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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Royal engaement: Austria-Brazil

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August 2, 1902 Is Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, youngest sister of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne, about to ...
Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Royal Olympic trivia: who did not have to prove her sex

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Just the facts ... Since the 1968 Summer Games at Mexico City, female athletes must under a gender verification test.  Only one female ath...

It's not called Prime Time for nothing

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Poor NBC.  They invest more than one billion dollars to televise the 2012 Summer Games, and they can't get a lot of respect.  NBC will h...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Princess Beatrice escapes death in fire scare

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Embed from Getty Images July 31, 1892 Princess Beatrice narrowly escaped death yesterday in a fire at Schloss Heilgenberg, reports the New...
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Death of Dowager Grand Duchess

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Embed from Getty Images July 31, 1942 The Dowager Grand Duchess Marie Anne of Luxembourg died earlier tonight at Doctors Hospital in New Y...

Prince Albert of Saxony: conciliatory statement

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Only members of the late Margrave of Meissen's immediate family were present in the small chapel at Brennbichl, near Innsbruck, for the ...

It's Silver for Zara and Team GB

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Great Britain's Three Day Eventing team has won the Silver medal, having been edged out by Germany for the Gold. Zara Phillips, the gr...
Monday, July 30, 2012

Update on Zara Phillips

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Seven members of the British royal family were present at Greenwich Park earlier today to cheer Zara Phillips, a member of Team GB's thr...

Good Evening, Mr. Bond

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I can't stop watching this ... so brilliant, so quirky, so British ... so perfect. James Bond 007 is an agent for Her Majesty's Se...
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Crown Princess Victoria cancels trip to London

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Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden has decided not to travel to London to cheer on the Swedish team. <SPAN><<span style="b...
Saturday, July 28, 2012

And who is the new Margrave of Meissen

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Despite the protestations of Princess Elvira of Sachsen, the wife of Prince Albert, younger brother of the late Margrave of Meissen, the new...
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Friday, July 27, 2012

Princess Theodora of Greece & Denmark's new play

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Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark is appearing in a new play at Los Angeles's Renegade Theater.  The Princess, a graduate of Brown...

war over the Saxon Succession

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The war of the Saxon succession has begun.  The late Prince Max Emanuel, Margrave of Meisssen, died on July 23, without a direct heir as his...

Royals at the Olympics

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London will be awash with royals -- and not only members of the British royal family ... http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OLY_W...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

You never know who might show up for the Torch relay

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Earlier today while watching BBC's torch cam, I noticed a little activity on the sidelines ... the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Co...
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