The Royal Fanzine

Queen Rania of Jordan was born 31 August 1970 as Rania al Yassin as the daughter of two Palestinians form Tulkarm. During her youth, she attended schools in Kuwait and Turkey, earning a degree in Business Administration. 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 }. Together, they have four children{ Source }: Crown Prince Hussein ( 1994) Princess Iman ( 1996) Princess Salma (2000) Prince Hashem (2005) 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 o...

Queen Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid of Greece was born 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{ Source }: Queen Margrethe II of Denmark  (1940)   Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg  (1944) She has two brothers-in-law: Prince Henrik of Denmark (Margrethe II, m. 1967) Prince Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Benedikte, m. 1968) Through her sisters and brothers-in-law, she has the following nieces and nephews: Crown Prince Frederik André Henrik Christian of Denmark  (1968) Gustav, Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg  (1969) Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, The Countess of  von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1970) Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg  (1975) Prince Joachim Holger Waldema...

Austria -Archduchess Eilika, Duchess of Oldenburg  celebrated her 44th birthday on Monday. Belgium -Princess Maria-Laura, Archduchess of Austria-Este  celebrated her 28th birthday on Friday. Denmark -Prince Nikolai  celebrated his 17th birthday on Saturday. Great  Britain -Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge & Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge   visited  Keech Hospice and Youthscape on Thursday { Source } -Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge   attended the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of North Rhine-Westphalia on Tuesday { Source } -The Lady Amelia Windsor  celebrated her 21st birthday on Wednesday. -Prince Richard, The Duke of Gloucester  celebrated his 72nd birthday on Friday. Greece -Princess Theodora  celebrated her 36th birthday on Sunday. Jordan -Queen  Noor,Queen Dowager celebrated her 65th birthday on Tuesday. Monaco -K. Sébastien Knecht de Massy  celebrated his...

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 (2002) Prince Henrik Carl Joachim Alain (2009) Princess Athena Marguerite Françoise Marie (2012) 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 Pet...

Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark was born 28 August 1980 as Tatiana Ellinka Blatnik in Venezuela as the daughter of Ladislav Blatnik & Marie Blanche Bierlein { Source }. When she was three years old, her family moved to Switzerland When she was six years old, her father died { Source }. Her mother later remarried Attilio Brillembourg { Source }. She was primarially raised by Marie and Attilio Brillembourg in Europe with her elder brother, Boris { Source }{ Source }.  She was educated in Switzerland, and the United States. Princess Tatiana studied at Aiglon College { Source }. She studied at Georgetown University, receiving 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 from her position with designer Diane von Fürstenberg to focus on her wedding plans { Source ...

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, Archduchess of Austria-Este at the University Clinic St. Luc,Woluwe-St-Lambert, Belgium{ Source }.  She is currently eighth in line to the Belgian throne after her four cousins, and mother, elder brother and niece. At her birth she was not in line due to the laws at the time, however when the laws changed in 1991, she was placed 4th, eventually moving down the line after the births of her cousins who now occupy the 1st-4th positions for the succession. She has four siblings, one older and three younger,  a sister-in-law and a niece{ Source }: Prince Amedeo (b. 1986) Archduchess Elisabetta of Austria-Este (1987, m. 2013) Archduchess Anna Astrid of Austria-Este (2016) Prince Joachim (1991) Princess Luisa Maria (1995) Princess Laetitia Maria  (...

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 Wellesley...

Alexandre Éric Stéphane Coste-Grimaldi was born as Alexandre Éric Stéphane Tossoukpé and later known as Alexandre Éric Stéphane Coste  on 24 August 2003 as the son of  of  Prince Albert of Monaco  and Nicole Coste{ Source }. He has two older half brothers from his mother, and an older half sister and two younger half siblings from his father, who are{ Source }: Jazmin Grace Grimaldi  (1992, also illegitimate) Prince Jacques of Monaco (2014) Princess Gabriella of Monaco (2014) He is also the step-son of Princess Charlene of Monaco , and nephew of Princess Caroline & Princess Stephanie . 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 attend...

The Lady Amelia Sophia Theodora Mary Margaret Windsor  was born 24 August 1995 as the youngest daughter of George Philip Nicholas Windsor, Earl of St. Andrews and Sylvana Palma Tomaselli { Source }. She has two older siblings{ Source }: Edward Edmund Maximilian George Windsor, Lord Downpatrick (1988) Lady Marina-Charlotte Alexandra Katherine Helen Windsor (1992) She is a granddaughter of The Duke and Duchess of Kent.  At her birth in August 1995, she was 19th in line for succession to the British throne, however, with the rule changes and births of several babies, she is currently 36th in succession. On 30 November 2013, Lady Amelia made her début into society whilst attending the Ball Des Débutantes in Paris { Source }. Like most teens, Amelia is active on Social media, most notably on Facebook ( DO NOT ask for her link). She attended St. Mary's School, Ascot.

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 in Lond...

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 }....

Archduchess Eilika of Austria, Princess of Austria and Hungary, Duchess of Oldenburg  was born 22 August 1972 as the daughter of J ohann 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 the following children: Archduchess Zsófia Mária Tatjana Monika Erzsébet Katalin von Hasburg (Sophie Maria Tatiana Monica Elisabeth Catherine) (2001) Archduchess Ildikó Mária Walburga (Hilda Maria Walburga) von Hasburg (2002) Archduke Károly-Konstantin Mihály István Mária (Karl-Konstantin Michael Stephan Maria) von Hasburg (2004)

Belgium -Prince Gabriel  celebrated his 13th birthday on Saturday. Denmark -Crown Prince Frederick  attended the Men's Football Final between Brazil and Germany on Friday { Photo } -Crown Princess Mary  attended the medal ceremony for the winners of the first stages of the FEI European Championships for Ponies and attended the opening of Frederiksbjerg School on Friday { Source }{ Source } -Countess Ingrid Alexandra von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth  celebrated her 13th birthday on Tuesday. Germany -Mafalda Beatrix Maria Wilson  celebrated her 1st birthday on Sunday. Great Britain -The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal  celebrated her 66th birthday on Monday. - Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina Windsor  celebrated her 3rd birthday on Monday. Japan -Emperor Akihito & Empress Michiko attended a memorial service for war victims as well as to mark the 71st anniversary of the end of the World War II on Monday { Video...

Mafalda Beatrix Maria Wilson was born 21 August 2015 as the first child of Maria Theresia Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis & Hugo Wilson { Source }. She is the first grandchild of    Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis  and his wife  Gloria Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis . 

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: Princess Lalla Meryem (1962) Fuad Filali (1957, m.1984-1999) Sharifa  Lalla Soukaïna Filali (1986) Mohammed El Mehdi Regragui (m. 2013) Twin (2015) Twin (2015) Moulay  Idris Filali (1988) Princess Lalla Asma (1965) Khalid Bouchentouf (m. 1986) Moulay Yazid Bouchentouf (1988) Lalla Nuhaila Bouchentouf (1992) Princess Lalla Hasna (1967) Dr. Khalil Benharbit (1959, m. 1991) Lalla Oumaima Benharbit (1995) Lalla Oulaya Benharbit (1997) Prince Moulay Rachid (1970) Oum Kalthum Boufarès (1987, m. 2014) Moulay Ahmed (2016) 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-Afr...

Prince Gabriel Baudouin Charles Marie of Belgium    was born 20 August 2003 as the eldest son of King Philippe & Queen Mathilde { Source }. He has one older sister and two younger siblings{ Source }: The Duchess of Brabant(2001) Prince Emmanuel of Belgium (2005) Princess Eléonore of Belgium (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 at age 5, 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 BrabantHe likely speaks Dutch, French and...