The Royal Fanzine

Princess Sophie Johanna Maria of Prussia was born 7 March 1978 as the youngest daughter of Prince Franz- Alexander and Princess Christine von Isenburg { Source }. She has four older siblings{ Source }: Prince Alexander von Isenburg (1969) Archduchess Catherine of Austria-Este (1971) Princess Isabelle zi Wied (1973) Prince Victor von Isenburg (1979) Her childhood was spent amongst her large family at the family's home, Hessian Birstein{ Source }. She attended local primary schools before attending Klosterwald School{ Source }. She obtained her diploma and a journeymen's diploma in dressmaking { Source }. She attended Albert-Ludwigs University and Universität zu Berlin, where she earned a bachelors and masters degree in business adminstration  { Source }.  After completing her education, she then did several interships across the globe. She worked for the German company German Bundestag, as well as interned in London, Hong Kong and Shanghai { S...

Al Waleed bin Talal  was born 7 March 1955 as the son of Prince Talal and Mona Al Solh {Source:Fandy, Mamoun (2007). (Un)civil War of Words: Media and Politics in the Arab World. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-275-99393-1. Retrieved 21 October 2012.} His parents separated when he was seven years old, and he resided in Saudi Arabia with his mother { Source }. During his youth, he would often run away from home for a few days, sleeping in the backs of unlocked cars{ Source }. Later on, he was sent to a military school, where he learned strict discipline{ Source }. He attended university in the United States, earning a bachelor of Sciences degree in business administration form Menlo College in 1979{ Source }.  In 1985, he obtained a master's degree in social science from Syracuse University{ Source }. He founded, is CEO and 95% owner of the Kingdom Holding Company , founded in 1980 { Source }. In 2011, he made an investment in the social media network T...

Jazmin Grace Grimaldi was born 4 March 1992 in Palm Desert, California, the daughter of Prince Albert and Tamara Rotolo. Prince Albert and Rotolo had a brief summer love affair in 1991, while Tamara was vacationing in the Cote d’Azur area with girlfriends after a recent divorce. After Tamara’s summer rendezvous with Prince Albert of Monaco (then heir apparent to the throne), she returned to California, only to discover she was pregnant by Prince Albert of Monaco (she believed at the time and in 2006 it was proven her claims as true after a DNA test was performed). Due to the inferiority of Prince Rainier of Monaco of the situation that his son had placed him and the principality in, Prince Rainier prohibited his son from having any contact with Tamara or their daughter and to deny any wrong doing. Unknown to his father, Prince Albert allegedly kept in contact with Tamara throughout the pregnancy-and even suggested calling her Grace in honor of his late mother. On March 4, 1992, ap...

Infanta Maria Francisca Isabel Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Paula de Herédia de Bragança  was born 3 March 1997, the only daughter of The Duke & Duchess of Braganza. She is presently 4th in line for the deposed throne of Portugal after her father and brothers. She was baptized in June 1997 at Vila Viçosa in the Church of the Immaculate Conception { Source } At the age of 10, she was torn between becoming a doctor or bull fighter { Source }. She is also said to enjoy music, poetry and theatre { Source }. In 2008, she made her public debut with her parents and younger brothers at a Dinner of the Conjured { Source }.

Nobile Elisabetta Maria Rosboch von Wolkenstein  was born 9 September 1987, in Rome, Italy as the only child of Nobile Ettore Rosboch von Wolkenstein and his wife, Countess Lilia Smecchia { Source }. She spent her childhood in Rome, and eventually earned a French baccalauréat E Series from  Lycée Chateaubriand in 2005 { Source }. Upon graduation, she moved to London to study literature and film at Queen Mary University  { Source }. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in 2009 { Source }. During her studies, she completed several internships. In 2007, she interned at  the Dickinson Roundell art gallery in London's contemporary art department { Source }.Shortly after graduation, in September 2009, she began an internship at Bloomberg News in the cultural department in New York, NY { Source }. She has a keen interest in writing, arts and cultures { Source }. She speaks several languages including Italian (her mother-tounge),...

Abu Dhabi -Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed was welcomed by Crown Prince Nurhito to Japan for an official on Tuesday { Photos } Belgium -King Philippe visited Technifutur on Friday { Photos } Denmark -Queen Margarethe II  held a public audience on Monday { Source }. -Crown Princess Mary   attended the opening of the exhibit You do not say no to Asger!  on Tuesday { Photos }On Thursday, the future Danish Queen visited Familliens Hus { Photos } -Countess Feodora af Rosenborg  celebrated her 39th birthday on Thursday. Germany -Prince Ernest-August of Hanover  celebrated his 60th birthday on Wednesday. Greece -Arrietta Morales y de Grecia  celebrated her 12th birthday on Monday. . Italy -Prince Carlo of Bourbon-Two Siclles, The Duke of Castro  celebrated his 51st birthday on Monday. Great Britain -Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh  attended a luncheon at the o...

The Lady Rose Victoria Birgitte Louise Gilman was born 1 March 1980, the younger daughter of The Duke & Duchess of Gloucester { Source }. At her birth, she was 12th in line for the throne, and is presently 29th after her niece Sennna. She was baptized when she was 4 months old at Barnwell Church, Northamptonshire { Source }, where her godparents included her second cousins, The Prince Edward and The Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones { Source }. She was educated at St. George's School, Ascot in the 1990s. Professionally, she works under the name Rose Windsor, as an Art Department Production Assistant in the film industry and has worked on films such as Harry Potter & The Oder of the Phoenix, Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince, Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley and the television series,Little Britain { Source } Her engagment was announced on 16 November 2007 to the 26 year-old George Gilman. She was married the following summer, in the Queen's Chapel, St. J...