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We'd love to hear from you! :)Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.comBlogger5226125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-2666500465612553282021-01-01T00:00:00.314-05:002022-11-05T19:16:46.314-04:00Royal Recap:Year in Review and 2021 Predictions and Happenings<i>There is probably a bunch of stuff I missed, so if I missed something big or you can fill in an unknown, <a href="mailto:mtracy2010@gmail.com">please let me know</a></i><br />
<b><i><u><br /></u></i></b><b><i><u>Royal Babies</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>Unknown</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>January</u></i></b><br />
<b><i><u><br /></u></i></b><i>3rd:</i><br />
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<li>Hon. James Jacob Astor, son of 4th Viscount Astor and Victoria Hargreaves welcomed their third daughter Cosima Mary Astor, who joins big sisters Sybil Nancy Astor and Atalanta Philippa Annabel Astor</li>
</ul>
<i>6th:</i><br />
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<li>Count Gael Cornet d'Elzius du Chennoy & Ines Springuel welcomed their first child, Laszlo d'Elzius du Chennoy </li>
</ul>
<i>12th:</i><br />
<ul>
<li>Prince Charles-Adrien de Merode and his wife, Guadalupe de Lascurain Corcuera welcomed their second son, Fernando de Merode. He joins older brother Santiago.</li>
</ul>
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<i>29th:</i></div>
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<li>Honourable Elizabeth Laura "Liza" Waldegrave & Philip Hallinan welcomed baby #2, Jax Rex Hallinan, who joins big sister Isabel.</li>
</ul>
<b><i><u>February</u></i></b><br />
<b><i><u><br /></u></i></b><i>3rd:</i><br />
<ul>
<li>Nadine Countess of Kerry & Simon Henry George Petty-Fitzmaurice, Earl of Kerry welcomed their first son: George Henry Charles, Viscount Calne and Calstone</li>
</ul>
<i>5th:</i><br />
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<li>Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, Emir of Qatar & Sheikha Noora bint Hathal al Dosari welcomed their fourth child together, Sheikh Hind bin Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani. Hind joins older siblings (both full and half, listed here in age order): Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Sheikh Hamad bin Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Sheikha Naylah bint Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Sheikha Aisha bint Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Sheikh Jassim bin Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Sheikh Abdullah bin Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, heikha Roda bint Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Sheikh Joaan bin Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Sheikh Alqaqaa bin Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Sheikh Mohammed bin Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Sheikha Moza bint Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and Sheikh Fahad bin Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani</li>
</ul>
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<i>6th:</i></div>
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<li>Princess Blanche de Merode & Philipp Freiherr von und zu Bodman welcomed daughter #3, Cléo von und zu Bodman, who joins big sisters Amélia and Eliane, as well as a three and a half week old cousin Fernando de Merode.</li>
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<i>10th:</i></div>
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<li>Mathieu de Waele & his girlfriend Eline Van Vlasselaer became parents of a daughter, Lizzie <i>Mathieu is a grandson of Princess Dorothea of Hesse, who is a niece of The Duke of Edinburgh, thus making him a greatx2 nephew of The Duke of Edinburgh. </i></li>
</ul>
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<i>19th:</i></div>
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<li>Lady Melissa Jane Percy & Remy White Trafelet welcomed their first child, a daughter named Bluebell Rose Traflet. <i>Bluebell Rose is the first granddaughter of The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland.</i></li>
</ul>
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<i>29th</i></div>
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<li>Prince Ferdinand of Leiningen and Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia welcomed their first child, a daughter, Her Serene Highness Princess Alexandra Ehrengard of Leiningen {<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-au/lifestyle/lifestyleroyals/a-royal-baby-girl-princess-caroline-of-monacos-nephew-prince-ferdinand-of-leiningen-welcomes-a-daughter-with-his-wife-princess-viktoria-luise-of-prussia/ar-BB11kJr3?li=AA2FZ8I">Source</a>} <i> The little girl is named for her grandmothers-Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Princess of Leiningen & Ehrengard von Reden. She is distantly in succession for the British throne. </i></li>
</ul>
<b><i><u>March</u></i></b><br />
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<i>19th: </i><br />
<ul>
<li>King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck & Queen Jetsun Pema welcomed their second son, who has yet to be named publicly, but joins four year old brother Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck and is second in succession for the throne{<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B96KgBXh2G4/">Source</a>}</li>
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<i>27th</i></div>
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<li>The Lady Alexandra Knatchbull-Hooper and Mr. Thomas Edward Huntly Hooper welcomed their second child, Master Alden Peter Theodore Mountbatten Hooper, who joins older brother Indigo Mountbatten Hooper. <i>Lady Alexandra is a distant relation of The Duke of Edinburgh-her grandmother was his first cousin, making them 1st cousins 2x removed-, thus is distantly in succession for the British throne.</i></li>
</ul>
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<b><i><u>April</u></i></b><br />
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<i><u>10th:</u></i><br />
<ul>
<li>Princess Inkhosantana Sikhanyiso gave birth to her first child, a son, named Phikolwezw {<a href="https://twitter.com/nelainedahlia93/status/1255822082342076416">Source</a>}</li>
</ul>
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<i><u>27th:</u></i></div>
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<ul>
<li>Prince Casmir zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn and Alana Camille Bunte welcomed their first child together, a son, Prince Johann Friedrich <i>Salentin</i> Eduard Brady Maria Casimir zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. He joins elder half-brother Prince Alexander Kryill from his father's first marriage to Corina zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. </li>
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<b><i><u>May</u></i></b><br />
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<i><u>10th:</u></i><br /><br />
<ul>
<li>Prince Guillaume, The Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg & Princess Stephanie, The Hereditary Grand Duchess welcomed their first child, a son named Charles Jean Philippe Joseph Marie Guillaume, who weighed 3,190 kg (7 pounds, 0.5 oz) and was 50 cm long (19 inches) {<a href="https://www.facebook.com/courgrandducale/photos/a.1313775638674354/3166017336783499/?type=3&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARB-gMZg_MhJiUiZ4mI2oC65-LGKTare_s1qsjToWkcR1b651olS0-twmuQDYg0C54X8o3OH1Gt83w92kJA9II0xvhzhACS5IUI_oc4AQMu04US1N8Gs6hD06Mfq_QB34XiGtOo55njd0TyiAbN4ds-PeF8wA0ZxrPLPY6QKGk7lNhL9E-NBQY4LKDZWoAj4OlmvjZC4HayVBK7swzqwrZ_7fvnTJJlc0KShRA5Burgf4CAD1Qth0GuWhfgeRDg_tqtM6YXJoq_KQd8cKo5ij_fmVsrnwVPCmJMkhNYNfc9IMDAWXnBTL-Lm4QUwGzkITjRm0ERyhAuBt-QhKRHBHh9-KQ&__tn__=-R">Source</a>}. Prince Charles Jean Philippe Joseph Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg is second in succession to his grandfather and heir apparent to his father. The little prince is the fifth grandchild of Grand Duke Henri & Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, and their fourth grandson. He joins his cousins, Prince Gabriel de Nasssau, Prince Noah de Nassau, Princess Amalia de Nassau & Prince Liam de Nassau. His full title and style is: Prince Charles Jean Philippe Joseph Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg, Prince of Nassau, Prince of Bourbon-Parma</li>
<ul>
<li>He was likely named: </li>
<ul>
<li>Charles: his maternal great-grandfather, Count Paul <i>Charles </i>de Lannoy or for his great-great uncle, Prince Charles of Luxembourg, Prince of Bourbon-Parma and Nassau and a nod to his greatx2-grandmother, Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg</li>
<li>Jean: his paternal great-grandfather, <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/breaking-grand-duke-jean-of-luxembourg.html">Grand Duke Jean</a></li>
<li>Philippe: his maternal grandfather, <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/01/royal-profile-count-philippe-de-lannoy.html">Count Philippe de Lannoy</a></li>
<li>Joseph: one of his father's names, probably a name they liked. </li>
<li>Marie: Popular among Catholic royals, for the Virgin Mary</li>
<li>Guillaume: for his father</li>
</ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<b><i><u>June:</u></i></b><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u>25th:<br /></u></i></b><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Hereditary Prince Christian zu Fürstenberg & Jeannette Catherine, Hereditary Princess of Fürstenberg welcomed baby #4, a girl, named Princess Leontine Marie Louise Odile Antoinette Judith Olivia Juanita zu Fürstenberg {<a href="https://t.co/jTiWszXrLD?amp=1">Source</a>} <i>Little Princess Leontine joins older brothers Prince Tassilo & Prince Tristian and older sister Princess Maria Cecilia.</i></li></ul>
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<b><i><u>July</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u>7th</u></i></b></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Prince Christian of Hanover & Allessandra, Princess of Hanover welcomed their first children, Prince Nicolás of Hanover and Princess Sofía of Hanover {<a href="https://histoiresroyales.fr/naissance-jumeaux-christian-de-hanovre-sassa-de-osma-nicolas-sofia/">Source</a>} <i>The twins are the first children of Prince Christian and Allessandra, Princess of Hanover, but join older cousins Princess Elisabeth and Prince Welf Ernst of Hanover. Both are distantly in succession for the British throne after their father (order depending on who was born first rather than gender!)</i></li></ul><div>
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<b><i><u>August</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>September</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><br /></div><div><i><u><b>2nd</b></u></i></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Princess Marie-Gabrielle de Nassau & Mr. Antonius Benedikt Clemens Douglas Emanuel Willms welcomed their second son, Cajetan Jean Wenzeslas Marcus d'Aviano Willms on their third wedding anniversary.</li></ul><div><i><u><b><br /></b></u></i></div><div><i><u><b>8th</b></u></i><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Don Fernando, The Duke of Huéscar & Dona Sofía, The Duchess of Huéscar welcomed their first child, a daughter named Rosario, on Tuesday {<a href="https://twitter.com/LSzkopinski/status/1303660957571444739">Source</a>} <i>Rosario will one day become The Duchess of Alba due to Spain's equal succession rights with hereditary peerage titles. Rosario was one of her great-grandmother's names. </i></li></ul><div><div><i><u><b>10th</b></u></i></div><div><i><u><b><br /></b></u></i></div><ul><li>Camilla, The Marchioness of Blandford& George, The Marquess of Blandford welcomed their first daughter, Lady Olympia Arabella Kitty Spencer-Churchill {<a href="https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2020/09/lady-olympia-arabella-kitty-spencer.html" target="_blank">Source</a>} <i>He is a first cousin 2x removed of Winston Churchill and a fourth cousin 1x removed of Diana, Princess of Wales.</i></li></ul><div><b><u><i>25th</i></u></b></div></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Sheikh Khalid Bin Mohammed Al Nahyan & Sheikha Maryam Bint Mohammed Al Maktoum welcomed their first child together, a son named Mohammed for their fathers {<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Source</a>}</li></ul></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u>October</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><i><u><b>13th</b></u></i></div><div><i><u><b><br /></b></u></i></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Fürst Otto and Fürstin Sophia zu Castell-Rüdenhausen welcomed their first child, a son, named Fürst Lelio Johann-Friedrich Theodor zu Castell-Rüdenhausen{<a href="https://www.nettyroyalblog.nl/births-deaths/a-baby-boy-congratulations-to-sophia-and-otto/">Source</a>}</li></ul><div><i><u><b><br /></b></u></i></div><div><i><u><b>21st</b></u></i></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Crown Prince Leka II of Albania & Crown Princess Ella of Albania welcomed their first child, a daughter, Princess Geraldine {<a href="https://twitter.com/OAanmoen/status/1319268538528329728">Source</a>}</li></ul>
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<b><i><u>November:</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u>7th</u></i></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Nicholas de Roumanie Medforth-Mills & Alina-Maria Binder de Roumanie Medforth-Mills welcomed their first child, a daughter named Maria-Alexandra de Roumanie Medforth-Mills{<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/111551110047950669/8961826658517772867#">Source</a>}. The little girl is joined by older illegitimate half-sister Iris Anna Cîrjan {<a href="https://www.facebook.com/nicolaealromaniei/photos/a.530748706968859/3568312606545772/?type=3&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD8SyAIg3AvpO0PWKc4UFGeiLxmdHtjiGk6yiJ6g6XZsfOpWQU7VtXXpRmNjkV6HbM9SdP5Zp_2DZzhUPTm2-XRXDxzWSU36Ks-3L-a4VA_X02RLKvuvTgDSrxS3C_LmjcLMZzs59Bsl2Z8dkCIJNho6veTRo4Oo5T6MHfeL-Q6yE8Np1_0S42QH74pzG6AU_DKARsPdMla-OfEglK10Sw_NaJe-fraRLnalZbyFi2wptcOszcBFwyDiqhaxfxHN9tvwj7zMoUYWQO_zH1G0KAxo0i0KVxHgKS_ljL3FAvfHGXzV4QHrKJ-uMKzl8eLCq8MMlMBw1cd8o9EliIM&__tn__=H-Rhttps://www.facebook.com/nicolaealromaniei/photos/a.530748706968859/3568312606545772/?type=3&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD8SyAIg3AvpO0PWKc4UFGeiLxmdHtjiGk6yiJ6g6XZsfOpWQU7VtXXpRmNjkV6HbM9SdP5Zp_2DZzhUPTm2-XRXDxzWSU36Ks-3L-a4VA_X02RLKvuvTgDSrxS3C_LmjcLMZzs59Bsl2Z8dkCIJNho6veTRo4Oo5T6MHfeL-Q6yE8Np1_0S42QH74pzG6AU_DKARsPdMla-OfEglK10Sw_NaJe-fraRLnalZbyFi2wptcOszcBFwyDiqhaxfxHN9tvwj7zMoUYWQO_zH1G0KAxo0i0KVxHgKS_ljL3FAvfHGXzV4QHrKJ-uMKzl8eLCq8MMlMBw1cd8o9EliIM&__tn__=H-R">Source</a>}</li></ul>
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<b><i><u>December</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><ul><li>The birth of the third child of Maddison May Modupe-Ojo & Olaoluwa Olamide Modupe-Ojo<br /></li></ul>
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<b><i><u>Royal Engagements</u></i></b><br />
<b><i><u><br /></u></i></b><b><i><u>Unknown</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>January</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>Unknown:</u></i></b></div>
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<ul>
<li>Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe announced his engagement to Mahkameh Navabi</li>
<li>Lady Kitty Spencer announced her engagement to Michael Lewis</li>
<li>Lady Jemima Juliet Herbert announced her engagement to Hugo Patrick T. Davies </li>
</ul>
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<b><i><u>7th:</u></i></b><br />
<ul>
<li>Honourable Clementina John Elphinstone announced her engagement to Oliver Harrison</li>
</ul>
<b><i><u>24th:</u></i></b><br />
<ul>
<li>Benjamin Leopold Sewell announced his engagement to Alice Sarah Hobden <i>Ben is a descendant of Queen Victoria</i></li></ul>
<b><i><u>31st:</u></i></b><br /><br />
<ul>
<li>Vera dei Conti Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga and Nobile Briano Martinoni Caleppio announced their engagement. <i>Vera is the granddaughter of Prince Amedeo, Duke of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, and Princess Claude d'Orléans. The groom is the </i><i>only child of Nobile Paolo Martinoni Caleppio and Barbara Parodi Delfino, paternal grandson of Conte Nobile Luigi Martinoni Caleppio (1913-2001) and Donna Vittoria Carrega Bertolini dei Principi di Lucedio</i></li>
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<u><b><i> February</i></b></u><br />
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<b><i><u>March</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>April</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>May</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>June</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>July:</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u>9th:</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Princess Xenia of Croÿ announced her engagement to Nobilis Guy delle Piane {<a href="https://twitter.com/saadsalman719">Photos</a>} <i>Princess Xenia is </i> second child of <i>Rudolf Carl Rupprecht, 15th Duke of Croÿ and his late wife, Duchess Alexandra, Countess Miloradovich. Her mother died in 2015 after a lengthy illness. She is distantly related to the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg. Her future husband is an Italian noble. The couple live and work in London, as well as study at Istituto de Empresa and ESCP. Once married, she will bare the title Princess Xenia of Croÿ, Nobil Donna delle Piane.</i></li></ul>
<b><i><u>August</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>September</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u>2nd</u></i></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Prince Philippos of Greece & Denmark announced his engagement to Nina Flohr{<a href="https://people.com/royals/royal-engagement-prince-philippos-greece-engaged-nina-flohr/">Source</a>}.</li></ul></div><div>
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<b><i><u>October</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>November</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>December</u></i></b><br />
<b><i><u>20th</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Hereditary Prince Alexander of Mechlenburg to Hande Macit</li></ul><div><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); color: #0f1419; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><b><i><u>Royal Marriages</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>Unknown</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>January</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>February</u></i></b><br />
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<i><u>14th:</u></i><br />
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<li>Alexander Prinz von Preußen married civilly to Jenny von Rumohr <i>Alexander is the 4th cousin of Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia via their common ancestor Queen Victoria (and greatx 3 grandmother) via her eldest daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal.</i></li>
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<b><i><u>March</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>April</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>May</u></i></b><br /><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b>
<b><i><u>June</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>July:</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><i><u>7th</u></i></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Princess Raiyah bint al-Hussein married Faris Ned Donovan {<a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/secret-royal-wedding-princess-raiyah-22322562#comments-section">Source</a>}</li></ul><div><i><u>17th</u></i></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Princess Beatrice of York married Count Edoardo Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi{<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53445109">Source</a>} {<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheBritishMonarchy/posts/3352502888104851?__xts__[0]=68.ARAMW3uV69r-5DlsgqoG8ft5z4awDT1eE7dY5mlajyxSn81bvFoCBwe8GLP173I7efDvGkOk0k38HfWHvEFXxA2OXsPeli1iOtHKPV1cePqnxMxjJdWyEfhDDsHeKlnuxal0B5-Z36QM0kOgJugmCHH3AQZHMGJzEPJczzzWvCoRh8vZ89T04i7q4ZAZuAeSWRrUVxVTXb0NFogVeK-PlVkD9BmpwPocy3MsPHxSge5yE1LNLvIXraXy7aIUsAep-h1iCr--snXUGUZ143qZL7zSHCszMRD9FeHVzqBMa8vgJ4hg2Kku9UzKRQAbX4_7rUVgoX3SGxLUqtZeNYxi5tgNZw&__tn__=-R">Photos</a>}</li></ul><div><i><u>20th</u></i></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Archduchess Elenore von Habsburg & Jerome D'Ambrosio married in a civil ceremony in Monaco {<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/111551110047950669/1994727333772010006#">Photos</a>}</li></ul><b><i><u>August</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>September</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><i><u>5th</u></i></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Charles Carnegie, The Earl of Southdesk married Camille Ascoli.</li></ul><div><i><u>12th</u></i></div><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Prince Henri of Bourbon-Parma & Archduchess Gabriella of Austria married in a religious ceremony {<a href="https://t.co/cxVFPO8cMQ?amp=1" target="_blank">Source</a>} </li><li>Prince Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe & Mahkameh Navabi married in a civil ceremony {<a href="https://www.sn-online.de/Schaumburg/Bueckeburg/Bueckeburg-Stadt/Fuersten-Hochzeit-Alexander-zu-Schaumburg-Lippe-gibt-Mahkameh-Navabi-das-Ja-Wort" target="_blank">Source</a>}</li></ul><i>26th</i><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Flora Alexandra Ogilvy & Timothy Vesterberg married in a private ceremony at Chapel Royal, St. James Palace {<a href="https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/secret-royal-wedding-last-weekend-185000176.html">Source</a>}</li></ul>
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<b><i><u>October</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><u><i>29th</i></u></div><div><i><u><br /></u></i></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Princess Eeuphelma Choden Wangchuck married Dasho Thinlay Norbu in a Royal Wedding ceremony {<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/111551110047950669/7439361118919314134#">Photos</a>} <i>Princess Eeuphelma Choden is the youngest half-sister of King Jigme </i><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </b><i>Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. She is presently 20th-and last-in succession for the Bhutanese throne. </i></li></ul>
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<b><i><u>November</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>December</u></i></b><br />
<b><i><u><br /></u></i></b>
<b><i><u>Royal Deaths</u></i></b><br />
<b><i><u><br /></u></i></b>
<b><i><u>Unknown</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>January</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>8th</u></i></b><br /><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/01/breaking-news-infanta-pilar-of-spain.html">Infanta María del <i>Pilar </i> de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz, Grandee of Spain, Dowager Viscountess de la Torre</a> has died at the age of 83.</li>
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<b><i><u>10th</u></i></b></div>
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<li>Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said of Oman died at the age of 79.</li>
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<b><i><u>February</u></i></b><br />
<b><i><u><br /></u></i></b>
<b><i><u>13th</u></i></b><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/02/royal-profile-cristina-elena-de-bourbon.html">Cristina Elena de Bourbon y Hardenberg </a>died at the age of 44.</li>
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<b><i><u>March</u></i></b><br />
<b><i><u><br /></u></i></b>
<i><u><b>5th:</b></u></i><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/03/royal-profile-prince-max-emanuel-von.html">Prince Max Emmanuel von Thurn und Taxis</a> died at age 84.</li>
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<b><i><u>17th</u></i></b></div><div><ul><li>Prince Otto of Hesse died as a result of injuries sustained in an <a href="https://people.com/royals/prince-otto-of-hesse-dies-in-motorcycle-accident-at-age-55/">motorcycle accident</a> at the age of 55.</li></ul></div><div><b><i><u>26th:</u></i></b></div>
<ul><a href="https://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/03/royal-profile-princess-marie-therese-of.html"></a>
<li><a href="https://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/03/royal-profile-princess-marie-therese-of.html"></a><a href="https://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/03/royal-profile-princess-marie-therese-of.html">Princess Marie-Thérèse of Bourbon-Parma</a> died at the age of 87 from compilations of COVID19.</li>
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<b><i><u>April</u></i></b><br />
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<b><i><u>May</u></i></b><br />
<b><i><u><br /></u></i></b>
<b><i><u>4th:</u></i></b><br />
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<li>Princess Maria Galitzine aka Maria Singh died at the age of 31.</li>
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<i> Maria was a descendant of Emperor Karl I and Zita de Borbon-Parma, resided in Houston, TX and died of an cardiac aneurysm six days shy of her 32nd birthday, leaving behind her husband, and a two year old son.</i><br />
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<b><i><u>7th</u></i></b><br />
<ul>
<li>Princess Diane of Bourbon-Parma died at the age of 87. <i>Diane is the second royal to die from COVID-19. </i></li></ul><div><b><u><i>20th</i></u></b></div><div><b><u><i><br /></i></u></b></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Richard <i>Paul </i>George Andrew Brandram died at the age of 72. <i>Paul was the son of Lady Katherine Brandram, which makes him a first cousin of Queen Sofia of Spain, King Constantine II of Greece, Princess Irene of Greece & Denmark, King Mihai of Romania & Prince Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta.</i></li></ul>
<b><i><u>June</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u>10th</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/06/breaking-elisabeth-anne-de-massy-has.html">Elizabeth-Ann Charlotte Mary Kathleen Dévote de Massy</a> died at the age of 72, less than a month shy of her 73rd birthday.</li></ul><div><b><i><u>26th</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Maria Tereza da Silva Leite died at the age of 91. <i>Maria is a widow of Prince João Maria of Orleans-Braganza</i></li></ul><b><i><u>July</u></i></b></div>
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<b><i><u>August</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u>1st</u></i></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Princess Giorgiana Corsini died at the age of 80, <a href="https://www.time24.news/2020/08/princess-giorgiana-corsini-dies-at-sea-at-argentario.html">days shy of her 81st birthday</a>. <i>Princess Giorgiana was member of the princely Corsini family, as a wife of Prince Filippo Corsini.</i></li></ul><div><b><i><u>13th:</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Prince Eudes Maria Rainier Pedro José of Orléans-Braganza died at the age of 81. <i>He was the uncle of Eleonora, Princess de Ligne</i></li></ul><b><i><u>September</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u>12th</u></i></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Count Josef Hubert von Neipperg died at the age of 102. <i>He was the father-in-law of Archduchess Andrea von Habsburg, Hereditary Countess of Neipperg who's husband succeeds his father as head of house Karl Eugen, Hereditary Count of Neipperg</i></li></ul><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b>
<b><i><u>October</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><i><u><b> 24th</b></u></i><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Prince Abdul Azim of Brunei died at the age of 38 after a long illness. <i>Prince Abdul Azim was 4th in succession for the throne at the time of his death. </i></li></ul><div>
<b><i><u>November</u></i></b><br />
<b><i><u><br /></u></i></b>
<b><i><u>December</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u>Predictions for 2019, and how it turned out:</u></i></b><div>
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<i>In <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/01/royal-recapyear-in-review-and-2020.html">2019</a>, I predicted the following:</i></div>
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<b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div>
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<li>Babies for Princess Eugenie (<a href="https://www.royal.uk/princess-eugenie-and-mr-jack-brooksbank-expecting-baby">called it, announced September 25th</a>) and Lady Gabriella Kingston.</li>
<li>Possibly for Charlotte and Dimitri Rassam and Louis and Marie Ducruet and Princess Beatrice and Eddo as well....likely more towards 2021, especially with Louis and Marie and Beatrice and Eddo. </li>
<li>Engagement for Jazmin Grace Grimaldi and Ian Mellencamp. </li>
<li>Finally the "divorce" of Andrea Casiraghi with Tatiana SD (<b>7 years too long! Not that they were married anyway *taps foot* waiting for this announcement....this will forever be a prediction until it actually happens...This farce as gone on <i><u>farrr </u></i>too long.)</b></li>
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<b><i><u>Things to Look Forward to in 2021:</u></i></b><br />
<ul>
<li>The wedding of Princess Theodora of Greece & Denmark to Matthew Kumar.</li><li>The Wedding of Prince Philippos of Greece & Denmark to Nina Flohr{<a href="https://people.com/royals/royal-engagement-prince-philippos-greece-engaged-nina-flohr/">Source</a>}.</li><li>The Wedding of Princess Xenia of Croÿ to Nobilis Guy delle Piane</li><li>The birth of the first child of Princess Eugenie & Jack Brooksbank {<a href="https://www.royal.uk/princess-eugenie-and-mr-jack-brooksbank-expecting-baby">Source</a>}</li><li>The birth of the third child of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden {<a href="https://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/latestnews/latestnews/princecarlphilipandprincesssofiaareexpectingachild.5.759aa5291764be234534cb.html">Source</a>}*Note: This child will not hold the HRH style but may be courtesy Prince/ss, Duke/chess of X like his/her elder siblings. This child is the first to be born since the new house rules went into effect. This child will be the 8th grandchild of the King and Queen, and be 7th in succession for the Swedish throne after the baby's elder brothers, father, two cousins and aunt. Due date is late march or Early April 2021. *hopefully it'll be a little girl to even things out*</li>
</ul><div><b><i><u>Predictions for 2021</u></i></b></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><ul><li>Possibly babies for Charlotte and Dimitri Rassam and Louis and Marie Ducruet and Princess Beatrice and Eddo as well....likely more towards 2022, especially with Louis and Marie and Beatrice and Eddo.</li><li>Engagement for Jazmin Grace Grimaldi and Ian Mellencamp.</li><li>Finally the "divorce" of Andrea Casiraghi with Tatiana SD (<b>7 years too long! Not that they were married anyway *taps foot* waiting for this announcement....this will forever be a prediction until it actually happens...This farce as gone on <i><u>farrr </u></i>too long.)</b></li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div>NOTE: This will likely be my last post for a while. Please s<a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/12/a-quick-note-from-editor-in-chief.html">ee this post for a further explanation. </a></div>
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</div></div>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-7771162685741295482020-12-25T12:00:00.001-05:002020-12-25T12:00:02.887-05:00Royal Profile: Prince Bernhard van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven<b>Prince Bernhard Lucas Emmanuel van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven</b> was born 25 December 1969 as the son of <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2018/01/royal-profile-29-facts-about-princess.html">Princess Margriet Francisca of The Netherlands</a> and <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-profile-prof-pieter-van.html">Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven </a>{<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p240.htm#i2400">Source</a>}. He has one older brother, and two younger brothers, as well as three sisters-in-law and several nieces and nephews:<br /><br /><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-profile-prince-maurits-van-oranje.html">Prince Maurits van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven</a> (1968)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/02/royal-profile-princess-marilene-van.html">Princess Marilène van Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven</a> (1970)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-profile-anastasia-van-lippe.html">Miss Anastasia (Anna) Margriet Joséphine van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven</a> (2001)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/10/royal-profile-lucas-van-lippe.html">Master Lucas Maurits Pieter Henri van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven </a>(2002)</li><li>Miss Felicia Juliana Bénedicte Barbara van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven (2005)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/03/royal-profile-prince-pieter-christiaan.html">Prince Pieter-Christiaan van Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven</a> (1972)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/10/royal-profile-18-facts-about-princess_27.html">Princess Anita van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven</a> (1969)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/11/royal-profile-emma-van-vollenhoven.html">Miss Emma Francisca Catharina van Vollenhoven</a> (2006)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/11/royal-profile-pieter-van-vollenhoven.html">Master Pieter Anton Maurits Erik van Vollenhoven </a>(2008)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-profile-prince-floris-van-oranje.html">Prince Floris van Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhove</a>n (1975)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/10/royal-profile-princess-aimee-van-oranje.html">Princess Aimée van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven</a> (1977)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/10/royal-profile-magali-van-vollenhoven.html">Miss Magali Margriet Eleonoor van Vollenhoven</a> (2007)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/07/royal-profile-eliane-van-vollenhoven.html">Miss Eliane Sophia Caroline van Vollenhoven</a> (2009)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/07/royal-profile-willem-van-vollenhoven.html">Master Willem Jan Johannes Pieter Floris van Vollenhoven</a> (2013)</li></ol></ol></ol><br /><br />He grew up with his brothers in The Netherlands. He studied his primary education in The Netherlands. For his university years, he attended Georgetown University where he studied Economics, earning a degree in 1988. In 1989, he was back in The Netherlands, studying marketing & marketing research at Groningen University, he received his Masters in Science in Marketing and Marketing research in 1995.<br /><br />His engagement to <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-profile-princess-annette-van.html">Annette Sekrève</a> was announced on 11 March 2000. They were married on 6/8 July 2000 {<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p29671.htm#i296706">Source</a>}. Together, they have three children {<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p29671.htm#i296706">Source</a>}:<br /><br /><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/05/royal-profile-isabella-van-vollenhoven.html">Miss Isabella Lily Juliana van Vollenhoven </a>(2002)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/05/royal-profile-samuel-van-vollenhoven.html">Master Samuel Bernhard Louis van Vollenhoven</a> (2004)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/03/royal-profile-benjamin-van-vollenhoven.html">Master Benjamin Pieter Floris van Vollenhoven</a> (2008)</li></ol><br /><br />In 2013, he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma {<a href="http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/08/29/prins-bernhard-jr-heeft-lymfklierkanker-en-kan-voorlopig-niet-werken">Source</a>}. Prior to that dianosis, he had been treated for Crohn's disease {<a href="http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/08/29/prins-bernhard-jr-heeft-lymfklierkanker-en-kan-voorlopig-niet-werken">Source</a>}Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-41333875322052087822020-12-25T11:59:00.050-05:002020-12-25T11:59:01.757-05:00Royal Profile: Princess Alexandra of Kent, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy<b>Princess Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel of Kent, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy</b> was born on 25 December 1936 as the only daughter of The Duke and Duchess of Kent {<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrincessAlexandra/Background.aspx">Source</a>}. She has two brothers, two sisters-in-law, three nephews, two nieces, three nieces-in-law, a nephew-in-law, six great nephews, and five great-nieces {<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrincessAlexandra/Background.aspx">Source</a>}:<br /><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/10/royal-profile-37-facts-about-prince.html">Prince Edward, The Duke of Kent</a> (1935)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/02/royal-profile-katharine-duchess-of-kent.html">Katharine, The Duchess of Kent </a>(1933, m. 1961)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/06/royal-profile-george-windsor-earl-of-st.html">George Philip Nicholas Windsor,The Earl of St. Andrews </a>(1962)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/05/royal-profile-sylvana-windsor-countess.html">Sylvanna Windsor, The Countess of St. Andrews</a> (1957)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/12/royal-profile-edward-windsor-lord.html">Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick</a> (1988)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/09/royal-profile-lady-marina-charlotte.html">The Lady Mariana-Charlotte Windsor</a> (1992)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/08/royal-profile-lady-amelia-windsor.html">The Lady Amelia Windsor</a> (1995)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-profile-lady-helen-taylor.html">The Lady Helen Marina Lucy Windsor</a> (1964)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/08/royal-profile-timothy-taylor.html">Mr. Timothy Taylor</a> (1963, m. 1992)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/08/royal-profile-columbus-taylor.html">Mr. Columbus George Donald Taylor</a> (1994)</li><li>Mr. Cassius Edward Taylor (1996)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/03/royal-profile-eloise-taylor.html">Miss Eloise Olivia Katherine Taylor</a> (2003)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/12/royal-profile-estella-taylor.html">Miss Estella Olga Elizabeth Taylor</a> (2004)</li></ol></ol></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/07/royal-profile-lord-nicholas-windsor.html">Lord Nicholas Windsor</a>(1970)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/08/royal-profile-lady-nicholas-windsor.html">Paola Doimi de Lupis de Frankopan aka Lady Nicholas Windsor</a> (1969)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/09/royal-profile-albert-windsor.html">Master Albert Louis Philip Edward Windsor</a> (2007)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/09/royal-profile-leopold-windsor.html">Master Leopold Ernest Augustus Guelph Windsor</a> (2009)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/05/royal-profile-louis-windsor.html">Master Louis Arthur Nicholas Felix Windsor</a> (2015)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/07/royal-profile-prince-michael-of-kent.html">Prince Michael of Kent</a> (1942)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/01/royal-profile-35-facts-about-princess.html">Princess Michael of Kent</a> (Marie-Christine, m. 1978)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/04/royal-profile-lord-fredrick-windsor.html">Lord Fredrick Windsor</a> (1979)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/08/royal-profile-lady-fredrick-sophie.html">Lady Fredrick Windsor (Sophie Lara Winkleman</a>) (1980, m. 2009)</li><ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Miss <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/08/royal-profile-maud-windsor.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina Windsor</a> (2013)</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/01/royal-profile-isabella-windsor.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Miss Isabella Alexandra May Windsor</a> (2016)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/04/royal-profile-lady-gabriella-kingston.html">Lady Gabriella Windsor</a> (1980)</li><ol><li>Thomas Kingston (m. 2019)</li></ol></ol></ol></ol><br /><br />When she was just five years old, her father died in a wartime accident {<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrincessAlexandra/Background.aspx">Source</a>}. Her mother chose to raise her and her two brothers primarily at the family's country home Choppins in Buckinghamshire{<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrincessAlexandra/Background.aspx">Source</a>}.<br /><br /><br /><br />Unlike her cousins, Princess Elizabeth & Princess Margaret who were privately tutored at home, she attended a regular school, starting at age five. She attended Heathfield School, Ascot begining in 1947{<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrincessAlexandra/Education.aspx">Source</a>}. After graduation, she attended finishing school in Paris, where she studied French and music{<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrincessAlexandra/Education.aspx">Source</a>}.Upon returning from Paris, she undertook a nursing course at Great Ormond Street Hospital {<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrincessAlexandra/Activitiesandinterests.aspx">Source</a>}.<br /><br /><br />Over the years, Princess Alexandra has taken on many public duties. When she was just eleven years old, she appeared as a bridesmaid for her cousin Princess Elizabeth for her marriage to Princess Alexandra's mother's cousin, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh {<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrincessAlexandra/Education.aspx">Source</a>}. She has many patronages to date, some of which include {<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrincessAlexandra/Activitiesandinterests.aspx">Source</a>}:<br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Alzheimer's Society (patron)</li><li>St. Christopher's Hospice(Patron)</li><li>Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (Patron)</li><li>CancerBACUP (Patron)</li><li>MIND, the Mental Health Foundation (Patron)</li><li>Cystic Fibrosis Trust (Patron)</li><li>Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (Patron)</li><li>British Red Cross Society (Deputy President)</li><li>Action for Blind People (Patron)</li><li>Sight Savers International (President)</li><li>Alexandra Rose Day (President)</li></ol><div>She also holds many military affiliations including{<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrincessAlexandra/Activitiesandinterests.aspx">Source</a>}:<br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (Air Commandant)</li><li>The King's Own Royal Border Regiment (Colonel in Chief until July 2006)</li><li>The Light Infantry (Colonel in Chief until February 2007)</li><li>The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada (Colonel in Chief, 1960-2010, now held by The Duchess of Cornwall)</li><li>Canadian Scottish Regiment (Colonel in Chief)</li><li>The Queen's Royal Lancers (Deputy Colonel-in-Chief)</li><li>The Royal Yeomanry (Honorary Royal Colonel)</li></ol><br />In 1960, she represented her cousin at the Nigerian Independence celebrations {<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrincessAlexandra/Activitiesandinterests.aspx">Source</a>}. She has also visited Italy, Oman, Hungary, Gibraltar, The Falkland Islands, Norway, Thailand and Brunei on her cousin's behalf {<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrincessAlexandra/Activitiesandinterests.aspx">Source</a>}. She has also acted as head of state as a member of the Queen's privy council on her cousin's behalf in her absence{<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrincessAlexandra/Activitiesandinterests.aspx">Source</a>}.<br /><br />Her engagement to Angus Ogilvy was announced on 19 November 1962 {<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrincessAlexandra/Marriageandfamily.aspx">Source</a>}. They were married five months later on 24 April 1963 at Westminister Abbey {<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrincessAlexandra/Marriageandfamily.aspx">Source</a>}. They have two children, a daughter-in-law, and four grandchildren:<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/02/royal-profile-james-ogilvy.html">James Robert Bruce Ogilvy</a> (1964)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/10/royal-profile-julia-ogilvy.html">Julia Ogilvy </a>(1964,m. 1988)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/12/royal-profile-flora-ogilvy-vesterberg.html">Flora Alexandra (Ogilvy) Vesterberg </a>(1994)</li><ol><li>Timothy Vesterberg (m. 2020)</li></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/11/royal-profile-alexander-ogilvy.html">Alexander Charles Ogilvy</a> (1996)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/07/royal-profile-marina-ogilvy.html">Marina Victoria Alexandra Ogilvy</a> (1966)</li><ol><li>Paul Julian Mowatt (1962, m. 1990-1997, div)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2018/05/royal-profile-zenouska-may-mowatt.html">Zenouska May Mowatt</a> (1990)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/06/royal-profile-christian-mowatt.html">Christian Alexander Mowatt </a>(1993)</li></ol></ol></ol></div><div><br />In her spare time, she enjoys music, swimming, skiing and riding {<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrincessAlexandra/Activitiesandinterests.aspx">Source</a>}.</div>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-65744406715960914262020-12-24T12:00:00.000-05:002020-12-24T12:00:03.239-05:00Royal Profile: Amelia Carnegie Etherington<b>Amelia Mary Carnegie Etherington</b> was born 24 December 2001 as the only child of <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/06/royal-profile-lady-alexandra-etherington.html">The Lady Alexandra Carnegie Etherington</a> and <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/12/royal-profile-mark-etherington.html">Mark Fleming Etherington</a> {<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p17205.htm">Source</a>}. She is the only granddaughter of The 3rd Duke of Fife and his wife, Caroline, The Duchess of Fife {<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p17205.htm">Source</a>}. She has three cousins and cousin-in-law from her uncle <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/03/royal-profile-david-carngegie-4th-duke.html">David, The 4th Duke of Fife</a> {<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p17205.htm">Source</a>}:<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/07/royal-profile-charles-duff-carnegie.html">Charles Duff Carnegie, The Earl of Southdesk</a> (1989)</li><ol><li>Camille, The Countess of Southdesk (m. 2020, b. 1990, nee Ascoli)</li></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/03/royal-profile-lord-george-carnegie.html">Lord George William Carnegie</a> (1992)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/06/royal-profile-lord-hugh-carnegie.html">Lord Hugh Alexander Carnegie</a> (1993)</li></ol><br /><br />Currently, under British law, she is currently 78th in line for the British throne as a great-great-great-great granddaughter of Queen Victoria through her son, Edward VIII{<a href="https://www.britroyals.com/succession.asp">Source</a>}. One of her godparents is <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/01/royal-profile-sophie-countess-of-wessex.html">The Countess of Wessex</a>. She is often seen out and about with the Wessexes. In August 2015, she joined the Wessexes for the 2015 Unibet EuroHockey Championships{<a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/2015-unibet-eurohockey-championships-wessex?events=574392741&family=editorial&phrase=2015%20unibet%20eurohockey%20championships%20wessex&sort=best#license">Photos</a>}.<br /><br />Because she is so far down the line, it is likely that she lives a relatively normal life and not much is known about her.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-3210350135718587922020-12-24T11:59:00.001-05:002020-12-24T11:59:01.145-05:00Royal Profile: Edwina Brudenell<b>Edwina Victoria Louise Brudenell</b> was born 24 December 1961 as the first child and elder daughter of David Nightingale Hicks and <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/04/royal-profile-lady-pamela-hicks.html">Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Mountbatten</a> {<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p10426.htm">Source</a>}. She has two younger siblings, their former and current partners/spouses, as well as several niece and nephews{<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p10426.htm">Source</a>}:<div><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/07/royal-profile-ashley-hicks.html">Ashley Louis David Hicks </a>(1963)</li><ol><li>Allegra Marina Tondato (1960, m. 1983, div)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/09/royal-profile-angelica-hicks.html">Angelica Margherita Edwina Hicks</a> (1992)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/01/royal-profile-ambrosia-hicks.html">Ambrosia Maria Elizabeth Hicks</a> (1997)</li></ol><li>Katalina Sharkey de Solis (1981, m. 2015, divorce pending 2017)</li><ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/01/royal-profile-caspian-hicks.html" style="color: #d52a33;">Caspian William Donald Sebastian Hicks</a> (2018)</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/02/royal-profile-horatio-hicks.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Horatio Valentine Hicks</a> (2019)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/09/royal-profile-india-hicks.html">India Amanda Caroline Hicks</a> (1967)</li><ol><li>David Flint Wood (not married)</li><ol><li>Wesley Cleare (1997, foster son, his single mother died when he was only 15, India became his <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2140807/India-Hicks-adopted-Bahamian-teenager-Model-friend-Royals-tells-emotional-story-time.html">legal guardian upon his mother's death</a>)</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/05/royal-profile-felix-flint-wood.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Felix Austen Flint Wood</a> (1997)</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/06/royal-profile-amory-flint-wood.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Amory John Flint Wood</a> (1999)</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-profile-conrad-flint-wood.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Conrad Lorenzo Flint Wood</a> (2003)</li></ol></ol></ol><br />On 24 March 1984, she married Jeremy Brudenell {Source}. Together, they have three children, a son in law and two granddaughters:<br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Maddison May Modupe-Ojo (1994)</li><ol><li>Olaoluwa Olamide Modupe-Ojo (m. 2015)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/11/royal-profile-daphne-brudenell-modupe.html">Daphne Modupe-Ojo </a>(2016)</li><li>Phebe Modupe-Ojo (2019)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/07/royal-profile-jordon-brundenell.html">Jordan Anne Brudenell</a> (1995)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/02/royal-profile-rowan-brudenell.html">Rowan Michael David Brudenell </a>(2001)</li></ol></div>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-70734884587254777482020-12-23T12:00:00.001-05:002020-12-23T12:00:08.640-05:00Royal Profile: Princess Marie Gabrielle of Bourbon-Parma<b>Princess Marie Gabrielle Yolande Camilla Philippine of Bourbon-Parma</b> was born 23 December 1982 as the second daughter of Countess Lydia Adelaide Maria Holstein til Ledreborg & Prince Eric of Bourbon-Parma {<a href="http://www.chivalricorders.org/bourbon/parma/brbprmgn.htm">Source</a>}. She has an older sister, a younger sister, two younger brothers, two brothers-in-law, a soon-to-be sister-in-law, five nieces, and a nephew{<a href="http://www.chivalricorders.org/bourbon/parma/brbprmgn.htm">Source</a>}:<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/06/royal-profile-princess-antonia-of.html">Princess Antonia Monica Charlotte Marie of Bourbon-Parma</a> (1981)</li><ol><li>Martin Krusbæk (m. 2010)</li><ol><li>Inès Philippine Alexia Krusbæk (2011)</li><li>Maximilian Allan Michel Gabriel Krusbæk (2012)</li><li>Alix Beatrice Lidia Eva Krusbæk (2016)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/03/royal-profile-princess-alexia-of.html">Princess Alexia Thérèse Sybille Erica Marie of Bourbon-Parma</a> (1985)</li><ol><li>Fabian Davis (m. 2007)</li><ol><li>Rebecca Davis (2004)</li><li>Bianca Davis (2008)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/02/royal-profile-prince-michel-of-bourbon.html">Prince Michel Knud John Joseph Marie of Bourbon-Parma</a> (1989)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/10/royal-profile-prince-henri-of-bourbon.html">Prince Henri Luitpold Antoine Victor Marie Joseph of Bourbon-Parm</a>a (1991)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/03/royal-profile-archduchess-gabriella-of.htmlhttp://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/03/royal-profile-archduchess-gabriella-of.html">Archduchess Gabriella Maria Pilar Yolande Joséphine Charlotte of Austria</a> (1994, m. 2020)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/10/royal-profile-victoria-von-osterreich.html">Victoria Antonia Marie-Astrid Lydia von Österreich-de Bourbon-Parme</a> (2017)</li></ol></ol></ol><br />Princess Marie Gabrielle gave birth to a son, by an unknown father, in 2003:<br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Mark de Bourbon de Parme</li></ol>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-28500347067635064182020-12-23T11:59:00.014-05:002020-12-23T11:59:06.190-05:00Royal Profile: Queen Silvia of Sweden<b>Queen Silvia of Sweden</b> was born <i>Silvia Renate Sommerlath</i> on 23 December 1943 in Germany as only the daughter of Walter & Alice Sommerlath {<a href="http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html">Source</a>}. 'She has three brothers:<br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Ralf Sommerlath</li><li>Walther Sommerlath</li><li>Jörg Sommerlath (died 2006)</li></ol><div>She spent her pre-teen and early teen years in Brazil where her father held various positions with Swedish companies that were based in Brazil{<a href="http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html">Source</a>}. When she was 14 years of age, the family returned to West Germany{<a href="http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html">Source</a>}. She attended high school in Düsseldorf, Germany, where she graduated in 1963{<a href="http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html">Source</a>}. From 1965-1969, she attended the Munich School of Interpreting, with a Spanish major{<a href="http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html">Source</a>}.<br /><br /><br />Upon graduation, she began working as an interpreter at the Argentinean Consulate in Munich Germany{<a href="http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html">Source</a>}. In the early 1970s, she worked as a hostess trainer for the Organizing Committee for the Munich Olympic Games{<a href="http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html">Source</a>}. Then took a position as Deputy Head of Protocol of the Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria in 1976{<a href="http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html">Source</a>}.<br /><br /><br />She and <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/04/royal-profile-king-carl-xvi-gustaf-of.html">King Carl XVI Gustaf</a> met at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich{<a href="http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html">Source</a>}. They announced their engagement on 12 March 1976, and they were married on 19 June the same year{<a href="http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html">Source</a>}. Upon their marriage, they resided in an apartment at the Royal Palace of Stockholm, but with the birth of their youngest child, they moved to Drottningholm Palace{<a href="http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html">Source</a>}. <br />Together, they have three children, three children-in-law, and seven grandchildren {<a href="http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html">Source</a>}:<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/07/royal-profile-crown-princess-victoria.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, The Duchess of Västergötland</a> (1977)</li><ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/09/royal-profile-prince-daniel-of-sweden.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Prince Daniel of Sweden, The Duke of Västergötland</a> (1973, m. 2010)</li><ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/02/royal-profileprincess-estelle-of-sweden.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Princess Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary of Sweden, The Duchess of Östergötland</a> (2012)</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/03/royal-profile-prince-oscar-of-sweden.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Prince Oscar Carl Olof of Sweden, The Duke of Skåne</a> (2016)</li></ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/05/royal-profile-40-facts-about-prince.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, The Duke of Värmland</a>(1979)</li><ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Princess Sofia of Sweden, The Duchess of Värmland (1984, m. 2015)</li><ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-profile-prince-alexander-of.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil, The Duke of Södermanland</a> (2016)</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/08/royal-profile-prince-gabriel-duke-of.htmlhttp://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/08/royal-profile-prince-gabriel-duke-of.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Prince Gabriel Carl Walther, The Duke of Dalarna</a> (2017)</li></ol></ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/06/royal-profile-princess-madeleine-of.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Princess Madeleine of Sweden, The Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland</a> (1982)</li><ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Herr Christopher O'Neill (1974, m. 2013)</li><ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/02/royal-profile-princess-leonore-of.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Princess Leonore Lilian Maria, The Duchess of Gotland</a> (2014)</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Prince Nicolas Paul Gustaf, The Duke of Ångermanland (2015)</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/03/royal-profile-princess-adrienne-of.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Princess Adrienne Joséphine Alice,The Duchess of Blekinge</a> (2018)</li></ol></ol></ol></ol>Queen Silvia often attends to official trips in Sweden and abroad with her husband{<a href="http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html">Source</a>}. She is a regular visitor to Sweden's authorities, schools, universities, participant in anniversary events, and openings and closings of major events{<a href="http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html">Source</a>}. <br /><br /><br />The Queen is fluent in several languages, including: Swedish, German, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese{<a href="http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html">Source</a>}. The Swedish consort also has some fluency in Swedish Sign Language {<a href="http://www.taubenschlag.de/meldung/4478">Source</a>}<br /><br />As a newlywed, The Queen quickly grew to love the Swedish mountains{<a href="http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html">Source</a>}. She enjoys skiing in the environs of the Royal Family's cottage in Storlien{<a href="http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html">Source</a>}. Queen Silvia also has interests in gardening, theatre, horseback ridding, and waterskiing {<a href="http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html">Source</a>}.<br /><br />She shares a birthday with Emperor Akihito of Japan, who is 10 years her senior. Queen Silvia also shares a birthday with Princess Marie Gabrielle of Bourbon-Parma, who is 39 years her junior.<br /><br />She holds honors from Sweden, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Chile, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maylasia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Solvenia, South Korea, Spain, Tunisa, Thailand & Ukraine.<br />She is a recipient of the Lady Grand Cross of the Social Order of the Amaranth. She has also been awarded the The National German Sustainability Award In November 2016, she was a recipient of the Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Motherhood and Childhood Award.</div>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-44221119981741655672020-12-23T11:58:00.020-05:002020-12-23T11:58:00.130-05:00Royal Profile: Emperor Emeritus Akihito of Japan<b>Emperor Emeritus Akihito of Japan</b> was born 23 December 1923 as the eldest son and fifth child of Emperor Hirohito (the Showa Emperor) and Empress Kōjun {<a href="http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/history/history01.html">Source</a>}. He had 5 sisters and one brother{<a href="http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/history/history01.html">Source</a>}:<br /><br /><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Shigeko, Princess Teru (1925-1961)</li><ol><li>Morihiro Higashikuni</li></ol><li>Prince Nobuhiko Higashikuni (1945)</li><ol><li>Yoshiko Shimada (m. 1973)</li><ol><li>Yukihiko Higashikuni (1974)</li></ol></ol><li>Princess Fumiko Higashikuni (1946)</li><ol><li>Mr. Kazutoshi Omura</li></ol><li>Hidehiko Higashikuni (1949)</li><li>Naohiko Higashikuni (1953)</li><ol><li>Kazuko Sato</li><ol><li>Teruhiko</li><li>Mutsuhiko</li></ol><li>Yūko Higashikuni (1954)</li></ol><li>Princess Hisa of Japan (1927-1928)</li><li>Princess Taka of Japan (1929-1989)</li><li>Princess Yori of Japan (1931)</li><li>Prince Hitachhi of Japan (1935)</li><li>Princess Suga of Japan (1937)</li></ol><br /><br />He was known as Prince Tsugu as a child (like his granddaughter is Princess Toshi today){<a href="http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/history/history01.html">Source</a>}. He was educated primarily by private tutors before attending Gakushūin School from 1940-1952{<a href="http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/history/history01.html">Source</a>}.He briefly studied Political Science at Gakushuin University, but never received a degree{<a href="http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/history/history01.html">Source</a>}. He has written papers for scholarly journals, namely Gene and the Japanese Journal of Ichthyology{<a href="http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/history/history01.html">Source</a>}.<br /><br />Unlike the emperors before him, he did not receive a commission in the Japanese Army at the request of his father{<a href="http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/history/history01.html">Source</a>}. When he was 22 years old, he and his brother were evacuated from Japan during the WWII battles with The Americans{<a href="http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/history/history01.html">Source</a>}. During the American occupation of Japan, he was tutored in English and Western manners{<a href="http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/history/history01.html">Source</a>}.<br /><br /><br />His formal investiture as Crown Prince of Japan took place in November 1952, when he was 28 (a month and some before his 29th birthday) years old{<a href="http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/history/history01.html">Source</a>}. In June of the following year, he represented Japan at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and visited Queen Elizabeth for her Diamond Jubilee again in 2012{<a href="http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/history/history01.html">Source</a>}. Since then, he along side his wife, then <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2018/10/royal-profile-empress-michiko-of-japan.html">Crown Princess Michiko</a>, who he married in 1959 have visited 37 countries on official visits{<a href="http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/history/history01.html">Source</a>}.<br />His father died in January 1989, and he was formally invested as Emperor almost two years later, in November 1990{<a href="http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/history/history01.html">Source</a>}. In 1998, during a state visit to the United Kingdom, he was invested with The Most Noble Order of the Garter.<br />Like most "normal people", the Emperor has had a few health scares in his life time. In January 2003, he underwent treatment for prostate cancer. In 2011, he suffered pneumonia and was admitted to the hospital. In 2012, he underwent heart bypass surgery.<br /><br />He shares a birthday with Queen Silvia of Sweden.<br /><br />Together, with his <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/10/royal-profile-empress-emerita-michiko.html">wife</a>, he has the following children and grandchildren:<br /><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/02/royal-profile-crown-prince-naruhito-of.html">Emperor Naruhito</a> (1960)</li><ol><li>Empress Masako (m. 1993)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/12/royal-profile-princess-aiko-of-japan.html">Princess Aiko, The Princess Toshi </a>(2001)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/11/royal-profile-crown-prince-fumihito-of.html">Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Akishino</a> (1965)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/09/royal-profile-crown-princess-kiko.html">Crown Princess Kiko of Japan, Princess of Akishino</a> (1966)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/10/royal-profile-princess-mako-of-akishino.html">Princess Mako of Akishino</a>(1991)</li><ol><li>Kei Komuro (expected marriage...eventually) {<a href="http://time.com/4926285/japan-princess-mako-engagement-royal-title/">Source</a>}{<a href="https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrEeB3oZ89bPyYAwiIPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTBydDI5cXVuBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwM2BHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1540348009/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2fnews%2f2018%2f08%2f09%2fwedding-japans-princess-mako-hold-fiances-family-told-resolve%2f/RK=2/RS=DSiAf4QwlulIDa.thUE5jRuQAJc-">Source</a>}</li></ol><li>Princess Kako of Akishino (1994)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/09/royal-profile-prince-hisahito-of.html">Prince Hisahito of Akishino</a> (2006)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-profile-sayako-kuroda.html">Princess Sayako, Mrs. Yoshiki Kuroda</a> (1969)</li><ol><li>Yoshiki Kuroda (m. 2005)</li></ol></ol><br />He holds numerous orders from 48 different countries. He also holds several Japanese orders.<br /><br /><br />In recent years, he expressed interest in abdicating in favor of his son, and Parliament agreed to allow him to do so in April 2019 {<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj2pPil3KDYAhXh7YMKHUenCtIQFghBMAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-asia-42191096&usg=AOvVaw33iIwd9EkPtklIpooDF_f-">Source</a>}. He shares a birthday with Sweden's Queen Silvia.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-56777784373866107942020-12-22T12:00:00.004-05:002020-12-22T12:00:06.777-05:00Royal Profile: Archduchess Katarina of Austria<b>Archduchess Katarina Marie-Christine Fabiola of Austria</b> was born on 22 December 2014 as the eldest child of <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/02/royal-profile-archduke-christoph-of.html">Archduke Christoph of Austria</a> &<a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/09/royal-profile-archduchess-adelaide-of.html"> Archduchess Adélaïde of Austria</a>{<a href="http://www.burkespeerage.com/royalFamily_Luxembourg.php">Source</a>}. She has one younger sister:{<a href="http://fr.rodovid.org/wk/Personne:935935">Source</a>}:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/08/royal-profile-archduchess-sophia-of.html">Archduchess Sophia of Austria</a> (2017)</li></ul><br />She was baptized on 27 December 2014 with the following as her godparents {<a href="http://lux-arazzi.blogspot.com/2015/01/introducing-archduchess-katharina-of.html">Source</a>}:<br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/07/royal-profile-archduchess-marie.html">Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria, The Countess of of Limburg-Stirum</a> (paternal aunt)</li><li>Galdric Drapé-Frisch (maternal uncle)</li></ol>She was named:<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Katarina: likely a name her parents liked, a Greek name meaning pure</li><li>Marie-Christine: for her paternal aunt and godmother,<a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/07/royal-profile-archduchess-marie.html">Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria, The Countess of of Limburg-Stirum</a></li><li>Fabiola: for her great-aunt the late <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2014/12/breaking-royal-profile-queen-fabiola-of.html">Queen Fabiola of Belgium</a>, who had died only a few weeks before she was born.</li></ol><br /><br />Archduchess Katarina is the paternal granddaughter of<a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/08/royal-profile-archduke-carl-christian.html"> Archduke Carl Christian of Austria</a> and <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/02/royal-profile-archduchess-marie-astrid.html">Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria, Princess of Luxembourg</a> {<a href="http://www.burkespeerage.com/royalFamily_Luxembourg.php">Source</a>}.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-86687082108191378332020-12-21T12:00:00.001-05:002020-12-21T12:00:04.682-05:00Royal Profile: Inigo Mountbatten Hooper<b>Inigo Norton Sebastian Mountbatten Hooper</b> was born 21 December 2017 as the first child of The Lady Alexandra Hooper and Thomas Hooper {<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p71893.htm#i718926">Source</a>}. He has a younger brother{<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8310981/Queens-close-family-friend-Alexandra-Knatchbull-welcomes-second-child-husband-Thomas-Hooper.html">Source</a>}:<div><br /></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Alden Peter Theodore Mountbatten Hooper (2020)</li></ol><br /><br />On 13 July 2018, he was christened at his grandfather's estate in a private ceremony. Amongst his godparents was his first cousin 3x removed, The Duke of Edinburgh{<a href="https://www.lordmountbattenofburma.com/copy-of-prince-louis-of-cambridge-1">Source</a>}. Inigo's grandfather is also a godson of The Duke of Edinburgh, and The Duke of Edinburgh is a godson of Inigo's great grandfather, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.</div>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-44524709904872422312020-12-21T11:59:00.001-05:002020-12-21T11:59:02.343-05:00Royal Profile: Estella Taylor<b>Estella Olga Elizabeth Taylor</b> was born on 21 December 2004 as the youngest daughter of The <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/04/royal-profile-lady-helen-taylor.html">Lady Helen Taylor</a> and <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/08/royal-profile-timothy-taylor.html">Timothy Taylor</a>{<a href="http://thepeerage.com/p10558.htm#i105577">Source</a>}<br />She has two older brothers and an older sister{<a href="http://thepeerage.com/p10558.htm#i105577">Source</a>}:<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/08/royal-profile-columbus-taylor.html">Columbus George Donald Taylor</a> (1994)</li><li>Cassius Edward Taylor (1996)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/03/royal-profile-eloise-taylor.html">Eloise Olivia Katherine Taylor</a> (2003)</li></ol><br />She is a first cousin twice removed from Queen Elizabeth II via King George V. Her grandfather is <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/10/royal-profile-prince-edward-duke-of-kent.html">The Duke of Kent</a>. She is presently 44th in line for the British throne {<a href="http://www.britroyals.com/succession.htm">Source</a>}. At her birth, she was 28th.<br /><br />She and her family likely live a fairly normal lifestyle.Since her mother operates an art gallery in Mayfair, England, it's likely her family lives and goes to school in that area. With her family, she is often a guest at The Trooping of Colour (<a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/estella-taylor?events=101552578&family=editorial&phrase=Estella%20TAylor&sort=best#license">2010</a>, <a href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/06/12/article-2002615-0C8375CC00000578-855_638x451.jpg">2011</a>, <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/lady-helen-taylor-with-eloise-taylor-and-estella-taylor-news-photo/450608088">2014</a>, <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/galleries/search?phrase=Lady+Helen+Taylor+Trooping+of+the+Colour+2015&family=editorial&sort=mostpopular">2015</a>) and the Queen's annual pre-Christmas luncheon (<a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/lady-helen-taylor-and-tim-taylor-with-eloise-taylor-attend-news-photo/460593698">2014</a>, <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/lady-helen-taylor-and-tim-taylor-arrive-for-the-annual-news-photo/501556960">2015</a>, <a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/queen-christmas-lunch-2019-taylor?events=775453731&family=editorial&phrase=Queen%20Christmas%20Lunch%202019%20Taylor&sort=best#license">2019</a>). She made a major royal appearance during her mother's cousin, <a href="https://www.royal.uk/wedding-lady-gabriella-windsor-and-mr-thomas-kingston">Lady Gabriella's royal wedding in 2019</a> {<a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/lady-gabriella-wedding-2019--special-attendants?events=775340075&family=editorial&phrase=Lady%20Gabriella%20wedding%202019%20%20special%20attendants&sort=best#license">Photos</a>}Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-25672248918272286512020-12-21T11:58:00.030-05:002020-12-21T11:58:03.936-05:00Royal Profile: Archduke Martin of Austria-Este<b>Archduke Martin Karl Amadeo Maria of Austria-Este</b> was born 21 December 1959 as the fourth child and third son of Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este and <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/04/royal-profile-princess-margherita-of.html">Princess Margheretia of Savoy-Aosta </a>{<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p11169.htm#i111688">Source</a>}. He has the following siblings, siblings-in-law, nieces, nephews, niece-in-law and great niece{<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p11169.htm#i111688">Source</a>}:<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Prince Lorenz of Belgium, The Archduke of Austria-Este</li><ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/06/royal-profile-princess-astrid-of.html" style="color: #d52a33;">Princess Astrid of Belgium, The Archduchess of Austria-Este</a> (1962, m. 1983)</li><ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/02/royal-profile-prince-amedeo-of-belgium.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este</a> (1986)</li></ol><ol><ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/09/royal-profile-archduchess-elisabetta.html" style="color: #d52a33;">Archduchess Elisabetta "Lili" of Austria-Este</a> (1987)</li><ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/05/royal-profile-archdchess-anna-astrid-of.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Archduchess Anna Astrid of Austria-Este</a> (2016)</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este (2019)</li></ol></ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/08/royal-profile-princess-maria-laura-of.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este</a> (1988)</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/12/royal-profile-prince-joachim-of-belgium.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este</a> (1991)</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/10/royal-profile-25-facts-about-princess.html" style="color: #d52a33;">Princess Luisa Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este</a> (1995)</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/04/royal-profile-princess-laetitia-maria.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;">Princess Laetia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este</a> (2003)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/12/royal-profile-archduchess-maria.html">Archduchess Maria Beatrice of Austria-Este, Countess von zu Arco-Zunneberg</a> (1954)</li><ol><li>Count Riprand of Arco-Zinneberg (m. 1980)</li><ol><li>Countess Anna Theresa von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (1981)</li><ol><li>Colin McKenzie (m. 2018)</li><ol><li>Baby Girl McKenzie (2019)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/06/royal-profile-countess-margherita.html">Countess Margherita von und zu Arco-Zinneberg</a> (1983)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/01/royal-profile-countess-olympia-von-und.html">Olympia, The Princess Napoléon, Princess of Montfort, of Lucca and Piombino, and of Canino and Musignano, titular Princess of Elba, titular Princess Royal of Holland and of Westphalia, titular Grand Duchess of Berg and Cleves, titular Grand Duchess of Tuscany, and Duchess of Reichstadt Countess von und zu Arco-Zinneberg</a> (1988)</li><ol><li>Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoleon,Prince of Montfort, of Lucca and Piombino, and of Canino and Musignano, titular Prince of Elba, titular Prince Royal of Holland and of Westphalia, titular Grand Duchess of Berg and Cleves, titular Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Duke of Reichstadt (1986, m. 2019)</li></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/11/royal-profile-countess-maximiliana-von.html">Countess Maximiliana Aimée Maria von und zu Arco-Zinneberg</a> (1990)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/05/royal-profile-countess-marie-gabrielle.html">Countess Marie Gabrielle von und zu Arco-Zinneberg</a> (1992)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/07/royal-profile-countess-giorgiana-von.html">Countess Giorgiana von und zu Arco-Zinneberg</a> (1997)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/10/royal-profile-archduke-gerhard-of.html">Archduke Gerhard of Austria-Este</a> (1957)</li><ol><li>Archduchess Iris of Austria-Este (1961, m. 2015)</li></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/03/royal-profile-archduchess-isabella-of.html">Archduchess Isabella of Austria-Este, Countess Czarnocki-Lucheschi</a> (1963)</li><ol><li>Count Andrea Czarnocki-Lucheschi</li><ol><li>Countess Alvise Czarnocki-Lucheschi (1999)</li><li>Count Carlo Czarnocki-Lucheschi (2000)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/02/royal-profile-maria-anna-czarnocki.html">Countess Maria Anna Czarnocki-Lucheschi</a> (2002)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/08/royal-profile-count-alessandro.html">Count Alessandro Czarnocki-Lucheschi</a> (2004)</li></ol>Archduke Martin married Princess Katharina von Isenburg in May 2004 {<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p11169.htm#i111688">Source</a>}. Together, they have four children{<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p11169.htm#i111688">Source</a>}:<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/07/royal-profile-archduke-bartholomaus-of.html">Archduke Bartholomaeus of Austria-Este</a> (2006)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/02/royal-profile-archduke-emmanuel-of.html">Archduke Emmanuel of Austria-Este </a>(2008)</li><li>Archduchess Helene of Austria-Este (2009)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/02/royal-profile-archduke-luigi-of-austria.html">Archduke Luigi of Austria-Este</a> (2011)</li></ol>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-86575461058015036632020-12-20T23:00:00.063-05:002020-12-20T23:00:05.000-05:00The Royal Recap of the Royals You Love: December 14-20, 2020<p><i><u><b>Belgium</b></u></i></p><p><b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">-Prince Lorenz, The Archduke of Austria-Este</b> celebrated his 65th birthday on Wednesday.</p><p><i><u><b>France</b></u></i></p><p><u><b>-</b></u><u style="font-weight: bold;">Almudena Marie Sarah Béatrice Aline Dailly</u> celebrated her 16th birthday on Wednesday.</p><p><i><u><b>Germany</b></u></i></p><p><b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">-Princess Christa Ingeborg von Thurn und Taxis</b> celebrated her 79th birthday on Monday.</p><p><i><u><b>Italy</b></u></i></p><p><b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">-Princess Isabella of Savoy-Aosta</b> celebrated her 7th birthday on Monday.</p><p><i><u><b>Liechtenstein</b></u></i></p><p><b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">-Princess Marie-</b><i><b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">Immaculata</b> </i>celebrated her 29th birthday on Tuesday.</p><p><i><u><b>Monaco </b></u></i></p><p><b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">-Prince Albert II, Princess Charlene, Hereditary Prince Jacques & Princess Gabriella</b> took part in the annual Children's Christmas Party at the Royal Palace on Wednessday {<a href="https://www.facebook.com/palaismonaco/posts/4030525436959965?__cft__[0]=AZWb0GTAnQOpJVCMTroSUm_N2WGsRTfKIC1XtPRuUuxqawtNyolp81h4dC57JQNZEHl8X9sxQtExe_kUkrU7YDPi8JZSVXK7W7tDoAskLwb-cNKaqw_xvgYU3U6HLTAzZTel_R8sCZnH8XEpoc46XXpxzRxT0MASrEe4qiDCNPyZvA&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-y-R">Photos</a>}</p><p><u style="font-weight: bold;">-Prince Albert II, Princess Charlene & Hereditary Prince Jacques</u> attended the naming of the new Maritime and Airport Police Division boat Princesse Gabriella on Wednesday {<a href="https://www.facebook.com/palaismonaco/posts/4028678583811317?__cft__[0]=AZUsAxlIMI_h-iFuhWU5-t1z64i99E0zZq2WG-BTyGg70Mp1UDYF2vY1l5AuRYu1_7MtxlT48X5rrSGBxIQ66tHuVtDqHlgojiuVra6cpyZxSkAMcWaDhACIj04FvjiDU4sBVU4rwq7V-_FbUuyuES5Xr4D3DRgwQEzPmlYL_Koygg&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-y-R">Photos</a>} </p><u style="font-weight: bold;">-Princess Gabriella, The Countess of Carladès</u> officially named the new star of the Maritime and Airport Police Division boat Princesse Gabriella on Wednesday {<a href="https://www.facebook.com/palaismonaco/posts/4028678583811317?__cft__[0]=AZUsAxlIMI_h-iFuhWU5-t1z64i99E0zZq2WG-BTyGg70Mp1UDYF2vY1l5AuRYu1_7MtxlT48X5rrSGBxIQ66tHuVtDqHlgojiuVra6cpyZxSkAMcWaDhACIj04FvjiDU4sBVU4rwq7V-_FbUuyuES5Xr4D3DRgwQEzPmlYL_Koygg&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-y-R">Photos</a>}<div><br /></div><div><i><u><b>The Netherlands</b></u></i></div><div><i><u><b><br /></b></u></i></div><div><b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">-Xaiver Albert Alphons Brenninkmeijer</b> celebrated his 5th birthday on Wednesday.</div><div><i><u><b><br /></b></u></i></div><div><i><u><b>United Kingdom</b></u></i></div><div><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div><div><u style="font-weight: bold;">-Flora Alexandra (Ogilvy) Vesterberg</u> celebrated her 26th birthday on Tuesday.<br /><p><br /></p><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><u>17th</u></b></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;">Miss Ellen Mary Lascelles (1984)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;">James, Viscount Severn (2007)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="ng" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Miss Domino Carme</span>n Flint Wood (2007)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;">Master Maximilian Maria von Lattorff (2011) (Liechtenstein)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;">Master Raphaël Casiraghi Elmaleh (2013) (illegitimate son of Charlotte Casiraghi, Monaco)</li></ul><div><b><u>18th</u></b></div></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><u></u></b><br /><div></div></div><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><u>19th</u></b></div><ul style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;">Mr. Maximilian John Gerald Lascelles (1991)</li></ul><div style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><u>20th</u></b></div><ul style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;">Infanta Elena of Spain, The Duchess of Lugo (1963)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;">Princess Akiko of Mikasa (1981)</li></ul></div></div>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-19174117807263645512020-12-20T12:00:00.061-05:002020-12-20T12:00:05.588-05:00Royal Profile: Infanta Elena of Spain, The Duchess of Lugo<b>Infanta Elena María Isabel Dominica de Silos de Borbón y de Grecia of Spain, The Duchess of Lugo </b>was born 20 December 1963 as the eldest child of <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/01/royal-profile-king-juan-carlos-of-spain.html">King Juan Carlos I </a>&<a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/11/royal-profile-queen-sofia-of-spain.html">Queen Sofia of Spain</a>{<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p10109.htm#i101089">Source</a>}. She has two younger siblings, two siblings-in-law and three nieces and two nephews:<br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/06/royal-profile-infanta-cristina-of-spain.html">Infanta Cristina of Spain</a> (1965)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/01/royal-profile-don-inaki-urdangarin-y.html">Iñaki Urdangarín</a> (1968, m.1997)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/09/royal-profile-don-juan-urdangarin-y-de.html">Don Juan Urdangarín y de Borbón</a> (1999)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/12/royal-profile-don-pablo-nicolas.html">Don Pablo Urdangarín y de Borbón</a> (2000)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-profile-don-miguel-urdangarin-y.html">Don Miguel Urdangarín y de Bórbon</a> (2002)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/06/royal-profile-dona-irene-urdangarin-y.html">Doña Irene Urdangarín y Bórbon</a> (2005)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/01/royal-profile-king-felipe-vi-of-spain.html">King Felipe VI of Spain</a> (1968)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/09/royal-profile-queen-letizia-of-spain.html">Queen Letizia of Spain</a> (1972, m. 2004)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/10/royal-profile-infanta-leonor-princess.html">Leonor, Princess of Asturias</a> (2005)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-profile-infanta-sofia-of-spain.html">The Infanta Sofia of Spain</a> (2007)</li></ol></ol></ol>Her father would become King of Spain when the young Infanta was only 12 years old. Her godparents were:<br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Princess María Mercedes, The Countess of Barcelona (paternal grandmother)</li><li>Infante Don Alfonso de Orleans(paternal distant cousin)</li></ol><div>She attended Santa Maria del Camino School and trained as a teacher at the ESCUNI University School, where she qualified as an primary education teacher, with a specialization in English in 1986.<br />She then returned to her alma mater, Santa Maria del Camino School, where she worked as a English teacher for one year. After that, she took a sociology and education course at Exeter University, and completed her education at Comillas Pontifical University, earning a degree in Education in 1993.<br /><br /><br />When the young Infanta became of age in 1981, she began to take part in activities of the Royal Family such as foreign heads of states visits to Spain, traveling officially to places like Germany, England, The USA, Argentina Japan, and the Philippines, more often than not she presided over various cultural events both abroad and in Spain.<br /><br />In 1995, she married Jaime de Marichalar y Saenz de Tejada, and was granted the duchary of Lugo upon the occasion by her father.<br />Together, they have two children:<br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/07/royal-profile-don-felipe-juan-de.html">Don Felipe Juan Froilán de Todos los Santos de Marichalar y de Borbón</a> (1998)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/09/royal-profile-dona-victoria-federica-de.html">Doña Victoria Federica de Todos los Santos de Marichalar y de Borbón</a> (2000)</li></ol></div><div><br /></div><div>On 21 January 2010, it was announced that her marriage to Jaime de Maricharlar was over in divorce by mutual consent.<br /><br />As for her life today, the Infanta serves as a Director of Cultural & Social Projects of the<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mapfre.com%2Fcorporativo%2Fgrupomapfre%2Fen%2Fcinformativo%2Fmapfre-foundation.shtml&ei=DTLSUNnSDsjr0QHW04CAAw&usg=AFQjCNEludbERkHmxcBWWESOshobPDI0tQ&sig2=mypZ4wRJRHm4YEtxwD8T3g&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.dmQ">Mapfre Foundation</a>.<br />She also participates in numerous official activities of the Royal Family such as Spain's National Day (<a 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href="http://www.gettyimages.com/search/2/image?phrase=Princess+Elena+Spanish+National+Day+2013&clarifications=&family=editorial&editorialproduct=&recency=">2013</a>) and the annual Red Cross Fundraising Day.<br />She serves as honorary president of Spain's Paralympic Committee and attended numerous events in London in 2012 with her two children. In 2014, she attended, alongside her son, the <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/search/2/image?phrase=Princess%20Elena%20Spanish%20%20abdication&family=editorial&sort=best&excludenudity=true&page=1">abdication</a> of her father and <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/search/2/image?phrase=Princess%20Elena%20Spanish%20%20enthronement&family=editorial&sort=best&excludenudity=true&page=1">enthronement</a> of her brother. In 2017, she went on <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/princess-elena-of-spain-february-2017?family=editorial&phrase=Princess%20Elena%20of%20Spain%20February%202017&sort=best#license">a skiing trip with her children in Baqueira Beret, Spain</a>, <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/princess-elena-of-spain-march-2017?family=editorial&phrase=Princess%20Elena%20of%20Spain%20March%202017&sort=best#license">attend the funeral of Infanta Alicia, and attended an event by Real Sporting de Gijon Football Club, attended IV Bullfighers and Ranchers Charity Golf Tournament, attended the Comadore Bullfighting Awards, attended a Thanksgiving Mass in honor of Medinaceli's Christ</a>, <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/princess-elena-of-spain-april-2017?family=editorial&phrase=Princess%20Elena%20of%20Spain%20April%202017&sort=best#license">undertook a trip to Brazil</a>, <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/license/694408354">attended bullfights in Aranjuez with her children, was joined by her daughter and father for the 2017 San Isidro bullfighting fair in Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, and took part in an equestrian competition</a>, <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/princess-elena-of-spain-june-2017?family=editorial&phrase=Princess%20Elena%20of%20Spain%20June%202017&sort=best#license">joined her father for the inauguration of the Macan Winery, participated in 2017 Charity Day, participated in another equestrian competition, awarded the prize for XXV Children and Youth Painting Contest, attended the 2017 Mapfre Foundation Awards with her mother,</a> <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/princess-elena-of-spain-july-2017?family=editorial&phrase=Princess%20Elena%20of%20Spain%20July%202017&sort=best#license">attended US Independence Day celebrations at the American Embassy in Madrid, attended the 'Jose Manuel Soto 30th Anniversary Celebration, a bullfight with her children in Coliseo Balear in Palma de Mallorca</a>, <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/princess-elena-of-spain-august-2017?family=editorial&phrase=Princess%20Elena%20of%20Spain%20August%202017&sort=best#license">was joined by her father for the 2017 International Polo Tournament Final, joined members of her family for the fifth day of the Copa del Rey Mapfre Sailing Cup, and attended bullfights in Palma de Mallorca with her children</a>, <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/princess-elena-of-spain-september-2017?family=editorial&phrase=Princess%20Elena%20of%20Spain%20September%202017&sort=best#license">spent some time visiting her sister Infanta Cristina in Switzerland</a>, <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/princess-elena-of-spain-october-2017?family=editorial&phrase=Princess%20Elena%20of%20Spain%20October%202017&sort=best#license">attended the opening of the Centers for Butterfly Skin Patients, was among the crowds for the Spanish military parade to celebrate National Day with her daughter, attended and participated in the 2017 Horse Championship Tournament with her daughter</a>. She also participated in the 2011 Global Champions Tour event in Valencia, Spain in <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&assetType=image&mt=photography&p=Infanta+Elena+of+Spain+Global+Champions+Tour">May 2011</a>.</div>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-61867445292019221832020-12-20T12:00:00.056-05:002020-12-20T12:00:06.330-05:00Royal Profile: Princess Akiko of Mikasa<b>Princess Akiko of Mikasa </b>was born 20 December 1981 as the elder of two daughters of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa and Princess Tomohito (Nobuko) of Mikasa. She has one younger sister:<div><br /></div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Princess Yōko of Mikasa (1983)</li></ol><div>Princess Akiko was educated in Japan. She graduated from Gakushuin University with a degree in history. During her university years, she also studied abroad at Merton College at Oxford University, where she focused on Japanese Art History {<a href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20010808b7.html">Source</a>}. In 2004, she returned to Oxford as a doctoral student at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, earning a dPhill in January 2010 {<a href="https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/activity/activity05.html">Source</a>}.</div><div><br /></div><div>Princess Akiko has undertaken her fair share of royal apperances since becoming of age in 2001. She has undertaken several trips to Turkey. In 1998, she visited Turkey <span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">to view the remains of Kaman Kalehoyuk, arranged by the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan, on behalf of her father's honorary presidency of the </span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">organization and visited many heritage sites at this time{<a href="https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/activity/activity05.html">Source</a>}. In July 2010, she joined the Visit to the Dedication Ceremony of the Museum of Archaeology Kaman Kalehoyuk, Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archeology on her father's behalf {<a href="https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/activity/activity05.html">Source</a>}. In January 2011, she joined a Japanese delegation in Austria to attend the 19th INTERSKI Congress {<a href="https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/activity/activity05.html">Source</a>}. </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">In September 2018, the Emperor's distant cousin visited Turkey once again, to attend the ceremony of appointment as President of the Prince Mikasa Foundation</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> {</span><a href="https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/activity/activity05.html" style="font-size: 16px;">Source</a><span style="font-size: 16px;">}.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">She also has worked extensively in her field. During the time period of 2009-Spring 2012, Princess Akiko worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the Kinugasa Research Organization of Ritsumeikan University</span><span style="font-size: 16px;">{</span><a href="https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/activity/activity05.html" style="font-size: 16px;">Source</a><span style="font-size: 16px;">}. </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">. From April 2012 to March 2014, she was a </span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">Guest Associate Professor at </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">the Kinugasa Research Organization of Ritsumeikan University</span><span style="font-size: 16px;">{</span><a href="https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/activity/activity05.html" style="font-size: 16px;">Source</a><span style="font-size: 16px;">}.</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> From there, she worked as a research fellow at the </span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">Institute of Japanese Culture, Kyoto Sangyo University </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">{</span><a href="https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/activity/activity05.html" style="font-size: 16px;">Source</a><span style="font-size: 16px;">}. </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">Since April 2018, she has been a working professor of </span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">Institute of Japanese Culture, Kyoto Sangyo University</span><span style="font-size: 16px;">{</span><a href="https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/activity/activity05.html" style="font-size: 16px;">Source</a><span style="font-size: 16px;">}. </span></div>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-18265047905241585492020-12-19T12:00:00.004-05:002020-12-19T12:00:09.108-05:00Royal Profile: Maximilian Lascelles<b>Maximilian John Gerald Lascelles</b> was born 19 December 1991 as the only son of<a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/05/royal-profile-henry-lascelles.html"> Henry Ulick Lascelles</a> and Alexandra Clare Ruth Morton {<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p10095.htm#i100944">Source</a>}. His paternal grandparents were Hon. Gerald David Lascelles and Angela Estree Lyssod D'Arcy Dowding{<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p10095.htm#i100944">Source</a>}. His paternal great-grandparents were The Princess Mary, The Princess Royal & Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood{<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p10095.htm#i100944">Source</a>}.<br /><br /><br />Through his great grandparents, he is in succession for the British throne, in 73rd place as of 2019{<a href="https://www.britroyals.com/succession.asp">Source</a>}.<br /><br /><br />Maximilian is likely named for:<br /><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Maximilian</b>: Likely a name his parents liked</li><li><b>John</b>: likely a name his parents liked</li><li><b>Gerald</b>: his father</li></ol><br /><br />He is active on social media (NO, Don't Ask for it). According to his social media, he attended New College, Swindon; Dauntsey's School, St John's School & Community College and is currently enrolled at The Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, England.<br /><br /><br />He is a drummer/percussionist for the band <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SasquatchWalk/">Sasquatch Walk</a>.<br /><br /><br />He does not perform any royal functions on behalf of his grandfather's cousin, and likely leads a normal lifestyle.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-58019464728554760692020-12-17T12:00:00.001-05:002020-12-17T21:02:33.400-05:00Royal Profile: Raphaël Casiraghi Elmaleh<b>Raphaël Casiraghi Elmaleh</b> was born 17 December 2013 as the illegitimate son of <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2018/08/royal-profile-charlotte-casiraghi.html">Charlotte Casiraghi </a>and Gad Elmaleh {<a href="http://www.purepeople.com/article/charlotte-casiraghi-et-gad-elmaleh-leur-petit-raphael-baptise_a143696/1#lt_source=external,manual">Source</a>}.<div><br />His godparents are his great-aunt and great-uncle, <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/03/royal-profile-prince-albert-ii-of-monaco.html">Prince Albert II </a>and <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/01/royal-profile-princess-charlene-of.html">Princess Charlene of Monaco</a>{<a href="http://www.purepeople.com/article/charlotte-casiraghi-et-gad-elmaleh-leur-petit-raphael-baptise_a143696/1#lt_source=external,manual">Source</a>}.<br /><br />Although only a child, he can frequently be seen out and about with his parents. The little family was spotted <a href="http://www.vanityfair.it/people/family-vip/14/08/20/charlotte-casiraghi-figlio-raphael-foto-vacanze">vacationing together in France</a> and <a href="http://royalista.com/31076/charlotte-casiraghi-arrives-in-the-us-with-baby-raphael/">vacationing in the US</a>. He also undertook his first official duty with his mother in November 2016, appearing with the Princely Family of Monaco on the balcony during the National Day celebrations {<a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/charlotte-casiraghi-national-day-2016?family=editorial&phrase=Charlotte%20Casiraghi%20National%20Day%202016&excludenudity=true&sort=best#license">Photos</a>}. He repeated his role at Monaco's National Day in 2017 {<a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/charlotte-casiraghi-raphael-national-day-2017?family=editorial&phrase=Charlotte%20Casiraghi%20Raphael%20National%20Day%202017&sort=best#license">Photos</a>}. In May 2017, he appeared with his great uncle (and godfather), mother, and 1st cousin 1x removed, Louis Ducruet, during the 2017 Grand Prix of Monaco Formula E {<a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/charlotte-casiraghi-raphael-may-2017?family=editorial&phrase=Charlotte%20Casiraghi%20Raphael%20May%202017&sort=best#license">Photos</a>}. In 2018 and 2019, he was kept out of the limelinght<br /><br />Currently, as his parents are not married, he is not included in the line of succession. However, if one day his parents were to marry, he would gain succession rights. His parents broke up in 2015, therefore he will not be eligible for the throne. If his parents had or eventually get married, he would currently be no higher than 6th place. Given that his mother married Dimitri Rassam in 2019 and gave Raphaël a younger brother last fall, it looks unlikely.<br /><br /><br />Raphaël has two half brothers-an older paternal brother and younger maternal brother, they are:<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Noé Elmaleh (born sometime between 1998-2002, from his father's relationship with Anne Brochet)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/10/royal-profile-balthazar-casiraghi-rassam.html">Balthazar Rassam Casiraghi</a> (2018, from his mother's relationship with Dimitri Rassam)</li></ol>When his mother married Rassam, he gained a step-sister:<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Darya Novoselova Rassam (2011, daughter of Rassam and Masha Novoselova)</li></ol></div>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-43962872318036208092020-12-17T11:59:00.001-05:002020-12-17T20:59:35.096-05:00Royal Profile: Maximilian von Lattorff<b>Maximilian von Lattorff</b> was born 17 December 2011 as the youngest child of <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-profile-princess-tatjana-of.html">Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein</a> &<a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/03/royal-profile-baron-philipp-von-lattorff.html">Baron Matthias Claus-Just Carl Philipp von Lattorff</a> {<a href="http://www.burkespeerage.com/royalFamily_Liechtenstein.php">Source</a>}. He has six older siblings, one brother and five sisters {<a href="http://www.burkespeerage.com/royalFamily_Liechtenstein.php">Source</a>}:<br /><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/05/royal-profile-lukas-von-lattorff.html">Lukas Maria von Lattorff</a> (2000)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/01/royal-profile-elisabeth-von-lattorff.html">Elisabeth Marie von Lattorff</a> (2002)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/01/royal-profile-marie-theresa-von-lattorff.html">Marie Theresa von Lattorff</a> (2004)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/11/royal-profile-camilla-von-lattorff.html">Camilla von Lattorff</a> (2005)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/08/royal-profile-anna-pia-von-lattorff.html">Anna Pia Theresia Maria von Lattorff </a>(2007)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/10/royal-profile-sophia-von-lattorff.html">Sophia Katharina Maria von Lattorff</a> (2009)</li></ol><div>It is likely given that he is not in line for the Liechtenstein throne due to Male-preference cognatic primogeniture, he lives a fairly normal life. It is likely that he is learning to speak German, the official language of Liechtenstein. He shares a birthday with:<br /><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Miss Ellen Mary Lascelles (1984)</li><li>James, Viscount Severn (2007)</li><li>Master Domino Carmen Flint Wood (2007)</li><li>Master Raphaël Casiraghi Elmaleh (2013) (illegitimate son of Charlotte Casiraghi, Monaco)</li></ol><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8338313947333626386" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 586px;"><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px;"></div></div>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-88846028888338003102020-12-17T11:58:00.001-05:002020-12-17T20:57:55.238-05:00Royal Profile: Domino Flint Wood<b>Domino Carmen Flint Wood</b> was born 17 December 2008 as the youngest biological child of<a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/search?q=Hicks"> India Amanda Caroline Hicks</a> and her partner David Flint Wood{<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p10426.htm#i104256">Source</a>}{<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2140807/India-Hicks-adopted-Bahamian-teenager-Model-friend-Royals-tells-emotional-story-time.html">Source</a>}. Domino has three older biological brothers and a foster brother{<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p10426.htm#i104256">Source</a>}{<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2140807/India-Hicks-adopted-Bahamian-teenager-Model-friend-Royals-tells-emotional-story-time.html">Source</a>}:<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Wesley Cleare (1997, foster son, his single mother died when he was only 15, India became his <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2140807/India-Hicks-adopted-Bahamian-teenager-Model-friend-Royals-tells-emotional-story-time.html">legal guardian upon his mother's death</a>)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/05/royal-profile-felix-flint-wood.html">Felix Austen Flint Wood</a> (1997)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/06/royal-profile-amory-flint-wood.html">Amory John Flint Wood</a> (1999)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-profile-conrad-flint-wood.html">Conrad Lorenzo Flint Wood</a> (2003)</li></ol>She is growing up in the Bahamas, and has spent some vacations at the family home "America Farm" near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewelme">Ewelme</a> in Oxfordshire, England, not too far from her mother's childhood home {<a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/india-hicks-and-david-flint-woods-charming-oxfordshire-manse">Source</a>}.<br /><br /><br />As her parents aren't married, he is not in succession for the British throne, however, her mother is 650+ for<a href="http://www.wargs.com/essays/succession/2011.html"> the British throne</a>. Her maternal grandmother is <a href="https://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-profile-lady-pamela-hicks.html">Lady Pamela Hicks</a>, who is a first cousin of The Duke of Edinburgh.<br /><br /><br />It's likely because of her mother's distance to the throne and her living mostly abroad, that she will lead a fairly normal lifestyle.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-5641477558004427462020-12-17T11:57:00.010-05:002020-12-17T20:56:04.660-05:00Royal Profile: James, Viscount Severn<b>James Arthur Philip Theo Mountbatten-Windsor, Viscount Severn</b> was born 17 December 2007 as the youngest child of The The <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/01/royal-profile-sophie-countess-of-wessex.html">Earl</a> and <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/01/royal-profile-50-facts-about-sophie.html">The Countess of Wessex & Forfar</a>{<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/TheCountessofWessex/Marriageandfamily.aspx">Source</a>}.<br />He has one older sister:<br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/11/royal-profile-lady-louise-mountbatten.html">The Lady Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor</a> (2003)</li></ul><br /><br />His godparents were{<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-560768/Christening-castle-Sophie-Wessexs-sweet-baby-James.html">Source</a>}:<br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Denise Poulton (a friend of his parents)</li><li>Jeanye Irwin (a former American flatmate of his mother's)</li><li>Alastair Bruce (a Scots Guard Falklands veteran, who is a friend of his mother's)</li><li>Duncan Bullivant</li><li>Tom Hill</li></ul><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" />At only a few weeks old, he was admitted to Great Ormond Street Hospital for what Buckingham Palace called a "minor allergic reaction".<br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" />For several years he attended the same school as his elder sister, St. George's School, Windsor Castle. In more recent years, he has attended Eagle House School {<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/can-sophie-countess-of-wessex-steady-the-royal-ship-qngnxsdcg">Source</a>}<br /><div><br />Because he is so young, and so far down in the line of succession, he rarely makes public appearances or performs public duties. In 2009, he attended the <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/prince-edward-earl-of-wessex-and-and-sophie-countess-of-news-photo/87404633">Royal Windsor Horse Show</a>. In 2010, he attended the <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/sophie-countess-of-wessex-and-her-son-james-windsor-news-photo/103198565">family's 10-day cruise to celebrate the 50th birthday of Prince Andrew and 60th birthday of Princess Anne.</a> In 2012, he made several notable appearances including attending the Thames River show with his family in the honor of his grandmother and several London 2012 Olympic events including <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?query=z.i.H4sIAAAAAAAEAOy9B2AcSZYlJi9tynt_SvVK1-B0oQiAYBMk2JBAEOzBiM3mkuwdaUcjKasqgcplVmVdZhZAzO2dvPfee--999577733ujudTif33_8_XGZkAWz2zkrayZ4hgKrIHz9-fB8_In7dfLn91et79-79Hr_2tFr8umeL7CL_NX-NX-PXeEz__22-ky3yZpT-ZNFMq_WyTV_nl3m9_DVHaCDPb_Sial-v8mlxXuQz-2nkMa_8mkldVe3LrM4Wza-tn_1a-P_uDn79zUz73x3__Cb0_1_v3evr5vSdgfFren_zu9m5-fXX1N8B7tfOzqcWS_MH_o8-f80d7nHRujfd778ONS7tF_YvvPfr0h_1wo4k_PPXx0e7-OvX488nFkbnb37tPIRi_2QoOxbKeQeK-5tfq0Mo9k-Gsmeh1B0o7m-iTG5h4A8zJUymXfz2G5q2vzH-AeGIJvnKfPprBn_92vmksd-YP5jYucPB-_3Xyl1z7_dfu1mt7Of4w-D4W9kXL6fuRff7r1PVHqvYv_irSe5_Zf7C82vPrpbm91_T_PHr4P_N2htP8NevnWcOA_8P-n3lf2H_-HWbAFr456_97tlzNxH0h_0iqz3cvD9-I5LJVf5kvZyVHhGDTw3AHwecBzv38fuvQzy0ts2Dv36deS1_CIXwl4HwMSDs7T3kZpOg2cRr9onXjLjJyZf_x6_3Ir_Km_b_CQAA__-i_cSeeQQAAA..&rid=151149384&rcat=Event&rt=GBR%3a+2012+London+Paralympics+-+Day+4+-+Rowing">several Paralympic events</a>. In 2013, he made his first balcony appearnce during the Trooping of Colour {<a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?query=z.i.H4sIAAAAAAAEAOy9B2AcSZYlJi9tynt_SvVK1-B0oQiAYBMk2JBAEOzBiM3mkuwdaUcjKasqgcplVmVdZhZAzO2dvPfee--999577733ujudTif33_8_XGZkAWz2zkrayZ4hgKrIHz9-fB8_In7dfLn91et79-79Hr_2V6-Pf92zRXaR_5q_xq_xazym___O38kWeZNeFctZU9XpZdFMq_WyTZv8Mq-Xv-YI7eT5jV5U7etVPi3Oi3xmP4085pVfM6mrqn2Z1dmi-bX1s18L_9_dwa-_u2n_m-Gf35T-_-u9e33dnL4zMH5N729-Nzs3v_6a-jvA_drZ-dRiaf7A_9Hnr7nDPS5a96b7_dehxqX9wv6F935d-qNe2JGEf_76-GgXf_16_PnEwuj8za-dh1Dsnwxlx0I570Bxf_NrdQjF_slQ9iyUugPF_U2UyS0M_GGmhMm0i99-Q9P2N8Y_IBzRJF-ZT3_N4K9fO5809hvzBxM7dzh4v_9auWvu_f5rN6uV_Rx_GBx_K_vi5dS96H7_daraYxX7F381yf2vzF94fu3Z1dL8_muaP34d_L9Ze-MJ_vq188xh4P9Bv6_8L-wfv24TQAv__LXfPXvuJoL-sF9ktYeb98dvRDK5yp-sl7PSI2LwqQH444DzYOc-fv91iIfWtnnwFxHaGxL9Yd7f1Z-_xq8zr6W50BB_mTYfA8De3kNuNgmaTbxmn3jNiN-cBPp__Hov8qu8af-fAAAA__-LPYhCogQAAA..&rid=170722279&rcat=Event&rt=GBR%3A%20Trooping%20The%20Colour">Photos</a>}, and attended the Royal Windsor Horse Show {<a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?query=z.i.H4sIAAAAAAAEAOy9B2AcSZYlJi9tynt_SvVK1-B0oQiAYBMk2JBAEOzBiM3mkuwdaUcjKasqgcplVmVdZhZAzO2dvPfee--999577733ujudTif33_8_XGZkAWz2zkrayZ4hgKrIHz9-fB8_In7dfLn91et79-79Hr_2V6-Pf92zRXaR_5q_xq_xazym___O38kWeZNeFctZU9XpZdFMq_WyTZv8Mq-Xv-YI7eT5jV5U7etVPi3Oi3xmP4085pVfM6mrqn2Z1dmi-bX1s18L_9_dwa-_u2n_m-Gf35T-_-u9e33dnL4zMH5N729-Nzs3v_6a-jvA_drZ-dRiaf7A_9Hnr7nDPS5a96b7_dehxqX9wv6F935d-qNe2JGEf_76-GgXf_16_PnEwuj8za-dh1Dsnwxlx0I570Bxf_NrdQjF_slQ9iyUugPF_U2UyS0M_GGmhMm0i99-Q9P2N8Y_IBzRJF-ZT3_N4K9fO5809hvzBxM7dzh4v_9auWvu_f5rN6uV_Rx_GBx_K_vi5dS96H7_daraYxX7F381yf2vzF94fu3Z1dL8_muaP34d_L9Ze-MJ_vq188xh4P9Bv6_8L-wfv24TQAv__LXfPXvuJoL-sF9ktYeb98dvRDK5yp-sl7PSI2LwqQH444DzYOc-fv91iIfWtnnwFxHaGxL9Yd7f1Z-_xq8zr6W50BB_mTYfA8De3kNuNgmaTbxmn3jNiN-cBPp__Hov8qu8af-fAAAA__-LPYhCogQAAA..&rid=168515039&rcat=Event&rt=GBR%3A%20Royal%20Windsor%20Horse%20Show%20-%20Day%204">Photos</a>}. In 2014, he cheered on his big cousin, Zara at the <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/zara-phillips-with-daughter-mia-tindall-jokes-with-her-news-photo/453086566">Festival of British Eventing</a>, joined several members of his family at the <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/princess-anne-princess-royal-sophie-countess-of-wessex-and-news-photo/452722434">2014 Commonwealth Games</a>, and attended the <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/james-viscount-severn-and-sophie-countess-of-wessex-attend-news-photo/490534591">Royal Windsor Horse Show</a>. In 2015, he joined his grandparents and sister during the Trooping of Colour (his parents were away at a wedding in Sweden){<a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/james-viscount-severn-2015?phrase=james,%20viscount%20severn%202015&sort=best&excludenudity=true">Photos</a>}, his family attended the <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/james-viscount-severn-may-2015?excludenudity=true&page=1&phrase=james,%20viscount%20severn%20May%202015&sort=best">Royal Windsor Horse Show</a>, and his family was joined by the Philips Family during the Festival of British Eventing {<a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/james-viscount-severn-2015?phrase=james,%20viscount%20severn%202015&sort=best&excludenudity=true">Photos</a>}. In 2016, he attended the <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/search/2/image?family=editorial&phrase=Viscount%20Severn%20March%202016%20Easter">traditional Easter mass with his family</a>,<a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/viscount-severn-april-2016-?excludenudity=true&family=editorial&page=1&phrase=Viscount%20Severn%20April%202016%20&sort=best#license"> visited The Wild Place Project At Bristol Zoo</a>, <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/viscount-severn-may-2016-?excludenudity=true&family=editorial&page=1&phrase=Viscount%20Severn%20May%202016%20&sort=best#license">attended the Royal Windsor Horse Show</a>, attended <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/viscount-severn-june-2016-trooping?excludenudity=true&family=editorial&page=1&phrase=Viscount%20Severn%20June%202016%20trooping&sort=best#license">Trooping of Colour 2016</a>, attended a <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/viscount-severn-june-2016-thanksgiving?excludenudity=true&family=editorial&page=1&phrase=Viscount%20Severn%20June%202016%20Thanksgiving&sort=best#license">National Service Of Thanksgiving To Celebrate The Queen's 90th Birthday</a>, and <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/viscount-severn-september-2016?excludenudity=true&family=editorial&page=1&phrase=Viscount%20Severn%20September%202016&sort=best#license">the celebrations to mark The Countess of Wessex's end to her Diamond Challenge</a>. In 2018, he attended <a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/james-viscount-severn-april-2018?family=editorial&phrase=james,%20viscount%20severn%20april%202018&sort=best&groupbyevent=true#license">Easter mass with his parents and sister</a>,the <a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/james-viscount-severn-may-2018?groupbyevent=true&family=editorial&phrase=james,%20viscount%20severn%20may%202018&sort=best#license">wedding of The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the Royal Windsor Horse Show</a>, and the <a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/james-viscount-severn-october-2018?family=editorial&phrase=james,%20viscount%20severn%20october%202018&sort=best&groupbyevent=true#license">wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank</a>. In 2019, he joined his family for Easter <a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/james-viscount-severn-april-2019?groupbyevent=true&family=editorial&phrase=james%20viscount%20severn%20April%202019&sort=best#license">church services and The Trooping of Colour</a>, The <a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/james-viscount-severn-may-2019?groupbyevent=true&family=editorial&phrase=james%20viscount%20severn%20May%202019&sort=best#license">Windsor Horse Show</a>, and visited the <a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/james-viscount-severn-july-2019?events=775378945&family=editorial&phrase=james%20viscount%20severn%20July%202019&sort=best#license">Wild Place Project At Bristol Zoo</a>.<br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" />His title has long-since been debated. According the the Letters Patent issued in 1917 (that is still in force today that states that all male-line grandchildren of the monarch shall be titled HRH Prince/ss of XYZ), his legal title is His Royal Highness Prince James Arthur Philip Theo of Wessex, just like his cousins, <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/08/royal-profile-30-facts-about-princess.html">Princess Beatrice</a> and <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/03/royal-profile-princess-eugenie-mrs-jack.html">Princess Eugenie</a>. However, when her parents married in 1999, her grandmother issued a statement via a Buckingham Palace Press Release stating that rather than be known as HRH Prince/ss of Wessex, the children of the Earl and Countess of Wessex would be styled as children of an Earl. This was in hopes to avoid some of the burdens that come with royal titles {<a href="http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2004/FamilyphotographsofTheEarlandCountessofWessexwitht.aspx">Source</a>}. James, Viscount Severn is presently 12th in line for the British throne, after two uncles, 4 cousins, four 1st cousins 1x removed, and his father{<a href="https://www.britroyals.com/succession.asp">Source</a>}.<br /><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" />He shares a birthday with his distant cousin, Ellen Mary Lacelles.</div>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-68068398747730091552020-12-17T11:56:00.002-05:002020-12-17T20:51:16.884-05:00Royal Profile: Ellen Lascelles<b>Ellen Mary Lascelles</b> was born 17 December 1984 as the daughter of <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/02/royal-profile-hon-r-jeremy-lascelles.html">The Hon. R. Jeremy Lascelles</a> and Julie Bayliss {<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p10160.htm">Source</a>}. She has an older brother, a sister-in-law, a niece, a younger sister and a younger half-sister:<br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/09/royal-profile-thomas-lascelles.html">Thomas Robert Lascelles</a> (1982)</li><ol><li>Laura Bailey (m. 2015)</li><ol><li>Cleo Lascelles (b. 2017)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/06/royal-profile-amy-lascelles.html">Amy Rose Lascelles</a> (1986)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/12/royal-profile-tallulah-lascelles.html">Tallulah Grace Lascelles</a> (2005)</li></ol>She and her siblings, and niece currently occupy the 65-69th spots for the British throne {<a href="https://www.britroyals.com/succession.asp">Source</a>}. His paternal grandmother was The Princess Mary, The Princess Royal, the eldest daughter of King George V and Queen Mary {<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p10068.htm#i100680">Source</a>}, thus making her a 1st cousin 2x removed from <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-profile-queen-elizabeth-ii.html">Queen Elizabeth II</a> via George V.<br /><br /><br />Together, with her sister Amy, they offered a " Royal workout" at GYMBOX gyms in England in April 2011 in preparation for the wedding of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (of which she was not on the invite list for) {<a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/royal-wedding-exercise-classes-lead-178709">Source</a>}.<br /><br /><br />Ellen likely leads a fairly normal lifestyle and does not perform any royal duties. In March 2016, she gave birth to her first child with boyfriend Mike Hermans, who not in succession for the throne as his parents were not married at the time of his birth{<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p10160.htm#i101594">Source</a>}:<br /><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Jack Marley Hermans (2016)</li></ol><div>In 2018, she welcomed their second child, who will also not be in succession:<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Penny Moon Hermans (2018)</li></ol><br /><br />Her uncle is <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/10/royal-profile-david-lascelles-8th-earl.html">The 8th Earl of Harewood</a>. She shares a birthday with her 3rd cousin (I think. Their grandparents, <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-profile-queen-elizabeth-ii.html">Elizabeth II</a> and George, The 7th Earl of Harewood were 1st cousins.), James Mountbatten-Windsor, Viscount Sevren,who is 23 years younger than her.</div>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-68493466009764613972020-12-16T12:00:00.001-05:002020-12-17T20:48:45.114-05:00Royal Profile: Xavier Brenninkmeijer<b>Xavier Albert Alphons Brenninkmeijer</b> was born 16 December 2015 as the second child and only son of <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/06/royal-profile-princess-maria-carolina.html">Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Parma, The Marchioness of Sala</a> & Albert Brenninkmeijer {<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p4439.htm#i44386">Source</a>}. He has one older sister{<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p4439.htm#i44386">Source</a>}:<br /><br /><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/05/royal-profile-alaia-maria-brenninkmeijer.html">Alaïa-Maria Irene Cécile Brenninkmeijer</a> (2014)<br /><br />His maternal grandparents are Prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma & <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/08/royal-profile-princess-irene-of.html">Princess Irene of The Netherlands</a> {<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p4439.htm#i44386">Source</a>}.<br /><br />It is likely that he will lead a fairly normal life.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-1552768089709564812020-12-16T11:59:00.002-05:002020-12-17T20:49:11.117-05:00Royal Profile: Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este<b>Prince Lorenz of Belgium, The Archduke of Austria-Este </b>was born 16 December 1955, the second child of Archduke Robert of Austria-Este and of<a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2018/04/royal-profile-princess-margherita-of.html"> Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta</a> {<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p11169.htm">Source</a>}. He has the following siblings, siblings-in-law, nieces and nephews{<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p11169.htm">Source</a>}:<br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/12/royal-profile-archduchess-maria.html">Archduchess Maria Beatrice of Austria-Este, Countess von zu Arco-Zunneberg</a> (1954)</li><ol><li>Count Riprand of Arco-Zinneberg (m. 1980)</li><ol><li>Countess Anna Theresa von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (1981)</li><ol><li>Colin McKenzie (m. 2018)</li><ol><li>Baby Girl McKenzie (2019)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/06/royal-profile-countess-margherita.html">Countess Margherita von und zu Arco-Zinneberg</a> (1983)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/01/royal-profile-countess-olympia-von-und.html">Olympia, The Princess Napoléon, Princess of Montfort, of Lucca and Piombino, and of Canino and Musignano, titular Princess of Elba, titular Princess Royal of Holland and of Westphalia, titular Grand Duchess of Berg and Cleves, titular Grand Duchess of Tuscany, and Duchess of Reichstadt Countess von und zu Arco-Zinneberg</a> (1988)</li><ol><li>Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoleon,Prince of Montfort, of Lucca and Piombino, and of Canino and Musignano, titular Prince of Elba, titular Prince Royal of Holland and of Westphalia, titular Grand Duchess of Berg and Cleves, titular Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Duke of Reichstadt (1986, m. 2019)</li></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/11/royal-profile-countess-maximiliana-von.html">Countess Maximiliana Aimée Maria von und zu Arco-Zinneberg</a> (1990)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/05/royal-profile-countess-marie-gabrielle.html">Countess Marie Gabrielle von und zu Arco-Zinneberg</a> (1992)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/07/royal-profile-countess-giorgiana-von.html">Countess Giorgiana von und zu Arco-Zinneberg</a> (1997)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/10/royal-profile-archduke-gerhard-of.html">Archduke Gerhard of Austria-Este</a> (1957)</li><ol><li>Archduchess Iris of Austria-Este (1961, m. 2015)</li></ol><li>Archduke Martin of Austria-Este (1959)</li><ol><li>Princess Katharina von Isenburg, Archduchess of Austria-Este </li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2020/07/royal-profile-archduke-bartholomaus-of.html">Archduke Bartholomaeus of Austria-Este</a> (2006)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/02/royal-profile-archduke-emmanuel-of.html">Archduke Emmanuel of Austria-Este </a>(2008)</li><li>Archduchess Helene of Austria-Este (2009)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/02/royal-profile-archduke-luigi-of-austria.html">Archduke Luigi of Austria-Este</a> (2011)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/03/royal-profile-archduchess-isabella-of.html">Archduchess Isabella of Austria-Este, Countess Czarnocki-Lucheschi</a> (1963)</li><ol><li>Count Andrea Czarnocki-Lucheschi</li><ol><li>Countess Alvise Czarnocki-Lucheschi (1999)</li><li>Count Carlo Czarnocki-Lucheschi (2000)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/02/royal-profile-maria-anna-czarnocki.html">Countess Maria Anna Czarnocki-Lucheschi</a> (2002)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/08/royal-profile-count-alessandro.html">Count Alessandro Czarnocki-Lucheschi</a> (2004)</li></ol></ol></ol><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" />He attended his secondary education in France. After receiving his high school diploma, he studied at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) and Innsbruck (Austria), earning a degree in Economics and Social Sciences.<br /><br />On 22 September 1984, he married <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/06/royal-profile-princess-astrid-of.html">Princess Astrid of Belgium, The Archduchess of Austria-Este</a>, and they set up a home in Switzerland, from 1984-1993. Then they returned with their children to Belgium. Their five children and daughter-in-law and grandchildren are:<br /><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (1986)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/09/royal-profile-archduchess-elisabetta.html">Archduchess Elisabetta "Lili" of Austria-Este</a> (1987)</li><ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/05/royal-profile-archdchess-anna-astrid-of.html">Archduchess Anna Astrid of Austria-Este</a> (2016)</li><li>Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este (2019)</li></ol></ol><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/08/royal-profile-princess-maria-laura-of.html">Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este</a> (1988)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/12/royal-profile-prince-joachim-of-belgium.html">Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este</a> (1991)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/10/royal-profile-princess-luisa-maria-of.html">Princess Luisa Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este</a> (1995)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-profile-princess-laetitia-maria.html">Princess Laetia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este</a> (2003)</li></ol>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-61546219115550351992020-12-16T11:59:00.001-05:002020-12-17T20:45:52.482-05:00Royal Profile: Almudena Dailly<b>Almudena Marie Sarah Béatrice Aline Dailly</b> was born 16 December 2004 as the daughter of <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/09/royal-profile-princess-adelaide-dorleans.html">Princess Adélaïde d'Orleans</a> & Pierre-Louis Dailly {<a href="http://geneall.net/en/name/1015136/almudena-marie-sarah-beatrice-aline-dailly/">Source</a>}. She has the following siblings {<a href="http://geneall.net/en/name/79125/adelaide-d-orleans/">Source</a>}:<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/11/royal-profile-diego-dailly.html">Diego Marie Michel Louis Alexis Dailly</a> (2003)</li><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2018/08/royal-profile-gaetano-dailly.html">Gaetano Dailly</a> (2009)</li></ol><br />Her maternal grandparents are <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/06/royal-profile-prince-michel-dorleans.html">Prince Michel d'Orleans, Count d'Evreux</a> and Béatrice Pasquier de Franclieu {<a href="http://geneall.net/en/name/10571/michel-d-orleans-count-of-evreux/">Source</a>}.<br /><br /><br />Her royal line is defunct, therefore she does not perform any royal duties and likely lives a fairly normal life. She is named:<br /><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Almudena: no idea, but it means The Virgin of Almudena, patron saint of Madrid.</li><li>Marie: for her greatx3 grandmother, Princess Marie Isabelle d'Orléans.</li><li>Sarah: Hebrew for Princess</li><li>Béatrice: for her maternal grandmother, Béatrice Pasquier de Franclieu.</li><li>Aline: from Scottish meaning Bearer of Light</li></ol>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111551110047950669.post-77644880452196466972020-12-15T12:00:00.001-05:002020-12-17T20:37:17.486-05:00Royal Profile: Flora (Ogilvy) Vesterberg<b>Flora Alexandra (Ogilvy) Vesterberg</b> was born 15 December 1994 as the first child of <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/03/royal-profile-james-ogilvy.html">James Ogilvy</a> and <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/10/royal-profile-julia-ogilvy.html">Julia Ogilvy</a>{<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p2662.htm#i26620">Source</a>}. She has one brother{<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p10076.htm#i100756">Source</a>}:<br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/11/royal-profile-alexander-ogilvy.html">Alexander Charles Ogilvy</a> (1996)</li></ol><div>She has been educated in England and Scotland. She was educated at Rugby School {<a href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/417786/A-true-blue-blood-joins-Downton-Abbey-as-actress-Flora-Ogilvy-is-45th-in-line-to-throne">Source</a>}.Flora is a student at St. Andrews University, which was also attended by her parents and The <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/06/royal-profile-prince-william-duke-of.html">Duke</a> and <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/01/royal-profile-catherine-duchess-of.html">Duchess</a> of Cambridge. During her gap year in 2013, she appeared in an episode of <i>Downton Abbey</i>{<a href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/417786/A-true-blue-blood-joins-Downton-Abbey-as-actress-Flora-Ogilvy-is-45th-in-line-to-throne">Source</a>}.<br /><br /><br />She has several "royal connections". She is the paternal granddaughter of Princess Alexandra of Kent, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy & Sir Angus James Robert Bruce Ogilvy {<a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p10076.htm#i100756">Source</a>}.She is a great x4 granddaughter of Queen Victoria through Edward VIII and her grandmother. She is a 1st cousin 2x removed through George V to <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-profile-queen-elizabeth-ii.html">Queen Elizabeth II</a>. She is also related to <a href="http://royalfanzine.blogspot.com/2019/06/royal-profile-prince-philip-duke-of.html">The Duke of Edinburgh</a> through George I of Greece as 1st cousins 3x removed.<br /><br />At her birth in 1994, she was 27th in line for the British throne.As of December 2019, she is 53rd in line for the British throne{<a href="http://www.britroyals.com/succession.htm">Source</a>}.<br /><br />She has seldom made royal appearances throughout the years, such as appearing at the gala preview of Mary Poppins{<a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/james-ogilvy-julia-rawlinson-and-their-children-flora-and-news-photo/51861180">Photos</a>}, her grandfather's funeral {<a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/princess-alexandra-follows-the-coffin-of-her-husband-sir-news-photo/51916980">Photos</a>} and the 2014 Christmas luncheon at Buckingham Palace {<a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/flora-ogilvy-arrives-at-buckingham-palace-to-attend-a-news-photo/457685691">Photo</a>}. On 11 June 2015, she took part in the British Summer Time 2015 cocktail at the British Embassy in Paris, France {<a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/galleries/search?phrase=British+%27Summer+Time+2015%27+cocktail+at+the+British+Embassy+Flora+Ogilvy&family=Editorial&sort=mostpopular">Photos</a>}. In September 2017, she attended the Designed At Talisma' designer exhibition during the London Design Festival 2017 {<a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/flora-ogilvy-september-2017?family=editorial&phrase=Flora%20Ogilvy%20September%202017&sort=best#license">Photos</a>}. In November 2017, she took part in the Dolce & Gabbana Italian Christmas catwalk show at Harrods {<a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/flora-ogilvy-november-2-2017-harrods?family=editorial&phrase=flora%20Ogilvy%20November%202,%202017%20Harrods&sort=best#license">Photos</a>}. In 2019, she attended her cousin <a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/flora-ogilvy?events=775340075&family=editorial&phrase=Flora%20ogilvy&sort=best#license">Lady Gabriella's wedding</a>.<br /><br />She has active social media accounts (DO NOT ask for her links-I *will* tell you she's on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram, but other than that-you're on your own!)</div><div><br /></div><div>Despite the COVID19 restrictions, she did marry her fiancee, Timothy Vesterberg in 2020 in a small ceremony at St. James Palace</div>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01036369690376285456noreply@blogger.com0