The Royal Fanzine

Prince Philip of Yugoslavia was born 15 January 1982 as the son of Crown Prince Alexander and Princess Maria da Gloria of Orleans Bragança { Source }. He has one older brother and a fraternal twin { Source }. His godparents are King Constantine II of Greece, Queen of Spain &  The Duchess of Calabria{ Source }. He grew up in the United States, and Europe. He attended kindergarten in Spain, before moving to England{ Source }.  In June 2000, Prince Philip graduated from The King’s School Canterbury in England having obtained three “A” levels in Spanish, Politics, and Geography, and ten GCSE’s (General Certificate of Secondary Education) { Source }.Prince Philip graduated from University College London (UCL) with a Bachelor of Arts Honours in Humanities { Source }. After graduation, he worked for Landsbanki and Teather & Greenwood in London, before attending École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) Switzerland { Source }. After gra...

Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia  was born 15 January 1982 as the youngest son of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia and his wife Princess Maria da Gloria, Duchess of Segorbe {Source}. He has an older brother and a fraternal twin. His godparents are Queen Sofia of Spain, King Constantine of Greece & The Duchess of Calabria.{ Source }. He was educated in Spain, England and the United States. He first attended kindergarten in Spain, before attending one of London's top prep schools { Source }. In 2000, he graduated from King’s School Canterbury having obtained three “A” levels in Spanish, French, Government and Politics, and ten GCSE’s (General Certificate of Secondary Education){ Source }. He went to the University of San Francisco (USF), graduated with a Communication Studies Degree with Emphasis on Public Relations and Journalism in 2004{ Source }. Prince Alexander was at a graduate school at an American university completing a Master of Fine Arts Degree (MFA) in Adver...

Antoine de Massy was born 15 January 1997, as the only biological son of Christian Louis de Massy with his fourth wife, Cecile de Massy{ Source }. He has one older (adopted) brother, an older paternal half sister, a brother-in-law, a niece, a nephew, and two step-nieces{ Source }: Jonkvrouw  Leticia de Massy (1971, half-sister) Jonkheer Thomas de Brouwer (1973, brother-in-law) Jonkvrouw Lillah de Brouwer (stepniece, 2001) Jonkvrouw Hermine de Brouwer (stepniece, 2003) Jonkvrouw Rose de Brouwer (2008, niece) Jonkheer Sylvestre de Brouwer (2008, nephew) Brice Souleyman Gelabale-de Massy (1987, adopted 1997, adopted brother)   He is the grandson of Princess Antoinette de Massy, thus the nephew of Baroness Elisabeth-Anne de Massy, and is second cousin to Monaco's reigning Prince{ Source }.  Like his grandfather, Alexandre “Aleco” Noghes, Antoine is a tennis champion with his eyes on the Summer Olympics in 2016 in Rio de Janerio, Brazil...

Don Iñaki Urdangarín y Liebaert, Duke of Palma de Mallorca was born 15 Junauray 1968, and is the husband of Infanta Cristian, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca. His parents were Juan María Urdangarín Berriochoa (1932-2012) & Claire Françoise Liebaert Courtain (1935-), and his is of Spanish Basque & Belgian descent. His paternal grandparents were minor Basque nobility. The Duke consort grew up primarily in Barcelona with his older brother, and five sisters. In 1986, he became a professional handball player for FC Barcelona, where he continued to play until he retired from the sport in 2000. He also participated in numerous Olympics as part of the Spainish handball team, he participated in the Summer Olympics in 1992 in Barcelona, 1996 in Atlanta, and in the 2000 Sydney Olympics(where he served as captain). The Spanish handball team won bronze medals in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. Also during his handball career, he studied at Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empres...

Baroness Marie Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz (aka Princess Michael of Kent) was born 15 January 1945, the daughter of Baron Günther Hubertus von Reibnitz (of German descent) and his Hungarian wife, Countess Maria Anna Carolina Franziska Walpurga Bernadette Szapáry von Muraszombath, Széchysziget und Szapár. She has a much older sister, Margarita, who was born almost 21 years to the day before her sister. She has been married twice, firstly to English banker Thomas Troubridge, in the early 1970s. That marriage did not last. They were separated in 1973, and divorced by 1977, and the marriage was annulled by the Catholic church in 1978. A month after the annulment took place, she wed in a civil ceremony in Vienna, Austria to Prince Michael of Kent, who was the youngest son of Prince George, Duke of Kent. Upon marriage, she assumed the style and title of HRH Princess Michael of Kent, the female equivalent to her husband's title; because she was not born a princess, she ...

Baroness Elisabeth Anne de Massy (aka Elisabeth-Anne Grimaldi) was born 13 January 1947 the daughter of Princess Antointte of Monaco, thus the niece of Prince Rainier and first cousin of reigning Prince Albert of Monaco{ Source }. Her father was Alexandre-Athenase Noghès, who was a reigning tennis champion{ Source }. Her paternal great-great grandfather, Alexandre was the founder of the Monte Carlo Automobile Club and former general treasurer of Monaco's state finances, and his father Anthony (1890–1978), created the first Grand Prix ever raced in a city, the world famous Grand Prix de Monaco{ Source }. At the time of her birth, her parents were not married; they subsequently married in 1951, placing her and her two younger siblings in line for the throne of Monaco{ Source }. She and her two siblings were originally given the surname Grimaldi, but when her mother received the Barony of Massy as a wedding present from her brother upon her December 1951, then Princess Antoinette cha...

Archduchess Zsófia Mária Tatjana Monika Erzsébet Katalin von Hasburg (Sophie Maria Tatiana Monica Elisabeth Catherine) was born 12 January 2001 as the eldest child of Archduke Georg von Hasburg and Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg { Source }. She has two younger siblings { Source }: Archduchess Ildikó Mária Walburga (Hilda Maria Walburga) von Hasburg (2002) Archduke Károly-Konstantin Mihály István Mária (Karl-Konstantin Michael Stephan Maria) von Hasburg (2004) She is a granddaughter of Otto von Hasburg { Source }. She resides in Hungary with her family. Other than this, there is not much known about her. It's likely she lives a fairly normal life.