“ you know, i haven’t been here long and i’m ALREADY bored. “ xiuying couldn’t imagine the royals that had been here for years. she twirled the paper straw in her drink just to hear the ice clink around, before she leans in and rests her chin in her hand, and cocks her head. “ hey, tell me, how aren’t you arranged yet ?? i really don’t think it’s FAIR. you’re nicer than i am. “ she pretends to pout.
in PART ONE our special edition of THE ROYAL TIMES released this week, we chose to explore the inspiring faces of the lgbtq+ community from the royal families around the world. from guatemala to south korea to egypt and beyond, we’re shining the spotlight on royals that break the mold.
we’re presenting ten different covers this month, each with a different LGBT royal gracing our magazine, alongside a round table chat with all ten together. we’re aiming to cover the issues that lgbt royals still face and the ways in which their situations can improve - both domestically and internationally.
to learn more about this project, read below…
MICHAEL EOIN UI BRIUIN AI, the crown prince of ireland, shares a small look his relationship with the son of the president of america and a rare glimpse into his family’s thoughts on his very public coming out. spoiler alert: we sense some tension. / @mchaeleicn
YI SEONHYE “SABRINA”, the princess of south korea, shows us her true colors: rainbow! she’s decided to use this issue of the royal times as an official coming out to the world, and we love to see it. alongside that, she shares her thoughts on playing for both teams in the royal sphere. / @imperialsabrina
NATASJA KATARINA MAGNUSDOTTIR, the (maybe) crown princess of iceland, reveals that there’s wedding bells in her future, confirming the rumor that she’s gearing up to marry vita asturias in the gay wedding of the century in the next calendar year. / @nctasja
AMON MUSA, the crown prince of egypt, tells us of the times he’s loved and lost, and his biggest regrets in regards to the scandal that rocked the egyptian royal family almost a decade ago and how differently things could have gone now. / @amonmusa
VITA ASTURIAS, the princess of guatemala, explains the way she’s handling being in the spotlight as she prepares for her upcoming marriage, and how embracing that there are unknown variables has made her into a better princess. / @vitasturias
❝ You look like you enjoy being here as much as I do. ❞ Chai commented nonchalantly. ❝ If we stand close-ish together that might deter people from trying to engage in foolish conversations with us. ❞ There was only so much nonsense the Thai could tolerate without being rude. He was close to not being able to hold back snarky comments.
“ I hope you had a pleasant Eid Mubarack, I’m sorry I couldn’t attend the celebration thrown by your sister. We had a couple of parties ourselves back in Belgium.” ( @amonmusa )
what dynamics do you want to see that don't exist?
i’m a HUGE sucker for a good opposites attract trope !!! who better to bring a little sunshine into the melancholic life of AMON than our LEONOR ?? i say it’s time to move on from a duchy to a KINGDOM. i’d also love to see enemies begrudgingly turned to friends, where both are in denial, or two lone wolves that are lonely together !! i miss my TRIO of bros, so how ‘bout it ? or a can’t live with them, can’t live WITHOUT them dynamic ?? show me a couple of intergenerational dynamics —— ASTRID and... ROMAN ? i don’t know where, i don’t know WHY but i need to see it. i haven’t gotten enough of my le rosey GIRL SQUAD so, COCO, KARO, INARI — please ? and on the topic of badass females, give me more of our hot MOMS club !! we’re gonna need two more seats for MILENA and FEMKE please !!!