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Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia Born: Madrid, Spain, 13 March 1981 as son of Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia and His Royal Highness Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia (1943), who took the name of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia upon his marriage 1976 (divorce 1985). George was baptized at […]
Late October 2016 the book “Juliana, vorstin in een mannenwereld” (Juliana, Queen in a man’s world) by the Dutch writer and sociologist Jolande Withuis was published by publisher De Bezige Bij. As the book received lots of publicity, also my foreign visitors were rather interested in hearing a bit more about the book. Although the […]
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Altshausen, 9 August 2003 Wedding programme Thursday, 7 August 2003 19:30-21:00 – Serenade at the Seminarplatz (public) Friday, 8 August 2003 11:00 – Civil Marriage at Schloss Altshausen (private) 16:30-19:00 – Reception at Schloss Althausen or in the castle park (private) 19:45 – Congratulations by Mayor König and club-committees at the inner court of Schloss […]
The Hague, 30 March 2001 The announcement Queen Beatrix: For me and my husband it is a great joy to announce the engagement of our son Willem-Alexander with Máxima Zorreguieta. We, as parents, are particularly happy with their decision to spend the rest of their lifes together. We have learned to know Máxima as an […]
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New York City, 29 January 2000 On January 29th, 2000, at 11:00am local time Prince Maximilian von und zu Liechtenstein married Angela Brown (born: February 3rd, 1958) at the Saint Vincent Ferrer Church, New York. Angela Brown wore a simple and elegant white dress, and the same Liechtenstein tiara Princess Tatjana wore when she married […]
Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg has hardly married, or there is another engagement in the Luxembourg grand-ducal family. On Thursday the engagement of Prince Félix of Luxembourg and his German girlfriend Claire Lademacher has officially been announced. Although I have known about their relationship already for quite a while, it was still somewhat of […]
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Brussels, 19 December 2002 The announcement Belgium was already abuzz with rumours about an engagement of Prince Laurent of Belgium and Claire Coombs since the beginning of 2002. On September 28th 2002 the Belgian tv-channel VTM reported that Laurent would get engaged to Claire in November, but November passed and nothing happened. However the rumours […]
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Tsarska Bistritsa (Borovets), 26 October 2002 The wedding celebrations The wedding of Princess Kalina of Bulgaria and Kitín Muñoz was called the wedding of the year in Bulgaria. The family decided Borovets was the most suitable place for a garden party in the event of good weather as well as for the 400 guest indoor […]
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Rabat, 21 March & 12 July 2002 Wedding act, 21 March 2002 As royal weddings used to be secret affairs, nobody knew when King Hassan of Morocco wed his Berber wife Lalla Latifa, and she never appeared in public or featured in family photos. He is understood to have maintained an extensive harem, that lived […]
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Last modified: 22 December 2012 Luxembourg-City, 20 October 2012 The wedding programme The wedding venues Cathedral The late Gothic Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Cathedral of Our Lady of Consolation) was originally built as a Jesuit church. The first stone was laid in 1613. The work was completed in 1621. In 1778 the church was established as a […]