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I recently read a book about the last Empresses, Zita, Augusta Victoire, Alix and Mary. It was really interesting but I cannot remember what it was called.

I'm glad the Bavarian royals were part of the events, though I wonder why not Duke Franz. Wasn't the Queen Catholic, or from a Catholic family.

Lets see, shes young, 19 and a college student, she has looks money and 'knows' people. While Royal she isn't in a position such as William, Harry or the Yorks. Her family is not reigning and unlikely to ever do so again. Why shouldn't she get out and enjoy herself. Now if she was still doing...

One of the reasons I was hoping for a marriage like this. The furst of the Trautson branch of the Auerspergs have continued to marry into the aristocracy/royalty. Prine Johannes mother is a Countess of Hoyos. His Grandmother was a Countess d'Aspremont-Lynden great grandmother a Princess Of...

A nice match, I was hoping he would marry well

Its nice to see that the younger members of the family take an interest and are involved in events to do with their family history

I wonder how it would be pronounced? Where would the emphasis be placed? As in Image or imagine

There as one case of intermarriage between Queen Victorias descendants that had the potential to be a case of the disease being spread or made worse by inbreeding. That was the marriage of Prince Heinrich of Prussia to his first cousin, Princess Irene of Hesse, the sister of Tsarina Alix. They...

Has anyone bought the new book written by Duke Andreas.

Alexander is a descendant of Princess Sophie of Saxe Coburg Saalfield (sister of King leopold I of the Belgians and aunt of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert), throough his paternal grandmother Countess Johanna von Mensdorff-Pouilly

Marlene has announced on her blog the death of Georg Fürst von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg Royal Musings he would be succeeded by his only son, Erich. Furst George was the son Of Ernst August, furst and Princess Monika of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. He married Princess Marie Gabriella of...

I missed that and reread the article.

Therefor the child will be illegitimate and if a son not in line to the dukedom, that could create all sorts of ill feeling later on. A somewhat selfish thing to do in my opinion.

so the question becomes, which is better, locally sourced or organic?

I'm sorry but Prince Who?