Prince Alexis Andronikof has married Princess Karina Bagration-Moukhransky civilly in Vannes, France, on 7 October 2023. She has taken the name of Princess Karina Bagration-Andronikof. The religious marriage has been postponed, until the mother of Karina will be able to attend. Karina Kharysova was born in Kiev, Ukraine, on 25 January 1978 as only child […]
A third princely wedding in Wertheim
The last of the three children of Fürst Ludwig zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and his wife Elisabeth née Countess von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee to marry was Hereditary Prince Ludwig, who on 9 September 2023 married Helene von Pezold. Like his sisters Sophie and Amélie, Ludwig chose to get married at the Stiftskirche in Wertheim, Germany. […]
Duchess Amélie married in her mother’s dress
Yet another royal wedding at Altshausen, Germany. Duchess Marie-Amélie von Württemberg married her fiancé Franz-Ferdinand Freiherr von Feilitzsch on 2 September 2023 at 11am at the Parish Church of St. Michael at Altshausen Castle. The couple already celebrated its civil wedding at Friedrichshafen Castle on 20 May 2023. The bride, usually called Amélie, was led […]
The wedding of Prince Laurent of Belgium and Claire Coombs
Brussels, 12 April 2003 Rehearsal at the Cathedral, 10 April 2003 While passing the cathedral of Brussels on Thursday evening around 18:00 I just saw King Albert II and Queen Paola of the Belgians entering the cathedral through the side entrance. With the presscard I just had collected that afternoon in the press centre I […]
Wedding: Princess Maria Laura and William Isvy
Photos & copyright: Jelland Sprang On 27 December 2021 the surprise engagement of Princess Maria Laura of Belgium and William Isvy was announced. Laura’s uncle King Philippe of the Belgians on 31 January 2022 gave his permission for the wedding. They managed to keep their wedding date a secret for quite a while. The date […]
The wedding of Willem-Alexander and Máxima in Amsterdam
Last modified: 10 December 2012 Amsterdam, Saturday, 2 February 2002 The program 10.15-10.45: Civil wedding conducted by Mr Job Cohen, mayor of the City of Amsterdam, in the Beurs van Berlage. The ceremony is attended by family members, government representatives and invited guests from the municipality of Amsterdam, the provinces and other parts of the […]
The imperial wedding of George and Rebecca
Last modified: 1 October 2021 Later this year His Imperial Highness Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia will marry Rebecca Virginia Bettarini, at least when everything goes as planned (you never know with Covid-19 still around). Already quite a bit of news has come in. Here is an overview of the first imperial wedding to […]
Fürstliche wedding in Bückeburg
On Saturday September 12, 2020 Fürst Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe married Mahkameh Navabi civilly at Bückeburg Palace, Bückeburg, Germany. Due to Covid-19 they have postponed their religious wedding and huge celebrations to 2021, so the wedding celebrations this year have been altered. Two days of party as far as I understood with no more than 50 […]
A bit of a disappointment – Civil Wedding in Hannover
Because the civil wedding of Prince Ernst August von Hannover Junior and Ekaterina Malysheva was to take place on Thursday 6 July 2017, I travelled to Hannover the previous afternoon. For me it is only an almost four-hours train ride, which unfortunately because of some delay turned into an hour extra. I met up with […]
Another Civil Leiningen Wedding
Only weeks after his younger brother Prince Hermann married civilly Isabelle Heubach it was the turn of Hereditary Prince Ferdinand zu Leiningen to tie the knot. He and his bride, Viktoria Luise Prinzessin von Preussen (Princess of Prussia) choose to get married at the Refectory of the family castle in Amorbach, Germany on 29 April […]