Royal Musings

Thursday, June 11, 2020

Mail call

A lovely card from King Philippe of the Belgians on the occasion of his 60th birthday

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Photos of Prince Philip

Prince Andrew

Philip with his cousin, Princess Alexandra of Greece

Alice and the four girls before the birth of a son

Prince Andrew

Philip & Michael, Princess Helen and 2 of Philip's sisters

Philip and first cousin once removed King Michael

King George II with Michael and Philip

American School, St. Cloud, France Jacques de Bourbon; Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark Teddy Culbert; Martha Robinson; and Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma. In 1948, Anne, whose mother was Princess Margrethe of Denmark, married King Michael of Romania

Lady Rachel Davidson (Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent), the Marchioness of Milford Haven, Lady Zia Wernher, Georgina Wernher, the Marquess of Milford Haven, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, the Duchess of Kent, Sir Harold Wernher, Myra Wernher, and an unidentified woman ... perhaps Baroness Agnes de Stoeckel. circa 1944

All the photos are from my collection

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Philip celebrates his 99th birthday

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Prince Philip celebrates his 99th birthday tomorrow, June 10. In honor of the birthday, Buckingham Palace released a new photo of the Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II, taken in the Quadrangle at Windsor Castle.

The Times June 14, 1921,

The Times got the date of birth wrong. Prince Philip was born on June 10, not June 12.

Monday, June 8, 2020

A countly engagement: Rechberg-Waldburg

Countess Elisabeth von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen and Count Benedikt von Waldburg zu Zeil und Hohenems are engaged to be married.

@ LinkedIn

H Ill H Countess Maria Elisabeth Franziska Dorothee von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen is the eldest of six children of H Ill H Bernhard Count von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen and I ll H Countess Barbara von Neipperg. She was born at Schwäbish Gmünd on November 4, 1989. A graduate of Schule Schloss Salem, she has a BS in in nursing from Carl Remigus Medical school. Countess Elisabeth specializes in children's health care and oncology at University Hospital in Frankfurt.

She also volunteers with Maltese medicine, which provides health care to people who do not have valid residency or health insurance in Germany. Maltese medicine is a service offered by the Order of Malta.

The wedding will take place on August 15.

https://www.fnp.de/frankfurt/frankfurt-malteser-bietet-sprechstunden-menschen-ohne-krankenversicherung-sucht-11824322.html

https://www.fr.de/frankfurt/hessen-prueft-moeglichkeiten-anonyme-krankenbehandlungen-11799778.html

[Countess Barbara is the sister of the Hereditary Prince Karl Eugen of Niepperg, who is married to Archduchess Andrea of Austria, a daughter of the late Archduke Otto.]

@DeSW

H Ill H Count Bendikt Vitus Franz Josef Nikolaus Maria Wunibald von Waldburg zu Zeil is the son of H Ill H Count Vitus von Wakdburg zu Zeil-Hohenems and the late Countess Marie-Thérèse Nemes de Hidvég et Oltszem. He was born at Munich on June 8, 1992. He has a BS in timber management (University of Hamburg) and a master's in foresty science and management (The University of Göttingen).

Count Benedikt is employed by DeSH, which represents Germany's saw and timber industry.

https://www.saegeindustrie.de/de/content/verband/team

https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2018/04/countess-marie-therese-von-waldburg-zu.html

Count Vitus, a widower for two years now, is attending a Catholic seminary in Rottenburg. Earlier this year, he said he hoped to be ordained as a priest on July 11, but due to COVID-19, plans are on hold.

https://www.oberschwabenklinik.de/newsliste/detailseite/feier-in-der-klinikkapelle-aus-doppeltem-anlass-renovierung-ist-abgeschlossen-diakon-vitus-von-waldb.html

https://www.malteser-konstanz.de/presse/newsdetails/article/62920.html

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Do a Little Dance, Make a little love, get Down tonight ....

Unfortunately, unrequited love for this lovesick redwing blackbird at Huntley Meadows in Fairfax County, Virginia. All photos by me.

(A little diversion to make us smile)

I am ready ...

I sing of my love, hear me, darling

Love, Love, Love

I am so nervous ...She is so pretty ... I want to get to know her

I see her, the prettiest here at Huntley Meadows

I am stud bird

Ready to make my move

Wiggling, showing off the moves. does she notice?

Hi again, you are very pretty

What have I said to offend you? I like you. I want to get to know you better

This is not looking good

Want to grab a bite?

What can I do, what can I say to make her like me?

My heart is breaking

I want to know her better

Go away. I already have a boyfriend .. he has a much bigger nest.

I am too good for you

Be gone!

So sad. My heart is breaking

Flies into to grasses -- and starts hissing/swearing (really, you could hear the bird)

I will never come out again. So sad

Takes a deep breath ... I will try again

She's gone. Noooooo

What is on Birdflix tonight?

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

A boy for Paul and Frederica

Belgrade 2010 @Marlene A Eilers Koenig

June 2, 1940

Crown Princess Frederica of the Hellenes gave birth to a son today at Pyschico Palace, which is four miles from Athens, reported the Associated Press.

Frederica is the wife of Crown Prince Paul, heir presumptive to the Greek throne. He is the brother of King George II.

The infant prince, whose name has not been announced, is second in line to the throne.

Crown Prince Paul married Princess Frederica of Hanover in January 1938. She is the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a granddaughter of former Kaiser Wilhelm II.

The couple has a 19-month old daughter, Princess Sophie.

The prince's birth has "evoked widespread public celebrations and temporarily diverted Greece's attention form the threat of war in the Eastern Mediterranean."