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The Royal Recap of the Royals You Love: June 15-21, 2015

Belgium -King Philippe, Queen Mathilde  celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo on Thursday { Video } Denmark -Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg & Alexander Johannsmann  celebrated their 5th anniversary on Thursday. -Theodor Christian Emanuel Rosanes af Rosenborg  celebrated his 7th birthday on Friday. Luxembourg -Grand Duke Henri & Grand Duchess Maria Teresa  celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo on Thursday { Video } -Princess Amalia Gabriela Maria Teresa de Nassau  celebrated her 1st birthday on Monday. German -Count Conrad Hans-Heinrich Ernst-August von Hochberg  celebrated his 30th birthday on Wednesday. Great Britain -Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince Charles of Wales,  The Prince Andrew, The Duke of York, The Prince Edward, The Earl of Wessex, Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall, Sophie, The Countess of Wessex, The P...

Royal Profile:Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, The Duke of Cambridge

Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, The Duke of Cambridge was born 21 June 1982 at St Mary's Hospital, London, the eldest son of Prince Charles of Wales and Diana, The Princess of Wales { Source }. At barely two months old on his paternal great-grandmother's 82nd birthday, he was baptized in the Music Room at Buckingham Palace, with the following Godparents{ Source }: King Constantine II of Greece (his paternal cousin) Princess Alexandra, The Hon Mrs Angus Ogilvy (his paternal cousin) The Duchess of Westminster The Lady Susan Hussey Lord Romsey (his paternal cousin) Sir Laurens van der Post Today, he himself is godfather to{ Source }: Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark (1998) (Grandson of his godfather) Tom Pettifer (2002) (son of his childhood nanny) Grace Emilie Claire van Cutsem (2007) In 1984, he became a big brother, to Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales{ Source }. When his father remarried in 2005, he gained a stepbrother and stepsister...

Royal Profile: The Lady Alexandra Etherington

Lady Alexandra Clare Etherington  was born 20 June 1959 as the only daughter of James Caregie, 3rd Duke of Fife and The Hon. Caroline Dewar, Lady Worsley { Source }. She has one younger brother, as well as two stepsiblings { Source }{ Source }: David Charles Carnegie, Earl of Southesk (1961) Caroline Anne Carnegie, Countess of Southesk (1961) Charles Duff Carnegie, Lord Carnegie (1989) The Hon. George William Carnegie (1992) The Hon. Hugh Alexander Carnegie (1993) Henry Worsley Charlotte Worsley She married Mark Fleming Etherington  on 11 May 2001{ Source }. They have one daughter, Amelia Mary Carnegie Etherington (2001){ Source }. Lady Alexandra is 70+ in the line of succession to the British throne and one of the godmothers of Lady Louise Windsor { Source }.

Royal Profile: Birgitte, The Duchess of Gloucester

Birgitte, The Duchess of Gloucester was born 20 June 1946, the younger daughter of Asger Preben Knud Wissing Henriksen, and his wife, Vivian van Deurs { Source }. She spent most of her life in Denmark. She was educated in Denmark before attending finishing schools in Switzerland and England { Source }. While she was attending finishing school in Cambridge, she met Prince Richard of Gloucester, who was also studying in Cambridge at the time { Source }. After Cambridge, she returned to Denmark to take a three-year course in Commercial and Economic Studies { Source }. In 1971, she returned to England, this time to work as a secretary at the Royal Danish Embassy { Source }. A year after she returned to England to work at the Danish embassy, her engagement to Prince Richard of Cloucester was announced in February 1972 { Source }. They were married five months later on 8 July 1972 { Source }. At that time, she gained the title Her Royal Highness Princess Richard of Gloucester. When Prin...

Royal Profile: Prince Michel of Yugoslavia

Prince Michel of Yugoslavia  was born 18 June 1958 as the son of    Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia  and  his first wife, Princess Maria Pia of Savoy { Source }. He has a twin brother, and two younger siblings, as well as a half brother{ Source }: Prince Sergius Wladimir Emanuel Marie of Yugoslavia  (1963) Princess Helene Olga Lydia Tamara Maria of Yugoslavia  (1963) Prince Dushan Paul of Yugoslavia (1977, half brother) On his mother's side, he has the following stepsiblings: Princess Inès Marie Josephe Marguerite Yolande Tatiana of Bourbon-Parma (1952-1981) Miss Marie Mélodie de Bourbon (1977, adopted 1982, by her grandfather Prince Michael of Bourbon-Parma) Prince Erik Marie Joseph René Michael Pierre of Bourbon-Parma (1953) Princess Antonia Monique Charlotte Marie of Bourbon-Parma (1981) Princess Marie Gabrielle Yolande Camilla Philippine of Bourbon-Parma (1982) Princess Alexia Thérèse Sybille Eric Charles Marie of Bourbon-Parma ...

Royal Profile: Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia

Prince Dimitrije "Dimitri" of Yugoslavia was born 18 June 1958 as the son of    Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia  an d his first wife, Princess Maria Pia of Savoy { Source }. He has a twin brother, and two younger siblings, as well as a half brother{ Source }: Prince Sergius Wladimir Emanuel Marie of Yugoslavia (1963) Princess Helene Olga Lydia Tamara Maria of Yugoslavia (1963) Prince Dushan Paul of Yugoslavia (1977, half brother) On his mother's side, he has the following stepsiblings: Princess Inès Marie Josephe Marguerite Yolande Tatiana of Bourbon-Parma (1952-1981) Miss Marie Mélodie de Bourbon (1977, adopted 1982, by her grandfather Prince Michael of Bourbon-Parma) Prince Erik Marie Joseph René Michael Pierre of Bourbon-Parma (1953) Princess Antonia Monique Charlotte Marie of Bourbon-Parma (1981) Princess Marie Gabrielle Yolande Camilla Philippine of Bourbon-Parma (1982) Princess Alexia Thérèse Sybille Eric Charles Marie of Bourbon-Parma (1985)...

Royal Profile: Countess Zaria van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouw van Amsberg

Countess Joanna Zaria Nicoline Milou of Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg was born 18 June 2006 in London, England, the younger of the two daughters of Prince Friso and Princess Mabel of The Netherlands { Source }. She is named: Joanna : After her father Zaria : The Slavonian goddess Nicoline : Her maternal aunt and godmother Milou : For Princess Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) (1688–1765), the wife of Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange, the stadholder of Friesland She was christened on 3 February 2007 at Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague. Her godparents are{ Source }: King Willem-Alexander I (her paternal uncle) Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Parma (her father's 1st cousin, her 1st cousin 1x removed) Nicoline Wisse Smit (her maternal aunt)  Ruben Ameling (friend of her parents) Maria Luz Luano (friend of her parents) She resided in London with her parents and sister, until after her father's death in August 2012 . I believe after her father died, ...