Wilhelmina of Prussia was born on 7 August 1751 to Prince Augustus William of Prussia and Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Her brother succeeded as Frederick William II of Prussia. She barely knew her father as he died when she was 7 years old. She was raised mostly by her grandmother, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover and her aunt, Elisabeth Christine. One of her first governesses was abusive…
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has announced during her traditional New Year’s speech that her 81-year-old husband’ Prince Henrik’ is to retire from most official duties.
He will take part in the New Year’s reception on Friday but he will not be…
Several unidentified individuals belonging to Qatar’s royal family landed in Zurich, Switzerland in as many as nine planes over the Christmas weekend for medical reasons.
The landing at Zurich was unscheduled, but the multiple aircrafts were given permission from the…
The Duke of Parma is currently facing an unusual situation. His illegitimate son, born from a relationship with Brigitte Klynstra in 1997, named Hugo Klynstra is claiming his father’s last name and the princely title that goes with it. The Duke of Parma married Annemarie Gualthérie van Weezel in 2010 and together they have two daughters. She is currently pregnant with their third…
The Fifteen Princesses of Orange: Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
26th December 2015
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, is better known in the Netherlands as Anna of Hanover. She was born in 1709 as the daughter of the future George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach. Her father had been away on a hunting trip and wrote to his wife…
Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel is the ninth Princess of Orange. She was born on 7 February 1688 as the daughter of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Maria Amalia of Courland.
Marie Louise was their 11th child. She was raised as a protestant and she was noticed as a…
Paul-Philippe Hohenzollern, who is also known as Prince Paul of Romania, was arrested and detained for 24 hours in Romania. He is being charged with buying influence, money laundering and complicity to abuse of office in an illegal restitution case.
Paul illegally claimed the restitution of 28.6 hectares of land in Bucharest, among other assets. The land is known is Baneasa Royal Farm and…
Historians have discovered the probable shrine and mosque where the internal remains of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent were buried in 1566. A joint effort from a Turkish and Hungarian teams has uncovered structures in southern Hungary where they believe Suleiman’s…
The 8th Princess of Orange was also a British Princess and a namesake of the previous Princess. This Mary Stuart was born on 30 April 1662 as the daughter of James II of England and Anne Hyde. She grew up in the relative peace of Richmond Palace with her sister Anne. She…
King Carl Gustaf of Sweden hands out awards to Nobel Prize winners
11th December 2015
The Swedish royals dazzled last night at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm. King Carl Gustaf handed out the prestigious award to the winners in the ceremony.
The Nobel Prizes are awarded each year in the Swedish capital, with the exception of the Nobel Peace Prize, which is award is Oslo, in the presence of the Norwegian royals. Each recipient, or laureate, receives a gold medal, a…
