The Royal Fanzine

Day 1 (Jan 17) The Princesses arrived in Germany to promote the GREAT Campaign . Upon their arrival, the two sisters drove a Mini in front to the Brandenburg Gate to promote the GREAT initiative to promote the UK Abroad. Afterward, the two sisters visited the British School of Berlin , and the e-commerce company ' Zalando '. The sisters also paid a visit to KaDeWe department store and a fashion fair 'Bread & Butter' { Source } ( also has a video clip with a speech from Princess Beatrice's speech at the bottom of the page ). Of course, even though their dad is paying for the trip out of his pocket, the girls were not without controversy. The girls were driving the Mini from the British Embassy to  the Brandenburg Gate, and went through a red light, however, it was later revealed that they had been waved through by German security { Source }. { Photos } Day 2 (Jan 18) Today was a celebration of the Royal Family's history with the German city ...

Princess Claire was born in Bath, Somerset, England on 18 January 1974. She was only three years old when her family relocated to Wavre, Belgium. She attended the  Institut de la Providence in Wavre. She had a very busy schedule as a child, which included drawing, painting, music, horseback ridding, the Guides (similar to Girl Scouts or the UK's Girls Guides), and singing in the local choir. She also frequently traveled back to England to visit her parents' families. Princess Claire has dual nationality, Belgian and British, and trained at the Antwerp office of a chartered surveyors' firm. After completing her secondary education, she studied as a surveyor, and completed a training period with  Brone & Oldenhove in Wavre and qualified as a chartered surveyor in 1999. She married Prince Laurent on 12 April 2003. At that time, she was given the title Princess of Belgium. Together, they have three children: Princess Louise Sophia Mary (2004) Prince Nicho...

Mélanie-Antoinette Costello de Massy was born 18 January 1985 in Monaco the only daughter and child of Baroness Elisabeth-Anne de Massy and Nicolai Vladimir Costello.  She grew up in Monaco, attending the International School of Monaco , earning the International Bacclaurate in 2004.  Mélanie is a prominent business woman in Monaco, she is presently Agribras’ Head of Investor Relations . She is an adviser for Giersch Ventures, a financial advisory boutique, and a co-founder with Luiz Macambira of The Macmas Group, an investment advisory, real estate development and event promotion group.  Miss Costello de Massy  sits on the Committee of the Monte-Carlo Country Club and is involved in the organization of the Monte-Carlo Masters Tennis Tournament . She is fluent in French and English, as well as speaking some German and Italian. As a granddaughter of Princess Antoinette,  she was in line for the Monégasque thro...

Prince Philip Karađorđević of Yugosalvia was born 15 January 1981 in the United States, the second son of Crown Prince Alexander of Yugosalvia and his 1st wife, Princess Maria. He has an older brother, Prince Peter. His godparents included: King Constantine of Greece Queen Sofia of Spain Princess Anne, The Duchess of Calabria He was born in the US, therefore he holds US citizenship, and is the senior most British Royal to do so. He spent his early years in Virginia, before the family moved to England, where he began to attend school. He attended  The King's School, Canterbury    graduating in 2000, earning A-Levels in Spanish, Government & politics, and Geography { Source }. After graduation, he attended University College London, earning a BA in Art, and also spent a year studying at a Spanish university in Madrid { Source }. He speaks fluent English, Spanish & French, and is studying Serbian { Source } He presently works ...

We know there's more to the monarchies than the Senior Royals, right? Right. A True Monarchist would anyway. You know- the cousins, aunts and uncles of the sovereign who aren't technically in line (at least in Monaco & Sweden's cases), but are still considered as part of the Royal Family as they are blood related. Let's start with the ones you probably know: King Carl XVI Gustav , has been King of Sweden since 1973.  Queen Silvia , wife of Carl has been his queen since their marriage in 1976  King Carl XVI Gustav and Queen Silvia have three children, a son-in-law, a future son-in-law and granddaughter: Crown Princess Victoria , Duchess of Västergötland, the oldest daughter of King Carl and Queen Silvia and is heir apparent to the throne.  Prince Daniel Duke of Västergötland, Crown Princess Victoria's husband since 2010.  Princess Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary , Duchess of Östergötland, daughter of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel, born in Febr...

Christian Louis de Massy  was born 17 January 1949, the only son of Princess Antoinette of Monaco, Baroness de Massy and her husband, Alexandre-Athenase Noghès. He has two sisters, Elisabeth Anne (1947) and Christine Alix (1951-1989). He is first cousins with Prince Albert II of Monaco . Upon his birth, he was surnamed his mother's last name Grimaldi, due to the dynasty and the fact that his parents were not married at the time. When his parents married shortly before his 2nd birthday in December 1951, his uncle granted his mother the title Baroness de Massy as a wedding present. Thus, she immediately changed her children's last name from Grimaldi to de Massy. Also at the time of his birth, his uncle was unmarried and childless, and the succession laws only allowed for males to succeed the throne, so Christian's mother and father were allegedly scheming to stage a coup d'état in order to see Christian succeed his uncle. However, when his uncle married American actres...

Princess Margarita Alice Thyra Viktoria Marie Louise Scholastica of Baden  was born 14 July 1932, the eldest of three children of Princess Theodora of Greece & Denmark & Berthold, Margrave of Baden. She was the elder sister of the present Margrave of Baden, Maximilian { Source }. She was named for: Margarita : For her mother's elder sister Alice: For her paternal grandmother, Alice of Baden Thyra : For Princess Thyra of Denmark, who was her 2nd cousin 1x removed via Christian IX Viktoria : For Vktoria Louise of Prussia, who was her cousin Marie Louise : For her paternal grandmother, Princess Marie Louise of Hanover Scholastica:  no idea. Likely a name her parents liked. She primarily grew up at the family's home in Germany, Schloss Salem . Upon graduation from school and reaching the age of majority in the 1950s, she made the move to London to work as a Nurse, where she was known as Nurse von Baden { Source }. While she was in ...