The Royal Fanzine

Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway was born on 3 December 2005 as youngest child of Crown Prince Haakon & Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway { Source }.He has two older siblings{ Source }: Mr. Marius Borg Høiby (1997) HRH Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004) The young prince was christened on 4 March 2006, with the following as his godparents{ Source }: Queen Sonja of Norway (paternal grandmother) Espen Høiby (maternal uncle) Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece ( 4th cousin 1x removed through Queen Victoria) Queen Maxima of The Netherlands (family friend) Princess Rosario of Bulgaria (family friend) Bjørn Stensland (family friend) Marianne Gjellestad (family friend) In the fall of 2020, his confirmation ceremony took place, in the absence of most of his godparents due to COVID19 restrictions{Photos} The youngest child of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit began attending kindergarten (similar to pre-school in the US) in 2007{ Source }.In 2011, he began attendin...

Belgium -King Philippe & Queen Mathilde  visited hospital staff and staff of the various services of Our Lady Hospital and the General Urban Hospital on Wednesday { Photos } -King Philippe  visited the Le Foyer Sainte-Anne Care Home on Friday { Photos } Denmark -Crown Prince Fredrik  attended the opening of the first-ever Danish digital business promotion in The Netherlands on Monday { Source }{ Video }. On Thursday, the elder of the two sons of Queen Margrethe II visited the Crown Prince' information centre at Kastellet { Photos }. On Friday, the future Danish monarch attended the digital annual meeting of the Danish Red Cross and attended the semi-annual Copenhagen Boy's Choir Concert { Video } { Photos } -Crown Princess Mary  attended the presentation of Magasin du Nord Fashion Prize 2020 on Thursday { Photos } France -Louis Alphonse, The Duke of Anjou & Marie-Marguerite, The Duchess of Anjou  celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary on Thursda...

Emma Tallulah Behn was born 29 September 2008, the third daughter and youngest child of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and Ari Behn{ Source }. She has two older sisters{ Source }: Maud Angelica Behn (2003) Leah Isadora Behn (2005) Her godparents were: Marianne Solberg Behn (paternal grandmother) The Crown Princess of Norway (maternal aunt) Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark (likely a friend of her mother's) Christian Udnæss (paternal uncle) Carl Christian Christensen (friend of her parents) Anbjørg Sætre Håtun (friend of her parents) Sigvart Dagsland (friend of her parents) She was named after American actress Tallulah Bankhead. She is the 5th grandchild of the King and Queen of Norway{ Source }. She is 7th in line for the Norwegian Throne after her uncle, two cousins, mother and sisters. She is also distantly in succession for the British throne as a descendant of Queen Victoria.

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway was born 22 September 1971 at Rikshospitalet University Hospital and is the elder of two children of the present King King and Queen of Norway{ Source }. She has one brother, a sister-in-law, a step-nephew and a niece and nephew{ Source }: Crown Prince Haakon of Norway (1973) Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway (1973, m. 2001) Mr. Marius Borg Høiby (1997, Haakon's stepson) Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004) Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway (2005) She was named for her grandmother, Crown Princess Märtha and her great-grandmother, Queen Louise { Source }. Prior to 1990, the young princess could not inherit the throne due to there being a rule for males only, however, in 1990 a constitutional amendment was adopted establishing female rights to the throne as well as rights to the first born child{ Source }.. However, these new rules took place only for those born after the amendment was established (thus why her brother remains heir appare...

Austria -Archduke Carl Christian  celebrated his 65th birthday on Wednesday.  -Archduchess Sophia  celebrated her 3rd birthday on Sunday. -Alessando Czarnocki-Lucheschi  celebrated his 18th birthday on Monday. Belgium -Princess Maria-Laura of Belgium Archduchess of Austria-Este  celebrated her 32nd birthday on Wednesday. Brazil -Prince Rafael of  Orléans-Braganza  celebrated his 34th birthday on Monday. - Alexander Joaquim Pedro Spearman  celebrated his 4th birthday on Sunday. Denmark -Prince Nikolai  celebrated his 21st birthday on Friday. -Countess Camilla af Rosenborg & Ivan Ottesen celebrated their 2nd wedding naniversary on Tuesday. France -Prince Erik of Bourbon-Parma  celebrated his 67th birthday on Friday. -Baron Vincent- Nicholas  von Gecmen-Waldek  celebrated his 39th birthday on Sunday. -Gaetano Dailly  celebrated his 11th birthday on Tuesday. Germany -Georg Fredrich, Prince of Prussia & Sophie, Princes...

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 Orie...

Brazil -Princess Christine of Orléans-Braganza celebrated her 65th birthday on Tuesday. Greece -Prince Achileas-Andreas  celebrated his 20th birthday on Wednesday. Italy -Princess Luisa of Savoy  celebrated her 14th birthday on Sunday. Jordan -Princess Rahma El Hassan  celebrated her 51st birthday on Thursday. Luxembourg -Prince Carl-Johan de Nassau  celebrated his 28th birthday on Saturday. The Netherlands -Princess Mabel van Oranje-Nassau  celebrated her 52nd birthday on Tuesday. Norway -King Harald V, Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit,  Princess Märtha Louise, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Prince Sverre Magnus, Maud Angelica Behn, Leah Isadora Behn & Emma Tallulah Behn  released new family photos of their end of summer staycation on the royal Family's yacht, visiting several Norweigan locations along the way on Thursday { Photos } Romania -Princess Elena & HE Alexander Philips Nixon McAteer  celebrated their 22n...

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway was born 20 July 1973, the only son of then Crown Prince Harald and then Crown Princess Sonja . He has one elder sister, an ex-brother-in-law and three nieces{ Source }: Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (1971) Mr. Ari Behn (1972, div 2016, he died in 2019) Maud Angelica Behn (2003) Leah Isadora Behn (2005) Emma Taullah Behn (2008) The future King of Norway attended the Norwegian Naval Academy, graduating in 1995{ Source }. The Prince also attended University of California, Berkley, where he received a BA in Political Science in 1999{ Source }. After finishing his education, he participated in the UN's General Assembly as a third delegate{ Source }. In 2001, he followed the Foreign Ministry’s trainee programme for diplomats, and completed his education in 2003 at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he was awarded an MA in development studies, specializing in international trade and Africa{ Source }. He is the patron of a number...

Queen Sonja of Norway was born as Sonja Haraldsen on 4 July 1937 in Olso, Norway as the daughter of Karl August Haraldsen and Dagny Ulrichsen{ Source }. She grew up at 1B Tuengen Allé in the district of Vinderen in Oslo and completed her lower secondary schooling in 1954{ Source }. She received a diploma in dressmaking and tailoring at the Oslo Vocational School, as well as a diploma from École Professionelle des Jeunes Filles in Lausanne,Switzerland{ Source }. There, she studied accounting, fashion design, and social science{ Source }. She also attended the University of Olso, where she earned a degree in French, English and Art History{ Source }. She and then- Crown Prince Harlad of Norway began their courtship in 1959{ Source }. Crown Prince Harald's father objected to the relationship due to her being of non-royal status{ Source }. Once the young crown prince made it clear with his father that he would marry no one unless he could marry Sonja, his father consented to the mar...

Brazil -Princess Maria Gabriela of  Orléans-Bragança  celebrated her 31st birthday on Monday. Denmark -Queen Margrethe II & Crown Prince Fredrik  participated in a meeting of The Council of State on Tuesday { Source } -Queen Margrethe II & Princess Benedikte, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg  attended a performance calle d A musical afternoon   as part of Queen Ingrid's Honorslegat on Sunday { Source } This event is also usually attended by Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, but due to COVID19 travel bans and restrictions, she is unable to attend this year -Queen Margrethe II  was presented with her 80th birthday gift of two new benches from the Danish municipality Fredensborg on Friday { Photos }  -Crown Princess Mary  participated in the opening of the new Holmegaard Works on Monday  { Source }. On Friday, the future Danish Queen Consort officially opened tNaturkraft { Source } -Princess Benedikte, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenste...