The Royal Fanzine

Prince Henrik Carl Joachim Alain of Denmark was born 4 May 2009, the first child of Prince Joachim and his second wife, Princess Marie. The prince has two older half-brothers from his father's first marriage, Prince Nikolai and Prince Felix, and a younger sister. He was christened on the 26 July 2009, and his godparents were his paternal aunt, Crown Princess Mary, family friends Britt Davidsen Siesbye and Christian Scherfig, and his maternal uncles Charles Cavallier and Benjamin Grandet. He was named for his grandfathers, one of his uncles or perhaps his great uncle and his father. His official style is: His Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark, Count of Monpezat. He is presently 9th in line for the Danish throne.

Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet is the younger of Princess Stephanie’s children with Daniel Ducruet, and Daniel’s only daughter and youngest child. Pauline was born 4 May 1994 in Monaco. Her godparents are her maternal aunt and uncle, Prince Albert and Princess Caroline. As a youngster, she mostly lived a “typical” childhood of a gen Z middle child to her mother and youngest child to her father...she participated in sports (gymnastics and diving), went to events with her siblings (a carnival with her little sister and soccer matches of their beloved AS Monaco FC with her older brothers), on family trips, and oh, yeah-traveled with the circus training elephants and is 8th in line to be the ruler of the tiny principality of Monaco. Well, okay, those last ones are not “typical” Gen Z, but typical “Child of Princess Stephanie”. She, her siblings and mother returned to Monaco in either 2003 or 2004, which brought along many changes for Pauline. She took up gymnastics, then diving (c. 2007/8)...

Autumn Patrica Kelly Phillips  was born 3 May 1978 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the only daughter of Brian Kelly and his wife Kathleen, who is known as Kitty. She has one older brother, Kevin, and a twin, Christopher, they were primarily raised in Cedar Park, Pointe-Claire, Canada, which is in the English-Speaking west island region of Montreal. She was baptized on 18 June 1978, at St. John Fisher Parish Church. Her parents divorced when she was eight years old. After the divorce, she continued to live in Cedar Park, Pointe-Claire, Canada. Her mother remarried shortly after the divorce was finalized to commercial pilot Ron Magas. She attended private Roman Catholic schools, including St. Thomas High School, where she excelled in sports and graduated in 1999. She also attended McGill University, earning a degree in East Asian Studies in 2002. While at university, she worked various jobs including as a model and bartender. She attended the 2003 Candaian Grand Prix, w...

Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto  (formerly Lady Sarah Armstorng-Jones) was born 1 May 1965, the only daughter of the 1st Earl of Snowdon and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and thus is the only biological niece of Queen Elizabeth II . She is also the youngest granddaughter of King George V and Queen Elizabeth. Being a niece of the Queen, she is in line for the throne of the UK and the commonwealth countires, after her niece, The Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones, in 18th place. At her birth, she was 7th place. She attended the Camberwell School of Art and Middlesex Polytechnic (Middlesex University since 1992). She is a trained painter, she is represented by the Redfern Gallery. In 2004, she was appointed Vice President of The Royal Ballet. Unlike her senior royal cousins and their children, she and her brother attract far less media attention, which has lead in their favor, giving them successes in their lives. Her aunt keeps a close relationship with her and her b...

Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus, King of Sweden, Duke of Jämtland  was born 30 April 1946, the son of Hereditary Prince Gustaf Adolf (who died in a plane crash when his son was a year old) and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. When his great-grandfather King Gustaf V died in 1950, the four-year-old Prince became the heir apparent of Sweden. In an interview in 2005, his sister Princess Birgitta explained how growing up without their father around by commenting that their mother and the strict Swedish royal court of the time did not consider the emotional needs of Prince Gustaf Adolf's children. In that era, she said, tragedy was seldom discussed with children. "Children's questions were met with silence, children's anxiety and fear with the same silence."As a result, Crown Prince Carl Gustaf was seven years old before he had been told about his father's death. "It was Mother's way of handling the situation, to handle living her life. Of course it was...

Don Miguel de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y Bórbon  was born 30 April 2002, the third son of the Duchess and Duke of Palma de Mallorca, Infanta Cristina of Spain and Iñaki Urdangarín. Seven weeks after his birth at Barcelona's Teknon Clinic, the young royal was baptized on 23 June 2002 in the chapel of the city's Palace of Zarzuela. His godparents are The Prince of Austrias, and his aunts Infanta Elena and Lucía Urdangarín. He lives with his parents and two older brothers and younger sister in Barcelona, where he is enrolled in the Carles Riba preschool and will subsequently join his older brothers at the French School. His parents are very hands on, his father is frequently spotted walking his children to school. He is presently 10th in line for the Spanish throne.

Belgium -King Albert II held an audience with the Belgian Prime Minister, Mr. Elio Di Rupo on Monday { Source }. On Thursday, the King visited the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels headquarters at the invitation of the President of the EP, Mr. Martin Schulz { Video }. -King Albert II & Queen Paola held an audience with Baron Toots Thielemans and his wife, Huguette, at Château de Laeken. Mr. Thielemans, a well-known jazz musician, will celebrate his 90th birthday on Sunday{ Source } -Prince Philippe visited the Universitaires Saint-Louis (FUSL) in Brussels on Monday, where he attended an academic session  "... on the 20th anniversary of the creation... " of the university's multilingual training program in collaboration between the FUSL and Hogeschool Universiteit Brussels (HUB) { Source }. On Tuesday, he attended the 1st Annual Masterclass held at the Résidence Palace à Bruxelles ...organized for the benefit of the winners of seven editions of the Belg...