The Royal Fanzine

Belgium -King Philippe  celebrated his 54th birthday on Tuesday.  -Princess Eléonore  celebrated her 6th birthday on Wednesday. Bhutan -Prince Dasho Jigme Dorji Wangchuck  celebrated his 28th birthday on Monday. Denmark -Queen Margarethe II, Henirk, Prince Consort, Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Prince Vincent, Princess Joesphine, Prince Joachim, Princess Marie, Prince Nikolai, Prince Felix, Prince Henirk & Princess Athena  attended Queen Margarethe's 74th birthday celebrations on Wednesday { Photos } { Video }  -Queen Margarethe II  celebrated her 74th birthday on Wednesday. -Crown Prince Frederik attended the 2014 Next Step Challenge (NSC) Award ceremony on Monday { Photo } -Leopold Christian Ingolf Rosanes af Rosenborg  celebrated his 8th birthday on Monday. Germany - Prince Philipp Gabriel Franz Josef Magnus Maria Lamoral von Thurn und Taxis  ce...

Vittoria Knecht de Massy was born 18 April 2007 in Monaco, the third of four daughters of Donatella Knecht de Massy and Keith Sébastien Knecht de Massy{ Source }. She attended Prince Albert's 2011 Wedding with her parents, and two older sisters (Vittoria is the smallest, in the rose colored dress in between her parents) in July 2011. She also attended the events the day before, where she was seen with her mother and Princess Charlene . She and her family re-located to South Africa sometime in 2011 or 2012, so she likely attends school there. She is the granddaughter of Christine-Alix Knecht de Massy, the youngest of Princess Antoinette's children, and thus is Princess Antoinette's great-granddaughter, and is a 1st cousin 1x removed from the reigning Prince Albert II { Source }. Because she is not *technically* in line for the throne of Monaco, she is primarily kept from the limelight and not much is known about her. It is presumed that someday, like the *rest of the de M...

Princess Eléonore Fabiola Victoria Anne Marie of Belgium  was born 16 April 2008 as the youngest of King Philippe & Queen Mathilde 's children { Source }. She has one older sister and two older brothers{ Source }: Princess Elisabeth, The Duchess of Brabant (2001) Prince Gabriel (2003) Prince Emmanuel (2005) She was baptized on 14 June 2008, with the following as her godparents { Source }: Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden Princess Claire of Belgium (patental aunt) Count Sébastien von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg She was named Eléonore because it was a name her parents liked that kept the tradition od El/el names in the family. Her middle names, Fabiola, Victoria, Anne, and Marie come from various relatives and close friends of the family- Fabiola for her great-aunt Queen Fabiola, Victoria for her godmother Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Anne for her maternal grandmother Countess Anna d'Udekem d'Acoz and Marie for her the second name of her maternal grand...

Prince Sébastien Henri Marie Guillaume  of Luxembourg was born 16 April 1992 as the youngest child of Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa { Source }. He has four brothers, two sister-in-laws and a sister, as well as two nephews and  one on the way { Source }: Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke (1981) Princess Stéphanie , Hereditary Grand Duchess (1984) Prince Félix (1984) Princess Claire (1985) Baby on the Way--Due June 2014  Prince Louis (1986) Princess Tessy (1985) Prince Noah (2006) Prince Gabriel (2007) Princess Alexandra (1991) After attending nursery school in Angelsberg, Luxembourg, Prince Sébastien began his primary education at St. George's International School in Luxembourg { Source }. He then continued his schooling in  the United Kingdom, first at Summer Fields School and then at Ampleforth College, where he began his secondary education { Source }. In 2011, the Prince obtained his Baccalaureate at...

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg  was born 16 April 1955 as the eldest son of Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg { Source }. He attended secondary school in Luxembourg, but soon after began studying in France. He earned his French baccalaureate in 1974{ Source }. Upon graduating from his compulsory education, he began attending the University of Geneva, where he earned a political science degree with honors in 1980{ Source }. During his university years, he also visited other countries, most notably, the United States, where he gained practical work experience and studied{ Source }.  In 1974, he attended the Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, and was commissoned as an officer in 1975{ Source }. In 1989, He was appointed an  Honorary Major of the Royal Parachute Regiment (UK){ Source }. As Commander-in-chief of the Luxembourg Armed Forces, he holds the rank of General{ Source }.   As Honorary...

Queen Margrethe Alexandrine Þorhildur Ingrid of Denmark was born 16 April 1940 at the Amalienborg Palace, the oldest child and daughter of King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid of Denmark. She was christened on 14 May 1940 in Holmens Kirke (the Naval Church) and confirmed on 1 April 1955 at Fredensborg Palace { Source }. Her godparents were: King Christian X of Denmark (paternal grandfather) Prince Knud of Denmark (her uncle) Prince Axel of Denmark (her 1st cousin 2x removed) King Gustaf V of Sweden (her great uncle) Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (her great uncle) She was named{ Source }: Margrethe after her maternal grandmother, Princess Margaret of Connaught Alexandrine after her paternal grandmother, Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Ingrid after her mother. She was joined by younger sisters Princess Benedikte and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece in 1944 and 1946 { Source }. On 20 April 1947, King Christian X died and Margrethe's father ascended t...

King Philippe Léopold Louis Marie of Belgium  was born on 15 April 1960, as first child of HM King Albert II and Queen Paola { Source }. At the end of secondary school, which he attended both in French and in Dutch, the Prince continued his education at the Royal Military Academy from which he graduated in 1981 { Source }. He then subsequently qualified as fighter pilot (1982) and as a paratrooper- and commando officer before assuming command over a paratrooper platoon { Source }. The Prince's military career further led him to his current rank of Lieutenant-General and Vice Admiral in the Armed Forces (as from 2010)  { Source }.Prince Philippe completed his academic training at Trinity College, University of Oxford (UK) and at the Graduate School of Stanford University (USA) where he took a “Master of Arts Degree” in political science in 1985 { Source }. The King holds an Honorary Doctorate of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ...