The Royal Fanzine

Stefano Ercole Carlo Casiraghi-Borromeo  was born 28 February 2017 as the first son of Pierre Casiraghi and Beatrice Borromeo-Casiraghi { Source }. Approximately 15 months after his birth, his parents welcomed their second child{ Source }: Francesco Carlo Albert Casiraghi-Borromeo(2018) He is a  first male-line grandchild of Princess Caroline of Hanover (Sacha, India and Maximilian ARE NOT Caroline's grandchildren ). He joined cousin Raphael, and was later joined by his brother and another cousin, Balthazar. He was named: Stefano: for his paternal grandfather, who died when his father was a youngster Ercole: Italian for Hero Carlo: His maternal grandfather

Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco was born 28 February 2007 as the second child of King Mohammed VI of Morocco and Princess Lalla Salma { Source }. She has an older brother { Source }: Crown Prince Mulay Al-Hasan of Morocco (2003) In honor 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. Princess Lalla Khadija joined her father and brother for an official presentation ceremony on Moroccan state-owned television channels { Source } In November 2018, she made her modeling debut with a cover of FMD Magazine { Source }

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 }

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 }: Princess Margareta, Custodian of the Crown 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 Lord and...

Countess Feodora Mathilde Helena af Rosenborg was born 27 February 1975 as 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, div before 2016) Julius Christian Emil Schmidt(2001) Clara Dorthe Elisabeth Schmidt (2004) Kenneth Schmidt Oscar Christian Schmidt af Rosenborg (2016) Countess Camilla af Rosenborg (1972) Mikael John Rosanes (1952, m. 1995, div 2016) Anastasia Caroline Amalie Rosanes(1997) Ludwig Christian Mikael Rosanes (2000) Leopold Christian Ingolf Rosanes (2005) Theodor Christian John Rosanes (2008)  Ivan Ottesen (m. 2016) 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 February 2009, she...

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 (m. 2017...

Prince Stefan of Yugoslavia was born 25 February 2018 as the first child of Prince Philip of Yugoslavia and Princess Danica of Yugoslavia { Source }. This male birth is the first one in the Royal Family in Serbia for 90 years when HRH Prince Tomislav was born in Belgrade, who was the brother of HM King Peter II, the grandfather of HRH Prince Philip{ Source }. He was baptized on 15 December 2018, with the following godparents { Source }: Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (paternal uncle) Mrs. Petra Lazarevic (friend of his parents) Mr. Dusan Antunovic (friend of his parents) In honor of his first birthday, a new portrait was released { Source }. In addition to being in succession for the Yugoslavian throne, he is distantly in succession for the British throne after his father { Source }

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 Margareta 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.

Austria -Archduchess Magdelena  celebrated her 3rd birthday on Sunday. Belgium -King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, King Albert II, Queen Paola & Prince Laurent  attended a Eucharistic mass in memory of the deceased members of the Royal Family on Tuesday { Photos }. -King Philippe  held an audience with rhetoric students from the Saint-Louis Institute on Thursday { Photos } -Prince Amedeo, Archduke of Austria-Este  celebrated his 33rd birthday on Thursday. Bhutan - King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck  celebrated his 39th birthday on Thursday. France -Princess Isabelle  d'Orléans  celebrated her 7th birthday on Friday. Denmark -Queen Margrethe II, Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Joachim & Princess Marie  attended a Memorial concert for Prince Henrik on Wednesday { Source } -Crown Prince Frederik  participated in a press conference at Copenhagen City Hall, where it was reveale...

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 and a younger sister{ Source }: Archduchess Maria-Stella Elizabeth Christiana Yolande Alberta of Austria (2013) Archduchess Juliana Marie-Christine Wilhelmina Margaret Astrid of Austria (2018) 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 sisters { Source }. Archduchess Magdalena was baptized in April 2016, again, with no word on who her godpar...

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) 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 Stanislas...

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 Vittoria of Savoy...

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 }. With the Succession of the Crown Act of 2013, she is also behind her mother in succession for the British throne, roughly in 300th place for the British throne{ 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 Netherl...

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 Elisabeth Tatiana Maximiliana Iacobella Faiza of Hanover was born 22 February 2018 as the first child of Hereditary Prince Ernst August of Hanover and Hereditary Princess Ekaterina of Hanover{ Source }. She was christened in Germany in October 2018, with the following godmothers { Source }: Tatiana Santo Domingo (ex-girlfriend of her father's step-brother, Andrea) Maximiliana, Countess Douglas (friend of her mother) Iacobella Gaetani (friend of her mother) Faiza s'Lika (friend of her mother) In the spring of 2019, she will become a big sister, reportedly to a brother { Source }. It is likely that she will lead a fairly normal life. She is distantly in succession for the British throne (think 500+) { Source }. If she had been born four days later, she would've shared a birthday with her paternal grandfather.

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 Carin: for her paternal grandmoth...

Princess Isabelle d'Orléans  was born 22 February 2012 as the only child of Prince Charles-Philippe d'Orléans, The Duke of Anjou and Dona Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo, Princess d'Orléans, 11th Duchess of Cadaval, Duchess of Anjou{ Source }. The young princess is named for her maternal great-grandmother, The Countess of Paris { Source }. Her godparents are: Princess Dora (Maria-Theodora) von Löwenstein King Felipe VI of Spain It is likely that she won't inherit her mother's titles and will lead a fairly normal life.

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 Arthin...

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. She has a younger sister{ 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) Dorothea ter Riet-...

Rowan Michael David Brudenell  was born 21 February 2001 as the youngest son of Edwina Brudenell and her then husband, Jeremy Alexander Rothwell Brudenell { Source }. He has two older siblings, a brother-in-law and a niece{ Source }: Maddison May Modupe-Ojo (1994)   Olaoluwa Olamide Modupe-Ojo (m. 2015) Daphne Modupe-Ojo (2016) Jordan Anne Brudenell (1995) As the grandson of Lady Pamela Hicks, he is distantly in succession for the British throne, as of 2011, he is 676th place { Source }  Also through his grandmother, he is distantly related to The Duke of Edinburgh. Not much is known about Rowan's life, it's likely that he will lead a fairly private lifestyle.

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 to attend B...

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; Patron of the Oxford Centre ...

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) Frederik Sven Falcao (2016) Ragnhild Lorentzen (1968) Aaron Long (m. 2003) Alexandra Long (2007) Elizabeth Long (2011) Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932) Johann Martin Ferner Cathrine Ferner (1962) Arild Johansen (1961m. 1989) Sebastian Ferner Johansen (1990) Madeleine Ferner Johansen (1993) Benedikte Ferner (1963) Rolf Woods (1963,m 1994-1...

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 sister{ Source }: Prince Nicolas Paul Gustaf of Sweden, The Duke of Ångermanland (2015) Princess Adrienne  Josephine Alice of Sweden, The Duchess of  Blekinge (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, inher...