The Royal Fanzine

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.

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 and 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 }

Vice Admiral Sir Timothy James Hamilton Laurence was born 1 March 1955 the son of Commander Guy Stewart Laurence, who was also a salesman for a marine engine manufacturer, and Barbara Alison Laurence. During his childhood years, he attended several prep schools and was involved in numerous activities. He began attended The New Beacon Preparatory School , before moving on to Sevenoaks School, Kent and attending University College, University of Durham on a naval scholarship, receiving a Bachelors of Science in geography with 2nd upper class honors { Source }. During his university years, he was part of the student newspaper and captain of the cricket team. In the 1970s, he began serving as a member of the British Navy, working his way up the ranks. He attended the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth for his initial training. After completing his training, he maintianed a post on the HMS Aurora. In 1973, he was promoted from midshipman. Two years later, he was promoted again, to...

 Mrs. Irina Walker, previously  Princess Irina of Romania,  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 administrati...

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) Thomas Christian Schmidt (1970, m. 1998) Julius Christian Emil Schmidt(2001) Clara Dorthe Elisabeth Schmidt (2004) Countess Camilla af Rosenborg (1972)   Mikael John Rosanes (1952, m. 1995) 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 ...

Austria - Archduchess Magdalena  celebrated her 1st birthday on Friday. Belgium -King Philippe visited the Flemish Parliament on Tuesday { Photos }{ Source }. On Thursday, he held an audeince with the Minister of Pensions and Vice-Minister-President of the Government, and held a lunch with Pierre Moscovici{ Source }{ Source }{ Source } On Friday, the Belgian monarch attended a presentation of the oath of office to Zuhal Demir for taking the oath as Federal Secretary of State for Poverty Reduction, Equal Opportunities, People with Disabilities and Science Policy, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Security and Interior { Source } -Queen Mathild e began an official visit to Laos for UNICEF on Monday { Photos }{ Photos }{ Source } -Prince Amedeo, Archduke of Austria-Este  celebrated his 31st birthday on Tuesday. Bhutan -King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck  celebrated his 37th birthday on Tuesday. Denmark -Crown Princess Mary  was announ...

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 (1982) Princess Olga Margarita of Lieningen (1984) P...

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 Mrs. Irinia 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.

Archduchess Magdalena Maria Alexandra Zita Charlotte of Austria  was born on 24 Februrary 2016 as the second daughter of Archduke Imre of Austria and Archduchess Kathleen of Austria { Source }. She has an older sister{ Source }: Archduchess Maria-Stella Elizabeth Christiana Yolande Alberta of Austria (2013) Archduchess Magdalena was likely named: Magdalena : for her ancestress Archduchess Magdalena of Austria (1532-1590) Maria : popular name in the Austrian line, for the Virgin Mary Alexandra : likely  for Alexandra Deptula, a friend of her mother Zita : for her great-great grandmother Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma Charlotte : for her great grandmother, Grand Duchess Joséphine- Charlotte of Luxembourg, Princess   of Belgium She resides in Luxembourg with her parents and older sister { Source }. Archduchess Magdalena was baptized in April 2016, again, with no word on who her godparents were { Photo }

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 her 3rd c...

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 }. She has one younger brother{ Source }: Prince Oscar Carl Olof of Sweden, The Duke of Skåne (2016) 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 ...

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, The Duchess of Kent was born Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley on 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, three sisters-in-law, and several nieces and nephews { Source }: Sir William Marcus John Worsley, 5th Bt.(1925-2012) The Hon. Bridget Assheton (1926, m. 1955) Sir William Ralph Worsley, 6th Bt.(1956) Marie-Noëlle Dreesmann (m. 1987) Isabella Claire Worsley (1988) Francesca Sylvia Worsley (1992) Marcus William Bernard Worsley(1995) Sarah Marianne Worsley(1958) Martin Stephen Robert Elwes (m. 1984) James Robert Elwes(1986) Sophie Bridget Elwes (1988) Hugo Marcus Elwes(1991) Giles Arthington Worsley(1961-2006) Joanna Beaufort Pitman (m. 1996) Alice Beaufort Worsley(1998) Emma Sylvia Worsley (2000) Lucy Jennifer Worsley (2002) Peter Marcus Worsley(1963) Catherine Marie Paule Hirtz Margot Joyce Worsley (2001) Hector Felix Ar...

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. Shebecame a big sister in 2016 to{ Source }{ Source }: Princess Gloria Irene of Bourbon-Parma (2016) 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)...

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 at the University Clinic of St. Luc in Belgium, the 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) His godparents wee his grandmother, Queen Paola, and his maternal uncle, Prince Philippe, The Duke of Brabant { Source }. He attended Sint Jan Berchmans College for his early education until 2001{ Source }. He then moved on to Sevenoaks College in Kent, England from 2001-2004 { Source }. He then went on ...

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 { Source }: Princess Ragnhild (1930-2012) Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932) He had two brothers-in-law{ Source }: Erling Lorentzen (1923-) Johann Martin Ferner  (1927-2015) He has the following nephews: Haakon Lorentzen (1954) Ingeborg Lorentzen (1957)  Ragnhild Lorentzen (1968) King Harald V has the following nieces{ Source }: Ingeborg Lorentzen Ribeiro (1957)  Ragnhild Lorentzen (1968)  Ms. Cathrine Ferner (1962) Mr. Benedikte Ferner (1963) Mr. Alexander Ferner (1965) Mrs. Elisabeth Ferner Beckmann (1969) Mr. Carl-Christian Ferner (1972) He has the following nieces and nephews-in-law { Source }: Martha Carvalho de Freitas (1958) Martha Carvalho de Freitas (1958, m. 1982)  Paulo César Ribeiro Filho (m...

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)  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 is named:...

Belgium -King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, Princess Marie-Esméralda & Princess Léa attended this morning Mass of the deceased at the Church of Our Lady of Laeken on Friday { Photos } Princess Marie-Esméralda & Princess Léa are sisters-in-law, and the aunts of King Philippe, Princess Marie-Esméralda is the goddaughter and younger half-sister of King Albert II and Princess Léa is the widow of Prince Alexander of Belgium. -King Philippe & Queen Mathilde visited Verviers provence on Wednesday { Photos }{ Photos }. On Thursday, they held an audience with Bill Gates { Photos } -King Philippe held an audience with the Belgian Prime Minister and the Brexit Chief Negotiator for the European Commission on Monday { Source }{ Source }. On Tuesday, the Belgian monarch held an audience with the President and CEO of International Crisis Group and attended the inaugural session of the International Conference Mediation: Possibilities and Limits. Recent experiences in favor of peac...