The wonderful photos are copyrighted by my friend Gabi P. Engagement rumours already existed since April 2019 when the boyfriend of Princess Maria Anunciata of Liechtenstein, Emanuele Musini, attended the funeral of Anunciata’s grandfather maternally Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg. The same story for her sister Princess Marie-Astrid, who in 2019 seems to have become […]
Photos copyrighted by a friend of mine On 14 August 2021 a noble wedding took place in the beautiful baroque and catholic Pfarrkirche Heilig Kreuz (Parish Church Holy Cross) in Polling, Germany. The weather was gorgeous when Benedikt von Doderer married Elisabeth von Brauchitsch. The groom was born in 1974 as eldest child of Christian […]
This month it is 20 years ago that Crown Prince Haakon of Norway married Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby. It was actually my second visit to Oslo, after having stayed in a youth hostel there for the Olympic Winter Games 1994. I didn’t see much royal back then, but this time the visit was nearly totally dedicated […]
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Last modified: 11 July 2021 1 June King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands has confirmed that he has received his first Covid-19 vaccine. A few days ago Scarlett-Lauren Sirgue, the fiancée of Prince Louis of Luxembourg, launched her first fashion collection under the name “Scarly”. Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta died at the San Donato Hospital […]
Finally after a long time there was a proper royal wedding again. At the Parish Church St. Johann in Sigmaringen Princess Flaminia von Hohenzollern married Károly Freiherr (Baron) von Stipsicz de Ternova on 26 June 2021. The wedding was originally planed for 4 July 2020, but was postponed (according to the local newspaper three times!) […]
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Last modified: 13 June 2021 1 May A poll conducted by Kyodo News in March and April shows that about 80 percent of the respondents would accept both a reigning empress and an emperor descending from a female member of the imperial family. The survey also showed 67 percent were opposed to the idea of […]
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Last modified: 8 May 2021 1 April The life and legacy of the late Diana, Princess of Wales is to be commemorated with a blue plaque of English Heritage marking her home at 60 Coleherne Court, Earl’s Court, London, where she lived before marrying in 1981. The Sultan of Brunei Darussalam received the first Covid-19 […]
When you're being used as test object.
Over the years I have seen many, many live reports of royal events on television. Some are good, some are less good. It also depends on the channel you watch – I have the choice between German, Belgian, Dutch and British channels. And there are always “experts” that you prefer not to appear as they […]
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Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia Born: Madrid, Spain, 13 March 1981 as son of Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia and His Royal Highness Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia (1943), who took the name of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia upon his marriage 1976 (divorce 1985). George was baptized at […]
When planning to marry a royal, it should be made clear: the royal world is totally different from the one of celebrities. Getting married is already something to take very seriously: is this person the right partner, can your lives be combined, where should you live, what concessions do you have to make. A royal […]
