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The book by Marco Houston, former editor of Royalty Magazine, details the relationships between the Hohenzollerns, the Lambrinos, and the Romanians and how these ties changed over time, which ultimately led to a court case in London and, further, to King Michael of Romania trying to separate his...

Wonderful to see the Serbian and Romanian royal couples together with their children.

Luli Bitri, a friend of Elia, has made a social media post where she briefly shares her admiration for her friend, who she feels behaved with dignity in the midst of a marriage that faltered due to infidelity. Narrative/ The actress discovers that Prince Leka betrayed her friend Elia

We have no way of knowing how this altercation started, besides the fact that Leka Zogu arrived to visit his daughter Geraldine Zogu at the royal residence, and Elia Zaharia was not there at the time of his arrival, but her father Gjergj Zaharia was, as he was watching after his granddaughter...

Both Leka and Elia have received protective orders from a court earlier on Thursday whereby they must maintain a distance of 5 meters from one another. https://sot.com.al/english/aktualitet/sherri-mes-ciftit-mbreteror-gjykata-merr-vendimin-ndaj-princ-lekes-dh-i649015

The initial statement was made by the Albanian Royal Court. Articles about the alleged altercation started yesterday evening in Albania.

Allegation for violence, Prince Leka's lawyer: We will demand the removal of Elias from the royal palace Publication of images of Prince Leka's quarrel with the Zaharia family, the royal court accuses the police Who released the footage of the violence between Prince Leka and Elia Zaharias...

A touching piece of music, "Before Tomorrow," was written and sung by Lady Gabriella Kingston (née Windsor). The song was released in 2023. Its lyrics are poignant given today's news.

Princess Tatiana Radziwill (daughter of Princess Eugénie of Greece) and her husband Dr. Jean Henri Fruchaud were present as was Archduchess Helen of Austria (daughter of Princess Elisabeth of Greece)

Princess Maria Isabella of Savoy-Genoa is closer to her relatives of the Aosta branch, especially since her late cousin Princess Maria Christina lived in Brazil, where Maria Isabella also resides. Interestingly, in 1967, it was reported by the Italian newspaper La Stampa that Vittorio Emanuele...

Perhaps Queen Sofía did not attend the Duke of Aosta's funeral because of the Covid pandemic. It seemed as though only Amedeo's immediate family was present for his funeral, and they were all wearing masks. It might have been too great a health risk for the Queen.

Princess Sophie is friends with the founder of the Children's Oncology Support Fund.

In an attempt to overcome his father's opposition to his desired marriage, Vittorio Emanuele proclaimed himself "King of Italy" as "Re Vittorio Emanuele IV" on 15 December 1969. The Prince of Naples thus attempted to dethrone his own father, His Majesty King Umberto II. Source: Allegato 2 The...

Beginning in the early 1960s, King Umberto II of Italy wrote a series of letters to his only son Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples. The king also wrote to his wife Queen Marie José, so that the queen would be aware of the issues that their son was bringing to the forefront by his insistence on...

There are many letters from the 1960s between King Umberto and Prince Vittorio Emanuele in which the king makes it clear that he could not and would not consent to an unequal marriage for his only son.

Dear Marengo, It seems more of a case that they (the two younger sisters and the cousins) wanted to distance themselves from VE due to his conduct and also, possibly, because they felt they did not actually have the authority to factually state that VE was his father's dynastic heir, especially...

On 5 December 1983 at Cascais, the widowed Queen Marie-José of Italy as well as her daughters Princess Maria Pia, Princess Maria Gabriella, and Princess Maria Beatrice all signed a statement purporting to recognise their son/brother Vittorio Emanuele as Head of the Royal House of Savoy. The...

Between 2005-2007, the two younger sisters of Prince Vittorio Emanuele (Princess Maria Gabriella and Princess Maria Beatrice), as well as King Simeon II of Bulgaria and Landgrave Moritz of Hesse wrote letters that were published at the time. All of them stated that when they had signed a...

Beginning in October 2023, numerous Albanian news outlets have reported that Crown Prince Leka and Crown Princess Elia are separated and in the process of divorcing. After announcing their engagement in 2010, Prince Leka Zogu and Elia Zaharia married in 2016. Their daughter, Princess...

The Christmas card of Grand Duchess Maria of Russia with her grandson Prince Alexander (and his parents' puppy Ming):

The Christmas card of Grand Duke George and Princess Victoria - starring their son Prince Alexander and their puppy Ming!

The family's assets are separate from the structure of the non-reigning Württemberg House. What was disputed through the courts, not known until Dowager Duchess Diane went to the press, was the will of Duke Carl. Indeed, we do not know the particulars of the legal case, as Duke Wilhelm (and...

It was Michael and Philipp who were trying to have their nephew Wilhelm disinherited. At some point, they were successful, in that they convinced their father to change his will so that one of the two brothers would be the heir. Beginning in 2020, after Carl stepped down due to his age/health...

"The Spanish sun warmed me, and I confess that I knew how to find comfort on the compassionate shoulders of men, whether they were kings, princes or simple anonymous people." Many people, very understandably, took this to mean that she was possibly engaging in extramarital activities while she...

Although Diane was a difficult child for her parents (who sent her to a school for troubled children, if memory serves), the main issue that is being referred to is the marital crisis between Duke Carl and Duchess Diane that occurred around 1980. Diane refers to it in her biography by Stéphane...