The Royal Fanzine

Prince Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David of Orange-Nassau, Count of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg was born 25 September 1968, the second son of then Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands and her husband Claus van Amsberg, who was a German diplomat. His godparents are{ Source }: Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (his maternal grandmother) King Harald V of Norway Johan Christian Baron von Jenisch J.H. van Roijen,  and Christina von Amsberg  He has one elder brother, King Willem-Alexander,and a younger brother, Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands. He earned a degree in Mechanical engineering from University of California, Berklee in 1988{ Source }. While there, he joined the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. From 1988-1994, he studied (and obtained) an engineer's degree in aeronautical engineering at Delft University of Technology{ Source }. He also obtained a MSc degree in economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam, where he also took courses in Dutch Law...

Prince Achileas-Andreas  of Greece & Denmark was born 12 August 2000 as the 3rd child of Crown Prince Pavlos & Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece in New York, NY USA { Source }. The new teenager has four siblings, an older sister ,  and two younger brothers. His christening took place at theGreek Cathedral of Saint Sophia in London and his godparents were: Infanta Elena of Spain (paternal 1st cousin 1x removed) Princess Theodora of Greece (paternal aunt) Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg Prince Kardem of Bulgaria Princess Rosario of Bulgaria Prince Alexandre von Furstenberg He has resided both in the US (in Los Angels and NYC) and in London with his family. As the family is defunct, little is known about him. However, he is presently in line for the British and Greek (defunct) thrones after his father and brother. Although a member of the defunct Greek Royal Family, she still participates in numerous appearances. In 2004, he attended the gala preview...

Bhutan -Queen Jetsun  launched  the Jigme Khesar Environmental Research Fund on Monday { Photo } Denmark -Crown Prince Frederik received the 2013 Polka Verner Legatet during the Smukkeste Festival on Wednesday { Source } -Prince Joachim visited the school training ship, Danmark at the   Frederikshavn Naval Base   on Tuesday { Photos } Great  Britain -Queen Elizabeth II  inspected the Royal Scots Borderers (1 Scots) at the gates of Balmoral Castle on Thursday { Source } { Photos } -The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay  visited the Thurso bakery on Tuesday { Source } -The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal  visited the Isle of Wright, where she opened  t he new headquarters for Isle of Wight Scouts and opened the Mattionson Centre at Corf Scout Camp, visited the  Earl Mountbatten Hospice and met volunteers at the Classic Boat Museum on Monday { Source } -Princess Beatrice of York  ce...

Mabel Martine Los was born on 11 August 1968, the daughter of Hendrik Cornelis "Henk" Los (1944-1978) and Florence Malde Gijsberdina "Flos" Kooman (b. 1944), and the stepdaughter of Peter Wisse Smit (1939-2000) { Source } When her mother remarried when she was 16 years old, she and her sisters took their stepfather's last name thus, she became Mabel Martine Wisse Smit{ Source } She has two younger sisters: Nicoline Wisse Smit (1970)   Eveline Wisse Smit (b. 1982){ Source } Mabel met her future husband through his sister-in-law, Princess Laurentien in 2000{ Source } The pair dated for three years, mostly long distance before Prince Friso popped the question during a trip to Mexico { Source } Their engagement was announced by then Queen Beatrix on 30 June 2003{ Source } She is good friends with her sister in law, Princess Laurentien { Source } Mabel Wisse Smit married Prince Friso in Delft on 24 April 2004{ Source } However, because of some...

Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of York  was born 8 August 1988 the elder of the two daughters of the Duke and Duchess of York { Source }. She has one sister, Princess Eugenie { Source }. She was christened on 20 December 1988 at Chapel Royal at St. James Palace with the following as godparents { Source }: David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linely (her paternal 1st cousin 1x removed) The Duchess of Roxburghe (now    Lady Jane Dawnay) Peter Palumbo (friend of her parents) Carolyn Cotterell (friend of her parents) Gabrielle Greenall (friend of her parents) She attended a variety of schools throughout the United Kingdom. She began her education at Upton House School, before moving on to Coworth Park School and finally off to St. George's School, Ascot{ Source }.. She obtained A-Levels in Drama, History, and Film Studies in 2007{ Source }. From 2007-2008, she took a gap year where she partied in Thailand with a group of friends { Source },  visi...

Belgium -Prince Laurent, Princess Claire, Princess Louise, Prince Nicolas and Prince Aymeric attended the 79th Foire Agricole de Libramont on Monday { Source } Denmark -Princess Benedikte distributed grants from the I.P. Nielsen Fonden (foundation) on Friday { Source }{ Photos } -Princess Marie  attend the Spring/Summer 2014 Designers Remix fashion show on Thursday { Source } Great  Britain -The Prince Charles of Wales & Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall  attended the 2013 Oyster Festival, helped celebrate the 50th anniversary of RNLI Whitstable Lifeboat Station and visited the Prince’s Trust Centre and the Historic Dockyard Chatham on Monday { Photos }. On Tuesday, the future King & his wife attended a charity concert performance by the English Chamber Orchestra { Photos }. -The Princess Anne, Princess Royal  attended a Dressage event at the Festival of British Eventing on Saturday  { Source } -Sophie, The Countess of Wes...

Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi was born in Monaco on 3 August 1986, the only daughter to Princess Caroline of Hanover  and Stefano Casiraghi { Source }.  She has two full brothers, two stepbrothers and a half sister- Ernest , Christian, Andrea , Pierre & Alexandra { Source }. Of her siblings, she is the only one who's godparents are not in any way biologically related to her. Her godparents are: Albina de Boisrouvray (her mother's best friend, who can often be seen at her show jumping competitions as seen in the photo from September 2002) and Massimo Bianchi (her father's brother-in-law, her paternal uncle){ Source }. She spent her early childhood years in Monaco, attending the local private school, Les Dames St. Maur (that was merged with two other Catholic schools in Monaco in the late 1990s to create L'Institut François d’Assise Nicolas Barré ). Tragedy struck her immediate family in 1990, when her father died in a speedboat accident, her mother wisked ...