The Netherlands

Who is Princess Annette of the Netherlands?

Princess Annette is the wife of Prince Bernhard, second son of Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven. She was born, Annette Sekrève on the 18th April 1972 in The Hague, and after she had passed the highest award in Dutch secondary education, she went to the University of Groningen and obtained an MSc in psychology in 1996. It was while she was studying at Groningen that she met Prince…
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The Netherlands

Who is Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau?

Prince Maurits is the son of Princess Margriet and cousin to the current King of the Netherlands, King Willem-Alexander. He was born in Utrecht on 17 April 1968 and is eldest of four brothers born to Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven – the others being Bernhard…
Luxembourg

Who is Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg?

Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista was born on 22 March 1956 in Marianao, a district in Havana, the capital city of Cuba. Her parents were José Antonio Mestre y Álvarez and María Teresa Batista y Falla de Mestre, both of whom descended from bourgeois families of Spanish descent. The Mestre family were descendants in the female line of Ferdinand I of León and Castile, the medieval Emperor…
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The Sussexes

Prince Harry reveals injuries ended his rugby career

Prince Harry has revealed he still feels like ‘a Labrador with a tennis ball’ every time he sees a rugby ball. The prince spoke of his love for the game as he visited a training session for the England rugby team at Twickenham, although he admitted ‘numerous injuries’ have forced him to quit playing. For a moment, however, those injuries seemed to be put behind. The prince stepped out onto…
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History

Rukidi IV of Toro: The Boy King

When most of us are three-years-old, we are in our front yard playing with our toys and neighbourhood kids and running around without a care in the world besides who’s going to win hide and seek. On 26 August 1995, Crown Prince Oyo Nyimba succeeded his father as the…
British RoyalsPrince & Princess of WalesThe Sussexes

Diana's favourite Jaguar, the one she had customised for Princes William and Harry, set to go on display

The Jaguar XJ-S Cabriolet sportscar that once belonged to Diana, Princess of Wales, is set to go on display at the London Classic Car Show next month, it has been announced. Produced in 1983, the vintage model, originally designed with two seats, was one of Diana’s favourite. It was famously converted by fitting in two rear seats so that Prince William and Prince Harry could join their…
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