Recent content by Duc_et_Pair

Nice appearances, and I agree with that horrible belt, worth to be thrown on a bonfoire. (..)

Thanks to the many detachable elements, set en tremblant,, the diadem of the Peacock is quite effectful in the glittering department. The lighting conditions in Amman were poor (read: too good) for the amassed diamonds of all guests to sparkle. I do remember a video of Queen Máxima wearing the...

Yes, she can do a lot about that but she could not care less, which speaks volumes for her total desinterest in "executing the royal function" as anyone would expect from a Queen of the Netherlands and Princess of Orange-Nassau, see her impeccable mother-in-law.

It all looks quite premature, to be honest. Emanuele Filiberto can speak out when he is the head of the House of Savoy.

It is interesting that a wedding in Jordan had more bling than royal weddings in the United Kingdom (not to mention the Coronation).

By my understanding the event will be black tie without diadems.

Ow... I was confused because the article was about the Mass by Père Marc Leroy in the Basilica of Koekelberg. I had not understood King Albert and Queen Paola also visited the church of Foy-Notre-Dame. I stand corrected.

I thought this was at the Basilica of Koekelberg? No paintings of Rubens there?

Now Erbprinz Alexander seems to have informed his father he has had a religious marriage with his American partner (no idea if the civil wedding, the only legally binding union, has taken place) it is a luck that the Hohenzollerns have been exluded now because it would create a conflict of heirs...

That is really a looooooong way back into memory lane!

In everyday's acts and deeds, in granting a formal residence to Princess Margareta, in providing her with a state budget, with staffing, with facilities, utilities and logistics, with official Speeches to Parliament, with receiving of Ambassadors to even annual Christmas Addresses on public...

Another complication in the case of Nicholas is that his marriage needed consent: Article 7 1) The marriage of a member of the Royal House of Romania shall be subject to the consent of the Head of the Royal House of Romania in order for it to have dynastic significance. 2) A marriage that does...

As long as there is no royal Constitution, the Royal House is an autonomous entity established and organized by Fundamental Rules "enacted by the hand of King Michael I, Sovereign Head of the Royal House of Romania (Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen), by the Grace of God and jure sanguinis, Crowned King...

Wow I totally missed that. Was there even a wedding at all????? But does this mean Prince Alexander has given up his rights as the Hohenzollerns still have the principle of Standesgemäßkeit for royal marriages? Anyway, this ends the prospect of Alexander x Elisabeta Karina. That is clear.

Actually the Princess Royal and Vice-Admiral Timothy Lawrence did attend the funeral of King Constantine of the Hellenes: https://64.media.tumblr.com/5ab2aa49750d6ddfede03da097cbcd4d/eaf6e7404196669c-7c/s1280x1920/10166069b1a7047ba077d697f67fbe53a7b8ed00.jpg At the funeral of Queen Fabiola...