria-Teresa of Bourbon-Parma (paternal great aunt) Dorothea ter Riet-Bartos (maternal grandmother) Jacco Elt...

Prince Amedeo Marie Joesph Carl Pierre Philippe Paola Marcus d'Aviano of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este, Prince Royal of Hungary & Bohemia was born 21 February 1986 { Source }.  He is eldest child of Princess Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este & Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este { Source }.  He has three younger sisters and a younger brother{ Source }: Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1988) Prince Joachim  of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (1991) Princess Luisa Maria  of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1995) Princess Laetitia Maria  of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (2003) He is the maternal nephew of: King Philippe of Belgium Queen Mathilde of Belgium Prince Laurent of Belgium Princess Claire of Belgium Jonkvrouw   Delphine Michèle Anne Marie Ghislaine Boël (possibly, allegedly) His maternal cousins consi...

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 Buddhist Stud...

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, two brother-in-laws, { Source }: Princess Ragnhild (1930-2012)   Erling Lorentzen (1923-) Haakon Lorentzen (1954) Martha Carvalho de Freitas (1958, m. 1982)  Olav Alexander Lorentzen (1985) Christian Frederik Lorentzen (1988) Sophia Anne Lorentzen (1994) Ingeborg Lorentzen (1957)  Paulo César Ribeiro Filho (m 1982) Victoria Ragina Ribeiro Sampaio (1988)  Felipe Sampaio Falcão  (m. 2014) Ragnhild Lorentzen (1968)  Aaron Long (m. 2003) Alexandra Long (2007) Elizabeth Long (2011) Princess Astrid (1932-) Johann Martin Ferner Cathrine Ferner (1962  Arild Johansen (1961m. 1989) Sebastian Ferner Johansen (1990) Madeleine Ferner Johansen (1993) Benedi...

Princess Leonore Lilian Maria of Sweden, The Duchess of Gotland  was born 20 February 2014 as the first child of Princess Madeleine of Sweden & Mr. Christopher O'Neil { Source }. She has a younger brother{ Source }: Prince Nicolas Paul Gustaf of Sweden, The Duke of Ångermanland (2015) She was born in the United States, but they celebrated her birth in Sweden anyway! Her birth was celebrated with a 21-gun salute, and a Te Deum Thanksgiving service attended by her maternal grandparents, The Crown Princess Couple, and Prince Carl Philip{ Source }. From her birth she was eligible to be part of the Swedish succession, however, to remain in line, she must: Be commune with the Church of Sweden (Lutheran) Reside in Sweden at some point during her upbringing Not marry without the consent of the Government (Article 5) or ascend the throne of another state by election, inheritance or marriage without the consent of the monarch and the Riksdag. It has been claimed that she 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, as well as two sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law, four nephews and three nieces, and two ex-siblings-in-law, two nieces-in-law, a nephew in law four great nieces and a great nephew{ Source }: The Prince Charles of Wales (1948) Diana, Princess of Wales (m 1981, div 1996, death 1997) Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge (1982) Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge (1982) Prince George of Cambridge (2013) Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (2015) Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall (m. 2005) The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal (1950) Mr. Mark Philips (m 1977, div. 1992) Mr. Peter Mark Andrew Philips (1977) Mrs. Autumn Patricia Kelly Philips (1978) Miss Savannah Anne Kathleen Philips (2010) Miss Isla Elizabeth Philips (2012) Mrs. Zara Anne ...