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royalsofhistory · 7 months
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Princess Helen of Greece and Denmark, future Queen Mother of Romania, dressed in Greek national costume.
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Rare photo of King Constantine I of Greece with his children and brother (?) (from left to right) Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (?), Prince George, Princess Helen, Prince Alexander of Greece and Denmark, early 1900s
Source: Princess Victoria of Wales’s private albums
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~ ROYALS AND THEIR SIGNATURES ~
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Princess Alice of Greece and Denmark(Princess Alice of Battenberg)
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Crown Princess Thyra of Hanover(Princess Thyra of Denmark)
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Princess Diana, Princess of Wales
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Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia
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Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna
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Empress Elisabeth(Sissi) of Austria
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Empress Maria Feodorovna(Dagmar of Denmark)
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Tsar Alexander III
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Princess Helen, Duchess of Albany(Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont)
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Empress Maria Alexandrovna
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tiny-librarian · 1 year
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Royal Birthdays for today, May 2nd:
Yongle Emperor, Emperor of China, 1360
Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, 1402
Eleanor of Viseu, Queen of Portugal, 1458
Catherine II, Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias, 1729
Alberto, Prince of Naples and Sicily, 1792
Helen of Greece and Denmark, Queen Mother of Romania,1896
Faisal II, King of Iraq, 1935
Moshoeshoe II, King of Lesotho, 1938
Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, German Princess, 1975
Charlotte of Wales, British Princess, 2015
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charlotte-of-wales · 4 months
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Happy 87th birthday to Princess Alexandra!
Born on 25 December 1936, Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel; born 25 December 1936) is the only surviving granddaughter of George V and a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II through her father Prince George, Duke of Kent. Alexandra's mother was Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. At the time of her birth, she was sixth in the line of succession to the British throne; as of 2023, she is 57th.
On 24 April 1963, she married The Hon. Angus James Bruce Ogilvy, at Westminster Abbey. Angus Ogilvy declined the Queen's offer to be created an earl upon marriage, so their children carry no titles. Angus Ogilvy was knighted in 1988 (when Princess Alexandra assumed the style of The Hon. Lady Ogilvy).
Princess Alexandra and Angus Ogilvy had two children, James Robert Bruce Ogilvy (born 29 February 1964) and Marina Victoria Alexandra Ogilvy (born 31 July 1966) and four grandchildren: Flora Ogilvy (29), Alexander Ogilvy (27), Zenouska Mowatt (33) and Christian Mowatt (30).
Beginning in the late 1950s, Princess Alexandra carried out an extensive programme of engagements in support of the Queen, both in the United Kingdom and overseas. Taking part in roughly 120 engagements each year, Princess Alexandra was one of the most active members of the royal family. She made 110 engagements in 2012. However, in late June 2013, she cancelled her engagements due to arthritis.
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ladysophy · 6 months
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Here’s some AI-Generated Art of historical royals I created via an photo filter app. These were the ones I liked the best:
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1. Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia.
2. Princess Helen of Greece and Denmark (née Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia) with her daughters Princesses Olga, Elisabeth and Marina of Greece and Denmark.
3. Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia.
4. Queen Helen of Romania (née Princess Helen of Greece and Denmark) and
5. Queen Olga of Greece (née Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia).
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loiladadiani · 11 months
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Photographs: 1. Alexandra and her younger sister Dagmar; 2. The Danish Royal Family: From left to right: Dagmar (Marie Feodorovna), the little one by Dagmar's knee should be Prince Valdemar, the youngest; standing in back of the child, the oldest male, future King Frederick VIII; King Christian the IX is in the middle, standing in back of his wife Louise; standing by Louise is Princess Thyra; next to Thyra is the future Queen Alexandra; standing in the back, between Thyra and Alexandra, is George, the future King of the Helenes; 3. In this picture, a very beautiful Princess Alexandra; sitting by her is Princess Lovisa of Sweden, the wife of Frederick, who is standing by her; next to Frederick is Dagmar, and sitting on the floor holding a little dog is Thyra; 4. Christian IX 5. Queen Louise; 6. Christian IX 7. Queen Louise
The Danish Royal Family
King Christian IX of Denmark (1818 - 1906) and Queen Louise of Denmark (1817 - 1898) nee Louise of Hesse-Kessel and their children
This Wednesday, a little love for the Danish Royal Family, who gave us Queen Alexandra of England, one of the most beautiful queens to sit on a throne since photography was created (no makeup, Botox, fillers, plastic surgery), and her sister, Empress Maria Feodorovna (Princess Dagmar of Denmark) one of the prettiest and most beloved Empresses of all the Russias.
So where did all that beauty come from? Most of us have seen photographs of Christian IX and Queen Louise in their older years. At least I had not seen them young. I looked for some photos, and I am including them here. Both of them were good-looking. Louise had a pretty face and beautiful eyes. And so did Christian! He was not bad-looking at all, tall and slim. The little cleft on Alexandra's chin apparently came from her father. The girls had good genes.
The House of Glücksburg, to which Christian IX and Queen Louise belonged, is a collateral branch of the German House of Oldenburg. Its members have reigned at various times in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Greece, and several northern German states.
King Christian IX and Queen Louise were double cousins. King Christian was called the "father-in-law of Europe" on account of the marriage of his children to foreign princes and princesses.
Current monarchs King Charles III of the United Kingdom, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, and King Harald V of Norway, as well as former queens consort Ann Marie of Greece and Sofia of Spain, are patrilineal members of cadet branches of the House of Glücksburg. (gcl)
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theroyalfanzine · 8 days
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Queen Victoria's Currently living Eldest Decendants and Eldest Ever Descendants
This list is as of 19 April 2024
CURRENTLY LIVING
The Lady Pamela Hicks (19 April 1929) (95 years, 0 months, 0 days)
Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (12 February 1932) (92 years, 2 months, 7 days)
Count Bertram Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (12 July 1932) (91 years, 9 months, 7 days)
Mrs. Anne Mary Sibylla Liddell-Grainger (28 July 1932) (91 years,8 months, 22 days)
Princess Caroline Mathilde Adelheid Sibylla Marianne Erika von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (5 April 1933) (91 years, 0 months, 14 days)
Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse (24 July 1934) (89 years, 8 months, 26 days)
Princess Margaretha Désirée Victoria, Mrs. Ambler (Sweden, 31 October 1934) ( 89 years, 5months, 13 days)
Countess Viktoria Adelheid Clementine Louise von Castell-Rüdenhausen-Von Huntington-Whiteley (26 Februrary 1935)(89 years, 1 months, 24 days)
Prince Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick, The Duke of Kent (9 October 1935) (88 years, 6 months, 10 days)
Miss Elizabeth Alice Abel Smith (5 September 1936) (87 years, 7 months, 14 days)
Eldest LIVED Descendants:
On 12 June 2025, Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner will join this list if she is still living.
Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh (10 June 1921-9 April 2021) ( 99 years, 10 months, 11 days)
Princess Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone (25/02/1883-03/01/1981) (97 years, 10 months, 10 days)
Queen Elizabeth II of The United Kingdom (21 April 1926-8 September 2022) ( 96 years, 4 months, 18 days)
King Mihai I of Romania (25/10/1921-05/12/2017) ( 96 years, 1 month, 11 days)
Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg (Sweden) (31/10/1916-05/05/2012) (95 years, 6 months, 5 days )
The Lady Pamela Hicks (19 April 1929) (95 years, 0 months, 0 days)
Count Sigvard Bernadotte af Wisborg (of Sweden) (07/06/1907-04/02/2002) (94 years, 7 months, 28 days )
Lady Katherine Brandram (Princess of Greece and Denmark) (04/05/1913 02/10/2007) ( 94 years, 4 months, 27 days )
Infanta Dona Beatriz   Isabel Federica Alfonsa Eugénie Cristina Maria Teresia Bienvenida Ladislàa   of Spain, The Princess of Civitella-Cesi   (22/06/1909-22/11/2002) (93 years, 5 months, 1 day)
Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten- Knatchbull  , The 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (14/02/1924-13/06/2017) ( 93 years, 4 months)
FACTS:
The Duke of Edinburgh is the husband  and third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, first cousin of Lady Katherine Brandram,  The Countess Mountbatten of Burma & Lady Pamela (Mountbatten) Hicks & uncle to Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse.  He is also a 1st cousin 1x removed of  Queen Sofia of Spain, King Constantine II of the Helenes and Princess Irene of Greece & Denmark and The Duke of Kent (The Duke of Kent’s mother Marina was The Duke of Edinburgh’s first cousin).
Queen Elizabeth II is a 3rd cousin of The Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Lady Pamela Mountbatten, The Duke of Edinburgh. She is the wife of The Duke of Edinburgh. Through her marriage, she is an aunt to  Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse. She is a first cousin of The Duke of Kent.
Lady Pamela Hicks is a 3rd cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, a first cousin of  The Duke of Edinburgh, her big sister was The Countess Mountbatten of Burma.
Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner is a third cousin of The Countess Mountbatten of Burma, The Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II & Lady Pamela Hicks.
The Countess of Althorne was the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria. By her marriage,  The Countess of Althorne was also a great aunt of Queen Elizabeth II-she married QEII’s grandmother’s brother
King Mihai I of Romania was the last monarch of Romania, he was also a great grandchild of Queen Victoria twice-once through his mother (via Victoria, Princess Royal) and once through his father (via Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
Sweden’s Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg & Count Sigvard Bernadotte af Wisborg were brothers as well as uncles to King Carl XVI Gustaf, Princess Margareta, Mrs. Ambler, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern,  Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld,  Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Princess Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg & Queen Anne-Marie of Greece.
Countess Viktoria Adelheid Clementine Louise von Castell-Rüdenhausen-Von Huntington-Whiteley  was a great granddaughter of Prince Leopold, The Duke of Albany, thus a great great granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She is also the younger sister of  Count Bertram Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen.
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Who do you think would have had the highest chance of suitor for OTMAA? (Pre-revolution and war) as well as (after revo if they survived).
Olga nikolaevna= Princes Vladimir Paley or Grand duke dmitri pavlovich romanov (there are some who thinks paley might have been).
Tatiana Nikolaevna= Prince Alexander of Yugoslvia or Prince Roman petrovich(idk about roman petrovich but from what I read he was mostly mentioned)
Maria= Prince Carol of Romania or Prince Louis Mountbatten( carol said he liked her at some point)
Anastasia= Princes Frederick of Denmark or Prince Paul of Greece and Denmark(Tbh, I feel like she would chose herself heheh)
Alexei= Princess Ileana of Romania or Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark.
Who do you think would have had the highest chance of suitor for OTMAA? (Pre-revolution and war) as well as (after revo if they survived).
Olga nikolaevna= Princes Vladimir Paley or Grand duke dmitri pavlovich romanov (there are some who thinks paley might have been).
Tatiana Nikolaevna= Prince Alexander of Yugoslvia or Prince Roman petrovich(idk about roman petrovich but from what I read he was mostly mentioned)
Maria= Prince Carol of Romania or Prince Louis Mountbatten( carol said he liked her at some point)
Anastasia= Princes Frederick of Denmark or Prince Paul of Greece and Denmark(Tbh, I feel like she would chose herself heheh)
Alexei= Princess Ileana of Romania or Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark.
To Olga: From your options I choose Vladimir Paley, but I like to imagine her with prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark. He loved her and even talked to Nicholas about it.
To Tatiana: Alexander I of Yugoslavia, he loved her and some sources say it was mutual.
To Maria: Louis Mountbatten, of course, he adored her! Carol of Romania was a horrible husband to Helen, he would have made Maria suffer as he did to Helen.
To Anastasia: We don't know about her preferences but I vote in Paul of Greece and Denmark.
To Alexei: Princess Ileana.
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Romanov relatives Crown Prince George and Princess Helen of Greece and Denmark.
George and Helen, known as Sitta, were the children of King Constantine I of the Hellenes. Their father was a first cousin of Nicholas II through the Danish line, and their mother, Sophie of Prussia, was a first cousin of Alexandra Feodorovna through the British line. They were also related to OTMAA through the Romanov family directly, being grandchildren of Olga Konstantinovna. 
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royalsofhistory · 8 months
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“The first thing you saw in her was her smile. She was smiling all the time.”
— His Excellency Jean Marie Musy in a documentary on Helen, Queen Mother of Romania.
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greekroyalfamily · 11 months
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IT is 119 since HRH Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark Countess of Törring-Jettenbach was born on 24 May 1904
Princess Elizabeth was born at the Tatoi Palace just north of Athens, Greece, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, King George I. She was the second daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and his wife Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. Her father was a grandson of King Christian IX of Denmark, while her mother was a granddaughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia.
Princess Elizabeth had two sisters, an older sister Princess Olga and a younger sister PrincesPrincess Marina Duchess of Kent One of their paternal uncles was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, the father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (making Elizabeth and her sisters Philip's first cousins).
Her family nicknamed her 'Woolly' because of her thick, dark brown hair. Princess Elizabeth was a keen horsewoman and painter.
Elizabeth married Count Carl Theodor of Törring-Jettenbach on 10 January 1934. Elizabeth and Carl Theodor had two children:
Hans Veit Kaspar Nikolaus, Count of Törring-Jettenbach
Countess Helene Marina Elisabeth of Törring-Jettenbach
Elizabeth died of cancer on 11 January 1955 in Munich. She was 50 years old.
Είναι 119 από τότε που γεννήθηκε στις 24 Μαΐου 1904, η πριγκίπισσα ΑΒΥ Ελισάβετ της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας Κόμησσα του Törring-Jettenbach.
Η πριγκίπισσα Ελισάβετ γεννήθηκε στα Ανάκτορα Τατοΐου βόρεια της Αθήνας, κατά τη διάρκεια της βασιλείας του παππού της, Βασιλιά Γεωργίου Α΄. Ήταν η δεύτερη κόρη του πρίγκιπα Νικολάου της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας, και της συζύγου του της Μεγάλης Δούκισσας Έλενας Βλαντιμίροβνα της Ρωσίας. Ο πατέρας της ήταν εγγονός του βασιλιά Χριστιανού Θ΄ της Δανίας, ενώ η μητέρα της ήταν εγγονή του αυτοκράτορα Αλέξανδρου Β΄ της Ρωσίας.
Η πριγκίπισσα Ελισάβετ είχε δύο αδερφές, μια μεγαλύτερη αδερφή την Πριγκίπισσα Όλγα και μια μικρότερη αδερφή Πριγκίπισσα Μαρίνα Δούκισσα του Κεντ Ένας από τους θείους από τον πατέρα τους ήταν ο πρίγκιπας Ανδρέας της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας, πατέρας του πρίγκιπα Φιλίππου, Δούκα του Εδιμβούργου (κάνοντας την Ελισάβετ και τις αδερφές της πρώτα ξαδερφια του).
Η οικογένειά της την ονόμασε «Μάλλινη» λόγω των πυκνών, σκούρων καστανών μαλλιών της. Η πριγκίπισσα Ελισάβετ ήταν δεινή ιππέας και ζωγράφος.
Η Ελισάβετ παντρεύτηκε τον κόμη Carl Theodor of Törring-Jettenbach στις 10 Ιανουαρίου 1934. Η Ελισσαβετ και ο Carl Theodor απέκτησαν δύο παιδιά:
Τον Hans Veit Kaspar Nikolaus, κόμη του Törring-Jettenbach
Κόμισσα Ελένη Μαρίνα Ελισάβετ του Törring-Jettenbach
Η Ελισάβετ πέθανε από καρκίνο στις 11 Ιανουαρίου 1955 στο Μόναχο. Ήταν 50 ετών.
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corallapis · 1 year
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Vol. 1), 1918-38, entry for 14th April 1923
Saturday 14th April
We dined at three tables this evening at the Grafton Galleries, we being the Carlisles, the Prince of Wales,¹ Poppy Baring,² Mrs Coats,³ Alice Astor, Prince Henry⁴ and a little woman he is flirting [with], Prince George,⁵ Lady Alexandra Curzon,⁶ Serge Obolensky and Paul of Serbia. Paul Whiteman,⁷ an American, conducted his fabulous orchestra with intoxicating skill on hearing who was in the room. At about 11.30 the Prince of Wales decided to commandeer the band and we left . . . but where to go? We agreed on the Curzons’ house (which is closed for repairs). The Prince of Wales sent to St James Palace for a great deal of champagne: the band of twenty-eight musicians arrived and we all crept stealthily into the darkened house. But no glasses! Prince Henry and I searched the bedrooms and collected every available toothbrush glass . . . . At dawn we went out on the balcony and at last when the band was ready to collapse and we were exhausted we sadly separated. It was 7.30 Sunday morning. We walked up Pall Mall in our evening dress hunting taxis. The guard at Marlborough House⁸ recognised the young pink princes and presented arms. We have all sworn to secrecy about this hush party but I wonder how long it will be before all of London knows and gossips. I shan’t say a word.
1. Prince Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David (1894-1972), elder son of King George V and Queen Mary, created Prince of Wales 1911; succeeded his father in January 1936 as King Edward VIII, abdicated December 1936; created Duke of Windsor on his abdication; married Wallis Warfield Simpson (1896-1986), of Baltimore, in 1937.
2. Helen Azalea ‘Poppy’ Baring (1901-80), daughter of Sir Godfrey Baring Bt, and Eva Hermione Mackintosh: the Duke of York had proposed to her in 1921 but his mother, Queen Mary, had forbidden the union because of her supposed unsuitability. She was also vetoed as a bride for Prince George, whose mistress she became. She married William Piers Thursby (1904-77) in 1928. She ran a dress shop in Down Street, off Piccadilly in London.
3. Audrey Evelyn James (1902-68), daughter of William Dodge James, married in 1922 Captain Muir Dudley Coats MC (1897-1927) of the Scots Guards. Having been widowed she married in 1930 Marshall James Field (1893-1956), an American department-store heir, investment banker and newspaper proprietor. They divorced in 1934.
4. Prince Henry William Frederick Albert (1900-74), third son of King George V and Queen Mary, created Duke of Gloucester 1928; married in 1935 Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott (1901-2004), daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch.
5. Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund (1902-42), fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, created Duke of Kent 1934; married in 1934 Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906-68). Although known before his marriage to have had a number of mistresses he was also believed to be bisexual, and became one of Channon’s closest friends. He was killed on active service with the RAF when his flying boat crashed into a hillside in Caithness.
6. Lady Alexandra Naldera ‘Baba’ Curzon (1904-95), Lord Curzon’s youngest daughter by his first marriage. In 1925 she married Major Edward Dudley ‘Fruity’ Metcalfe (1887-1957), confidant and equerry of the future King Edward VIII, but conducted a number of affairs with men in high society, notably Lord Halifax, between the wars. Because of her flirtations with various fascists in the 1930s her nickname morphed into ‘Baba Blackshirt’.
7. Paul Samuel Whiteman (1890-1967) was one of America’s most famous band leaders.
8. Residence of Queen Alexandra in her widowhood.
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Royal Birthdays for today, May 2nd:
Yongle Emperor, Emperor of China, 1360
Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, 1402
Eleanor of Viseu, Queen of Portugal, 1458
Catherine II, Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias, 1729
Alberto, Prince of Naples and Sicily, 1792
Helen of Greece and Denmark, Queen Mother of Romania,1896
Faisal II, King of Iraq, 1935
Moshoeshoe II, King of Lesotho, 1938
Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, German Princess, 1975
Charlotte, British Princess, 2015
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The Queen of Greece, formerly Princess Sophie of Prussia, hides herself from a photographer on the beach at Eastbourne with a copy of The Sketch Magazine.
Either that or she finds the magazine completely absorbing. Picture shows, from left, Princess Helen, King Constantine I and Prince Alexander, 1913.
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theroyalhistory · 6 years
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Crown Prince Harold (later Carol II) and Princess Helen (born Helen of Greece and Denmark, later Queen Mother) of Romania, 1923
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