Happy Birthday to Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg

Alexandra, Princess of Luxembourg

b. 16^th February 1991, Maternite Grande Duchesse Charlotte, Luxembourg.

Full name : Alexandra Josephine Teresa Charlotte Marie Wilhelmine

Family : Grand Duchess Maria Teresa (mother), Grand Duke Henri (father), Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume (brother, b. 1981), Prince Felix (brother, b. 1984), Prince Louis (brother, b 1986, Married . 2006), Prince Sebastien (brother, b. 1992).

Education : she did primary and secondary school at Angelsberg and then at Lycee Vauban. Presently she is studying Psychology and Social Sciences at University in the U.S.A.

Facts : She is very athletic, she plays tennis, skiing and water skiing. She is fluent in Luxembourgish, English, French, Spanish, German and Italian. She is the godmother to her nephew Prince Gabriel. Until 2011 she wasn’t in line to the Luxembourgian throne, when the change of succession took place she came ahead of her younger brother Prince Sebastien, her older brother Prince Louis gave up his rights and his descendants rights to the Luxembourgian Throne.

Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg turns 90!

Yesterday, Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg celebrated his 90th Birthday in the presence of His children, children-in-law, grand Children, Great grand children, Alix the Dowager Princess of Ligne (sister of Grand Duke Jean), King Albert and Queen Paola of Belgium (the brother in law and co sister of Grand Duke Jean)

There was a concert to celebrate Grand Duke Jean"s 90th birthday.

Pictures can be found on RTL , Belga , Tom Wagner , Tageblatt , Daylife .

On the 4th picture, posted by Tageblatt, Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria surely looks pregnant!, Congratulations!

Another Royal Engagement announced !

Another Royal wedding on the way!!!.

The British Royal court has announced the Engagement of Miss Zara Phillips to Mr. Mike Tindall on the 21st December 2010.

here is what the court announced :

"The Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Zara Phillips to Mr. Mike Tindall, Son of Mr. Phillip and Mrs. Linda Tindall"

Congratulations to the newly engaged couple.

The Wedding date hasn't been announced yet.

Announcement from the Belgian court : Prince Joachim of Belgium to join Military

This News is a few weeks old!

He enlisted on November 16 2010 at the Southern centre for Basic Education and training where he follows the military basic training with young people who opted for a voluntary military service. After this Prince Joachim of Belgium joins the a training for duty officer on the bridge at Nautical school of the Navy in Bruges.

Princess Noor Pahlavi graduated!

The daughter of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, Princess Noor, has graduated from High school a few days ago!.

Pictures are available on the Crown Prince"s official facebook page : http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/The-Official-Site-of-Reza-Pahlavi/92844506234

Congratulations to the Princess on getting graduated!

Royal wedding : Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling tied the knot!

Congratulations to Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling for getting married!. They got married on 19th June 2010.

Now Daniel Westling got the titles "Prince of Sweden" and "The Duke of Vastergotland" .

The newly married couple moved to the Haga palace.

Pictures can be found here :

http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/bMICDMLeDZm/Princess+Victoria+Sweden+Gets+Married

http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/UBCR_BNrBpM/Wedding+Swedish+Crown+Princess+Victoria+Daniel

http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/1J02RBKrR1k/Wedding+Swedish+Crown+Princess+Victoria+Daniel

http://picture.belga.be/belgapicture/editorial/all/coverage/2126692.html

Princes William and Harry"s visit to Botswana!

Here are pictures of Princes Harry and William visiting Botswana. The trip will culminate with the brothers watching the England vs. Algeria match in Cape Town, South Africa. Pictures of both the Princes can be found here : http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/CQLVE2Igw5_/Prince+William+Harry+Visit+Botswana+Day+2/ox9HUKOYMs-/Prince+William?pa=1

Prince Harry"s pictures : http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/DbTxN8NyKfb/Prince+Harry+in+Botswana/tqb6ETTVN6F/Prince+Harry

and here : http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/vw1_BJFh2ZU/Prince+William+Harry+Visit+Botswana+Day+1/S5I3Gt8ZaKu/Prince+Harry

Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Jonas Bergstrom end their engagement!

The court has announced that Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Jonas Bergstrom has ended their engagement!.

The Official statement read :

"After a careful consideration, Princess Madeleine and Mr. Jonas Bergstrom made a joint decision to go separate ways.

They have come to the conclusion that the best thing is they move on opposite directions.

Princess Madeleine and Mr. Jonas Bergstrom appeal to the media and consideration of decision . They need peace and quiet in this difficult situation. Extreme media coverage will not ease the situation.

We ask for your understanding that no further statements will be provided."

Expressen has reported that Princess Madeleine will go to the US for a visit.

Jenny Alexandersson writes that recently Madeleine was on a holiday with all her girlfriends with out Jonas, they all went shopping and skiing.

Jonas has spent a lots of late nights in the clubs.

Princess Madeleine was in a relationship with Jonas Bergstrom for about 8 years.

New Video!

Here is a new video I created!

Missed updates

Apologizes for not updating this blog!. I have been busy in real life.

Here are the missed updates :

Some of these updates are old!

1. Prince Faisal of Jordan (the younger brother of King Abdullah II of Jordan) announced his engagement to Sara Qabbani. The Alghad newspaper mentioned that the engagement was held in Miss Qabbani parents house in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Miss Qabbani is the managing director of Prince Faisal"s initiative Generations for peace, and she also worked as an advisor in the Prince"s office.

2. A new Prince for Romania : Nicholas de Roumaine Medforth-Mills.

3. Prince Georg of Prussia sold his family estate.

4. Prince Edouard von Lobkowicz passed away on 2nd April in Paris at the age of 83. The funeral was held at St. Thomas d'Aquin in Paris.

Haakon and Marius attend benefit concert for Haiti.

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Marius Borg Holiby attended a benefit concert for the earthquake victims in Haiti at the Opera at Olso .

Prince Haakon was impressed by the spirit of voluntary work and told the newspaper VG that he was deeply disturbed by the pictures showing the destructions and misery in Haiti.

The concert in the Opera house was sold out and more than 700,000 $ have been collected.

The money will be divided between the Red Cross, Norwegian church aid, UNICEF and the Norwegian refugee council.

New Portraits to mark the 9th anniversary of Grand Duke Henri Accession ; October 2009

Luxembourg has marked the 9th anniversary of Grand Duke Henri on the Grand Ducal throne

Standing, from left to right : Prince Felix, Prince Louis, Prince Noah, Princess Alexandra and Prince Sebastien.

Sitting , from left to right : Princess Tessy, Prince Gabriel, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, Grand Duke Henri and Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume.

First row, left to right : Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume, Princess Tessy, Prince Sebastien and Prince Felix.

Second row, left to right : Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, Grand Duke Henri and Princess Alexandra.

Grand Duchess Maria Teresa and Grand Duke Henri.

Grand Duke Henri.

Grand Duchess Maria Teresa.

Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume .

Prince Felix.

Prince Louis, Princess Tessy and sons, Princes Gabriel and Noah.

Prince Louis and Princess Tessy.

Prince Louis.

Princess Tessy.

Princess Alexandra.

Prince Sebastien

Source : Cour de Grand Ducale de Luxembourg