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A royal surprise in Hohenems The bride and her father
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A royal surprise in Hohenems

Photos & Copyright by a friend of mine. About 480 guests had travelled to Hohenems for the wedding of Philipp Eisl and Countess Tatiana zu Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems on Saturday 2 October 2021. The couple’s engagement was announced in April 2020. The wedding was planned for 5 June 2021, but at that date only the civil wedding […]

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The imperial wedding of George and Rebecca Photo & Copyright: Imperial Foundation
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The imperial wedding of George and Rebecca

Last modified: 1 October 2021 Later this year His Imperial Highness Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia will marry Rebecca Virginia Bettarini, at least when everything goes as planned (you never know with Covid-19 still around). Already quite a bit of news has come in. Here is an overview of the first imperial wedding to […]

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A romantic wedding in Amorbach
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A romantic wedding in Amorbach

All photos by Stefan S. and Gabi P. Prince Berthold von Baden and Nina Schröder celebrated their religious wedding on 28 August 2021. Like his sister Princess Aglaë two years ago, Prince Berthold and his bride opted to get married at Amorbach Abbey (Abteikirche), Germany. The service was led by army chaplain Sandra Mehrl and […]

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Wedding bells in Vienna
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Wedding bells in Vienna

The wonderful photos are copyrighted by my friend Gabi P. Engagement rumours already existed since April 2019 when the boyfriend of Princess Maria Anunciata of Liechtenstein, Emanuele Musini, attended the funeral of Anunciata’s grandfather maternally Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg. The same story for her sister Princess Marie-Astrid, who in 2019 seems to have become […]

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The summer wedding of Benedikt and Elisabeth
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The summer wedding of Benedikt and Elisabeth

Photos copyrighted by a friend of mine On 14 August 2021 a noble wedding took place in the beautiful baroque and catholic Pfarrkirche Heilig Kreuz (Parish Church Holy Cross) in Polling, Germany. The weather was gorgeous when Benedikt von Doderer married Elisabeth von Brauchitsch. The groom was born in 1974 as eldest child of Christian […]

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My memories – The wedding of Haakon & Mette-Marit
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My memories – The wedding of Haakon & Mette-Marit

This month it is 20 years ago that Crown Prince Haakon of Norway married Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby. It was actually my second visit to Oslo, after having stayed in a youth hostel there for the Olympic Winter Games 1994. I didn’t see much royal back then, but this time the visit was nearly totally dedicated […]

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Flaminia and Károly married in Sigmaringen
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Flaminia and Károly married in Sigmaringen

Finally after a long time there was a proper royal wedding again. At the Parish Church St. Johann in Sigmaringen Princess Flaminia von Hohenzollern married Károly Freiherr (Baron) von Stipsicz de Ternova on 26 June 2021. The wedding was originally planed for 4 July 2020, but was postponed (according to the local newspaper three times!) […]

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The bridal couple: who are George and Rebecca? Photo & Copyright: Imperial Foundation
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The bridal couple: who are George and Rebecca?

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia Born: Madrid, Spain, 13 March 1981 as son of Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia and His Royal Highness Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia (1943), who took the name of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia upon his marriage 1976 (divorce 1985). George was baptized at […]

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10 Years ago – A bride with a special veil
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10 Years ago – A bride with a special veil

On 20 November 2010 Prince Carlos de Bourbon de Parme, Duke of Parma married Annemarie Gualthérie van Weezel religiously at the Abbaye de la Cambre/Abdij Ter Kameren at Brussels, Belgium. The couple had announced their engagement on 7 October 2009, after he had proposed to her during a picnic in the park of Palace Het […]

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Rain can’t stop the bride smiling
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Rain can’t stop the bride smiling

Originally planning to marry on 30 May 2020 also Ferdinand Lovrek and his bride Countess Vittoria von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee postponed their wedding because of Covid-19. The couple got engaged in August 2019. On 26 September 2020 they finally could marry, as planned in the Parish Church St. Katharina in Wolfegg, Germany. Smaller […]

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