The Royal Fanzine

Belgium - Prince Lorenz, The Archduke of Austria-Este attended the official presentation of the winners of the 2016 Belgian Heritage Prize abroad on Friday { Photos } Denmark -Crown Prince Fredrik  attended the Danish Technical University Annual Celebration 2017 on Friday { Source } -Princess Benedikte, Princess of Sayn-Wittenstein-Berleburg  celebrated her 73rd birthday on Saturday. French -Augustin  Crépy  celebrated his 12th birthday on Wednesday. Germany -Prince Heinrich Julius of Hanover  celebrated his 56th birthday on Friday. -Princess Katharina of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha celebrated her 3rd birthday on Sunday. Great Britain -Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh  hosted a ceremony to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Motability  on Monday { Source } -The Prince Andrew, The Duke of York attended Anzac Day commemorations by tribute to Australian and New Zealand servicemen and women at a Dawn Service at the Australi

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 has two younger siblings: Prince Philipp Hubertus Andreas Christian of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. (2015) Princess Madeleine Aurelia Viktoria Carin of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (2017) 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 She is not in succession for the defunct throne of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, but is distantly in succession for the British throne as a great x4 granddaughter of Queen Victor

Don Miguel de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Bórbon was born 30 April 2002 as the third son of Infanta Cristina of Spain and Iñaki Urdangarín { 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 would join him there at the end of this school year, which in the end, they did not join

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 John Kenneth Ambler (1924-2008,1964-separated 2006) Sybilla Louise Ambler, Baroness von Dincklage (1965) Baron Henning von Dincklage (1971, m.1998) Madeleine Charlotte Freiin von Dincklage (1999) Sebastian Eric Henning Freiherr von Dincklage (2000) Charles Edward Ambler (1966) Helen Jane Ross (1969, m.1999) Sienna Rose Ambler(2000) India Tani Ambler (2003) James Patrick Ambler (1967) Ursula Mary Shipley (1965, m. 2001) Lily Elektra Ambler (2003) Oscar Rufus Ambler (2004) Princess Birgitta Baron Carl Otto Edmund Silfverschiöld (1965)  Gunilla Maria Fredriksson (1965, m. 2005) Anna Margareta Sybilla Desiree Silfverschiold Baroness Kristina-Louisa Ewa Madeleine Silfverschiöld (1966) Baron Hansde Geer af Finspång (1963, m. 1999) Estelle Louise Dési

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 elder 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, an

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 of

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 V 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 Leiningen  (1959) Andreas, Prince of Leinein Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of L

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  (1940) Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark Crown Prince Fredrik of Denmark Crown Princess Mary  (1972, m. 2004) Prince Christian (2005) Princess Isabella (2007) Prince Vincent  (2011) Princess Josephine  (2011) Prince Joachim of Denmark Alexandra, Countess of Fredriksburg (m. 1995-2005) Prince Nikolai (1999) Prince Felix (2002) Princess Marie (m. 2008) 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 Greci

The Lady Helen Marina Lucy Taylor was born as   The Lady Helen Marina Lucy Windsor  on 28 April 1964 as the middle child and only daughter of The Duke and The 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 (her fa

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 He has two brothers: Prince Friso of Oranje-Nassau (1968-2013) Prince Constantijn of The Netherlands (1969) He has two sisters-in-law: Princess Mabel van Oranje-Nassau (1968) Princess Laurentien of The Netherlands (1966) King Williem-Alexander has the following nieces: Countess Eloise van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (2002) Countess Luana van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouw van Amsberg (2005) Countess Zaria van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouw van Amsberg (2006) Countess Leonore van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe v

Augustin Crépy was born 26 April 2005 as the son of Princess Clotilde d'Orléans& Edouard Yves Corneille Crépy { Source }. He has the following siblings { Source }: Louis Nicolas Marie François Stephane Corneille Crépy (1995) Charles Edouard Marie Alvaro Tatiana Corneille Crépy (1996) Gaspard Marie Leon Canio Corneille Crépy (1999) Eléonore Crépy (2007) Through his mother, he is the grandson of Prince Michel d'Orléans, Comte d'Evreux & Béatrice Marie Pasquier de Franclieu { Source }. It is likely he leads a fairly normal lifestyle as his  family's throne has been defunct for many years.

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) Miss Amelia Morales y de Grecia (2007) Master Carlos Morales y de Grecia (2005) 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 Tatiana Princess Theodora (1983) His godparents were{ Source }: Prince Philip, The Duke o

Louis Alphonse of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou was born 25 April 1974 as the son of the second son of Alfonso de Borbón, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz and Doña María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco{ Source }. He has one older brother { Source }: Don Francisco de Asís Alfonso Jaime Cristóbal Víctor José Gonzalo Cecilio de Borbón y Martínez-Bordiú, Duc de Bourbon (1972-1984, car accident) He also has several step siblings and a half sister from his mother's subsequent marriages: Mathilda Rossi (1971-1984, boating accident, stepsister from his mother's marriage to Jean-Marie Rossi, twin of below)  Marella Rossi (1971, stepsister from his mother's marriage to Jean-Marie Rossi) Frederick Rossi (stepbrother from his mother's marriage to Jean-Marie, younger brother of Mathilda and Marella) María Cynthia Francisca Matilda Rossi (half sister, 1985, from his mother's marriage to Rossi) He attended the Lycėe Français de Madrid, obtaining his COU in June 1992 { Source } He

Princess Iman bint al-Hussein of Jordan was born 24 April 1983 as the daughter of King Hussein & Queen Noor . She has several older half-siblings, two brothers, and a sister: Princess Alia bint Al Hussein of Jordan (1956, half sister) Nasser Wasfi Mirza (m. 1977-1988, div) Prince Hussein Mirza (1981) Sayyid Mohammed Al-Saleh (m. 1988) Talal Al-Saleh (1989) Abdul Hamid Al-Saleh (1992) King Abdullah II of Jordan (1962, half brother) Queen Rania of Jordan (m. 1993) Crown Prince Hussein (1994) Princess Iman (1996) Princess Salma (2000) Prince Hashem (2005) Prince Faisal bin Al-Hussein of Jordan (1963, half brother) Princess Alia Tabbaa of Jordan (m. 1989-2008) Princess Ayah bint al-Faisal of Jordan (1990) Prince Omar bint al-Faisal of Jordan (1993) Princess Sara bint al-Faisal of Jordan (1997)  Princess Aisha bint al-Faisal of Jordan (1997)  Princess Sara of Jordan (m 2010-2013) Princess Zeina of Jordan (m. 2015) Prince Abdullah bin Faisal (

Prince Carlos Enrique Leonard, Hereditary Prince of Parma  was born 24 April 2016 as the son of  Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma and Piacenza & Princess Annemarie of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma and Piacenza { Source } He has an older half brother, and two full sisters{ Source }: Mr. Carlos Hugo Roderik Sybren Klynstra de Bourbon de Parme  (1997) Princess Luisa Irene Constance Anna Maria of Bourbon-Parma (2012) Princess Cecilia Maria Johanna Beatrix of Bourbon-Parma (2013) He was baptized in Parma on 25 September 2016, his godparents are:  King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (father's first cousin) Princess Marie des Neiges of Bourbon-Parma (great-aunt) Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (his late grandfather's second cousin) Lodewijk Gualtherie van Weezel Javier Lubelza Roca

Austria -Count Leopold de Limburg-Stirum  celebrated his  6th birthday on Wednesday. Belgium - Princess Laetitia Maria, Archduchess of Austria-Este  celebrated her 14th birthday on Sunday. Bhutan -King Jigme  Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck  granted an Audience to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Tuesday { Photos } Denmark -Princess Isabella  celebrated her 10th birthday on Friday. Germany -Prince Philipp vpm Thurn und Taxis  celebrated his 42nd birthday on Wednesday. Great Britain -Queen Elizabeth II  celebrated her 91st birthday on Friday. -Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge, Prince Harry of Wales & Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge attended the official opening of The Global Academy in support of Heads Together on Thursday { Photos }. On Sunday, the royal trio attended the 2017 London Marathon { Photos } -Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge & Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge  made a surprise visit to BBC1 Radio host Adele

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,  a sister-in-law and a niece: Prince Amedeo, Archduke of Austria-Este (1986) Archduchess Elisabetta "Lili" of Austria-Este (1987) Archduchess Anna Astrid of Austria-Este (2016) 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 attended  Sint-Jan-Berchmans School in Brussel{ Source }. In 2016-2017, she began attending Bromsgrove School  { Source } As she is 10th and so distantly in line for the throne after her four cousins, mother, two brothers and two

The Lady Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia Windsor  was born 23 April 1981 as the second child and only daughter of Prince Michael of Kent & Princess Michael of Kent { Source }. She has a brother, sister-in-law and two nieces{ Source }: Lord Fredrick Windsor (1979) Lady Fredrick Windsor (m. 2009) Miss Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina Windsor (2013) Miss Isabella Alexandra May Windsor (2016) Gabriella was educated in England and the United States { Source }. Her primary education was at Downe House School in England { Source }. She graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor's degree in Comparative Literature in 2004 { Source }. In 2012, she obtained a MPhil in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford's Linacre College { Source }. She is currently a freelance journalist. She is related to both Queen Elizabeth II (through her paternal grandfather, they are 1st cousins 1x removed) and Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh (through her paternal grandmother,