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 possible bride for Johan Willem
Friso. He visited Kassel in 1707 to meet with the then 21-year-old
Marie Louise. The advice he…
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…
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…
Leonid Kulikovsky, the great- grandson of
Tsar Alexander III and distant relative of Queen Elizabeth lived a
life away from the spotlight of royalty. He had been
living alone in a caravan park for five years after his vehicle
stalled during a trip around Australia. Leonid Kulikovsky was
actually born in Denmark and emigrated to Australia in 1967 where
he worked in water management. He and his…
The King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel
Wangchuck, has announced he and his wife are expecting
their first child. Speaking to the nation for his
father’s 60th birthday, the King celebrated his father’s life
and also announced the Queen is pregnant with a…
Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid’s son dies of heart attack at the age of 33
21st September 2015
Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed Sheikh Rashid
bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the eldest son of Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, died on
Saturday morning of a heart attack at the age of only 33. Three
days of mourning were declared across the UAE…
Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej has
experienced a hard ten months of medical problems. The world’s
longest reigning monarch was treated for hydrocephalus, or water on
the brain and a chest infection. Hydrocephalus occurs when there is
a build-up of the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the brain.
Boston Mayor John F. Collins and Mary Collins with Queen Sirikit
and King Bhumibol…
Despite confirmation of heart trouble,
Empress Michiko along with her husband, Emperor Akihito will attend
the national memorial war service honouring those killed in World
War II that is to be held on Saturday. This service is to
commemorate those lost during the war on the…
In a statement released yesterday,
Romania’s King Michael has withdrawn his grandson’s royal title.
The former Prince Nicolae of Romania, once third in succession to
the throne, and only grandson of the ninety-three-year-old king
will now be known as Mr. Nicholas…
The National Bank of Romania has issued
three new coins to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of
Romania’s greatest Kings, Ferdinand I. King Ferdinand is best
remembered for his role in expanding Romanian territories during
the First World War A statue of King Ferdinand I. He was King of
Romania for 13 years. Prince Ferdinand was born on August 24, 1865,
the son of Leopold, Prince of…
