The Royal Fanzine

Don Miguel de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Bórbon was born 30 April 2002 as the third son of Infanta Cristina of Spain and Iñaki Urdangarín { Source }. He has two older brothers and a younger sister { Source }: Don Juan (1999) Don Pablo (2000) Doña Irene (2005) In June 2002, he was baptized with the following as his godparents: King Felipe VI of Spain (maternal uncle) Lucía Urdangarín (paternal aunt) He has had a global life-residing mostly in Spain, but spending time in the US, before moving to Switzerland. He and his family resided in Washington, DC from 2009-2012, while his father worked for Telefónica. In August 2013 the family, without his father, moved to Geneva, Switzerland, where his mother had taken a job with the Caixa Foundation{ Source }. In early April 2013, his father was offered a new position in Qatar, it was unclear whether or not Infanta Christina and her children would join him there at the end of this school year, which in the end, they did not ...

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden was born on 30 April 1946 as the only son of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sidylla{ Source }. The young prince has four older sisters{ Source }: Princess Margaretha John Kenneth Ambler (1924-2008,1964-separated 2006) Sybilla Louise Ambler, Baroness von Dincklage (1965) Baron Henning von Dincklage (1971, m.1998) Madeleine Charlotte Freiin von Dincklage (1999) Sebastian Eric Henning Freiherr von Dincklage (2000) Charles Edward Ambler (1966) Helen Jane Ross (1969, m.1999) Sienna Rose Ambler(2000) India Tani Ambler (2003) James Patrick Ambler (1967) Ursula Mary Shipley (1965, m. 2001) Lily Elektra Ambler (2003) Oscar Rufus Ambler (2004) Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern Baron Nils-August Otto Carl Niclas Silfverschiöld (1934, m. 1964) Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern (1962) Princess Nicole Helene of Hohenzollern (1968,m. 1999) Prince Nicolas Johann Georg Maria of Hohenzollern (1999...

Pieter van Vollenhoven was born 30 April 1939 as the second son of Pieter van Vollenhoven and Jacoba  Gijsbertha van Vollenhoven-Stuyling de Lange { Source }. He has one older brother { Source }: Willem Jan van Vollenhoven (d. 2006) He was educated in The Netherlands. He attended his primary education, before being enrolled in the  Montessori Lyceum, passing his secondary school leaving examinations  in 1959{ Source }. He enrolled in Leiden University, graduating with a Dutch law degree in 1965 { Source }. During his university years, he met a young   Princess Margriet of the Netherlands { Source }. Their engagement was announced on 10 March 1965{ Source }. They married on 10 January 1967 and then took up residence in the east wing of Het Loo Palace{ Source }. In 1975 they moved to their present home, Het Loo House{ Source }. Together, they have four sons, four daughters-in-law, and eleven grandchildren{ Source }: Prince Maurits van Oranje-Nassau ...

The Infanta Sofía de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz of Spain was born 29 April 2007, the younger of the two daughters of the King and Queen of Spain, and the youngest grandchild of Queen Sofia and King Juan Carlos { Source }. She is second in line for the Spanish throne after her elder sister. The Infanta was named after her paternal grandmother, Sofía of Greece and Denmark. Likewise, this grandmother, Queen Sofía of Spain, is named after her (Infanta Sofia's great-great grandmother)paternal grandmother, Sophie of Prussia. She was baptized in July 2007 { Source }, with the following as her godparents: Paloma Rocasolano (her maternal grandmother) The Prince of Vidin (friend of her father's) She began her education among the children of the Royal Guards at the Palace of El Pardo, a zone in which is restricted by the royal guard in September 2009. In 2010, she joined her older sister at Santa Maria de los Rosales (a school previously attended by her father and aunts, and...

Maud Angelica Behn was born 29 April 2003 as the eldest of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and Mr. Ari Behn's three daughters { Source }.She eldest grandchild of King Harald V of Norway and Queen Sonja of Norway. She has two younger sisters{ Source }: Leah Isadora (2005) Emma Tallulah (2008) She was christened at Slottskapellet, The Royal Palace, Oslo, Norway, on 2 July 2003, the one-hundredth birthday of her great-grandfather, King Olav V of Norway. Her godparents consisted of { Source }: King Harald of Norway (maternal grandfather) Crown Prince Haakon of Norway (maternal uncle) Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg , Countess of Pfeil and Klein-Ellguth(her mother's 3rd cousin 1x removed) Marianne Ulrichsen (her mother's friend, was maid-of-honor at her wedding) Anja Sabrina Bjørshol (paternal aunt) Kåre Conradi (her father's friend and best man at his wedding) Trond Giske (friend of her father) At present, she is 5th in line for the throne o...

Prince Heinrich Julius Christian Otto Friedrich Franz Anton Günter of Hanover was born 29 April 1961 as the youngest child of Ernest Augustus, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick and his first wife, Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg { Source }. He has the following siblings, siblings in laws and nieces and nephews{ Source }{ Source }: Princess Marie of Hanover, Countess of Houchburg (1952) Count Michael of Houchburg Hereditary Count Conrad of Houchburg (1985) Count Georg of Houchburg (1987) Prince Ernst August V of Hanover (1954) Chantall Houlichi Hereditary Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1983) Ekaterina Malysheva (1986, m. 2017) Princess Elisabeth Tatiana Maximiliana Iacobella Faiza of Hanover (2018) Prince of Hanover (2019) Prince Christian of Hanover (1985) Alessandra de Osma Foy (1992, m. 2017) Princess Caroline of Monaco, Princess of Hanover Princess Alexandra of Hanover (1999) Prince Ludwig of Hanover (1955-1988) Prince...

Princess Benedikte Astird Ingeborg Ingrid of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was born 29 April 1944 as the second of three daughters of King Federik XI & Queen Ingrid of Denmark { Source }.  She has two sisters, one older and a younger sister { Source }: Queen Margarethe II of Demark (1940) Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946) She has two brothers-in-law { Source }: Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark King Constantine of Greece Princess Benedikte has the following nephews  { Source }: Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece & Denmark (1968) Crown Prince Frederik André Henrik Christian of Denmark (1968) Prince Joachim Holger Waldemar Christian of Denmark (1969) Prince Nikolas  of Greece & Denmark (1969) Prince Philippos of Greece & Denmark  (1986) Through her nephews, she has the following former and current nieces-in-law{ Source }: Princess Marie Chantal  of Greece & Denmark (1968) Crow...

Austria -Archduke Carl Christian, Archduchess Marie-Astrid, Princess of Luxembourg, Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria, Countess de Limburg-Stirum, Count Rodolphe de Limburg-Stirum, Archduke Imre, Archduchess Kathleen, Archduke Christoph, Archduchess Adélaïde, Archduke Alexander & Archduchess Gabriella & Prince Henri of Bourbon-Parma  attended a ceremony to mark the death of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg on Sunday { Photos } Belgium -King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, King Albert II & Princess Astrid, The Archduchess of Austria-Este  made a private visit to Grand Duke Henri on the death of his father on Wednesday { Video } Grand Duke Jean was the brother-in-law of King Albert, and the maternal uncle of King Philippe and The Archduchess of Austria-Este. I have no doubt that Philippe, Mathilde, Astrid and Albert will be in attendance at the funeral on 4 May. -King Philippe & Princess Elisabeth, The Duchess of Brabant   visited the Bruss...

The Lady Helen Marina Lucy Taylor was born as The Lady Helen Marina Lucy Windsor on 28 April 1964 as the middle child and only daughter of The Duke and The Duchess of Kent { Source }. She has two brothers, two sisters-in-law, 2 nieces, and four nephews { Source } : George Windsor, The Earl of St. Andrews (1962) Sylvanna, The Countess of St. Andrews Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick (1988) Lady Marina Charlotte Windsor (1992) Lady Amelia Windsor (1995) Lord Nicholas Windsor Lady Nicholas Windsor (Paola) Master Albert Louis Philip Edward Windsor (2007) Master Leopold Ernest Augustus Guelph Windsor (2009) Master Louis Arthur Nicholas Felix Windsor (2014) She is also a first cousin 1x removed from Queen Elizabeth II { Source }, thus is distantly in line for the British Throne. She was baptized on 12 May 1964{ Source }. Her godparents were{ Source }: The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (her father's 1st cousin) Mrs. David Butler Sir Angus Ogilvy (her father...

King Willem-Alexander  Claus George Ferdinand  of The Netherlands was born as Prince Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand of The Netherlands  was born on 27 April 1967, the first child of Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus of The Netherlands { Source }. He was baptized on 2 September 1967, with the following as his godparents { Source }: Prince Bernhard (maternal grandfather) Queen Margrethe II of Denmark Ferdinand von Bismarck Prime Minister Jelle Zijlstra Ms Renée Smith-Roëll He has two brothers, two sisters-in-law, four nieces and a nephew: Prince Friso of Oranje-Nassau (1968-2013) Princess Mabel van Oranje-Nassau (1968) Countess Luana van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouw van Amsberg (2005) Countess Zaria van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouw van Amsberg (2006) Prince Constantijn of The Netherlands (1969) Princess Laurentien of The Netherlands (1966) Countess Eloise van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (2002) Count Claus-Casimir van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkhee...

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

Prince Philippos of Greece & Denmark was born 26 April 1986 as the third son and youngest child of King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece { Source }.He has two older brothers and two older sisters, a brother-in-law and two sisters-in-law, as well as many nieces and nephews{ Source }: Princess Alexia (1965) Mr. Carlos Morales Quintana(1970) Miss Arrietta Morales y de Grecia (2002) Miss Ana María Morales y de Grecia (2003) Miss Amelia Morales y de Grecia (2007) Master Carlos Morales y de Grecia (2005) Crown Prince Pavlos (1967) Crown Princess Marie-Chantal (1968) Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark (1996) Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece and Denmark (1998) Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark (2000) Prince Odysseus-Kimon of Greece and Denmark (2004) Prince Aristidis-Stavros of Greece and Denmark (2008) Prince Nikolas (1969) Princess Tatiana(m. 2010) Princess Theodora (1983) Matthew Kumar (engaged Nov 2018) His godparent...

Princess Isabelle von Isenbourg, Dowager Princess of Wied  was born 26 April 1973 as the second daughter and middle child of Prince Franz- Alexander and Princess Christine von Isenburg   { Source }. She has two older siblings and two younger siblings: Hereditary Prince Alexander von Isenburg (1969) Hereditary Princess Sarah von Isenburg (m. 2015) Princess Alix Imagina Blanca Irmingard Maria von Isenburg (2015){ Source } Princess Zita von Isenburg (2017) { Source } Archduchess Kathrina of Austria-Este, Princess von Isenburg (1971) Archduke Martin of Austria-Este (m. 2004) Archduke Bartholomaeus Karl Robert of Austria (2006) Archduke Emmanuel Achatius Franz Alexander of Austria (2008) Archduchess Helene Cristina Margherita of Austria (2009) Archduke Luigi Amedeo Thadeus of Austria (2011) Prince Victor von Isenburg (1979) Jungeun Anès Lee (m. 2013) Princess Amalia von Isenburg (unknown, likely 2014 or 2015) Princess Sophie of Prussia, Princess von Is...

Conrad Lorenzo Flint Wood was born 25 April 2003 as the second to youngest child of India Amanda Caroline Hicks and her partner David Flint Wood { Source }. He has two older brothers and a younger sister, and an older foster brother{ Source }: Felix Austin Flint Wood (1997) Wesley Cleare (1997, foster son, his single mother died when he was only 15, India became his legal guardian upon his mother's death ) Amory John Flint Wood (1999) Domino Carmen Flint Wood4 (2007) He grew up in the Bahamas, and spent some vacations at the family home "America Farm" near Ewelme in Oxfordshire, England, not too far from his mother's childhood home { Source }. As his parents aren't married, he is not in succession for the British throne, however, his mother is 650+ for the British throne . His maternal grandmother is Lady Pamela  Hicks , who is a first cousin of The Duke of Edinburgh. It's likely because of his mother's distance to the throne and his living...

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

Princess Gabriele Adelgunde Marie Theresia Antonia of Bavaria, Duchess of Croÿ  was born 10 May 1927 as the daughter of Princess Antonia of Luxembourg and Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine by (the) Rhine { Source }. She has four older siblings, and a younger sister, as well as their spouses and their families, as well as severa; older paternal half-siblings and their families{ Source }: Luitpold Maximilian Ludwig Karl, Hereditary Prince of Bavaria (1901-1914, died of polio) Princess Irmingard  of Bavaria (1902-1903, died of diphtheria) Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (1905-1996)  Countess Marita Franziska Draskovich de Trakostjan   (1904-1969, m. 1930-1969, her death) Princess Marie Gabrielle  of Bavaria (1931) Georg, Prince von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (1928-2015, m. 1957)  Countess Maria  Walburga   von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (1958) Baro...