The Royal Fanzine

SO MUCH BABY NEWS right now! First, Princess Leonore Lilian Maria of Sweden, Duchess of Gotland's baptism is fast approaching. Here are my predictions and information on that so far: The Date and location: 8 June 2014, Drottningholm Palace Chapel at 12:00 European Central Time { Source }. Godparents: Apparently, she will have six, that will be officially announced the morning of the baptism itself{ Source }. However, I am in the mood for speculating and guessing so...here's my guesses....but first some facts: Christopher O'Neil has five half sisters (two maternal, three paternal) Princess Madeline has two siblings. Prince Carl Philip is already godfather of Princess Estelle. Bridesmaids and Pageboys at their wedding consisted of { Source }: Lillie von Horn, daughter of Katarina von Horn who is one one Princess Madeleine's closest friends Annais Sommerlath daughter of Patrick Sommerlath (her cousin) Chloe Sommerlath,  daughter of Patrick Somm...

Parents: Crown Princess Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée of Sweden Prince Daniel of Sweden Place in line: 2nd after her mother { Photos }{ Photos } { Video } I predicted the following will be godparents: Crown Princess Mary of Denmark ( “Mary” has to come from somewhere + CP V is also her son Christian’s godmother ) Anna Westling Willem-Alexander, Prince of Oranje ( his eldest is her godchild ) It was  CONFIRMED  the night before! Crown Prince Haakon of Norway ( his oldest is CP Victoria’s godchild…so why not?+ his father is CP Victoria’s godfather. He is the future king of Norway…so yeah ) Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium ( his youngest is CP Victoria’s godchild…so why not? ) And either Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy or The Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg or one of Queen Silvia’s or Daniel’s family since a TON of them were invited I ended up with 4/5 right on this one. See the indicated below. Attendees GOD PARENTS are indicated by a ** S...

Name revealed: Her Highness Princess Athena Marguerite Françoise Marie of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat Athena: For the Greek God of Wisdom Marguerite: French form of Margarethe, for her paternal grandmother Françoise: For her maternal grandmother Marie: For her mother Parents: Prince Joachim of Denmark Princess Marie of Denmark Place in line for the throne: 10th Attendees: Godparents are marked with a ** Queen Margarethe of Denmark Henrik, Prince Consort Crown Prince Fredrik  of Denmark Crown Princess Mary  of Denmark Prince Christian  of Denmark Princess Isabella  of Denmark Prince Gustav zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Carina Axelsson** Prince Nikolai  of Denmark Prince Felix  of Denmark Prince Henrik  of Denmark Count Ingolf of Rosenborg Countess Sussie of Rosenborg Alain Cavallier Marielle Dubern Christian Grassiot Madame Christian Grassiot Charles Cavallier Edouar...

Okay, I have kept silent long enough. Since September on this, and frankly I have had enough. Time to drop my two cents into the pot on the issue. As many of us die-hard Royal watchers are well aware, there were numerous Royal Weddings this year ( two in Great Britain, one in Monaco,   two in Germany, one in Italy, one in Indonesia, and one in Bhutan), which likely means that the next step is “Baby in the baby carriage”, right? Yes, and no. Matilde Borromeo (now Princess Matilde von Furstenburg) reportedly had a baby in September. (Italy) Princess Nathalie had her son shortly after to the civil ceremony to Alexander in 2010. His name is Konstantin, and he was born in July 2010. (Germany) In recent reports, for both of the MAJOR royal weddings this year-Prince William’s to Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Albert’s to former South African swimmer Princess Charlene, it has been rumored that both women are presently pregnant. Not in my opinion, they are not- either o...