Yesterday, a portrait of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, sold for for £1,200 at action house Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet. The creator of this work was artist Richard Stone. The painter recalled that this portrait of Princess Alice, the longest lived of Queen Elizabeth II's aunts, was the result of several sittings at Barnwell Manor, the home of the Gloucesters.
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| The Duke of Cambridge receives his Covid-19 vaccine. |
Since the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in late 2019, the royals of the world have been true leaders in encouraging everyone to take the necessary precautions in order to stay healthy and safe. As vaccines to prevent the novel coronavirus became available, monarchs and members of their families around the globe have taken the step to get their Covid-19 jab, in order to protect not only themselves, but those around them. Below one can find a sample of the kings, queens, princes, princesses, dukes, and duchesses who have made the wise choice to get their shot to fight the spread of Covid-19.
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| King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium waiting to receive their Covid-19 vaccine. |
Belgium
March 2021 - TM King Albert II and Queen Paola
Denmark
January 2021 - HM Queen Margarethe II
May 2021 - HRH Crown Prince Frederik
Japan
June 2021 - TM Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, TIH Prince Hitachi and Princess Hanako, HIH Princess Nobuko, and HIH Princess Hisako
July 2021 - HM Emperor Naruhito
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| King Abdullah II of Jordan, his son Crown Prince Hussein, and his uncle Prince Hassan receive their vaccinations against Covid-19. |
Jordan
January 2021 - HM King Abdullah II, HRH Crown Prince Hussein, and HRH Prince Hassan
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| TSH Fürstin Marie and Fürst Hans Adam II prepare to receive their Covid-19 vaccines. Photo (c) IKR. |
Liechtenstein
January 2021 - TSH Prince Hans Adam II and Princess Marie
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TRH Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa arrive to receive their vaccinations. Photo (c) Maison du Grand-Duc / Sophie Margue. |
Luxembourg
April 2021 - TRH Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa
Netherlands
June 2021 - HM King Willem-Alexander
Norway
January/February 2021 - TM King Harald V and Queen Sonja
Spain
March 2021 - HM Queen Sofía
May 2021 - HM King Felipe V
July 2021 - HM Queen Letizia and HRH The Princess of Asturias
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| HM King Carl XVI Gustaf receives his Covid-19 vaccine. |
Sweden
January 2021 - TM King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia
April 2021 - HRH Princess Madeleine and Mr. Christopher O'Neill
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| HM King Tupou VI receives his vaccine against Covid-19. |
Tonga
May 2021 - TM King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipauʻu |
| HRH The Duchess of Cambridge receives her Covid-19 vaccine. |
United Kingdom
January 2021 - HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
February 2021 - TRH The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall
May 2021 - TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
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| Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Parma carrying his aunt's dynastic orders. Photo (c) PPE Agency. |
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| Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma, at the funeral of his aunt. Photo (c) PPE Agency. |
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| Princess Françoise Lobkowicz and her son Prince Charles-Henri. Photo (c) PPE Agency. |
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| The Bourbon-Parma family bids adieu to Princess Cecilia. Photo (c) PPE Agency. |
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| An invitation to the wedding of Prince Rostislav Romanovsky. |
Yesterday, Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich Romanovsky and his wife held their religious wedding in France. The couple were civilly married two years ago in 2019 during a ceremony in the United Kingdom. On the invitations sent out for the religious wedding and in a related press release, Prince Rostislav Romanovsky is referred to as Son Altesse Impériale (His Imperial Highness). This is a style which the prince does not possess.
Having learned of the new "imperial" pretensions of Rostislav Romanovsky, last week the Assembly of the Russian Nobility (ARN) sent me a copy of a letter that the organisation is circulating to clarify its stance in regards to the Russian Imperial House and its morganatic relatives.
The content of the letter is more or less as follows:
Moscow, 6th September 2021
The Russian Nobility Assembly is an Association that gathers in Russia over 12,000 members and has several delegations abroad, and whose members are descendants of Old Noble Families of the Russian Empire and which was restored in 1990 in close cooperation with the Imperial House of Russia, whose Head at the time was His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Vladimir Kyrillovich and after 1992 his daughter and successor Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna as the only legitimate Heir of the Russian Imperial House.
There are many descendants of the Romanov Family who are not members of the historical Dynasty by the laws that were in force at the time of the Russian Empire.
Some of these persons have thus created the Romanov Family Association, which is a private association of members of the Romanov Family.
The Association was intended as a private association in which the Head of the Association is elected through a vote carried out by the members of the Association itself. This is why the Russian Nobility Assembly states that these members are not in any sort of way linked to the historical dynasty institution of the Russian Imperial House.
The Russian Imperial House is an institution that is officially recognised by the Patriarchate of Moscow and all Russias, as well as by the institutions of the Russian Federation, by foreign authorities, as well as by other reining and non-reigning royal families across the world. The Russian Imperial House is also the Fons Honorum for our Association.
The Members of the Russian Nobility Association extend their warmest congratulations on the occasion of the upcoming wedding of Rostislav Romanov but must emphasise that although Rostislav Romanov is a true descendant of the Romanov Family, his marriage is a private event which does not bear any social or dynastic importance. We wish the newlyweds and their 8 year-old son "Многая лета [Many years]!"
Marshall of the Russian Nobility,
Marshall of the Moscow Nobility,
O.V. Sherbachev
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| Left to right: Archduke Georg, Archduke Michael, Archduke Eduard, and Archduchess Christiana of Austria in Budapest. Photo (c) Eduard Habsburg. |
Today, His Holiness Pope Francis I paid a quick trip to Hungary. During the course of his visit, the Holy Father met with religious leaders of many faiths and also had a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban. On hand to welcome Pope Francis were the Hungarian Ambassador to the Holy See, Archduke Eduard of Austria (aka Eduard Habsburg), his parents Archduke Michael and Archduchess Christiana, and his cousin Archduke Georg, the Hungarian Ambassador to France.
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Archduke Eduard and Pope Francis at Budapest Airport. Photo (c) Catholicus Laicus. |
According to the archducal ambassador, the Pontiff shared a frequent joke between the two: "Why will we speak Hungarian in heaven? Because it takes an eternity to learn it!"
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| Prince and Princess Romanovsky during their religious wedding. Photo (c) Petr Axenoff. |
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| Photo (c) Petr Axenoff. |
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| Princess Fonteini Romanovsky enters Saint-Alexandre Nevsky. Photo (c) Petr Axenoff. |
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| The crowning ceremony. Photo (c) Petr Axenoff. |
Amuse bouche : cappuccino d'artichaut et cazette_____________Steak tartare préparé à la Française et mesclunouVelouté d'épinard, fenouil et pomme granny aux épices douces, caillé de chèvre parfumé_____________Roulé de caille aux raisins Corinthe, sauce moscovite, écrasé de pomme de terre au lard fumé, sauce gastrique au mielouKoulibiac de saumon en croûte, beurre blanc NantaisouRisotto aux légumes de saison à la vodka_____________Plateau de forages affinés_____________Café et mignardises
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Princess Isabelle and Prince Philipp on their wedding day, 1971. Photo (c) Rue des Archives / GRANGER. |
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Prince Philipp and Princess Isabelle on their wedding day, 1971. Photo (c) Rue des Archives / GRANGER. |
