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Mary Elizabeth Donaldson (aka Crown Princess Mary of Denmark)  was born 5 February in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia the youngest daughter of John Dalgleish Donaldson and Henrietta Clark Horne Donaldson. She has three older siblings-two sisters and a brother, Jane, Patricia and John. As a girl, Mary was heavily involved in sports and other extracurricular activities both at school and elsewhere. She studied various instruments and played numerous sports. Her early love of horses led her to ride competitively as a teenager, on her horse, Diana. The Crown Princess began her education in the United States where her father was working at the time. She attended Sandy Bay Infants School, Waimea Heights Primary School, Taroona High School, Hobart College, and University of Tasmania. The Future Queen of Denmark earned a combined degree in Commerce and Law (BCom, LLB) at the University of Tasmania. Between 1994 and 1996, Mary attended a graduate program and qualified with certificates in ...

Infanta Maria Adelaide de Bragança, Dom Duarte de Bragança is a Royal Princess of Portugal, and is 6th in line for the pretending throne of Portugal. She was born 31 January 1912, and she marked her 100th birthday on Tuesday. Her father was pretender to the Portugese throne from 1866-1920, and her mother was Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. She had two half-brothers and a half sister-Doms Miguel & Francis, and Dona Maria Teresa; she had six younger half sisters- Donas Isabel, Maria Benedita, Mafalda, Maria Anna, Maria Antónia, Filippa Maria, and Maria Adelaide, and one younger half brother Dom Duarte Nuno. Infanta Maria Adelaide was cousins with numerous other royal houses, including Princess Elisabeth Amaliaof Liechtenstein, Elisabeth, Queen of the Belgians, Marie Gabrielle, Crown Princess of Bavaria, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Antoinette, Crown Princess of Bavaria,Xavier, Duke of Parma, Zita, Em...

Stephanie Marie Elisabeth Grimaldi (aka HSH Princess Stephanie of Monaco, Countess of Polinac) is the third and youngest child of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco and is presently 6th in line for the throne of Monaco after her niece, Princess Alexandra of Hanover, at her birth she was third after her two older siblings. She was born on 1 February 1965 at the Palais Princier in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Princess Grace considered her youngest child “the miracle baby” often favoring her as Princess Stephanie was not only the youngest, but was born after two failed pregnancies and is several years younger than her older siblings are. Her godparents were her Uncle John B. Kelly Jr and cousin Baroness Elisabeth-Anne de Massy. She was privately tutored until she was four years old, and then attended a private school in Monaco. In the mid-1970s when her sister, Princess Caroline went to Paris for University, Princess Stephanie and her mother followed her there, as Grace feared that Pr...

Queen Beatix of The Netherlands was born 31 January 1938 in The Netherlands, the oldest of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld’s children. The Princess of The Netherlands has three younger sisters-Princesses Irene, Margriet & Christina. Her godparents are King Leopold III of the Belgians, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, Princess Elisabeth of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, and Countess Allene de Kotzebue. At the outbreak of WWII in 1940, the two-year-old princess and her younger sister along with her parents and grandmother fled to London. A month later she, her mother and sister fled to Canada. While in exile, the young princess attended the first few years of school in Canada. Her younger sister Margriet was born in 1943. The family returned to The Netherlands in 1945. The young princess then began to attend school in The Netherlands. Her youngest sister was born two year...

Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos (aka Felipe, Prince of Asturias ) is the only son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain. He was born 30 January 1968 in Madrid, Spain, the only son and middle child. He was named for his grandfathers on both sides of his family (Juan of Spain and Pablo aka Paul of Greece), his paternal great grandfather (Aflonso) and the Bourbon traditonal name, Todos los Santos. At his birth, since his father was not yet King nor he heir apparent, he was titled Infante of Spain. Upon his father's succession when he was seven years old, he became His Royal Highness The Prince of Austrias. He swore allegiance to the Constitution and to the King in the Spanish Parliament, fully accepting his institutional role as successor to the Crown on his 18th birthday on 30 January 1986. Felipe started school at Santa Maria de los Rosales (the same institution now attended by his daughter, Leonor). For his high school, he attended Lakefield College Scho...

Belgium - King Albert II, Queen Paola,Prince Philippe, Princess Mathilde, Princess Astrid, Prince Lorenz, Princess Claire &Prince Laurent hosted a luncheon for members of the federal government at Château de Laeken on Tuesday { Photos } Denmark -Queen Margrethe II participated in a press conference regarding an exhibit that showcases Her Majesty’s artwork entitled, Farvens Sjæl: Dronning Margrethe II’s Kunst (The Essence of Color: The Art of Queen Margrethe II). -Crown Prince Frederik & Crown Princess Mary visited Brussels, Belgium on Thursday to attend the Danish take over of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union { Video } { Video }{ Photos }{ Photos }. -Princess Marie  gave birth to the couple's second child, a girl, who weighed 6.45 pounds (2.930 kilograms) and measured 19.6 inches (49 centimeters) long { Source } at 8:27am CET on Tuesday. The new born is 10th in line for the Danish throne. She joins the ranks after her three older broth...

Charlene Lynette Wittstock-Grimaldi (aka Princess Charlene Lynette of Monaco ) was born in January of 1978, in in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Africa. Born a commoner to two hard working parents-her father Mike Wittstock is a salesman, her mother Lynette was a former competitive diver and swimming coach. It wasn’t long before Charlene was joined by younger brothers-Gareth in 1980 and Sean in 1983. It was in 1989 that Mike and Lynette made the big move with their family from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe to Benoni, South Africa. Charlene was 11 years, Gareth 9 years and Sean was only 6 years. Having a mother who was a former competitive diver and swimming coach turned out to be useful for Charlene, she developed a passion for swimming at a very early age. When she was six years, she told her mother that she would get into the Olympics someday. And sure enough, she did. In 1996, at 18, she won the South African Championship. In 2000, her team came in fifth at the Sydney Olympic Games. That same year, she ...