Roanoke

Adopted by Her Majesty Queen Alexandra upon her ascension to the throne in 1802; A royal dynasty that has overseen ten rulers thus far

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January 2011

ROYALS RING IN THE NEW YEAR

King Frederick and Queen Analise threw a lavish New Years’ Eve celebration last night at Hapsburg Palace. Among notable guests invited were Sir Bartolomeo di Medici, the famed Italian writer and poet (author of the iconic 1959 short story collection Polvere e Cenere) who is a good friend of Prince Henry and Princess Louisa, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Gregory of Norway with their daughter Princess Freya, Princess Evangeline of Norway and husband Christopher Lipton-Adams, Princess Emma of Norway, husband Jonathan Solheim and children Lord Ian and Lady Vienna Solheim, Dame Theresa Magilly, six-time Academy Award winning actress and close friend of Analise, and the Prince and Princess of Monaco -  Rainier III and Juliette.

All of the King’s children were present, although the only grandchildren to attend were Princess Charlotte, Princess Grace and Prince Luca. Reportedly the older ones are celebrating with their own friends, and it has also been speculated the Crown Prince Dominic and Prince Magnus of Norway are with them as they were not present at the King’s festivities with their parents, and their cousins Princess Allegra and Prince Henrik as well.

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May 2010

PRINCE CHRISTIAN GOES ROWING

The 16-year-old future heir to the throne was seen rowing with his school team on the James River yesterday afternoon during a daily practice. The athletic prince joined the team at age 14, and has reportedly enjoyed it immensely. His boat led the team to finals last year at the 2009 National Schools Regatta.

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April 2010

SIGHTINGS

Spotted- Crown Princess Helene, Princess Louisa, Princess Flora and Princess Nicolette having brunch together at the exclusive Ritz Carlton “Le Petit Jardin” eatery. Later on the fearsome foursome accompanied their mother-in-law Queen Analise in commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Women’s Trust Foundation in Pembrokeshire.

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June 2009

A SAD DAY FOR THE ROYALS

It is with great sadness that we announce that Her Royal Highness Princess Nicolette, Countess of Essex and Princess Royal, has miscarried. She was four months pregnant. The princess is at home resting currently with her husband the Earl of Essex and the Princess Charlotte and the Prince Luca.

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November 2008

A NIGHT ON THE TOWN

Prince Henry and Princess Louisa were seen dropping their children Leopold, 14, Marco, 10, and Grace, 4, off at Luddington House yesterday evening, and briefly after that Prince Arthur and Princess Nicolette dropped off their respective children, Alexander and Isabella (10), and Charlotte (8) and Luca (7). The adults were to attend a State Banquet greeting Queen Elizabeth and Prince Gregory of Norway’s arrival to the country on their first official royal tour here.

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April 2007

A ROYAL NIGHT OUT

Crown Prince Victor and Crown Princess Helene were in attendance at the Moroccan State Banquet and Reception, which took place at Hapsburg Palace last night. They, along with the King and Queen, honored King Hassan of Morocco and his wife Princess Lalla Aman . The Crown Princess stunned in a muted dark green gown and the Fleur de Lis Tiara, also wearing her wedding bracelet given to her by King Frederick and Queen Analise -- a Roanoke heirloom that has been in the family since Queen Victoire’s time.

Also present, although not at the top table, were Prince Henry and Princess Louisa, Prince Arthur and Princess Flora, Princess Nicolette and Evan Livingston, Earl of Essex, and the King’s sister Princess Elizabeth, the Duchess of Magwood with husband Prince Andrew of Ellesley.

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March 2006

NORWEGIAN VACATION

Hapsburg Palace released a statement yesterday that Prince Arthur and Princess Flora and children Alexander and Isabella (both 8), along with Princess Nicolette and Prince Evan and their children Charlotte (5) and Luca (4) are currently visiting the Royal Family of Norway, both on official and unofficial business. They are staying at Stiftsgården Palace where Queen Elizabeth and her family reside. Undoubtedly Princesses Eleanor, Evangeline, and Emma will all come to visit with their own families, as they are all very close. Emma was in fact a bridesmaid at Nicolette’s wedding almost ten years ago. According to a palace insider, Alexander, Isabella, Charlotte, and Luca get along very well with Crown Prince Dominic (8) and little brother Magnus (5), while Princess Freya, at only 16 months, is kept under the watchful eye of her father Prince Gregory and her nannies. Princess Thea of Greece (Dominic, Magnus and Freya’s cousin, the only child of Princess Royal Eleanor and her husband Prince Philippos of Greece), Princess Allegra and Prince Henrik (Princess Evangeline’s children with commoner Christopher Lipton-Adams), and Lord Ian and Lady Vienna Solheim (Princess Emma’s children, also with a commoner Jonathan Solheim) were also frequently at the Palace with their parents, although only Allegra and Henrik really played with the Brits, being closest in age (7 and 5 respectively).

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October 2005

PRINCESS EMILIA TURNS 10

The ever lovely Princess Emilia has officially turned 10 years old today, October 21st. For her special day, Emilia had a small party at Luddington House in Pembrokeshire, where the family of five lives. Classmates were invited, and her relatives also attended. Seen arriving to the party were Prince Henry with his two sons, Leopold and Marco, and Prince Arthur and Princess Flora with twins Alexander and Isabella and their niece, Charlotte. A photograph of the princess was released by Hapsburg Palace, taken by her father at the gates of Luddington Equestrian Center, where Emilia occasionally goes to ride horses.

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90′s Throwback: Crown Princess Helene arriving at a UNESCO gala with husband Crown Prince Victor (not pictured) in April of 1991, only a month after her wedding. She wore a red pantsuit by Celine and carried a sparkly silver clutch by wedding dress designer Amanda Stacey.

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July 2005

SIGHTINGS

Spotted: Princess Flora took nieces Emilia (9) and Charlotte (5) with her daughter Isabella (7) to the Lighthouse Movie Theater in East Anglia to see a special reshowing of “Beauty and the Beast” today.

In Padley, sources report that Crown Princess Helene took her sons, Christian (11) and James (7) out to the Wildwood Amusement Park for an adventure-filled day.

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August 2004

A ROYAL VACATION

It has just been revealed that the Norwegian Royal Family has once again traveled to Great Britain, staying with our own royal family. Queen Elizabeth, aged 39 and six months pregnant, was noticeably absent, perhaps too busy in her duties as Queen, although Prince Gregory, 40, their two sons Princes Dominic (6) and Magnus (4), and Princess Emma (34) and husband Jonathan Solheim (33) with children Ian (2) and Vienna (9 months) all resided in the royals’ Irvington Cottage in the Isle of Wight for a week and a half. The families was photographed swimming together, playing golf and croquet, and even paused their holiday for official photocalls at the Woodcross Pier. Princes Dominic and Magnus spent most of their time playing with Princes Alexander and Marco and Princess Isabella (all 6), and Princess Charlotte (4) and Prince Luca (3), although they also played with the slightly older Princes Christian and Leopold (both 10). This is the third time the families have vacationed together, the previous time in Great Britain and the first time in Norway, both before Elizabeth was crowned Queen.

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July 2004

PRINCESS GRACE IS CHRISTENED

The parents: Prince Henry and Princess Louisa. The church: Saint Josiah’s in Pembrokeshire. The guests: Royalty including the King and Queen and Crown Prince and Princess, and various other invitees. The children: Princes Leopold (10) and Marco (6) dotingly attending to their baby sister, and their cousins, Christian, Emilia, James, Alexander, Isabella, Charlotte and Luca, restless and twitchy during the long ceremony. The godparents:

Ms. Elisa Macri (Italian friend of Louisa)

Lady Marguerite Watson, Countess of Azrea (family friend of the couple)

Mr. Richard Bilson (husband of Princess Alexandria’s younger daughter Alice Misseroy)

Mr. Constantijn Thakkos (former Prime Minister of Greece and a very close family friend)

A beautiful ceremony for all who attended.

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April 2004

A DAUGHTER FOR HENRY AND LOUISA

Princess Louisa gave birth to a girl last night, 30 April 2004 at Mercer Hospital in West Amberton. The baby was born at 9:14 pm and weighs 7 lbs 1 oz. Prince Henry was present for the birth, and later was seen bringing Leopold (9) and Marco (6) to the hospital to visit their new baby sister. The entire country rejoiced at the happy news.

NAMES FIT FOR A PRINCESS

Hapsburg Palace released the names of Henry and Louisa’s daughter yesterday, two days after her birth. She is to be named Princess Grace Elizabeth Julianna-- a notable departure from the couple’s history of choosing more Italian names.

One thing’s certain: the King’s children really know how to name their kids. Said royal journalist Andie Newton, “The princes and princess and their spouses always manage to pick such noble, elegant and beautiful names for their children, which flow smoothly with their middle names and their siblings’ as well. The King and Queen were not very creative in their naming, with their children’s names Victor, Henry, Arthur, and Nicolette.” In fact, the entire older generation was not very ‘creative’. The King’s sister Princess Alexandria, who married Lord Philip Misseroy of Everton, even named her son Arthur just like her nephew.

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April 2004

A DECADE FOR THE HEIR

14 April-- Prince Christian celebrated his tenth birthday today with friends in a fun filled celebration at his home in Pembrokeshire. Among the children seen at the party were siblings Emilia and James, cousins Princes Leopold, Marco and Alexander and Princess Isabella, Robbie Pinkton-Luther (son of Justine Pinkton-Luther and ex-boyfriend oil tycoon Adam diMarco), John Alton-Thorpe (Christian’s third cousin), Lady Cornelia Gillies (daughter of the Earl of Wiltonbury, Thomas Gillies), Isabella Thornton, Maxwell Horne, Ernest Fletchley, Caldonia Evans, Andrew Bilby, and Xanthippe Lewis (classmates of Christian and Leopold at Angley School). Parents were also in attendance as the children frolicked on the lawn of Luddington House, jumping in a bouncy castle, having their faces painted, and playing football.

Official photographs were also released of the royal family; the first two of just Christian, the third one of Christian with his siblings and his parents, and the fourth one of all the cousins-- Christian and Leopold sitting in the center, holding Charlotte and Luca respectively, with Marco, Alexander and James standing behind them and Emilia and Isabella kneeling on either side in matching dresses. The final photograph released shows the entire family, with the King and Queen surrounded by their children and grandchildren. The photographs were taken in Hapsburg Palace two weeks ago to commemorate Christian’s tenth birthday.

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October 2003

A SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT

The Palace has just released very unexpected news today: Princess Louisa is pregnant again with her and Prince Henry’s third child. Louisa and Henry are both 36 years old, and their first two children Prince Leopold and Prince Marco are 9 and almost 6, respectively. No one expected any more children from the couple, and the last royal birth was in 2001--Prince Luca. The baby is due in April.

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October 2001

DAWN OF A NEW ERA

Following January’s tragic passing of Norway’s King Erik V from a heart attack at the age of sixty-one, his eldest daughter Crown Princess Elizabeth Ingeborg Mary, Duchess of Løvenholm, has been crowned Queen Elizabeth I of Norway today-- the first royal coronation of the 21st century. She is the second ever Queen regnant of Norway, and the first in over two hundred years-- the last being Queen Ingeborg in 1731. The new Queen, who is 35 years old (34 at the time of her father’s death and her unofficial annunciation), has two sons with her husband Prince Gregory, Duke of Løvenholm, also 35,-- Crown Prince Dominic, 3, and Prince Magnus, 1. The young, fresh-faced family, upon appearing on the balcony of Trondheim Palace following the coronation, along with the Queen’s mother Dowager Queen Margaret and sisters, seemed to reinvigorate the Norwegian people and instill a touch of youthfulness and glamour back into the monarchy. The Queen, in a televised speech given following her father’s death, vowed: “I promise to dedicate my whole life to my country, and to remain forever in her service, a humble servant to the good people of the always majestic, honorable, and magnificent Norway, until the end of my days.”

Among the attendees--many of them future rulers of the world-- to the royalty-heavy coronation were:

Dowager Queen Margaret and her four younger daughters-

Eleanor, Princess Royal of Norway and Prince Philippos of Greece, with

Princess Thea of Greece,

Princess Evangeline and Mr. Christopher Lipton-Adams, with

Princess Allegra of Norway,

Prince Henrik of Norway,

Princess Emma and Mr. Jonathan Solheim,

and Princess Eve,

Crown Prince Constantine of Greece,

Crown Prince Hideyoshi of Japan, with

       Princess Sako,

Crown Princess Selene and Prince Ernest of French Polynesia,

Princess Saloma of Tonga,

Crown Prince Victor and Crown Princess Helene of the United Kingdom, with

              Prince Christian,  

       Prince Henry and Princess Louisa,

       Prince Arthur and Princess Flora, and

       Princess Nicolette,

Prince Abdullah of Brunei,

Crown Prince Paul of Sweden, with

       Prince Xavier and Princess Yulia, and

       Princess Maven,

Crown Prince William and Crown Princess Sarah of Denmark,

Crown Prince Joli of Bhutan,

Alfonso, the Prince of Asturias, Crown Prince of Spain, with

       Prince Juan,

Prince Hussein and Princess Ameerah of Saudi Arabia,

Princess Alexandra of the Netherlands and Lord Thomas von Hugin,

Princess Samina of Jordan,

Prince Narai and Princess Jumali of Thailand, with

       Princess Amarindra,

Marguerite, the Princess Royal of Belgique,

Hereditary Prince Rainier of Monaco, with

       Princess Hallë,

Crown Prince Theodore and Crown Princess Catherine of Mauritania,

Prince Hussein and Princess Fatima of Dubai,

Prince Mikhail of Hanover,

Princess Celine of Naples, and

Prince Armand of Rhine and Sicily

All of the above mentioned were also present at the funeral of King Erik, excluding Crown Prince Hideyoshi of Japan (abroad in East Congolo), Prince Henry and Princess Louisa of the United Kingdom (undertaking an official tour in Dominicana), Princess Maven of Sweden, and the Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

Over 100 countries sent representatives to the coronation.

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August 2001

IT’S A BOY

Princess Nicolette has given birth to a son this morning, 19 August at 4:01 am. The baby is to be named Prince Luca Gabriel Johan and weighed 8 lbs 5 oz at birth. Nicolette, 31, and her husband Evan, 34, brought their son immediately to Hilton-Cressley House for a period of relaxation.

The next day, the King and Queen and Prince Arthur and Princess Flora were seen visiting the family at their home.

The day after that, Prince Victor and Princess Helene driving their three children, Christian, Emilia and James, and Prince Henry and Princess Louisa with their two sons, Leopold and Marco, were also spotted visiting the newest addition to the family.