Sonja Haraldsen was born on 4 July 1937 as the youngest child of Karl August and Dagny Haraldsen at the Red Cross Clinic in Oslo. Her elder brothers were Haakon (b. 1921) and Karl (1929-1936), and her elder sister was Gry (b. 1924).
However, her brother Karl died the year before Sonja was born, and as a result, her parents were very protective of their youngest child. Also, due to the age gap…
Before they were royal: The life of Crown Princess Masako of Japan
10th August 2018
She is set to become Japan’s next Empress in May 2019, but today we take a look at the life of Crown Princess Masako of Japan before she married Crown Prince Naruhito.
Born Masako Owada on 9 December 1963 at theToranomon Hospital in Tokyo, Japan, she is the…
Why Princess Madeleine of Sweden's children could lose their titles in the coming years
4th August 2018
As the Royal Court of Sweden announced on Thursday that Princess Madeleine and her family are now moving back to the United States, we take a look now at how this news might affect her children.
It came as a surprise for many when it was announced back in 2013 that Princess…
She would go on to live a life of royal duties which led her to be called one of the unsung heroes of the Royal Family, but today we take a look at the life of the Duchess of Gloucester before she married The Queen’s cousin: Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.
Born Birgitte Eva Henriksen on 20 June 1946 in Odense, Denmark, she is the youngest daughter of Asger Preben Wissing Henriksen, a…
She is Denmark’s future Queen, but today we take a look at the life of Crown Princess Mary before her marriage to Crown Prince Frederik.
Mary Elizabeth Donaldson was born on 5 February 1972 in Hobart, Australia, as the third daughter and youngest child of John…
Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones was born on 20 January 1965 as the youngest child and only daughter of Christopher Bournes Rhys-Jones and the late Mary O’Sullivan at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. She has an elder brother, David. One of her godparents was the late…
Born Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley on 22 February 1933, she would one day become a much-loved member of the Royal Family, as the Duchess of Kent, but now we take a look at her life before her marriage to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.
Katharine is the youngest child and only daughter of Sir William Worsley, 4th Baronet, of whom she is said to have been very close to, and Joyce Morgan Brunner. She…
Royals are just like the rest of us, they are all over the various kinds of social media. Today we take a look at all those royals who have public Instagram accounts and use it as a way to showcase their public work and a small part of their private lives.
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It was on 15 December 1948 that Prince Charles’s christening took place. Prince Charles of Edinburgh, as he was known at the time of his birth, had been born only four weeks and three days before his christening as the first child of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of…
Starting mostly in the 20th century, a number of monarchies were deposed. However, to this day we can still see members of ousted royal families being called by the titles they held when they once reigned.
It is important to note that deposed royals obviously don’t have their titles recognised in the countries they used to reign, and when other people, or even themselves, style them by these…
