The Royal Fanzine

Day 1 (July 1) The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall began their 5-day visit to Wales doing separate activities. He started out with a visit to the  Llandovery Work Hub to meet with “...members of the Llandovery Development Partnership and local council representatives and visited the Dyfed Powys Police Headquarters where he presented Long Service medals...”  and The Duchess toured  “...Wales’s largest independent publishing house, Gomer Press.” and hosted a tea for “...children and their families from Dreams and Wishes, a charity which supports seriously ill young people.”  { Photos }{ Source }{ Source }{ Source } Day 2 (July 2) The future monarch and his wife  paid a visit to the Rhug Estate Farm Shop, where they viewed "...local organic produce, met with staff and guests and toured the Farm Shop...” { Source }. Afterward, they visited  the Rhug Chapel and Pistyll Church. The Prince of Wales also “...opened the new Llwyn Isaf Anaerobic Dige...

Belgium -King Albert & Queen Paola celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary on Tuesday. -Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant    participated in the conference entitled Probing Vegetation: From Past to Future  on Thursday { Photos } -Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant & Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant  visited a short-term residential care home for seriously ill children and young people called Limmerik on Tuesday { Photos }{ Photos } Denmark -Queen Margarethe II  attended the official opening of the UN City on Thursday { Photos } -Henrik, Prince Consort  inaugurated a new 3-pound bronze cannon  and attended a memorial service on Saturday{ Source }. Great  Britain - Queen Elizabeth II  met with the First Minister of Scotland, the Presidening Officer of the Scottish Parliament & Covener of the Scottish Parliemntary Coporate Body before hosting a garden party at the Palace of Holyroodhouse on Monday ...

Day 1 (June 10) He arrived in Spain, where he was welcomed by Spain's prime minister at the Moncloa Palace { Photos }. From there, the future emperor visited  the Museum of Decorative Arts , where he viewed a display called "Namban Varnishes: Traces of Japan in Spain" { Photos }. Day 2 (June 11) The future Japanese Emperor was joined by Spain's future King for the innaugaral meeting of the Spainish-Japanese Business Cooperation Comittee { Photos }. Afterward, the two future world leaders paid a vist to the Tsunami Exhibition at the Conde Duque's Cultural Center { Photos }. In the evening, they attended a concert { Photos } Day 3 (June 12) The future Asian monarch was joined by the future King of Spain and the President of the Community of Madrid paid a visit to the  "Canal de Isabel II" Management Center { Photos }{ Photos }.  The future Japanese Emperor visited the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium { Video }{ Source }.  In the evening, he j...

Queen Sonja of Norway  was born on 4 July 1937 in Olso, Norway the daughter of clothing merchant Karl August Haraldsen and Dagny Ulrichsen{ Source }.  She grew up at 1B Tuengen Allé in the district of Vinderen in Oslo and completed her lower secondary schooling in 1954{ Source }. She received a diploma in dressmaking and tailoring at the Oslo Vocational School, as well as a diploma from École Professionelle des Jeunes Filles in Lausanne,Switzerland{ Source }. There, she studied accounting, fashion design, and social science{ Source }. She also attended the University of Olso, where she earned a degree in French, English and Art History{ Source }. She and then-Crown Prince Harlad of Norway began their courtship in 1959{ Source }. Crown Prince Harald's father objected to the relationship due to her being of non-royal status{ Source }. Once the young crown prince made it clear with his father that he would marry no one unless he could marry Sonja, his father consented to the ...

Prince Michael George Charles Franklin of Kent was born on 4 July 1942, the younger son of Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Mariana, Duchess of Kent. He has an older brother, Prince Edward (now The Duke of Kent) and older sister, Princess Alexandra of Kent.  Unlike his brother and sister, who were 6 and 7 years old at the time, he more than likely has little to no memories of his father, as he was only 6 weeks old when he died in a plane crash { Source }. Only a few weeks prior to his father's death was he christened with the following as his godparents: King George VI (his paternal uncle, father of Queen Elizabeth II) King Haakon VII of Norway (his great-uncle) Prince Henry, The Duke of Gloucester (paternal uncle) Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands Franklin D. Roosevelt { Source } Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (his grandfather's cousin) Queen Fredrica of Greece  Lady Patricia Ramsay (his grandfather King George V's cousin) ...

Princess Chulabhorn  was born 4 July 1957, as the youngest daughter of King Bhumibol Aduladej & Queen Sirikit of Thailand. She studied chemistry at Kasetsart University, earning a 1st Class Honours bachelor's degree in 1979. She also earned a doctoral degree in Science from Mahiold University in 1985. Since earning her degree, she has served as President of the Chulbhorn Research Institute , been awarded the UNESCO Einstein Medal { Source }, and was the first Aisan to be invited to join the Royal Society of Chemistry in the UK as an Honorary Fellow in 1986 { Source } In 1982, she married a Royal Thai Air Fource Air Vice Marshal, Virayudh Tishyasarian. Traditionally, she would've lost her Royal Status upon her marriage due to marrying a man of lesser position, but she was granted special permissions by her father to keep her rank as Princess. Together, they have two daughters: Princess Sirbhachudhabhorn (1982) Princess Adityadhornkitikhun (1984) Their marriage ev...

The Background of the situation: Years ago, King Albert & Queen Paola were separated for a while, but remained married. During this time, King Albert had an affair with Sybille, Baroness de Selys Longchamps, which allegedly produced the famed Belgian artist, Delphine Michèle Anne Marie Ghislaine Boël in February 1968. While Boël and her mother remained in hiding for the majority of her life and she was raised as the legal daughter of Jacques Boël, it was first brought to the public’s attention in 1999, when an unauthorized biography of Queen Paola was published{ Source }{ Source }. The book contained statements of allegations that there was an existence of a daughter born out of wedlock to King Albert. When the Belgian press got a hold of this idea, the investigations on who she could be and rumors started. Eventually the Belgian press found Boël, and both the Palace and Boël denied the claims at the time. The main element that was considered to be an informal acknowledgement...