ROYAL NEWS: FEBRUARY 2010

Last updated: February 3rd, 2010.

February 1st
The Prince of Orange will attend the 122. session of the International Olympic Committee in Vancouver, Canada from 9 to 12 February. He will afterwards attend the Olympic Winter Games there. He will be accompanied by his wife Princess Máxima. Also their daughters Amalia, Alexia and Ariane will sometimes attend with their parents.

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark posed with their children Christian and Isabella during their skiing holidays at Verbier, Switzerland, today. Princess Isabella wasn't very happy about the photocall, as she was a little bit ill.
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    • Prince Nikolaos of Greece and his fiancée Tatiana Blatnik met members of the Greek and international press in a press conference at the Yacht Club of Greece in Athens, Greece, this early afternoon. Also former King Constantine II and Queen Anne Marie of Greece, Nikolaos' parents, were present. The couple said they hope to get married on 24 August 2010, but that the date is not sure yet. Their engagement was made known on 28 December 2009. Tatiana Elinka Blatnik was born in 1980 in Venezuela as daughter of Ladislav Vladimir Blatnik and Marie-Blanche Bierlein. Her maternal grandmother was COuntess Elinka von Einsiedel. Tatiana grew up in Switzerland. She has three (half-)siblings: Boris, Igor and Anouchka Blatnik, and a step-brother, Attilio Brillembourg, son of her stepfather Attilio Brillembourg. Tatiana graduated from Georgetown University (sociology) in 2003 and currently works for the PR of fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg.
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    • February 2nd
    King Albert II of the Belgians had to cancel several engagements this week. The royal court announced today the king is ill. It is expected he will be back at work next week.

    Emperor Akihito has also cancelled his appointments for this week, including a trip to Hayame. He wasn't feeling well this morning, the Imperial Household Agency reported today. He has a cold and has problems sleeping.

    Prince Tomihito of Mikasa has been admitted to the Kyoundo Hospital in Tokyo today. The Imperial Household Agency reported he is treated for an irregular heartbeat.

    February 3rd
    Archduchess Regina of Austria née Princess von Sachsen-Meiningen died at 8.40 this morning at her home Villa Austria in Pöcking am Starnberger See, Germany, aged 85. She died surrounded by her family. She already had heart problems for a longer time. The Archduchess married in 1951 Archduke Otto of Austria, last Crown Prince of Austria. The couple had five daughters and two sons. She is survived by her children and by her grandchildren and great-grandchild(ren).


    Royal News: January 2010. Last updated: January 31st, 2010.