Russian Imperial Couple Expect First Child in the Fall!

Grand Duke George and Princess Victoria.
Photo (c) Russian Imperial Chancellery.

The Imperial House of Russia has announced that Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Princess Victoria Romanovna Romanoff are expecting their first child in the fall of this year. The princess is in excellent health and will be continuing her charitable activities full-time. Grand Duke George and Princess Victoria married last year in Saint Petersburg; the couple lives in Moscow. Their baby will be the first grandchild for Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, Head of the Imperial House, and Prince Franz-Wilhelm of Prussia, the parents of Grand Duke George, as well as for Ambassador Roberto Bettarini and Carla Virginia Cacciatore, the parents of Princess Victoria.

 

 

 

 

Our congratulations to Grand Duke George and Princess Victoria on this most joyous news! May God grant the Princess a safe pregnancy!

Princess Mafalda of Bulgaria Engaged to Long-Time Boyfriend

Princess Mafalda of Bulgaria attends the Emporio Armani fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2020 on September 19, 2019 in Milan, Italy.
Photo (c) Getty Images / Daniele Venturelli / WireImage.

Yesterday in Hola, it was announced that Princess Mafalda of Bulgaria is engaged to her long-time boyfriend, Marc Camille Abousleiman, a London banker. The couple plan to celebrate their union with a civil marriage in May 2022 in Mallorca.

Born on 27 July 1994 at London, Princess Mafalda-Cecilia of Bulgaria is the eldest child of Prince Kyrill of Bulgaria, Prince of Preslav (b.1964) and his wife Princess Rosario (b.1968; née Nadal y Fuster-Puigdorfila), who married in 1989 and have been separated for many years. The princess has two younger siblings: Princess Olimpia (b.1995) and Prince Tassilo (b.2002). Mafalda is the paternal granddaughter of King Simeon II and Queen Margarita of Bulgaria. 

Born in June 1994, Marc Camille Abousleiman is the younger son of the Camille Abousleiman (b.15 June 1959), an attorney, and Marie-Christine Riachi (b.10 January 1962). Marc's father served as Minister of Labor for Lebanon in 2019, resigned in October 2020, but continued in a caretaker capacity until January 2021. Marc's paternal grandparents are the late Chaker Abousleiman (d.18 October 2000), a politician and attorney, and his wife Leila Gedeon. 

Our congratulations to Mafalda and Marc on their engagement!

Source: https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20220126308841/mafalda-de-bulgaria-anuncia-boda-mayo-mallorca/