"Albania in June 2014 and 2017; her 2nd cousin Crown Prince Alexander and his wife Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2017; and Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden and his wife Princess Stephanie in April 2013. Margareta also maintains close ties with her foreign reigning royal relatives, she has attended many events such as: the weddings of Prince Albert II of Monaco and Charlene Wittstock, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling, Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy, Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton, and many other"
"and of the Duke of Cambridge in 2011. On 23 June 2010, the palace announced the engagement of Charlene and Albert. Charlene, who was raised a Protestant, converted to Roman Catholicism, even though this is not a requirement of the Constitution of Monaco. The future princess was also instructed in the French language and the Monégasque dialect, and became familiar with European court protocol. The Prince presented her with an engagement ring featuring a pear-shaped three-carat diamond at the center and round diamond brilliants surrounding it. This engagement ring was reported to be created by Parisian jeweller Repossi. The wedding"
"2000. They were first seen together in 2006, and Princess Charlene has accompanied Prince Albert on many of his official duties since then. They announced their engagement in June 2010, and were married on 1 July 2011. The Princess's pregnancy was announced on 30 May 2014. On 10 December 2014, she gave birth to fraternal twins Princess Gabriella and Hereditary Prince Jacques. Charlene was born on 25 January 1978 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (renamed Zimbabwe in 1980), the daughter of Michael Kenneth Wittstock (born 1946), a sales manager, and Lynette Wittstock (""née"" Humberstone, born 1957), a former competitive diver and swimming"
"was originally scheduled for 8 and 9 July 2011, but was moved forward to prevent a conflict with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting in Durban on 5–9 July. The couple had invited members of the IOC, including president Jacques Rogge, to their wedding. The couple attended the IOC meeting; hence Charlene's first foreign visit as princess was to her childhood home, South Africa. During the week before the wedding, the palace denied reports that Charlene had been getting cold feet. French weekly ""L'Express"" reported that Charlene tried to leave Monaco on Tuesday, 28 June, after rumors surfaced that Albert"
"Foundation. Although Prince Albert does not directly own the Prince's Palace, he does own – in addition to his mother's childhood home – personal homes in both La Turbie and Marchais. Prince Albert, a well-known automotive enthusiast, owns vehicles like the BMW Hydrogen 7, the Lexus LS 600h, the Lexus RX 400h, and the Toyota Prius PHV. He also owns a Dassault Aviation Falcon 7X, a 14-passenger leisure jet, currently stationed at Nice Côte d'Azur Airport. Prince Albert married former South African swimmer Charlene Wittstock on 1 July 2011. They announced their engagement on 23 June 2010. They had been"
"succeeded his father Rainier III in April 2005. Charlene Wittstock was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) but moved to South Africa with her family when she was 12. She has represented South Africa in swimming, and participated in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She met Prince Albert at the 2000 Marenostrum International Swimming Meet in Monaco, which he presided over. She retired from swimming in 2007. Prince Albert was also an athlete, competing in bobsleigh in five Olympics. The couple were first seen together in 2006. Speculation was rife that they were getting married in 2009, and they finally announced their"
"4th cousin Charles, Prince of Wales, in June 2012, 2016, 2017, and 2018 and with Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex, in June 2013. She has also hosted visits for former royal families, such as: her 2nd cousin, former King Simeon II and his wife Queen Margarita of Bulgaria in November 2012 and 2016; her mother's cousin Crown Prince Otto of Austria in October 2005; Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia in April 2008, 2011;, 2016 and 2017; her 2nd cousin Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark in April 2012 and 2017; Prince Leka of"
"Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton on 29 April 2011. The wedding took place over two days: the civil marriage ceremony took place on 1 July 2011, followed by the religious ceremony on 2 July 2011. Twins Gabriella Thérèse Marie, Countess of Carladès and Jacques Honoré Rainier, Hereditary Prince of Monaco were born to Prince Albert and Princess Charlene on 10 December 2014. On 10 December 2014, Prince Albert and Princess Charlene welcomed their first and second child, twins Gabriella Thérèse Marie and Jacques Honoré Rainier. The twins were born at Princess Grace Hospital in La Colle, Monaco."
"formerly a director of UCB, Sita (a worldwide waste management company located in France) and Ondeo Nalco (a water management company in the United States). On 22 September 1984 in Brussels, Lorenz married Princess Astrid of Belgium, the only daughter of the then-Prince and Princess of Liège, former King Albert II and Queen Paola. The couple have five children and one granddaughter: Prince Lorenz is a godfather to Prince Carl-Johan of Nassau, youngest child of Prince Jean of Luxembourg and Count Costantino Secco di Aragona, oldest son of his cousin Archduchess Catharina-Maria of Austria. Since 2004, Lorenz has been the"
"Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia, His Royal Highness Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg together with Princess Sibilla, Princess Léa of Belgium, and other members from the royal families of Russia, Italy, Liechtenstein, Romania, Greece, Georgia, Montenegro, Morocco and members of other noble families. Heads of state of Albania also attended the ceremony. Elia, Crown Princess of Albania Elia Zogu (née Zaharia; born 8 February 1983) is an Albanian actress, former singer and wife of Leka II, Crown Prince of Albania. They married on October 8, 2016, and since then she is known as Her Royal Highness Crown Princess"
"beginning of the couple's honeymoon in South Africa, several newspapers from Spain, Britain, and elsewhere reported that Charlene and Albert were not staying at the same hotel, but were in fact booked in different hotels several miles apart. These reports fueled rumours about the couple's marital crisis that had sparked even before their wedding. On 30 May 2014, it was announced that the Princess was pregnant. It was confirmed on 9 October 2014 that the couple was expecting twins by the end of the year. On 10 December 2014, her twins were born at The Princess Grace Hospital Centre. Princess"
"34th anniversary of her parents' wedding. After the wedding, the Duke and Duchess of Västergötland moved into the Haga Palace. On 26 September 2010, Daniel went on his first tour with Victoria, visiting France in connection with the Bernadotte anniversary. On 17 August 2011, the Swedish royal court announced that Prince Daniel and Crown Princess Victoria were expecting their first child in March 2012. She gave birth to a girl on 23 February 2012, Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland. Daniel took his paternity leave and switched parental roles with Victoria when Estelle began preschool. Their second child, a boy, was"
"a 4th-place team finish. In addition to riding she also breeds horses, as does her mother. In autumn 2005, she opened her own stud farm, which is based in Bad Berleburg. On 4 January 2010, Princess Nathalie's engagement to German horse breeder Alexander Johannsmann, (b. 6 December 1977), son of showjumper Heinrich-Wilhelm Johannsmann, was announced. The couple married civilly 27 May 2010 and religiously the following year, on 18 June 2011 at the evangelic Stadtkirche, Berleburg in Germany. Princess Nathalie gave birth to a son, Konstantin Gustav Heinrich Richard on 24 July 2010. He is named Konstantin for his maternal"
"in June 2013, May 2015, 2016, and 2017 and also with Princess Rym al-Ali in April 2011; Liechtenstein: with Hereditary Prince Alois and his wife Princess Sophie in June 2010; Lithuania: with Vytautas Landsbergis, former President of Lithuania and his wife Gražina Ručytė-Landsbergienė in June 2015; Luxembourg: with her 2nd cousin Prince Guillaume in September 2014; Senegal: with Viviane Wade, 3rd First Lady of Senegal in November 2008; Spain: with her 2nd cousin Felipe, Prince of Asturias and his wife Princess Letizia in April 2009; Switzerland: with members of the Swiss Federal Council in October 2002; United Kingdom: with her"
"Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock. On 6 November, Santo Domingo announced to La Voz Libre that she was expecting a baby. She gave birth to a boy, a son named Alexandre Andrea Stefano ""Sasha"" Casiraghi, on 21 March 2013, in London, England. As his parents were not married at the time of birth, he was not then included in the Monegasque line of succession. However, due to their subsequent marriage their son currently occupies the fifth position in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne. Casiraghi and Santo Domingo were married in a civil ceremony in the Princely Palace"
"he married Tessy Antony. Princess Alexandra is the godmother to Prince Louis and Princess Tessy's son, Prince Gabriel de Nassau (b. 2006) and Prince Félix and Princess Claire's daughter, Princess Amalia of Nassau (b. 2014). In 2017 she accompanied her father during the state visit to Japan while her mother was absent. Princess Alexandra is a volunteer in helping refugees. Princess Alexandra is also a patron to the ""Lëtzebuerger Déiereschutzliga"" and the ""Lëtzebuerger Blannevereenegung"" Foundation. Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg (""Alexandra Joséphine Teresa Charlotte Marie Wilhelmine""; born 16 February 1991) is the fourth child and only daughter"
"as an event planner for fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg. Prince Nikolaos's engagement to Tatiana Blatnik, with whom he had been in a long term relationship, was announced on 28 December 2009, by the office of King Constantine in London. Blatnik and Prince Nikolaos were married in the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas, Spetses, Greece, on 25 August 2010. Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark (born Tatiana Ellinka Blatnik, 28 August 1980) is the wife of Prince Nikolaos, son of Constantine II, who reigned as King of Greece until the monarchy was abolished in"
"royal dynast (e.g. Prince Bertil of Sweden, Duke of Halland). Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling The wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling took place on 2010 in Stockholm Cathedral. It has been described as ""Europe's biggest royal wedding since the Prince of Wales married Lady Diana Spencer in 1981."" Westling thereby acquired Victoria's ducal title, becoming a Swedish prince and Duke of Västergötland. In time for the wedding, a joint monogram of their initials was created. Victoria is the eldest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. As the"
"wealth. They married on 5 October 2011 at the Palacio de las Dueñas in Seville. The Duchess, whose passions included flamenco, performed a quick few steps of the dance in front of the crowds that had gathered outside the palace on the day of the wedding. As a socialite, the duchess met famous VIPs from Spain and abroad. Jackie Kennedy visited her Seville palace, as did Wallis Simpson, Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco. In 1959 the duchess, together with designer Yves Saint Laurent, hosted a Dior show for charitable purposes in her Liria Palace, Madrid, a palace which"
"their son Prince Leon in July 2012. Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg (born Alexandre Egon Prinz zu Fürstenberg, January 25, 1970) is the son of fashion designers Diane von Fürstenberg and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg. He is the son of fashion designers Diane von Fürstenberg (née Halfin) and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg. His mother is from a Belgian Jewish family, originally from present-day Moldova and Greece; and his father was half German and half Italian, the son of the German Prince Tassilo zu Fürstenberg of the House of Fürstenberg and his Italian first wife, Clara Agnelli, the"
"Gabriella was born first, followed by Hereditary Prince Jacques, who is heir apparent to the throne. Charlene's advisor is Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein. Princess Charlene is involved in the following organizations: Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation, Ladies Lunch Monte-Carlo, Special Olympics, Nelson Mandela Foundation, asfAR, The Giving Organisation, and Monaco Against Autism. She regularly participates in fund raising events for charities such as ""Amfar"". Since June 2012, Princess Charlene has been the patron of AS Rugby Monaco. In 2016, she accepted to become the patron of the South African Red Cross Society. She also create Princess Charlène of Monaco Foundation. Since"
"a motorcycle accident on 31 July 1983, Alexander became the heir apparent and new Hereditary Prince. He succeeded as head of the princely house following his father's death on 28 August 2003. Alexander married Princess Marie Luise ""Lilly"" of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (born 1972) at Bückeburg on 27 August 1993; they had one son before divorcing in 2002: Alexander married Nadja Anna Zsoeks (born 20 February 1975) civilly at Bückeburg on June 28, 2007 and religiously at Bückeburg two days later, June 30. They officially announced that they had separated on March 27, 2015. Nadja is an attorney in Munich. The couple"
"Marie-Chantal's style and title since her marriage to Crown Prince Pavlos is ""Her Royal Highness"" The Crown Princess Pavlos of Greece, Princess of Denmark. Wedding of Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, and Marie-Chantal Miller The wedding of Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, Prince of Denmark, and Marie-Chantal Miller took place on 1 July 1995 at St Sophia's Cathedral, Bayswater, London, England. The wedding ceremony, hosted by Miller's father, billionaire Robert Warren Miller, reportedly cost US$1.5 million and was attended by 1,400 guests. The wedding ceremony, receptions, and celebrations combined reportedly cost Miller $8 million. The wedding of Pavlos and Marie-Chantal"
"sisters, respectively, Archduchess Katharina (born 1971), wife since 2004 of Archduke Martin of Austria-Este, and Princess Isabelle (born 1973), widow of Carl, Prince of Wied. As a Protestant descendant of Queen Victoria through her daughter the Empress Victoria of Germany, Georg Friedrich was in the line of succession to the British throne from his birth until his marriage in 2011; as he married a Roman Catholic, according to the Act of Settlement 1701, he was thus debarred from the British line of succession until the implementation in 2015 of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, which restored any succession"
"with her son, in ceremonial events in the Principality. Prince Maximilian and Princess Angela have one child: Princess Angela of Liechtenstein Princess Angela of Liechtenstein (""née"" Angela Gisela Brown, 3 February 1958) is the wife of Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein. She was born in Bocas del Toro, Panamá and is the first known woman of African descent to marry into a reigning European dynasty, the marriage having been authorized by the monarch. Together, they have a biracial son, Prince Alfons (b. London, 18 May 2001), who is in the line of succession to the Liechtensteiner throne. Princess Angela was born"
"of Yugoslavia. The couple has five children: Prince Charles Louis, Duke of Chartres Prince Charles Louis of Orléans, Duke of Chartres (Charles Louis Henri Foulques Benoît Elzéar Jean Marie; born 28 July 1972) is the elder son of Prince Jacques, Duke of Orléans and Gersende de Sabran-Pontevès. Prince Charles Louis of Orléans was born in Neuilly, outside Paris. He is a member of the House of Orléans, which is a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon. As such, he holds the hereditary title of ""Prince of Orléans"". His paternal grandfather was the late Henri, Count of Paris, who was"
"Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling The wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling took place on 2010 in Stockholm Cathedral. It has been described as ""Europe's biggest royal wedding since the Prince of Wales married Lady Diana Spencer in 1981."" Westling thereby acquired Victoria's ducal title, becoming a Swedish prince and Duke of Västergötland. In time for the wedding, a joint monogram of their initials was created. Victoria is the eldest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. As the firstborn of the family, she was designated heir apparent in"
"attendance than at the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. Pavlos, the eldest son of King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, was one of the first European heirs apparent of his generation to marry a commoner, which began a trend then followed by Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway; Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange; Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden; Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont; and Pavlos's first cousins, Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark and Felipe, Prince of Asturias. Pavlos and Marie-Chantal Miller were first introduced in 1992 on a blind date arranged by Alexander"
"was appointed a Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He was a friend of Charles, Prince of Wales since university. His son Edward, whose godfather was Prince Charles, was a pageboy at the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981. His granddaughters, Grace van Cutsem and Florence van Cutsem, were flower-girls at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in 2011 and at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018, respectively. Van Cutsem died on 2 September 2013, aged 72. His funeral took place in Brentwood Cathedral in Essex"
"the opposite was true and that his family easily accepted her into the family. He compared the ""bullying"" of her past to that of himself being bullied for having dyslexia. On 15 October 2015 it was announced that the couple is expecting their first child, due in April 2016. On 19 April 2016, Princess Sofia gave birth to a son, Prince Alexander, Duke of Södermanland. On 23 March 2017 it was announced that the couple were expecting their second child. Their second child, a son, was born on 31 August 2017, titled Prince Gabriel, Duke of Dalarna. Prince Carl Philip's"
"of Bourbon-Parma. Just before his death the old Duke of Parma named Annemarie as ""Contessa di Molina"" (Countess of Molina). Prince Carlos's father died on 18 August 2010 in Barcelona, Spain, at the age of 80; Carlos subsequently became the next head of the House of Bourbon-Parma. The new Duke of Parma and Annemarie were married on 20 November 2010 in La Cambre Abbey. Together they have two daughters and a son: In 2016 at the baptism of Prince Carlos Enrique, Prince Carlo conferred on his son the title of ""Principe di Piacenza"" (Prince of Piacenza), which is the traditional"
"she specialised in childcare, music and archaeology. She married Juan Carlos, son of the Spanish pretender Infante Juan, on 14 May 1962 with whom she has had three children: Elena, Cristina, and Felipe. She became queen upon her husband's accession in 1975. On 19 June 2014, Juan Carlos abdicated in favour of their son Felipe VI. Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark was born on 2 November 1938, in Psychiko, Athens, Greece, the eldest child of King Paul and his wife, Queen Frederica. Sofia is a member of the Greek branch of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg dynasty. Her brother is the deposed"
"his paternal grandfather. On 14 December 2012, Olga gave birth to a baby daughter, Isabella Vita Marina, in Paris, France. Princess Olga, Duchess of Apulia Princess Olga, Duchess of Apulia (""née"": Princess Olga Isabelle of Greece, ; born 17 November 1971) is the daughter of author Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark and his wife, Marina Karella, an artist and daughter of the Greek business magnate Theodore Karella. Princess Olga is the wife of Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Apulia. Princess Olga grew up in Paris and New York, spending summers at the family's island retreat at Patmos, Greece."