Takahito, Prince Mikasa is the oldest living royal in the world and fifth in line to the Japanese throne. He was born 2 December 1915, in the Tokyo Imperial Palace, as the youngest child of Emperor Taishō and Empress Teimei. He was born fifteen years after his eldest brother, the future Emperor Shōwa.
He was educated at The Gakushūin (The Peers School) from 1922 through 1932. His…
The new mobile game, Pokémon Go has caused security issues at Solliden Palace in Öland, where King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia, alongside Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Princess Estelle, and Prince Oscar are currently in residence for the summer. This is the…
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway attended events today to mark 5 years since the tragic terror attacks in 2011.
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At 9:30am CEST, the Crown Prince and Princess were present at the commemoration in the government quarter of…
On 3 December 2012, Clarence House announced what the world had been waiting for, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were expecting their first child. Fast forward to 22 July 2013, the Duchess of Cambridge was admitted to the hospital, in the early morning hours, in the early stages of labour. Journalists had been waiting outside the Lindo Wing for weeks, and finally, the long-awaited heir was on…
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family were murdered by Bolsheviks on 17 July 1918.
Nicholas was the last Emperor of Russia and a first cousin of George V, as well as Haakon VII of Norway and Constantine I of Greece. He was forced to abdicate on 15 March 1917. He and his…
Lady Jane Grey, or Lady Jane Dudley, was proclaimed Queen on this day in 1553. She has been commonly referred to as The Nine Days Queen. She was the great-granddaughter of Henry VII through his daughter Mary, Queen of France. From 10 July to the 19 July, she was the de facto…
The latest issue of “Who Is?” focuses on Her Royal Highness Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
She was bornCountess Stéphanie Marie Claudine Christine de Lannoy toCount Philippe de Lannoy andCountess Alix de Lannoy on 18 February 1984, inRonse, Belgium. Theyoungest of eight children, she grew up on her family estate in Anvaing in…
On the Sandringham Estate, Prince Alexander Edward Christian Frederik of Denmark was born on the 2nd of July 1903. He would later become The Crown Prince of Norway and the eventual, King Olav V of Norway. He was born to Prince Carl of Denmark and Princess Maud of Wales.
His…
#OnThisDay in 1997: Diana, Princess of Wales apologized for taking her sons to see a 15 certificated film
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On this day in 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales apologised for taking Princes William and Harry to see a 15 certified film.
The film was The Devil’s Own, and it had been accused as glamorising the Irish Republican Army (IRA). The problem was not with Prince William,then…
On this day in 1911, King George V and Queen Mary were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
George Frederick Ernest Albert was born on 3 June 1865 in Marlborough House as the second son of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Albert and Alexandra. Queen Victoria was George’s paternal grandmother, and King Christian IX of Denmark was his maternal grandfather. He was christened on 7 July 1865…
