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 ...

Alexander Joaquim Pedro Spearman  was born 30 August 2016 as the first child of  Princess Amélia of Orléans-Braganza  & Mr Alexander James Spearman { Source }. He is the first grandchild of Princess Christine de Ligne, Princess of Orléans-Braganza & Prince Pedro of Orléans-Braganza .  His mother works as an architect, while his father works as an investement banker { Source }. It is likely he will lead a normal lifestyle. He is named: Alexander: his father, James Alexander Joaquim: the Portugese version of Joachim Pedro: for  Princess Amélia 's brother who died in a airplane crash in 2009

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, two brothers-in-law, three nephews, two nieces, several neices and nephews-in-law, and great nieces and great 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) Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944) Richard,6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Gustav, 7th Prince ...

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 Henrik Valdemar Christian of Denmark (2002) Prince Henrik Carl Joachim Alain of Denmark (2009) Princess Athena Marguerite Françoise Marie of Denmark (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 Bair...

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 primarily 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 }.Despite the rumors, her wedding ...

Austria -Archduchess Eilika  celebrated her 45th birthday on Tuesday. -Count Alessandro Czarnocki-Lucheschi  celebrated his 13th birthday on Thursday. Belgium -Princess Maria Laura  celebrated 29th birthday on Saturday. Brazil -Prince Rafael  of Orléans-Braganza  celebrated his 31st birthday on Thursday. Germany -Mafalda Beatrix Maria Wilson  celebrated her 2nd birthday on Monday. Great Britain -Prince Richard, The Duke of Gloucester  celebrated his 73rd birthday on Saturday. -The Lady Amelia Windsor  celebrated her 22nd birthday on Thursday. France - Gaetano Dailly  celebrated his 8th birthday on Friday. Jordan -Queen Noor al-Hussein  celebrated her 66th birthday on Wednesday. Monaco -K.  Sébastien Knecht de Massy  celebrated his 45th birthday on Thursday. -Alexandre Eric Stephane Coste-Grimaldi  celebrated his 14th birthday on Thursday. Moro...

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, Archduke of Austria-Este (1986) Archduchess Elisabetta "Lili" of Austria-Este (1987, m. 2014) Archduchess Anna Astrid of Austria-Este (2016) Prince Joachim, Archduke of Austria-Este (1991) ...

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...

Gaetano Dailly was born 25 August 2009 as the son of Princess Adélaïde d'Orléans &    Pierre-Louis Étienne Marcel Éric Dailly{ Source }. He has two older brothers{ Source }: Diego Marie Michel Dailly (2003) Almudena Marie Sarah Béatrice Aline Dailly (2004) He is a grandson of Prince Michel d'Orléans, Comte d'Evreux . He likely leads a fairly normal lifestyle.

Count Alessandro Czarnocki-Lucheschi  was born 24 August as the youngest son of    Count  Andrea Czarnocki-Lucheschi and Archduchess Isabella of Austria-Este { Source }. He has two older siblings{ Source }: Count Carlo Czarnocki-Lucheschi (2000) Countess Maria Anna Czarnocki-Lucheschi (2002) Other than this, very little is known about him. He likely leads a fairly normal life, and is a nephew of Prince Lorenz of Belgium, The Archduke of Austria-Este and Princess Astrid of Belgium, The Archduchess of Austria-Este.

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 attends school in either Paris or V...

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 and twenty-somethings, Amelia is active on Social media, most notably on Facebook ( DO NOT ask for her link). She attended St. Mary's School, Ascot. She is currently a student at The University of Edinburgh.

Prince Rafael Antonio Maria José Francisco Miguel Gabriel Gonzaga of Orléans-Braganza  was born 24 August 1986 as the second son of    Prince António of Orléans-Braganza   and Princess Christine of Orléans-Braganza, Princess de Ligne { Source }. He had an older brother, has an older sister, a brother-in-law, a nephew, and a younger sister{ Source }: Prince Pedro Luiz of Orléans-Braganza (1983-2009) Princess Amelia of Orléans-Braganza, Mrs. James Spearman (1986) James Alexander Spearman (m. 2014) Alexander Spearman (2016) Princess Maria Gabriela of Orléans-Braganza(1989) He was educated in Brazil, graduating from a Production Engineering program at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. He currently works for AmBev in Brazil. 

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{ Source }. 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 t...

Queen Noor al-Hussein,Queen Dowager of Jordan was born as 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 }.  She thought about earni...

Archduchess Eilika of Austria, Princess of Austria and Hungary, Duchess of Oldenburg was born 22 August 1972 as the daughter of Johann 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)

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-African Union and the Strate...

Belgium -Prince Gabriel  celebrated his 14th birthday on Sunday. Denmark -Prince Vincent & Princess Josephine   began their education at Tranegårdsskolen on Wednesday { Source }{ Source } side note: Prince Christian and Princess Isabella also began school here on the same day, but were not part of the first day of school photo op with their parents and younger siblings. The twins will also be in separate classes for the school year. -Countess Ingrid Alexandra von Pfeil  und Klein-Ellguth  celebrated her 14th birthday on Wednesday. Great Britain The Prince Charles of Wales & Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge   attended  the 2017 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo on Thursday { Source } -The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal  celebrated her 67th birthday on Tuesday. -Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina Windsor  celebrated her 4th birthday on Tuesday. -Gary Christie Lewis  celebrated his 47th birthday on Tu...

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 }: Princess Élisabeth of Belgium,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 in 2008, at Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege . 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 Brabant. He likely speaks Dutch,...

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway was born Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby on 19 August 1973{ Source }. Her parents divorced when she was young, but remarried{ Source } { Source } She has a sister, and two older brothers{ Source }. When her mother remarried in 1994, she gained at least a stepbrother. The Crown Princess completed her upper secondary education at Kristiansand Katedralskole in 1994{ Source }.During her time at upper secondary school, she spent a year abroad as an exchange student at Wangaratta High School in Australia{ Source }. Later the Crown Princess attended Bjørknes Private School { Source }. In 1997 she took Examen philosophicum (the preliminary university examination) as well as examinations in chemistry and information technology at Agder University College{ Source }. In 2000-2002, she studied ethics at the Faculty of Social Science and the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Oslo{ Source }. In 2003 the Crown Princess followed courses at the School of Or...