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Royal Profile: King Mohammed VI of Morocco

King Mohammed VI of Morocco was born 21 August 1963 the son of King Hassan II and Lalla Latifa Hammou. He has one older sister, two younger sisters and a younger brother: Princess Lalla Meryem (1962) Fuad Filali (1957, m.1984-1999) Sharifa Lalla Soukaïna Filali (1986) Mohammed El Mehdi Regragui (m. 2013) Twin (2015) Twin (2015) Moulay Idris Filali (1988) Princess Lalla Asma (1965) Khalid Bouchentouf (m. 1986) Moulay Yazid Bouchentouf (1988) Lalla Nuhaila Bouchentouf (1992) Princess Lalla Hasna (1967) Dr. Khalil Benharbit (1959, m. 1991) Lalla Oumaima Benharbit (1995) Lalla Oulaya Benharbit (1997) Prince Moulay Rachid (1970) Oum Kalthum Boufarès (1987, m. 2014) Moulay Ahmed (2016) He completed his primary and secondary studies at Royal College and attained his Baccalaureate in 1981, before gaining a bachelor's degree in law at the Mohammed V University at Agdal in 1985. His research paper dealt with "the Arab-African Union and the Strate...

Royal Profile: Prince Gabriel of Belgium

Prince Gabriel Baudouin Charles Marie of Belgium was born 20 August 2003 as the eldest son of King Philippe & Queen Mathilde { Source }. He has one older sister and two younger siblings{ Source }: Princess Élisabeth of Belgium,The Duchess of Brabant(2001) Prince Emmanuel of Belgium (2005) Princess Eléonore of Belgium (2008) His godparents are{ Source }: Baroness Maria Christina von Freyberg (Second cousin of his father) Count Charles-Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz (maternal uncle) He began his education at age 5 in 2008, at Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege . He was named: Gabriel: Continues the tradition of El-/-el names in the family Baudouin: For his great-uncle, King Baudouin of Belgium. Charles: For his maternal uncle and godfather, Count Charles-Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz Marie: For the Virgin Mary, as per tradition with Catholic royalty. He is 2nd in line for the Belgian throne after his sister, Princess Elisabeth, The Duchess of Brabant. He likely speaks Dutch, F...

Royal Profile: Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway

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 Or...

The Royal Recap of the Royals You Love: August 12-18, 2019

Belgium -King Philippe  attended a match of the Belgian Red Lions against England during the European Hockey Championship and hosted an audience with the team and the other Belgian team participating in the Championship, Belgian Red Panthers on Sunday { Photos } Great Britain -The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal  celebrated her 69th birthday on Thursday. -Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina Windsor  celebrated her 6th birthday on Thursday. -Hugo John Lorenzo Troughton  celebrated his 3rd birthday on Friday. Master Troughton is the son of Jessica Troughton & Michael  Troughton, and grandson of Mr and Mrs Peter Troughton. His paternal greatx3 grandfather was Claude George Bowes-Lyon, Earl of Strathmore. Hugo is a 1st cousin 3x removed from Queen Elizabeth II on her mother's side. Germany -Countess Ingrid Alexandra von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth  celebrated her 16th birthday on Friday. Greece -Prince Achileas-Andreas  ...

Royal Profile: Beatrice Borromeo-Casiraghi

Beatrice Borromeo-Casiraghi was born 18 August 1985 as the youngest child of Don Carlo Ferdinando Borromeo, Count of Arona and his long-time companion, Countess Donna Paola Marzotto { Source }. She has an older brother, and three older half-sisters, as well as a sister-in-law, and several brothers-in-law and nieces and nephews: Donna Isabella Brachetti Peretti (1975) Count Ugo Brachetti Peretti Angera Brachetti Peretti (2005) Ludovico Brachetti Peretti (2008) Federico Brachetti Peretti (2012) Donna Lavinia Elkann (1977) John Elkann (1976, m. 2005?) Leone Mosé Elkann (2006) Oceano Noah Elkann (2007) Vita Talita Elkann (2012) Carlo Ludovico Borromeo (1982) Marta Ferri Borromeo (1984, m. 2012){ Source } Son Borromeo (unknown) Daughter Borrmeo (unknown) Donna Matilde Borromeo, Princess von Fürstenberg (1983) Prince Antoinius von Fürstenberg (1985, m. 2011) Prince Karl von Fürstenberg (2011) Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg (2012) She was educated in I...

Royal Profile: Princess M. Christina of The Netherlands

Princess Maria Christina of The Netherlands was born 18 February 1947 as the youngest of four daughters born to Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld { Source }. She has three older full sisters, and two younger paternal half-sisters: Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands (1938) Prince Claus of The Netherlands (d. 2004) King Williem-Alexander of The Netherlands  (1967) Queen Maxima (1971, m. 2002) Princess Catharina-Amalia of Oranje (2003) Princess Alexia of The Netherlands (2005) Princess Ariane of The Netherlands (2007) Prince Constantijn of The Netherlands Princess Laurentien of The Netherlands  (1966, m. 2001) Countess Eloise van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (2002) Count Claus-Casimir van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg (2004) Countess Leonore van Oranje-Nassau,, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (2006) Prince Friso of The Netherlands  (1968-2013) Princess Mabel van Oranje-Nassau  (1968,m. 2004-2014...

Royal Profile: Hugo Troughton

Hugo John Lorenzo Troughton  was born 16 August 2016 as the second child of Michael Troughton and Jessica E. Carnevale { Source }. He has one older sibling { Source }:  Peter Timothy Robert Troughton (2014) Through his paternal grandmother, he is a distant maternal relation of Queen Elizabeth II -his great grandmother was Lady Mary Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, who was a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II through her uncle,  Captain Hon. Michael Claude Hamilton Bowes-Lyon. This would make Hugo a first cousin 3x removed of Queen Elizabeth II .