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Victoria's parents didn't wait for their one year anniversary before conceiving a baby. They married in June 1976 and in January 1977 the pregnancy was announced, so why should it be different for Victoria and Daniel? I also want to say something on the family name thingy... The Swedish Royal...

I'm currently trying to produce a family tree of the Monpezat family, but have some difficulties, mainly because there isn't much online of the Monpezat family, and the little there is has a lot of holes and inconclusions in it. Currently I have listed 9 children for André and Renée...

Euh, there's a reason why no detailed floor plans of royal residence exists or are very hard to come by: it's because of the safety measures... All royal residences invest a lot of money into security. That can be anything from an alarm system to a huge fence around the estate. Also making...

You may want to read the whole thread through. Someone mentions that things didn't quite go that way... From what I understood of the whole story was that Charles didn't object to lending Diana that house, but the security staff objected because the house stood to near the wall that surrounds...

No not really, the wedding in Sweden was a civil one, although technically a civil wedding does not excist in Sweden. The religious one was the one in Brussels, although it didn't had the complete Roman-Catholic liturgy, as Princess Astrid hadn't converted at that time. She did promise to raise...

Does anybody know the exact date of their engagement?

I have looked at the pictures of newborn Amelia and there is nothing wrong with the kid. A perfectly normal baby... So I find your remark very unappropriate. It's known that Anne-Marie travels from London to Barcelona a few months before her daughter is due. Normally her husband travels with...

The fact that they chose three godparents for their daughter surprised me as well. I really thought they were going to go with two godparents again as is tradion with catholics and the Belgian Royal Family as well. Wouldn't surprise me though that they originally wanted count Sébastien and Crown...

Allright, I had typed up a post for this thread a few days ago, but then decided not to post it, but now I feel like I need to clear up some things. I learned about Delphine Boel being king Albert's illegitimate daughter in 1999, when a book was published about Queen Paola's life by a young...

This evening in the 6 o'clock news they showed images of king Albert arriving at the hospital to visit his newborn granddaughter. It was also stated that Queen Paola didn't accompany him because she's ill. No statement was given to what illness she has, but it's clear she has been sick for a few...

I was very happy to hear the news this morning. I had a feeling yesterday that something might have happen soon because I kept checking the website of the Belgian Royal Family (which I normally don't do that frequently). The news was announced this morning on the radio. I believe through a...

I was thrilled to hear the news of the new arrival! Congratulations to the couple and thanks for the pictures! Do you happen to know the date when Benjamin was registered?

That seems to be right. According to my sources all three children of Leopold and his first wife Astrid were godparent to one of their halfsiblings. Joséphine-Charlotte was godmother to Alexander (or Alexandre), Baudouin was godfather to Marie-Christine (the rebel) and Albert was godfather to...

Of all the children of the second marriage of King Leopold III I like Esmeralda the most. Don't know why, but from all the interviews I have seen she seems to me like a very down to earth woman, who chose her own path in live without breaking any ties with her family. Do we know anything about...

Thanks a lot. So Constantine can still give out the family orders, but not the other ones. I haven't had a chance to look at the link posted yet but did Constantine ever confer an order to another head of state?

Queen Elisabeth had in mind one of the princesses of Italy. But Leopold wasn't attracted to any of them. The choice at that point was limited as well: not a lot of Catholic royal families left or there were no single girls anymore... She also didn't want her son to marry someone they had close...

I've had fun reading through the suggestions. A few notes though: I don't think they are going to name the baby (if it's a girl) Josephine. That's the name Philippe's halfsister Delphine Boël gave to her daughter, so I don't think they'll be using that one. Laura is a possibility, as Queen...

Can anybody tell me which orders were given out during the rign of both Constantine and his father Pavlos I and to whom? Is there any order Constantine can give out to his family members or relations? Or is the Greek president the only one who can hand out orders?

I'm really happy for them! I always thought they were going to have four kids as it would be a great ballance between Mathilde's family situation (5 kids) and Philippe's family (3 kids) but I guess we will have to wait and see... Personally I would prefer Mathilde to have a girl. I even know a...

A lot of people in Belgium seemed to have forgotten that Prince Albert (now King Albert II) was first in line to the throne from 1951 when his brother Baudouin succeded to the throne. But because King Baudouin always moved his nephew Prince Philippe forward, people thought Prince Albert would...

I would like to add a few things... Amalia didn't enter the church together with her parents and the others because she wasn't "necessary" at the moment for the introduction and everything else. At that moment she was being looked after in a side room. It's a very old costom to keep a baby as...

I'm not quite sure if I should be asking this here but I will anyway... Does anyone have the date and place of the baptism of Prince Constantijn? Thanks in advance!

We won't see the baby tonight. It was announced by the RVD a few days ago (and repeated in the news-reports) that Alexia had cooled down a lot during the time she was presented by her father. Nothing to be concerned about, but it's why they decided that the people would have to wait at least 8...

May I as a fellow Belgian step in? Don't believe all that is said in the newspapers. They like to reheat old issues again and they are definitly good in bringing up all incidents in one go. If for instance Prince Philippe steps out of line, you know for sure that the newpapers will bring up...

So far, I've found this Leopold I had 2 illegitimate children with Arcadie Claret (1826-1897): Georg Meyer von Eppinghoven (1849-1904) and Arthur Meyer von Eppinghoven (1852-1940). Leopold II had 2 illegitimate children with Blanche Delacroix (1883-1948): Lucien Delacroix (1906-1984) and...