Royal Recap:Year in Review and 2019 Predictions and Happenings

There is probably a bunch of stuff I missed, so if I missed something big or you can fill in an unknown, please let me know.

Royal Babies:

Unknown date:


  • Alexander Edgar "Orly" Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles & Annika Elizabeth Lascelles, Viscountess Lascelles welcomed their first child(his second), a daughter named Ivy, sometime in 2018. Ivy joins older half-brother 10 year old  Leo Cyrus Anthony Lascelles, from her father's previous relationship. Little Ivy is presently 58th in line for the British throne {Source}. As the daughter of a Viscount and granddaughter of an earl, she is entitled to the style The Hon. Ivy Lascelles and when her father becomes The 9th Earl of Harewood, she will be styled as The Lady Ivy Lascelles. 

January:

21st:

  • Ashley Louis David Hicks & Katalina Sharkey de Solis Hicks welcomed their first child, Caspian William Donald Sebastian Hicks {Source}. Through his father, he has two older half sisters, Angelica and Ambrosia, and is distantly in succession for the British throne, through his mother he is eligible for American citizenship. 
February:

4th


  • Sophie Eila Brandram Voelcker & Humphrey Voelcker welcomed their first child, a boy, named Maximilian Walter Voelcker. Maximilian is distantly in succession for the British throne through his mother.
7th:

  •  Prince Hamzah bin Al-Hussein of Jordan and Princess Basma bint al-Hussein of Jordan welcomed their fourth daughter, Princess Nafisa bint al-Hussein of Jordan. Princess Nafisa is the sixth granddaughter of King Hussein and Queen Noor, and 10th grandchild overall.
20th:

  • Princess Amélia of Orléans-Braganza and James Spearman welcomed their second child Nicholas Rafael William Spearman {Source

22nd
  • Prince Ernest-August of Hanover and Ekaterina Malysheva welcomed their first child, a little girl, naming her Princess Elisabeth  Tatiana Maximiliana Iacobella Faiza of Hanover. Princess Elisabeth is distantly in succession for the British throne (400+) and the first grandchild of Prince Ernest August V of Hanover and his former wife, Chantal, Princess of Hanover {Source}.

25th
  • Prince Philip of Yugoslavia and Princess Danica of Yugoslavia welcomed their first child, a son, named Prince Stefan of Yugoslavia {Source}. Prince Stefan follows his father in the line for the former Yugoslavian throne in third position, as well as distantly for the British throne.

March:

1st

  • Ellen Lascelles and her partner Michael G. Hermans welcomed their second child together, Penny Moon Hermans. Penny joins big brother Jack Marley Hermans and is not in succession for the British throne as she is illegitimate{Source}.

9th
  • Princess Madeleine & Christopher Paul O'Neill welcomed their third child, a girl{Source}. They named their third child and second daughter, Princess Adrienne Josephine Alice of Sweden, The Duchess of Blekinge {Source}. The little princess is currently 10th in succession for the Swedish throne after four cousins, her aunt and uncle, her mother and two older siblings. She is also the 7th grandchild and third granddaughter for The King and Queen of Sweden. She also is distantly in succession for the British throne as well, as a greatx4 granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Her name, like her mother's, is French inspired, and her last name "Alice" is in honor of her great grandmother, Alice Sommerlath, who died on 9 March 1997, approximately 21 years before Princess Adrienne's birth. She joins four year old Princess Leonore and 2 year old Prince Nicholas. 
15th:
  • Louise Alexandra Patricia Nicolson-Morshead & Charles Christopher Thomas Morshead welcomed their second son,  Frederick Charles Merlin Nicolson-Morshead. He joins older brother Rory Thomas Malise Nicolson-Morshead. Through his maternal grandmother, he is distantly in succession for the British throne.

April

Unknown day

  • Prince Constantine de Nassau and his girlfriend Katy welcomed their first child, Felix de Nassau sometime in April. Felix is a first cousin of Zeno Wims and the 13th great grandchild of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg.


23rd

  • Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge & Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge welcomed their third child, a boy {Source}. They named their third child, Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge{Source}. The child is currently 5th in succession after his grandfather, father, and two older siblings. The little child joins 4 year 9 month old Prince George and 2 years, 11 months and three weeks old Princess Charlotte. He is the sixth great grandchild and 2nd great grandson of Queen Elizabeth & The Duke of Edinburgh. The little prince also shares a birthday with Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este and his 2nd cousin 2x removed via King George V, Lady Gabriella Windsor.

May

21st

  • Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi and Beatrice Borromeo-Casiraghi welcomed their second son, Francesco Carlo Albert Casiraghi  {Source}. Little Francesco joins almost 15 month old big brother, Stefano Ercole Carlo Casiraghi, and is currently 6th in succession for the throne (Jacques, Gabriella, Caroline, Andrea, Pierre, Stefano, Francesco...Tatiana's children are not in succession) before his aunt Charlotte
June:

5th

  • Princess Marie-Gabrielle de Nassau and Mr. Antonius Benedikt Clemens Douglas Emanuel Wilms welcomed their first child, Master Zeno Wilms. Zeno is the first grandchild of Prince Jean of Luxembourg and the 12th great-grandchild of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg.
7th:
  • Juliet Victoria Katharine Nicolson and Simon Alexander Rood welcomed their first child, Albert Alexander Gordon Nicolson-Rood. Through his maternal grandmother, he is distantly in succession for the British throne. Just a few months earlier, his family welcomed his first cousin Frederick.

18th

  • Zara Anne Elizabeth Philips Tindall and Michael James Tindall welcomed their second child, a little girl {Source}. The little girl is a 7th great-granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh and a fourth granddaughter of The Princess Royal. The little girl joins big sister, Mia, and is currently 19th in succession for the British throne. On 26th of June, her name was revealed as Lena Elizabeth Tindall {Source
July:


August:

1st:


  • Princess Tamara Laura Czartoryska &  Lourenco de Castro de Vasconcelos e Sa welcomed their first child, Liam August  de Castro de Vasconcelos e Sa.
September:


October:


9th:
  • Prince Jean d'Orléans, Duke of Vendome & Maria Magdalena Philomena Juliana Johanna de Tornos y Steinhart welcomed their fifth child together, and third daughter, Princess Jacinthe Élisabeth-Charlotte Marie d'Orleans. Princess Jacinthe joins older siblings Prince Gaston, Princess Antoinette, Princess Louise-Marguerite and Prince Joseph{Source}

14th:

  • Archduke Imre & Archduchess Kathleeen welcomed daughter #3, Archduchess Juliana of Austria {Source} Julianna joins big sisters Maria-Stella and Magdalena.
23rd:

  • Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi and Dimitri Rassam welcomed their first child together, a son{Source}{Source}. Currently, their son is not in succession for the Monegasque throne due to his parents not being married. However, once they do marry in the spring of 2019 (or eventually), he will be in 8th place after his mother. He joins older maternal half brother Raphaël Elmaleh and older paternal half-sister Darya Rassam. He makes the fourth grandson for Princess Caroline of Hanover (Stefano, Francesco, Raphael. Tatiana's three children are not Caroline's grandchildren)
28th:

  • Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al-Khalifa and Sheikha Sheikha bint Mohammed al-Maktoum welcomed their fourth child, Hamdan. Hamdan joins older siblings, Sheema  (2010), Hamad (2012) & Mohammad (2012).

November:

22nd:


  • Hereditary Prince Christian of Furstenberg & Hereditary Princess Jeanette of Furstenberg welcomed their third child, Prince Tristan Maximilian Egon Maria Paul Andreas of Furstenberg. Prince Tristan shares a birthday with his father and was also welcomed by older siblings four year old Prince Tassilo  of Furstenberg and three year old Princess Cecilia  of Furstenberg.
December:

26th:


  • Prince Michael of Yugoslavia and Princess Ljubica of Yugoslavia welcomed their first child, a girl. Princess Natalija of Yugoslavia joins older half cousins, Victoria Maire esme Margarita de Silva and Princess Marja of Yugoslavia as granddaughters of Prince Tomislav and Princess Linda of Yugoslavia {Source}


Royal Baptisms and Christenings

January
February
March
April
May
June

8th:
  • Princess Adrienne Josephine Alice of Sweden, The Duchess of Blekinge was christened with the following godparents{Source}:
    • Miss Anouska d'Abo (paternal cousin, her father is Henry d'Abo, who is a godparent of Prince Nicholas, her mother Tatjana d'Abo is a godmother to Princess Leonore)
    • Mrs Coralie Charriol Paul (friend of both Madeline and Chris's)
    • Mr. Nader Panahpour (childhood pal of Chris's)
    • Friherre Gustav Thott (Madeleine was in his wedding to Leonroe's godmother Louise Gottlieb recently, a friend of the Swedish RF)
    • Mrs. Charlotte Kreuger Cederlund (close friend of Princess Madeleine, their parents are friends)
    • Mrs. Natalie Werner (longtime pal of Madeleine's) 
July

9th:

  • Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge was christened with the following as his godparents{Source}:
    • Nicholas van Cutsem (friend of his father-his daughter, Grace van Cutsem, was in the couple's wedding. his niece was in the wedding of The Duke and Duchess of Sussex)
    • Guy Pelly (close pal of his father's)
    • Harry Aubrey-Fletcher (close friend of his father's)
    • Lady Laura Meade (family friend-her husband is godfather to Princess Charlotte)
    • Hannah Gillingham Carter (university pal of his mother)
    • Lucy Middleton (maternal 1st cousin 1x removed, her brother Adam is a godfather to Princess Charlotte)
August:


September:

  • Master Zeno Philippe Leopold Marcus d'Aviano Wims was baptized with the following godparents:
    • Prince Carl-Johan de Nassau (maternal uncle)
    • Ms. Marie-Caroline Gamazo-Hohenlohe (paternal aunt)
October:

Unknown date;
  • Princess Elisabeth Tatiana Maximiliana Iacobella Faiza of Hanover was christened with the following as her godmothers {Source}:
    • Tatinana Santo Domingo (she just needs to go away already!)
    • Maximiliana, Countess Douglas
    •  Iacobella Gaetani
    • Faiza s'Lika 

12th:

  • Princess Jacinthe Élisabeth-Charlotte Marie d'Orleans was baptized with the following godparents{Source}:
    • Princess Maria-Immaculata of Lichtenstein (her first cousin)
    • Prince Pierre d'Orléans (her first cousin)
    • Prince Charles Philippe, Duke of Anjou (father's first cousin)
    • The Duchess of Gramont
    • Princess Silvia d'Arenberg
    • Count Herve de Solages

November
December

Major Royal Birthdays & Anniversaries

January:

1st:
  • Princess Maria Chiara of Bourbon-Two Sicilies celebrated becoming a teenager.
4th:
  • Countess Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg celebrated her 30th birthday.
5th:
  • King Juan Carlos I of Spain celebrated his 80th birthday.
9th:
  • George Windsor, The Earl of St. Andrews & Sylvana Palma Windsor, The Countess of St Andrews celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary.
13th
  • Princess Maria Luisa of Bulgaria celebrated her 85th birthday.
  • Master Tommaso Janssens celebrated becoming a teenager.
15th:
  • Mister Antoine de Massy celebrated his 21st birthday.
  • Don Iñaki Urdangarín y Liebaert celebrated his 50th birthday.
17th:
  • Miss María de las Mercedes Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo celebrated her 18th birthday.
19th:
  • Princess Margriet of the Netherlands celebrated her 75th birthday.

20th:
  • Mister Carlos Hugo Roderik Sybren Klynstra de Bourbon-de Parme celebrated his 21st birthday.
  • Queen Mathilde of Belgium celebrated her 45th birthday.
22nd:
  • Prince Nayef bin Asem of Jordan celebrated her 20th birthday.
23rd:
  • Miss Imogen Mary Lascelles celebrated her 20th birthday.
25th:
  • Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Emir of Abu Dhabi celebrated his 70th birthday.
28th:
  • Mr. Erling Sven Lorentzen celebrated his 95th birthday.
  • Princess Ameerah Wardatul Bolkiah of Brunei celebrated her 10th birthday.
29th:
  • Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein &Princess Angela of Liechtenstein celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary.
30th:
  • Prince Hashem of Jordan celebrated becoming a teenager.
  • Princess Cornelie-Cecile of Prussia celebrated her 40th birthday.
  • King Felipe VI of Spain celebrated his 50th birthday.
31st:
  • Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands celebrated her 80th birthday.
February:

2nd:
  • Archduke Christoph Henri Alexander Maria Marcus d'Aviano of Austria celebrated his 30th birthday.
3rd:
  • Princess Angela of Liechtenstein celebrated her 60th birthday.
15th:
  • Archduke Emmanuel Achatius Franz Alexander of Austria celebrated his 10th birthday.
17th:
  • Princess Olga Sophie of Hanover celebrated her 60th birthday.
22nd:
  • Katharine Lucy Mary Windsor, The Duchess of Kent celebrated her 85th birthday.
  • Princess Madeleine of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony celebrated her 1st birthday.
28th:
  • Master Stefano Ercole Carlo Casiraghi-Borromeo celebrated his 1st birthday.
March:

3rd:
  • The Infanta Maria Francisca de Herédia de Bragança of Portugal celebrated her 21st birthday.
4th:
  • Prince Paul Louis Jean Marie Guillaume de Nassau celebrated his 20th birthday.
7th:
  • Sophie Johanna Maria, Princess of Prussia celebrated her 40th birthday.
12th:
  • Master Benjamin Pieter Floris van Vollenhoven celebrated his 10th birthday.
14th:
  • Prince Albert II of Monaco celebrated his 60th birthday.
15th:
  • Prince Max Emmanuel of Thurn and Taxis & Princess Christa Ingeborg of Thurn and Taxis celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary.
25th:
  • Baron Philipp von Lattorff celebrated his 50th birthday.
26th:
  • Countess Luana van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouw van Amsberg celebrated becoming a teenager.
27th:
  • Princess Aisha bint Al Faisal of Jordan celebrated her 21st birthday.
  • Princess Sara bint Al Faisal of Jordan celebrated her 21st birthday.
April:

8th:
  •  Miss Leah Isadora Behn celebrated becoming a teenager.
10th:
  • Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein celebrated her 45th birthday.
15th:
  • Master Leopold Christian Ingolf Rosanes af Rosenborg celebrated becoming a teenager.
16th:
  • Princess Eléonore of Belgium celebrated her 10th birthday.
17th:
  • Prince Maurits van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven celebrated his 50th birthday. 
24th:
  • Princess Iman of Jordan celebrated her 35th birthday.
26th:
  • Master Augustin Crépy celebrated becoming a teenager.

May:

2nd:
  • Prince Léopold Guillaume Marie Joseph de Nassau celebrated his 18th birthday.
  • Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine Maria da Gloria de Nassau celebrated her 18th birthday.

3rd:
  • Mrs. Autumn Patrica Kelly Philips celebrated her 40th birthday.
10th:
  • Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco celebrated her 40th birthday.
12th:
  • Princess Isabelle Roxane Christine d'Orléans celebrated becoming a teenager. 
13th:
  • Mister Lukas Maria von Lattorff  celebrated his 18th birthday.
17th:
  • Mr. Peter Mark Andrew Philips & Mrs. Autumn Patricia Kelly Philips celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary.
18th:
  • Prince Benedikt of Liechtenstein celebrated his 10th birthday.
20th:
  • Don Luis Beltrán Ataúlfo Alfonso Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón celebrated his 45th birthday.

24th:
  • Prince Joachim of Denmark & Princess Marie of Denmark celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary.
25th:
  • Master Samuel Bernhard Louis van Vollenhoven  celebrated becoming a teenager. 
26th:
  • Crown Prince Fredrik André Henrik Christian of Denmark celebrated his 50th birthday.
30th:
  • Prince Maurits van Oranje-Nassau & Princess Marilène van Oranje-Nassau celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary.
31st:
  • Miss Felicia van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven celebrated becoming a teenager. 

June:

2nd:

  • Princess Désirée of Sweden, Baroness Silfverschiöld celebrated her 80th birthday.

4th:

  • Mister Christian Alexander Mowatt celebrated his 25th birthday.

5th:

  • Doña Irene Urdangarín y de  Bórbon celebrated becoming a teenager.
  • Mister Ludwig Christian Mikael Rosanes af Rosenborg celebrated his 18th birthday.

6th:

  • Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Countess von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth & Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary.
  • Prince Bernhard van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven & Princess Annette van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary.

8th:

  • Prince Berhard van Orange-Nassau & Princess Annette van Orange-Nassau celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary.

9th:
  • Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark celebrated her 35th birthday. 
  • Crown Prince Naruhito & Crown Princess Masako of Japan celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.
10th:

  • Lord Hugh Alexander Carnegie celebrated his 25th birthday.
  • King Abdullah II bin Hussein of Jordan & Queen Rania of Jordan celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.

11th:
  • Prince Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein celebrated his 50th birthday.
12th:
  • Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg celebrated her 50th birthday.
  • Miss Christine Knecht de Massy celebrated her 18th birthday.


18th:
  • Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia celebrated his 60th birthday.
  • Prince Michael of Yugoslavia celebrated his 60th birthday.
  • Countess Margherita Ginevra Maria von und zu Arco-Zinneberg celebrated her 35th birthday.

19th:
  • Master Theodor Christian Emanuel Rosanes af Rosenborg celebrated his 10th birthday.
21st:
  • Prince Charles Louis, Duke of Chartres & Iléana Manos celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary.
22nd:
  • Prince Hubertus von Thurn und Taxis celebrated his 45th birithday.
24th:
  • Albert II, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis celebrated his 35th birthday.
26th:
  • Princess Alexia of the Netherlands celebrated becoming a teenager. 
  • Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto celebrated his 25th birthday.

29th:
  • Prince Aristide Stavros of Greece & Denmark celebrated his 10th birthday.
30th:
  • Prince Michael of Kent & Princess Michael of Kent celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary.
July:

1st:
  • Master Luis Felipe Gómez-Acebo y Ponte celebrated becoming a teenager. 
  • Miss Laura Gómez-Acebo y Ponte celebrated becoming a teenager. 
2nd:
  • King Albert II of Belgium & Queen Paola of Belgium celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
4th:
  • Princess Rayet bint Al Hashim of Jordan celebrated her 10th birthday.
8th:

  • Prince Ernest August Andreas of Hanover & Princess Ernest August of Hanover (Ekaterina Malysheva) celebrated their 1st wedding anniversary.


15th:
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum celebrated his 70th birthday.
  • Miss Camille Marie Kelly Gottlieb celebrated her 20th birthday.
  • Miss Miranda Rose Lascelles celebrated her 18th birthday.
  • Prince Djordje Karadjordjevic of Yugoslavia & Fallon Rayman celebrated their 1st wedding anniversary.{Source}
  • Lord Max Percy & Princess Nora zu Oettingen-Spielberg  celebrated their 1st wedding anniversary.{Source}
17th:
  • Don Felipe Juan de Marichalar y de Borbón celebrated his 20th birthday.
19th:
  • Prince Ernst August Andreas  of Hanover celebrated his 35th birthday.
  • The Lady Rose Louise Gilman & Mr. George Gilman celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary.
20th:
  • Crown Prince Haakon of Norway celebrated his 45th birthday.
22nd:
  • Prince Constantin de Nassau celebrated his 30th birthday.

23rd:
  • Princess Georgina of Liechtenstein celebrated becoming a teenager.
30th:
  • Mr. James Robert Bruce Ogilvy & Mrs. Julia Caroline Ogilvy celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary.
  • Master Carlos Morales y de Grecia celebrated becoming a teenager.
31st:
  • Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria, The Countess of Limburg-Stirum celebrated her 35th birthday.
August:

3rd:

  • Princess Christina of Sweden, Mrs. Magnusson celebrated her 75th birthday

4th:

  • Miss Alexandra Léopoldine Moncada celebrated her 20th birthday.

5th:

  • Miss Carina Axelsson celebrated her 50th birthday.
8th:

  • Princess Beatrice of York celebrated her 30th birthday.


9th:
  • Don Alfonso Juan Carlos Zurita y de Borbón celebrated his 45th birthday.

11th:
  • Princess Mabel van Oranje-Nassau celebrated her 50th birthday.

12th:

  • Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece & Denmark celebrated his 18th birthday.


14th:

  • Princess Elena of Romania & His Excellency Alexander Philips Nixon McAteer celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary.

15th:
  • Miss Elisabeta-Maria  Bianca Elena de Roumanie Biarneix celebrated her 20th birthday.

19th:
  • Crown Princess Mette-Marit  of Norway celebrated her 45th birthday.

25th:
  • Prince Pieter-Christiaan van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven & Princess Anita van Oranje-Nassau  celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary.

26th:
  • Princess Maria-Laura of Belgium Archduchess of Austria-Este celebrated her 30th birthday.

29th:
  • King Harald V of Norway & Queen Sonja of Norway celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
30th:
  • Archduchess Sophia of Austria celebrated her 1st birthday.
31st:
  • Prince Gabriel Carl Walther of Sweden, The Duke of Dalarna celebrated his 1st birthday.
September:

1st:
  • Miss Sienna Rose Ambler celebrated her 18th birthday.
2nd:
  • Princess Marie-Gabrielle de Nassau and Mr. Antonius Willms celebrated their 1st wedding anniversary.
3rd:
  • Miss Julia Carolina Catharina ten Cate celebrated her 10th birthday.
8th:
  • Freiherr Sebastian Eric Henning Freiherr von Dincklage celebrated his 18th birthday.

9th:
  • Doña Victoria Federica de Marichalar y de Borbón celebrated her 18th birthday. 
14th:
  • Estelle Louise Désirée Gerard, Friherinna de Greer af Finspäng celebrated her 18th birthday.
15th:

  • Prince Daniel of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland celebrated his 45th birthday.
17th:
  • Crown Princess Marie-Chantal Claire of Greece, Princess of Denmark celebrated her 50th birthday. 
19th:
  • The Hon. Benjamin George Lascelles celebrated his 40th birthday.
20th:
  • Hélène Ingeborg Sibylla SilfverschioldBaroness Silfverschiold celebrated her 50th birthday.

26th:
  • Princess Salma of Jordan celebrated her 18th birthday. 
29th:
  • Miss Emma Tallulah Behn celebrated her 10th birthday.

October:

2nd:

  • Don Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y Martínez de Irujo, 19th Duke of Alba de Tormes celebrated his 50th birthday.

4th:

  • Infanta Cristina of Spain & Iñaki Urdangarín y Liebaert celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary.
  • Prince Emmanuel of Belgium celebrated becoming a teenager.


8th:

  • David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linely & The Lady Serena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linely celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.

15th:

  • Princess Alexandra of Greece celebrated her 50th birthday.
  • Prince Christian of Denmark celebrated becoming a teenager.


16th:

  • Prince Pedro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, The Duke of Calabria celebrated his 50th birthday.
  • Mister Tigran Mirzayantz celebrated his 20th birthday.


18th:

  •  Georg von Habsburg & Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary.
  • Miss Andrea Knecht de Massy celebrated her 10th birthday.


21st:

  • Marie Marguerite, The Duchess of Anjou celebrated her 35th birthday.

22nd:

  • Prince Omar bin Al Faisal of Jordan celebrated his 25th birthday.
  • Prince Floris van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven & Princess Aimée van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary.


29th:
  • Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece & Denmark celebrated his 20th birthday.

30th:

  • Miss Victoria Antonia Marie-Astrid-Lydia von Österreich-de Bourbon-Parme  celebrated her 1st birthday.
31st:
  • Doña María de Fátima Simoneta Luisa Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón celebrated her 50th birthday.
  • Prince Carlo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro & Princess Camilla of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, The Duchess of Castro celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary.
  • The Infanta Doña Leonor de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz, Princess of Asturias, Princess of Girona, Princess of Viana, Duchess of Montblanc, Countess of Cervera and Lady of Balaguer celebrated becoming a teenager.

 November

2nd:
  • Queen Sofia of Spain celebrated her 80th birthday.
3rd:
  • Prince Philippe Jacques Nicolas d'Orléans celebrated his 20th birthday.
6th:
  • Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel celebrated her 35th birthday.
10th:
  • Mrs. Irina Walker & Mr. John Wesley Walker celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary.
11th:
  • Mrs. Azaea Beatrice Corvalán-Reyna y de Saboya celebrated her 45th birthday.
12th:
  • Princess Sofia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies celebrated her 10th birthday.
13th:
  • Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia celebrated her 75th birthday.
14th:
  • The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George of Wales celebrated his 70th birthday.
  • Miss Camilla Katharina Maria von Lattorff celebrated becoming a teenager.
19th:
  • Master Pieter Anton Maurits Erik van Vollenhoven celebrated his 10th birthday.
23rd:
  • Master Guillermo Gómez-Acebo y Cano celebrated becoming a teenager.
24th:
  • Miss Anastasia Caroline Amalie Rosanes af Rosenborg celebrated her 21st birthday.

December:

1st:

  • Miss Tallulah Grace Lascelles celebrated becoming a teenager.
2nd:
  • Edward Edmund Maximilian George Windsor, Lord Downpatrick celebrated his 30th birthday.
3rd:
  • Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway celebrated becoming a teenager.
6th:

  • Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein celebrated his 18th birthday.
  • Don Pablo Nicolás Urdangarín y de Bórbon celebrated his 18th birthday.
  • Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria, Countess of Limburg-Stirum & Count Rodolphe of Limburg-Stirum celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary.
7th:
  • Princess Bhajara Kittiyabha of Thailand celebrated her 40th birthday.

13th:
  • Prince Nicolas of Belgium  celebrated becoming a teenager.
  • Prince Aymeric Prince of Belgium celebrated becoming a teenager.
23rd:
  • Emperor Akihito of Japan celebrated his 80th birthday.
  • Queen Silvia of Sweden celebrated her 75th birthday.
28th:
  • Princess Clotilde Jacqueline Charlotte Marie d'Orléans celebrated her 50th birthday.

Royal Marriages:

January:
February
March:

16th


  • Prince Christian Hanover & Alessandra de Osma celebrated their religious wedding ceremony.
April
May

19th:

  • Prince Harry married Meghan Markle at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Their official title was announced that morning as: His Royal Highness Prince Henry,  The Duke of Sussex, The Earl of Dumbarton, Baron Kilkeel &  Meghan, The  Duchess of Sussex, The Countess of Dumbarton, Baroness  Kilkeel {Source}
The Duke of Sussex was last used by Prince Augustus Frederick, the third son of King George III. The Earl of Dumbarton was last used by Major-General George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton and is from Scotland.
Baron Kilkeel is a newly minted title for the royal couple from Northern Ireland.

June:

21-22nd:

  • Princess Noor bint Asem bin Nayef of Jordan married Amr Zedan
July
August:

25th:
  • Countess Camilla af Rosenborg married for the second time to Ivan Ottesen{Source}
September:

15th:
  •  Princess Helene of Yugoslavia, Mrs. Stanislas Fougeron married Stanislas Fougeron.
Princess Helene is a granddaughter of Princess Olga of Yugoslavia, and a distant relative of The Duke of Kent and his siblings (her grandmother Olga, and their mother, Marina, were sisters). Princess Helene has three children with her ex-husband,  Thierry Gaubert: Milena  Gaubert, Nastasia Gaubert  & Leopold Gaubert.

30th:


  • Nicholas de Roumanie Medforth-Mills & Alina-Maria Binder celebrated their religious wedding ceremony.
29th:

  • Countess Anna Therese Marie von und zu Arco-Zinneberg, Mrs. Colin McKenzie married Mr. Colin McKenzie

Countess Anna Therese von und zu Arco-Zinneberg, Mrs. Colin McKenzie is a niece of Prince Lorenz of Belgium, The Archduke of Austria-Este and Princess Astrid of Belgium, The Archduchess of Austria-Este.
October:

12th:

  • Princess Eugenie of York married Jack Brooksbank, effectively becoming HRH Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena, Mrs. Jack Brooksbank. Jack did not receive a title from Queen Elizabeth, however he is a heir to the Brooksbank baronet.

20th:

  • Duchess Sophie of Württemberg married Count Maximilien d'Andigné

29th:

  • Princess Ayako of Takamado married Kei Moriya on Monday {Source}.
Due to her marriage, per Imperial Household law, she gave up her royal status she is now known as Mrs. Kei Moriya.


November
December

Royal Engagements

Date Unknown:


  • Archduchess Eleonore of Austria got engaged to Jérôme D'Ambrosio
January:

22:
  • Princess Eugenie of York announced her engagement to Jack Brooksbank {Source}
February:

21:
  • Louis Robert Paul Ducruet announced his engagement to Marie Chevallier{Source}.  In July. Marie announced they will marry in 2019 {Source}
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November:


13:

  • Flora Alexandra Ogilvy announced her engagement to Timothy Vesterberg{Source}
Flora Ogilvy is presently in 53rd position for the British throne, so no Royal Approval is required (just  for the top six, three of who are married, the other three who are minors: Charles, William, George, Charlotte, Louis, Harry)
16:


  • King Constantine II & Queen Anne-Marie of Greece announced the engagement of Princess Theodora of Greece & Denmark to Matthew Kumar{Source}.

December

20:
  • Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum  got engaged to  Sheikha Maryam bint Butti al-Maktoum

Royal Deaths:

January:

February


13th:

25th:


March
April
May

4th:

5th:

  • Prince Franz Alexander von Isenburg died at the age of 74
Prince Franz Alexander was survived by his five children, Sophie, Princess of Prussia and Archduchess Katharina of Austria, Princess Isabelle of Wied, Prince Alexander and Prince Viktor, grandfather of 14 children and his wife, Christine Gräfin von Saurma
9th:
The dukedom will now pass to his son, The Hereditary Duke Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Philipp Albrecht Nikolaus Erich Maria Herzog von Württemberg after the death of the current duke.
10th: 
  • Hubertus Stephan died at the age of 47.
Hubertus's wife is a great-niece of The Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Tatjana Luise zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, who was The Duke of Edinburgh's sister Princess Margarita's granddaughter. In addition to his wife, he leaves behind two sons- six year old Carl and 4.5 year old Wolf. His sons reportedly witnessed the incident.



June

9th:

  • Prince Georg-Constantin of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach died at the age of 41.
19th:



July

7th:

August
September
October
November

3rd

December


Predictions for 2018: My predictions and how it turned out:
In 2017, I predicted the following for 2018, and here's how it turned out:
  • Finally the "divorce" of Andrea Casiraghi with Tatiana SD (5 years too long! Not that they were married anyway) (*taps foot* waiting for this announcement....)
  • Possible engagements for Andrea's cousins, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi and Louis Ducruet to their respective significant others, Marie Chevallier and Ian Mellancamp . Louis may marry by the end of 2018 as private no nonsense affair and Jazmin we may never know. (Louis announced his engagement on 21 February 2018!) As for Jazmin and Ian, according to her social media, they celebrated their 4th anniversary in 2018, and will soon celebrate their 5th anniversary...so maybe in 2019?
  • Possible a breaking off of Prince Harry's engagement...something about them just seems too off for me. (wrong here, but I give the marriage 3-5 years tops)
  • Possible engagement for Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank {called it! January 22, 2018! Wedding took place in October! Source}
  • Finally a baby for the Hereditary Grand Ducal Couple of Luxembourg, possibly due late summer or early fall, and announced in March, after her birthday. (off on my timing of this one!)

Things to look forward to in,& Predictions for 2019:
  • Wedding in summer for Louis Ducruet and Marie Chevallier, likely a private affair. (Marie announced on her instagram that the wedding will happen in 2019)
  • Finally the "divorce" of Andrea Casiraghi with Tatiana SD (5 years too long! Not that they were married anyway) (*taps foot* waiting for this announcement....)
  • Baby fever for the Sussexes and Yorks-I think both will bring new babies to the Mountbatten-Windsor fold quickly, likely sometime in late 2019 or early 2020. The Sussexes are expecting their first child in the spring of 2019, but I think Eugenie and Jack will wait until after this child is born to start their own family.
  • Prince Ernest August jr and his wife are expecting their second child, due in the spring
  • Don Luis Alfonso de Borbón, Duke of Anjou & Maria Margarita, The Duchess of Anjou are expecting their 3rd son and 4th child next year.
  • Ashley Louis David Hicks & Katalina Sharkey de Solis Hicks are expecting their second child together in early 2019.
  • Prince François d'Orléans, Count of Dreux & Theresa von Einsiedel are expecting their 2nd child sometime next year.
  • Don Luis Alfonso de Borbón y Martínez-Bordiu, Duke of Anjou&  Maria Margarita Vargas Santaella are expecting their fourth child, third son, in February
  • Charlotte Casiraghi will wed Dimitri Rassam....eventually....possibly around the same time as Andrea and Tatiana "divorce", possibly a double wedding with Louis? (kidding...unlikely).
  • Princess Theodora of Greece & Denmark will marry Matthew Kumar at some point, possibly.
  • Finally a baby for the Hereditary Grand Ducal Couple of Luxembourg, possibly due late summer or early fall, and announced in March, after her birthday.
  • A really public and messy divorce for Ashley Louis David Hicks & Katalina Sharkey de Solis Hicks, along with a lengthy custody battle for at least one of their kids

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