Showing posts with label King Juan Carlos of Spain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label King Juan Carlos of Spain. Show all posts

Thursday, October 14, 2010

The Last Royal Couples

Prior to the 20th century, no member of the European royalty ever married a commoner, the monarchy rule is clear: any royal who will enter a morganatic (marrying a commoner) union will automatically disinherit him or her and lose his or her place in the line of succession, so arranged marriages between royalty became the common practice. But after World War II upon the collapse of most European

Friday, October 1, 2010

Latest Royalty Buzz

DenmarkPrincess Mary and Prince Frederick of Denmark, during their recent official visit to GermanyPrincess Mary (former Mary Donaldson of Hobart, Tasmania--part of Australia), the wife of Denmark's future King, Prince Frederick, is pregnant with twins! The couple already have two children, Prince Christian, four, and Princess Isabella, three. Princess Mary, according to an article in Hello!