[VIDEO] Exiled Greek Royal Family talk about royalty in Europe

But who is Prince Philippe? Philip? Felipe? Filip? Philipp? Philippos?

It might have happened to you - or not, if you are an amazing royal watcher or you just do not care that much - to stumble into a "Prince Philippe did this..." and if you have no mention of the City/Country of action, you don't know exactly who it is. In Italy, France, Germany, The Netherlands, the name "Philip" was massively used as a regal name, such as George, Edward, John, Carl, Albert and so on. The major difference resides in the spelling according to the country. But if you read Spanish newspapers, you might have noticed that they "translate" names. No Queen Elizabeth II there, they call her "Isabel II". Yeah...

So, back at the Philips! First, top right, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the consort of Queen Elisabeth before-mentioned. Bottom right, Felipe, the Prince of Asturias, heir apparent to the Spanish throne. Bottom left, Prince Philippe, the Duke of Brabant, future King of the Belgians. And top left, he is not really (just a) Philip, but Carl Philip, brother of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and always a good reason to fit in a montage.

Second, from non-reigning houses, we have on top left Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark, son of former King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece. Top right, Philipp, prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, bottom right Prince Filip of Yugoslavia and bottom left, Philipp, Prince of Hesse.

Hope this helped a bit!

The Royal Cartoons - Greek Edition - (un)Strike a pose!

A few months ago, chez les Greeks

Princess Theodora of Greece at the 12th Annual Grammy Awards last week in Las Vegas

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Greek prince on short visit to Karachi #Pakistan #Nikolaos

Prince Nikolaos of Greece paid a short visit to Karachi on Tuesday to meet an old friend and some dignitaries, including Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad, officials told The Express Tribune.

Forty-two-year-old Prince Nikolaos was in the city on the invitation of Ghouse Akbar, the CEO of Princely Jets. “Yes, he came to see me,” Akbar told The Express Tribune on Wednesday. “It was a personal visit. He is a friend from my university days. This is all I can say at the moment.” Akbar and the prince were at Brown University. Prince Nikoloas called on Governor Ebad at the latter’s residence. “The governor told the Greek prince that Pakistan was a most suitable destination for investment due to its investor-friendly policies,” said an official handout on Wednesday.

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[Greece] Prince and Princess Nikolaos expecting first child due in 2012 #tatianablatnik

Congratulations to the expectant couple!

[VIDEO] Interview - Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece on The greek Economical Crisis

[Nathalie Sayn Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Alexander Johannsmann's wedding] Nikolaos and Tatiana of Greece

We saw them in the background of a few pictures in previous posts, while they were arriving. What a nice dress and big smiles they had!

Love to see it's real colour. I read on twitter that lighting changes everything with these nude dresses!

[Nathalie Sayn Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Alexander Johannsmann's wedding] Queen Margrethe and Queen Anne-Marie

Queens Margrethe of Denmark and Anne-Marie of Greece.

They are the sisters of Princess Benedikte, the mother of the bride

[Nathalie Sayn Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Alexander Johannsmann's wedding] CP Pavlos & Marie-Chantal of Greece

When they arrived, it was sunny. Crown Prince Pavlos and his wife, Crown Princess Marie-Chantal were followed by Pavlos brother, Prince Nikolaos and his wife, Princess Tatiana

As they left, it was raining. Here, Pavlos's sister, Princess Alexia

[The Netherlands] Princess Maxima's 40th royal birthday concert - The Greeks

Princess Marie-Chantal & husband, Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece

Princess Tatiana & Prince Nikolaos

"Strike a pose" couple ;)

Royal Births and Anniversaries in May

Births


(yes, everybody in Liechtenstein was born in May, apparently...)


May 1st
1964: Lady Sarah Chatto, niece of Queen Elizabeth II
1970: Viscountess Linley, niece-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II
May 2nd
1975: Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, niece of Queen Margrethe of Denmark
May 3rd
1978: Autumn Phillips, daughter-in-law of Anne, Princess Royal
May 4th
2009: Prince Henrik, son of Prince Joachim of Denmark
May 7th
1989: Prince Josef-Emanuel, son of Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein
May 8th
1935: Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
2003: Crown Prince Moulay Hassan of Morocco
May 10th
1978: Lalla Salma of Morocco
May 12th
1985: Princess Maria Anunciata, daughter of Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein
May 13th
1979: Prince Carl Philip of Sweden
2000: Lukas Marie von Lattorff, son of Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein
May 14th
2002: Margarita Armstrong Jones, grandniece of Queen Elizabeth II
May 15th
1957: Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, sister of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
1981: Zara Phillips, daughter of Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
May 16th
1969: Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein
May 17th
1971: Princess Maxima of the Netherlands
May 18th
2001: Prince Alfons, son of Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein
2008: Prince Benedikt, son of Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein
May 24th
1995: Prince Joseph Wenzel, son of Prince Alois of Liechtenstein
May 25th
1966: Princess Laurentien, wife of Prince Constantijn of Orange-Nassau
May 26th
1968: Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
May 27th
2003: Prince Moritz, son of Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein


Anniversaries


May 14th
1962: Juan Carlos I of Spain married Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark in Athens
1999: Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein married Marie von Kalnoky in Vaduz (civil)
2004: Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark married Mary Donaldson in Copenhagen
May 17th
2001: Prince Constantijn of Orange married Laurentien Brinkhorst (civil)
2008: Peter Phillips married Autumn Kelly
May 19th
2001: Religious wedding of Prince Constantijn of Orange and Princess Laurentien
May 24th
2008: Prince Joachim of Denmark married Marie Cavallier

Who will be the next pregnant royal lady?

Well, as almost all royal houses have given us 15 years of lavish and emotional weddings, we have less and less people to get married and more and more couples we are waiting to see grow a family. Because this is what we expect from the royal peeps: find the amazing girl, give her the amazing ring, showcase it during an amazing engagement interview, tease us for months with an amazing wait and weight loss until the ceremony, throw an amazing wedding, go on an amazing honeymoon (not all of them, but most of them) and then... in a few months, get us in a frenetic and less amazing baby watching mood.

So here are the young (and not so young) couples we want to see get pregnant and have lovely babies with royal genes before 2015.

Non European Houses

Japan

I do not think "pregnancy" and "Japan" meshes well together. Let's leave Masako alone.

Jordan

With four kids, I have nothing to ask Queen Rania in this field. And I am not that familiar with all the other members of the Hashemite house.

Qatar

Sheikha Mozah has 7 kids (kids... cof cof... they are older than me) and - at least - 11 grandchildren. I think we are good there.

Saudi Arabia

Does that lovely princess I just discovered yesterday have children? Would love to know.

Non-reigning European Houses

Greece

Princess Marie-Chantal gave Crown Prince Pavlos five kids in 12 years and Princess Alexia has had four with Carlos Morales from 2002 to 2007. I think we are done here and God bless their souls. Now, you, Princess Tatiana, welcome to the family, hope you are enjoying it very much, solo with handsome Prince Nikolaos. But clock is ticking and you have at least four or five kids to deliver in the next ten years to keep up with the pace of the Greek Royal family. Do not fail on us. Little suggestion: start soon and you will be done by 2021.

Reigning European Houses

Belgium

Mathilde and Philippe have four children, amazing Astrid and Lorenz have five and younger prince Laurent did a 2 in 1 catch with his twin boys and has three children. I think that with 12 fresh and young grandchildren, King Albert II and Queen Paola can rest assured that their name will continue for several generation, Belgium existing as a united country or not.

Denmark

I do not know why, but I feel Mary and Frederik will have a fifth child. But not now. Maybe in six or seven years.

I am sure Prince Joachim is happy enjoying his three boys but Marie and him just got married three years ago, have a lot to live together and am sure they would love to have more children. So I guess, sooner than later, maybe in two or three years, Marie will make such an announcement and we'll have a fourth boy or a first girl for our beloved Joachim. Beckham style.

Liechtenstein

Hans-Adam is the head of the state but his son Alois is taking care of the house. The Liechtensteiners are a bit like the Greek: they go for the big numbers when we count the children. Hans-Adam himself, has four children. Alois, his first, has four. Maximilian has a 10-year-old boy, Constantin has three kids and Tatjana - let's breathe - has had 6 kids since year 2000. Oh Tatjana, God bless YOU! So... I do not see anyone expecting a new one anytime soon. But you know what they say, 7 is a very good and lucky and biblical number...

Luxembourg

To be pretty honest, the Luxembourgers are serious contenders for the "let's get them married" awards (need to write a POST) more than this post right here. Of course, we have precocious Prince Louis and wife, Princess Tessy who already started having children in their youth, but they are all pretty young and unmarried. Therefore, let's get Guillaume and Felix married quickly and come back to update this thread somewhere before 2015.

Monaco

Well, Charlene, I know you didn't even get married yet, but from July on, you have 15 months to get pregnant before PAII is forced to adopt Andrea as his successor. Ahhh... kidding, no pressure. But please, have babies. So that Albert can prove us he can introduce us to babies once they are born and not when they already walk or are on their way to college.

The Netherlands

Pfffffffffff.... I do not see anyone getting knocked up in here. Maxima, Laurentien and Mabel seem to be FINE just the way they are with their 3-3-2 strategy.

Norway

Mette-Marit and Märtha-Louise are busy. But I would see the first have a fourth one in less than five years. But I am less confident in this bet than on the one that Mary and Fred will go for a fifth.

Spain

Cristina already said no way Jose, she is fine with her quartet. Elena is divorced and Letizia... I do not see Letizia having more children. She lost the race with Mary - as they seemed to be in tremendous synchro in the first five years of their married life - but things changed now and we will have Leonor and Sofia FTW.

Sweden

VICTORIA VICTORIA VICTORIA.

United Kingdom

CATHERINE CATHERINE CATHERINE.

And Zara.

And Autumn. Bis.

[The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's Wedding] Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece rocks her boat

Marie-Chantal of Greece rocked an amazing hat for this wedding. Here, we can see her with her gorge husband Crown Prince Pavlos and her older son Prince Constantine Alexios, who is one of Prince William's godsons.

[Pre-wedding Dinner] Crown Prince Pavlos and Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece

source of the photos: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images

Royal weddings from the past - King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie (1964)

Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark and her triple third cousin, Crown Prince Constantine of Greece, Prince of Denmark married on September 18th, 1964 (two weeks after Anne-Marie's 18th birthday) in the Metropolis, the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Athens.

To know more about their incredible love story, click here.

Royal weddings from the past - King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia (1962)

Then Princess Sophia holding both her new husband and brother (former King) Constantine's arms.

Juan Carlos was married in Athens at the Church of Saint Dennis on May 14th, 1962, to Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark, daughter of King Paul. She was Greek Orthodox but converted to Roman Catholicism in order to become Spain's queen. Her name is now styled as Queen Sofia.

Juan Carlos and Sofia are fluent in several languages. They both speak Spanish, English, and French. The king also speaks fluent Italian and Catalan. Unlike the queen, Juan Carlos does not speak any German, nor her native language, Greek, a fact he allegedly regrets.

The style and elegance of Prince Nikolaos and Princess Tatiana at Danish christening

Prince Nikolaos married Tatiana Blatnik in August 25th, 2010. We covered the event here. They were here pictured attending twin princes Josephine and Vincent's christening in Denmark two weeks ago.

Did you know that Nikolaos is very close to his cousin Frederik and was even with him when he first met Mary? Click here to read the story.

I really love her style in these pictures. Seems like married life is agreeing with them.

Okay, enough with my cheesy comments.

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[Christening] Prince Nikolaos and Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark

Here is a couple I had not seen in a long time. I guess since... their lavish wedding back in August. Prince Nikolaos attended his cousin CP Frederik's twins' christening with his adorable wife, Princess Tatiana. I am still absolutely bedazzled by her style in this photograph. No wonder she worked for years in the fashion industry.

BTW, pregnancy announcement soon?