German royals flee

November 10, 1918

Prince Adalbert of Prussia has "sought refuge" on his yacht, as his crew continues to "remain loyal." His wife, Princess Adelheid, and their two children, are leaving Kiel bu train.
Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia "seem to be in hiding near the Danish frontier" as they look for an opportunity to escape.
The prince had a "narrow escape from death" and he and his wife, Irene, left Kiel in a car. He was hit by a bullet "entering his sleeve, and the Princess was "shot above the elbow."o

Doctor readies move into palace

November 10, 1948

Princess Elizabeth's gynaecologist, Sir William Gilliatt, will move into Buckingham Palace tomorrow in anticipation of the royal birth. The nurse in charge arrived today.
Britons are "hungry for news and on edge with excitment."
The baby will be the first child for the Princess and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.

Habsburg castle sold for back taxes

November 10, 1926


Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria saw his Vienna palace sold today for $160,000. The buyer is Dr. Julius Ullman, who is believed to be acting as a representative for the Vienna city government, which has plans to turn the palace into a "proletarian sanitarium."
The estate includes a 165 acre park, and is one of the largest estates in the Austrian capital.
The forced sale was due to non-payment of taxes.

Duke Ludwig in Bavaria dead

November 10, 1920

It was reported today that Duke Ludwig of Bavaria has died has died at the age of 89. He was the brother of the late Empress Elisabeth of Austria, and considered the senior member of the House of Wittelsbach. Duke Ludwig, who was born in 1831, was married twice. Both marriages were morganatic. His second marriage ended in divorce in 1918.
Ludwig renounced his rights to the throne when he married an actress, Henrietta Mendel in 1859. She was created Baroness von Wallersee. The Baroness died in 1891, and shortly afterward, Ludwig married a ballet dancer, 41 years his junior.
Although Ludwig's family were "moderately cordial" to his first wife, they never accepted his second wife.
The Duke suffered from financial difficulties. His sister, Elisabeth, often paid off his creditors, and he was forced to sell some property to a Munich brewery.

King of Württemberg to abdicate

November 10, 1918

It was reported to day that the King Wilhelm II of Württemberg has abdicated. Socialists are demanding that all of Germany's sovereigns "be suppressed" and sent into exile. It is reported that the kings of Bavaria and Saxony will abdicate shortly.

Joachim and Marie - a new baby

It was announced today that Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark are expecting their first child in May.

The Prince has two sons, Felix and Nikolai, by his first wife, Alexandra Manley.

Joachim and Marie were married on May 24, 2008.


http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/article595837.ece

Masako attends welcome ceremony

Crown Princess Masako was a part of the welcoming ceremony for the King and Queen of Spain. It was the first time in five years that the Princess had taken part in a welcoming ceremony, according to the AFP.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g4MbkPjL-kEuDgf85JcpvU_4u2fQ

want to book this band!

http://www.jivemates.de/index.htm

A little Christmas Shopping

HH Princess Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein, who is wife of Prince Christoph, the head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein, design scarves.

Here is a link to the Princess' website:

http://www.prinzessin-holstein.de/index.php?SID=101108041911137
&content=nicki

Princess Sophie of Romania also does designs that are sold through the Internet.
http://www.sophiesworkshop.com/forher1.htm

New profile of the Prince of Wales

From Monday's Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/3413430/Prince-Charles-may-never-be-King-Charles.html

new interview with Frederik & Mary

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Denmark are about to embark on an official visit to Thailand.

Here is a link to a recent interview in connection with the visit:

http://www.bangkokpost.com/101108_Outlook/10Nov2008_out52.php

Okay it is from the Daily Mail

From tomorrow's Mail on Sunday:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1084113/Waity-Katie-wobble-Prince-William-commits-seven-years-RAF.html

It is interesting that Kate and William have not been seen together for nearly two months now. I certainly do not think that Kate Middleton would agree to wait for marriage for another seven years.

Lovelorn Adalbert too young to wed

 November 8, 1910 

 Prince Adalbert has fallen in love with a beautiful princess from Thuringia, but his father, Kaiser Wilhelm II, has forbidden the match. He says that Adalbert is too young to wed. Adalbert met his princess "on the brow of an ancient hill," according to the report in the Los Angeles Times. The princess was driving the car -- the only motor car in her "papa's broad dominions" -- and she happened on a prince from a "rival state". A prince, who happened to be handy with his hands, was able to fix the princess' car. 

The princess "fell desperately in love with Adalbert," who traveled to her father's castle and asked for her hand in marriage. The Kaiser soon learned the princess's name, her age, her beauty, and her poverty, but he forbade "the banns." 

He believes that Adalbert, who is serving in the German navy, should not marry until he reaches a certain rank. Adalbert has reminded his father that he is 26 years old, older than when his brothers, Wilhelm, and Eitel Friedrich, married. "I am treated like a schoolboy," Adalbert has said in regard to his father's denial of the marriage. 

But who is the Thuringian princess? Her identity has been kept secret. She was born in 1892. She is "extremely beautiful." She's a blonde. Her favorite color is blue. And, she has a maid named Kathe. She recently sent Adalbert a strand of her hair in "a locket set with pearls." In return, Adalbert sent his love a miniature portrait of himself. 

One question remains: does this Thuringian princess actually exist? All we know is that Adalbert is "deeply in love, he neglects his naval duties, and he has quarreled" with his father.

Royal Marriages

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The following is from the November 7, 1914 issue of Puck magazine. 

 "Peering into the future, some of us are worried. There is trouble aplenty in the present, but the future holds a problem so difficult a solution, yet so grimly fascinating that those unfortunate enough to have thought of it can't dismiss it from their minds. When this war is over, what is going to happen to royal matrimony? For years, for decades, the reigning royal families have been drawing into closer relationships. 

 It has been an interlocking directorate on a regal and splendid scale. Kings are cousins, nephews, or great uncles by marriage to other kings, princes, or grand-dukes. Queens have had to learn six languages in order to talk with their own grandchildren.

 Every now and then some obscure ruler, usually Balkan, gets into the newspapers and it is a puzzle to everybody until someone says: "Oh, yes: he's a Cousin German to the Czar; don't you remember?" or, "He's a foster brother-in-law of the Kaiser's" and then it is all clear again. 

 It has been impossible for kings to meet without kissing. And every royal wedding, or funeral, has been an affectionate family reunion. So much for the past; and in view of the sweeping character of the present war, it is one of the fastest pasts on record. But consider the future. When the war is over, and the cannon cause from troubling, where are princes to find suitable wives? 

And whence are to come to the correct thing in husbands for the princesses. Nor more German matrimony for England; that goes without saying. 

No more English matrimony for Potsdam and Co. Nothing doing in Russia; Petrograd, late St. Petersburg, suggests that. Austria hasn't a friend in Europe, except Germany, and may have to go to Asia hereafter for brides and bridegroom. 

 The Queen of Holland has only one child, and while Spain's crop of young royalty is all that could be desired, it can't supply all of Europe.

 If the details of selection were left to the young people themselves, royalty would have no more trouble than common folk; but where royal fathers and imperial advisors have the say, matrimony which was difficult enough of arrangement before the war, will it become inconceivably more difficult when the war is concluded and royal fathers "do not speak." 

 Even the desperate expedient of marrying for love is among the possibilities." 

 Puck magazine was established by German-Americans, and originally published in English and German editions in 1871. William Randolph Hearst bought the English edition and continued to publish Puck, a humor magazine, until 1918.

Blue Satin bows for royal cradle

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 November 7, 1948 

 A royal cradle, lent by Queen Elizabeth, has been adorned with blue satin bows. New details have been released about the temporary nursery that has been set up at Buckingham Palace. 

Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, expects her first child between November 13 and November 18. The cradle, once used by the princess herself, is "fitted with head curtains and trimmed with peach satin under a deep cream net with frills. The bows are fastened to this net cover." A cream-painted stand holds the cradle in place. 

A wicker basket next to the cradle is filled with baby items. A wicker sleeping basket, known as a Moses cot, has also been placed in the nursery. This cot has already been used by the Duke of Gloucester and by Princess Elizabeth and her younger sister, Margaret. 

The Princess has also "treasured carefully" some of her childhood toys, which will now be played with by the new royal baby. The nursery has been set up in the Palace's former school room, where Elizabeth and Margaret learned their lessons. The princess and her husband and their new baby will spend Christmas at Sandringham House and then return to Windlesham Manor. 

The family will continue to live at Windlesham until Clarence House is ready for occupancy. Princess Elizabeth has accepted two full layettes from the Linen and Woolen Drapers Institution and the Nursery Nurses Association. She sees her doctor, William Gilliatt every day.

Dr. Gilliatt expected to move into Buckingham Palace a few days before the expected birth.