The Royal Fanzine

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway was born Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby on 19 August 1973{ Source }. Her parents divorced when she was young, but remarried{ Source } { Source } She has a sister, and two older brothers{ Source }. When her mother remarried in 1994, she gained at least a stepbrother. The Crown Princess completed her upper secondary education at Kristiansand Katedralskole in 1994{ Source }.During her time at upper secondary school, she spent a year abroad as an exchange student at Wangaratta High School in Australia{ Source }. Later the Crown Princess attended Bjørknes Private School { Source }. In 1997 she took Examen philosophicum (the preliminary university examination) as well as examinations in chemistry and information technology at Agder University College{ Source }. In 2000-2002 she studied ethics at the Faculty of Social Science and the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Oslo{ Source }. In 2003 the Crown Princess followed courses at the School of Orienta...

Princess Luisa Giovanna Agata Gavina Bianca Maria of Savoy is the younger of the two biological children of Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont & his wife, French actress Clotilde Courau, and was born 16 August 2006 in Geneva, Switzerland{ Source }. She is a great-grandchild of the last King of Italy and the granddaughter of the present pretender to the throne, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, and his wife Marina. She also has two adopted brothers who were adopted from Kenya in January 2011, Alan and Moses, and a sister named Vittoria, who was born in 2003 { Source }. I imagine the family is living a relatively normal life in either France or Switzerland, where she likely goes to school. I also imagine that with a French mother and Italian father, she speaks at least both French and Italian.

Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth was born 16 August 2003 in Denmark, the daughter of Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth & Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Countess von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth { Source }. She has one older brother{ Source }: Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth She was christened in Germany in December 2003, with the following as her godparents { Source }: Countess Bettina von Pfeil and Klein-Ellguth (her paternal aunt) Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (her maternal aunt) Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (her maternal 1st cousin 1x removed) Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark (her maternal 1st cousin 1x removed) Prince Georg of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein Martin Bleyer She is named for: Ingrid: For her maternal great-grandmother Queen Ingrid of Denmark Alexandra: For her mother, Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Co...

Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina Windsor was born 15 August 2013 as the eldest daughter of Lord Frederik Windsor and Sophie Winkleman { Source }. She has a younger sister: Isabella Alexandra May Windsor (2016) She was named for: Maud: Princess Maud of Wales, who was her great x2 aunt Elizabeth: Queen Elizabeth II Daphne: her maternal great grandmother Mariana: her paternal great grandmother, Princess Mariana of Greece & Denmark, The Duchess of Kent She was baptized at St James Palace in December 2013 and has Princess Eugenie of York among her godparents { Source }. Currently, she is 47th in line for the British throne. It's likely she will grow up to lead a normal life.

Elisabeta-Maria Bianca Elena  Biarneix    de Roumanie was born 15 August 1998 as the daughter of Princess Sophie of Romania & Alain Michel Léonce Biarneix. She has no known siblings and her parents divorced when she was only two years old. She grew up in France with her mother. She is currently fifth in succession for the defunct Romaninan throne, after her two aunts, cousin and mother. She is considered a private person and a minor so not much is known about her. It's likely she leads a fairly normal life, and speaks English, Romanian and French. On Saturday, 13 August 2016, she attended the funeral service of her grandmother, Queen Anne of Romania { Photos }.

The Princess Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise, The Princess Royal was born 15 August 1950, the second child and only daughter of The Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II { Source }. She has three brothers, two sisters-in-law, two former sisters-in-law, three nephews, three nieces, a niece in law, a great nephew, a great niece, and several step nieces and nephews{ Source }: The Prince Charles of Wales (1948) Diana, Princess of Wales (1961, m. 1981-1996) Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge  (1982) Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge  (1982) Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge (2013) Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge  (2015) Prince Harry of Wales (1984) Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall (1947) Maj. Andrew Parker-Boweles (m. 1973-1995) Mr. Thomas Parker-Bowels (1974) Mrs. Sara (Buys) Parker-Bowels Miss Lola Parker-Bowels (2007) Master Freddy Parker-Bowels (2010) Mrs. Laura (Parker-Bowels) Lopes (1978) Mr. Harry Lopes M...

Austria - Archduchess Marie-Astrid, Archduke Carl Christian, Archduke Martin, Archduke Dominic of Austria, Prince of Tuscany, Archduchess Maria Magdalena & Baron Hans von Holzhausen  attended the funeral services of Queen Anne of Romania on Saturday { Photos }. Belgium -Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este  attended the funeral services of Queen Anne of Romania on Saturday { Photos }. Germany -Ferdinand Heinrich Emich Chistian Karl, Hereditary Prince of Leiningen  celebrated his 34th birthday on Monday. -Maximilian, The Margrave of Baden & Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia   attended the funeral services of Queen Anne of Romania on Saturday { Photos }. Great Britain -Princess Beatrice of York  celebrated her 28th birthday on Monday. -Timothy Taylor  celebrated his 53rd birthday on Monday. Greece -Prince  Achileas-Andreas  celebrated his 16th birthday on Friday. Jap...