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 }

 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) Aliana-Maria Binder (civil 2017, religious in 2018) 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 L...

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 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...

Stefano Ercole Carlo Casiraghi-Borromeo was born 27 Februrary 2017 as the first child of Pierre Casiraghi and his wife, Beatrice Borromeo-Casiraghi { Source }. He is the younger paternal grandson of Princess Caroline of Hanover and Stefano Casiraghi and a grandson of Conte Carlo Ferdinando Borromeo and Countess Paola Marzotto { Source }. Unlike his paternal cousin, Raphael, he has not made a debut at any events in Monaco.  he is named: Stefano: For his paternal grandfather that died when his father was young Ercole: Italian for Hero Carlo: For his maternal grandfather He is distantly in succession for the throne of Monaco, in 5th place after his father's two cousins, his uncle Andrea and his father. (NO, Tatiana's children are not in succession)

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...

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 Viktoria-Luise of Prussia (...

Austria -Archduchess Magdalena celebrated her 2nd birthday on Saturday. Belgium -King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, King Albert II, Queen Paola, Princess Astrid, The Archduchess of Austria-Este, Prince Lorenz, The Archduchess of Austria-Este, Princess Marie-Esmeralda  & Princess Lea attended a mass in memory of the deceased members of the royal family on Tuesday { Photos } -King Philippe attended the swearing in ceremony of the new minister of labor on Wednesday { Photos }. On Friday, he held a luncheon with representatives from Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania and Chad { Photos } -Queen Mathilde visited Opvoedingsproject on Thursday { Photos } -Prince Amedeo, Archduke of Austria-Este celebrated his 32nd birthday on Wednesday. -Katharine, The Duchess of Kent celebrated her 85th birthday on Thursday. Bhutan -King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck celebrated his 37th birthday on Wednesday. Denmark -Queen Margrethe II, Crown Prince Fredrik, Crown Princess Mary,...

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 3r...

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) Éric Quérénet-Onfroy de Breville (1971, m. 2009) Elvire Quérénet-Onfroy de Breville (2010) Augustin Quérénet-Onfroy de Breville (2013) 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 Sta...

Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy was born 24 February 1940 as the third child of The Prince and Princess of Piedmont who were later King Umberto II & Princess Marie José de Belgique { Source }. She has two older siblings and a younger sister{ Source }: Princess Maria Pia Elena Elisabetta Margherita Milena Mafalda Ludovica Tecla Gennara of Bourbon-Parma (1934) Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (m 1955) Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia (1958) Prince Michael of Yugoslavia (1958) Prince Sergius Wladimir Emanuel Marie of Yugoslavia (1963)   Princess Helene Olga Lydia Tamara Maria of Yugoslavia (1963) Thierry Gaubert (m. 1988) Milena Maria-Pia Angelique Armaule Gaubert (1988) Nastasia Marie José Tania Vanessa Isabelle Gaubert (1991) Leopold Umberto Armand Michel Gaubert (1997 Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937) Marina, Princess of Naples (1935, m. 1971) Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice (1972) Clotilde, Princess of Venice (1972)...

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...

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 ...

Princess Madeleine Aurelia Viktoria Carin of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony   was born 22 Februrary 2017 as the youngest of three children of Hubertus Michael, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony & Kelly, Hereditary Princess of of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony { Source }. She has two older siblings{ Source } Princess Katharina Victoria Elizabeth Cheryl of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (2014) Prince Philipp Hubertus Andreas Christian of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (2015) She was baptized in July 2017 with the following as her godparents: Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia Princess Anna of Bavaria Alexandra-Nadejda Chrobok Raposo de Magalhães Countess Clémence von der Schulenburg Count Benedikt von Abensperg und Traun Princess Madeleine was named:   Madeline: likely a name her parents liked Aurelia: likely a name her parents liked Viktoria: for her great grandmother, Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth C...

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) Dorot...

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 of Bhutan  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; Pat...

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) Ben...

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 and an upcoming new sibling very soon{ Source }: Prince Nicolas Paul Gustaf of Sweden, The Duke of Ångermanland (2015) Prince/ss of Sweden (2018) 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 t...

Ian Carl  Gerard, Friherre de Greer af Finspäng   was born 20 Februrary 2002 as the middle child and elder son of Hans Louis Gerard , Friherre de Greer af Finspäng and Kristina Louise Ewa Madeleine Silfverschiold , Baroness Silfverschiold { Source } . He has an older sister and younger brother{ Source }:  Estelle Louise Désirée Gerard, Friherinna de Greer af Finspäng (2000) Fred Louis Gerard, Friherre de Greer af Finspäng (2004) He is a great nephew of King Carl XVI Gustaf, but due to restrictions in succession to solely his desendants, Ian is not in succession for the Swedish throne. However, he is distantly in succession for the British throne as a descendant of Queen Victoria. His maternal grandparents are Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiold & Nils-August Otto Carl Nicolas Silfverschiold , Baron Silfverschiold { Source } It is likely that he will lead a fairly normal life. He shares a birthday with his second cousin, Princess Leonore of Sweden, T...