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  • This week’s royal birthdays: November 29-December 5

    November

    30 – Fumihito, Prince Akishino of Japan (1965)

    December

    1 – Princess Aiko of Japan (2001)

    2 – Sheikha Al Jalila bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai (2007)

    2 – Takahito, Prince Mikasa [Japan] (1915)

    2 – Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick (1988)

    2 – Prince Kardam of Bulgaria, the Prince of Turnovo (1962)

    2 – Princess Dechen Yangzam Wangchuck of Bhutan (1981)

    2 – Princess Léa of Belgium (1951)

    3 – Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway (2005)

    4 – Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria (1938)

    5 – King King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand [Rama IX] (1927)

    5 – Prince Konstantin-Assen of Bulgaria, Prince of Vidin (1967)

    5 – Princess Elena of Hesse (2006)

  • One reason…

    for why I think adding the population numbers to the Heir Consort Project is relevant became clear to me the other day. It seems there is, despite the recession, a never ending list of things that need to be opened, or anniversaries that need to be celebrated in countries with a high population.

    Those events don’t come around quite as often in the countries with lower populations. They do come around, just not as frequently.

    There is a limit to how many different medals can be handed out in a small country before the notion of them becomes worthless…

  • This week’s birthdays: November 22-28

    22 – Prince Nicolas of Hohenzollern (1999)
    24 – Princess Bejaratana of Thailand (1925)
    24 – Prince Georg Andreas of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1938)
    24 – Princess Isabelle of Liechtenstein (1947)
    26 – Louis Ducruet (1992)
    27 – Princess Désirée of Hohenzollern (1963)
    28 – Masahito, Prince Hitachi [Japan] (1935)
    28 – Emma van Vollenhoven (2006)

  • This week’s birthdays: November 15-21

    15 – Peter Phillips (1977)
    15 – Princess Elena of Romania (1950)
    17 – Prince Wenceslas of Nassau (1990)
    17 – Princess Olga of Savoy, Duchess of Apulia (1971)
    19 – Kitín Muñoz (1958)
    19 – Lady Davina Lewis (1977)
    19 – Lalla Hasna of Morocco (1967)
    19 – Pieter van Vollenhoven (2008)
    20 – Prince Umberto Vidinski of Bulgaria (1999)
    20 – Princess ‘M’aSeeiso of Lesotho (2004)
    20 – Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Countess von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1970)
    20 – Princess Sofia Vidinska of Bulgaria (1999)
    20 – Princess Theodora of Liechtenstein (2004)
    22 – Prince Nicolas of Hohenzollern (1999)

  • This week’s birthdays: November 8-14

    8 – Lady Louise Windsor (2003)
    8 – Princess Elena of Hesse (1967)
    11 – Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan (1955)
    11- Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1981)
    12 – Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum of Dubai (1981)
    13 – Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia (1943)
    13 – Infanta Alicia, Dowager Duchess of Calabria (1917)
    13 – Princess Georgina of Liechtenstein, Countess von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (1962)
    14 – Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales (1948)

  • This week’s birthdays: November 1-7

    2 – Sofia, Queen of Spain (1938)
    3 – David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (1961)
    5 – Prince Kubrat of Bulgaria, Prince of Panagyurishte (1965)
    6 – Princess Henriette of Liechtenstein, Countess von Eltz Faust von Stromberg (1914)

  • Heir Consort Project: November

    We’re moving into November, and here are the numbers for October.

    I rather like these months, because it makes it easier to track the “normal” work load, so to speak. There aren’t usually major holidays going on that mean these people take the whole month or so off. Mary is still pregnant, but keeping up steam as of yet, so a fairly usual work load there.

    I do wish Daniel would start taking on more engagements on his own – (and I also wish the calendar on the royal Swedish website was improved in terms of updating).

    I might have missed something, so if you think numbers are high or low – count 🙂

    (more…)

  • What’s in a calendar?

    Is it just me, or is it a bit strange how the British deem being received at the airport in Aberdeen after returning home from a visit to India as part of the official works they do?

  • This week’s birthdays: October 25-31

    25 – Princess Yōko of Mikasa [Japan] (1983)
    25 – King Michael I of Romania (1921)
    25 – Princess Élisabeth of Belgium (2001)
    26 – Amelia Morales y de Grecia (2007)
    26 – Lucas van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven (2002)
    27 – Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-Van Eijk (1969)
    28 – Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein (1967)
    28 – Princess Tessy of Luxembourg (1985)
    29 – Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón (1999)
    29 – Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece and Denmark (1998)
    29 – Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1934)
    29 – Princess Sophie of Romania (1957)
    29 –Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark (1998)
    31 – Infanta Leonor of Spain (2005)
    31 – Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler (1934)
    31 – Princess Nora of Liechtenstein (1950)