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July 26, 1999 - It's A Girl For Iverny's Fairytale Couple

JULY 26, 1999. GAUCELIN, IVERNY— Just over a year from Iverny's fairytale wedding of the century comes the fruit of the Prince and Princess of Romilly's union: a new Princess of Iverny has been born.

DETAILS ABOUT THE BIRTH. Princess Natalie, formerly known as Natalie Herron, was admitted with symptoms of labor in the early hours of Sunday morning to West Bettany Hospital in the Rossignol neighborhood of Gaucelin. Described as one of the finest hospitals in Gaucelin, West Bettany underwent significant renovations in 1995 to increase capacity and modernize the aesthetics of the facility. The Princess is notable for choosing a public physician, Dr. Anne-Louise Giroux, to deliver her child. The yet-unnamed Princess Romilly is the first baby in Ivernian history to be delivered by a physician employed by the Ivernian Health System instead of a private doctor. Sources close to the palace said that Princess Natalie "places a lot of trust in the IHS, especially given her background, and wanted to use her position to advocate for public care."

Royal supporters began to camp outside of West Bettany after Clemons Palace announced the Princess's labor on Sunday morning. Princess Natalie's mother, Mrs. Jayne Herron, was spotted entering an alternate entrance of the hospital around 1:30pm Sunday afternoon, leading watchers to suspect that a child had been born. However, a spokesperson from the Palace stated that the Princess called upon her mother for "support" and that the arrival of a new prince or princess would be announced soon after it happened.

Sure enough, right at 7:00am on Monday, Clemons Palace issued a statement to the press, placed an easel in the palace courtyard, and uniquely, put a notice on the new Palace website. The Prince and Princess emerged from the hospital at 10:00am, holding their newborn daughter in front of a boisterous crowd tossing pink flowers and waving Ivernian flags. The clouds and rain from the previous evening had cleared, and bright, warm sunshine illuminated the happy family. Princess Natalie wore a bespoke green and floral patterned dress, accessorized with pink flats and a matching pink headband. Sources close to the Princess stated that she "chose the dress due to the blue and pink flowers, and had two pairs of shoes and two headbands ready for whichever gender the child turned out to be."

Statements of congratulations were sent from the offices of several domestic and foreign leaders, including the Prime Minister of Iverny Deirdre Lamarre, the President of Caerinion Eoghan Grádaigh, the President of France Jacques Chirac, King Louis V and Queen Irene of Sunderland, King Everard III, King of the Armoricans, and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

Top baby name odds were Frederick (10/1), Philip (10/1), or Charles (12/1) for a boy. Current top name odds for a girl are Alexandra (6/1), Augusta (8/1), Catherine (8/1), Jane (10/1), Matilda (10/1), and Frederica (12/1). Elizabeth (18/1) declined in the odds due to the association with the British monarch.

Crown Prince Richard addressed a member of the press that asked him how it felt to be a father. "The best feeling in the world," he said. "Natalie was incredible, and so is our little one." The Princess laughed in response to another question on how the labor went. "It was a lot of hard work. I'm so glad she's here." The infant princess looks to have a full head of red hair just like her mother's.

WILL SHE BE QUEEN? Of course, the excitement of a new princess is not without its controversy. Since such ultrasound technology has become available, it has become courtesy in Iverny for expectant royal parents and their medical providers not to know the gender of their child before birth. This is especially true in cases of direct succession. The Absolute Primogeniture Act failed in the Assembly in 1997 and again in 1998, with legislators citing the difficulties in "reorganizing" the royal family's line of succession to account for sisters and daughters. This was the same reasoning cited when a similar act failed in the Assembly in the 1960s and 1970s. While the infant Princess Romilly is second in line to the throne today, she could be displaced by the birth of a younger brother in the future. Still, some are celebrating the child who could become the first female heir apparent, and perhaps even Queen, in Iverny in over a century.

-Julie Archambault, staff writer, The Gaucelin Journal.

inspiration from @warwickroyals, poses by @armoricaroyalty 💙

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@armoricaroyalty and @prophetictattoo posted about recreating sims in your style and it seemed super fun so i had to try it out! so here are some of my favorite sims on simblr (from some of my favorite simmers) in my style :)

Emily Chandra and Mary Yokoyama by @armoricaroyalty

Coraline Love and Tatiana, Princess of Danforth by @warwickroyals

Stephanie Nova (a mix of her sims 2 and sims 4 versions) and Lou Corelli by @pixeldistractions

Josephine Duplanchier and Valcita Grove by @aheathen-conceivably

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sitting: Princess Helena, Princess Eustace of Greece and Denmark standing, L to R: Princess Catherine, fmr. Duchess of Ketley; The Princess Caroline; Princess Claudia, Countess Trengrove

In October 1990, Clemons Palace released a portrait photograph of the four living Princesses Royal, Helena, Catherine, Claudia, and Caroline, in honor of Princess Helena's 97th birthday.

In Iverny, the title Princess Royal was first adopted in 1655 in imitation of the English and French titles for the eldest daughter of the Sovereign. In the time since, there have been twelve Princesses Royal. Unlike in England and France, the Ivernian title may be held by multiple eligible princesses simultaneously, leading to distinctions such as Junior Princess Royal or Most Senior Princess Royal in some court documents and personal styles. Only one Princess Royal has been later appointed as Crown Princess and Princess of Romilly: Queen Augusta, daughter of King Edward IV. Princess Matilda of Romilly will be eligible for the title of Princess Royal upon her father's ascension to the throne, but as with other female heirs Queen Alexandra and Queen Jane II, she will likely be appointed Crown Princess instead.

Princess Helena was born on October 28, 1893 to the Duke and Duchess of Ettinger under the reign of her uncle, King Frederick III. Until the birth of her younger brother Arthur in 1898, Helena was third in line to the Ivernian throne. Described by historians and courtiers as quiet, stubborn, and astute, she was a close confidant to both her cousin Jane II and her brother Arthur V throughout their lives and reigns. In 1914, shortly before the start of World War I, Princess Helena converted from Catholicism to Eastern Orthodoxy and married Prince Eustace of Greece and Denmark, with whom she had five children. During the war, she worked as a nurse at the Royal Lorain Hospital, and afterwards went on to study nursing under several physicians at the Queen's Medical College of Gaucelin in the 1920s. Princess Helena retired from nursing in 1948, but went on to be the patron of several nursing programs and charities across Iverny for four decades. She passed away in 1991 at the age of 98, leaving behind eleven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

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The Princess in 1954, 1960, 1969, 1973, 1985, 2003, and 2022.

Commemorating the 73rd birthday of HRH Princess Claudia, Princess Royal. Princess Claudia was born on December 6, 1952 as the second child of King Frederick IV of Iverny and Lady Rosamund Chappell. Widely lauded as one of the most popular and hard-working members of the Ivernian Royal Family, Princess Claudia takes on hundreds of engagements per year and has been patron of over 110 charities and organizations throughout her life.

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Royal Consorts (and almost-Consorts) of the House of Lorimer

1. Charlotte (1616-1667) - Philip I 2. Henrietta (1638-1729) - Charles III 3. Anne (1668-1690) - Philip II ✻ 4. Theodora (1675-1766) - Philip II (second wife) 5. Cosima (1701-1721) - Frederick I ✻ 6. Louise (1704-1782) - Edward IV 7. Patrick (1724-1796) - Augusta 8. Adelaide (1757-1833) - Arthur IV 9. Aveline (1780-1839) - Crown Prince Charles ✻ 10. Georgiana (1781-1866) - Frederick II 11. Joan (1805-1854) - Charles IV 12. Mary Josephine (1838-1916) - Philip III 13. Elizabeth (1865-1896) - Frederick III 14. Ernest (1887-1958) - Jane II ✻ 15. Catherine (1873-1975) - Richard V 16. Frances (1897-1924) - Arthur V ✻ 17. Alice (1903-1971) - Arthur V (second wife) 18. Rosamund (1927-) - Frederick IV 19. Laura (1956-) - Arthur VI 20. Natalie (1977-) - Crown Prince Richard ✻ 21. Carys (1995-) - Matilda II ✻

✻ indicates royal consorts that were never crowned

post inspired by @warwickroyals 💙

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outtakes because i love them, featuring this AMAZING dress by @warwickroyals

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what kind of vintage cas content would you like to see this fall

edwardian formal gowns

80s/90s wedding and prom set

mod 60s formal dresses

70s romantic formal dresses

Voting ended onSep 10, 2025

whoops all formal dresses (that is what i was working on when i took a cc making hiatus). i have multiple years-old wips sitting on my computer and i'm just curious as to what people might want. i haven't made cc in a while but i'd like to get back to it! click here for the build/buy poll

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A little bit of context for today's story post: some Lorimer lore, if you will. content warnings for death and pregnancy.

Above: Formal portrait commissioned by the Palace, c. 1919, age 22. Left: Pictured c. 1905, age 8, with her parents. Right: Pictured c. 1914, age 17.

Frances, Princess of Romilly, (born Frances Elizabeth Imogen Selby; March 5, 1897 - April 11, 1924) was the first wife of King Arthur V and the mother of his three eldest children: King Frederick IV, Prince Patrick, Duke of Statham, and Prince Louis, Duke of Atteberry.

Frances Selby was born on March 5, 1897 in Maloret, Iverny to Lt. Col. James Selby and Lady Imogen Penrose, a niece of Earl Maurice Penrose, husband of King Charles IV’s fifth daughter Princess Georgia. The marriage was loving, but morganatic, and Frances was the only surviving child. 

Frances was enrolled in the Maloret Girls’ School at age six, on the insistence of her mother. She graduated in 1914 and had planned to enroll at St. Anne’s Women’s College in Lorain, but the outbreak of World War I prevented this. Frances’s father, James, was drafted into the war at age 50 for his military accomplishments in the 1889 Isle of Leonne Offensive, a brief land dispute between Iverny and the United Kingdom. His actions as a Lieutenant colonel during a 1915 Western Front battle, while directly in opposition to his superior’s commands, were responsible for saving the lives of nearly 1,200 Ivernian soldiers. He was dishonorably discharged for insubordination in November 1915, but received a pardon directly from the Queen. In January 1916, he was knighted by Queen Jane II and awarded an Augustan Cross for valor, the highest military honor in Iverny. Frances reportedly met then Prince Arthur of Ettinger, the Queen’s cousin, at this ceremony.

Prince Arthur and Frances quickly bonded over their shared love of books and reading. According to the diaries of his sister Princess Antonia, the prince reportedly gave up to thirty-three books as gifts to the young Frances, and loaned out several copies from both his personal library and the Queen’s Clemons Palace library. It did not come as a surprise to the family when Arthur asked the Queen’s permission to marry Frances in the fall of 1917. The match proved unpopular in the Assembly and amongst the Royal Family for being morganatic, especially because Arthur was second-in-line to the throne behind his father, and Queen Jane II had yet to marry and produce an heir. However, the Queen approved the marriage on the grounds that morganatic marriages, while unpopular, were not against the law, and that she “saw the deep Affection and Trust between these two young people.” This infuriated Arthur’s mother, the Duchess of Ettinger, who had been trying to arrange a marriage between Arthur and one of her Romanov relatives for years. The wedding and marriage were delayed by the Queen for months at the Duchess’s insistence as the Russian Revolution made contact with her family almost impossible. 

The Queen died unexpectedly at age 26 in November 1918 from the Spanish Flu, shocking the nation and sending the royal family into upheaval. The Duke of Ettinger ascended the throne as Richard V, and both his wife and the Assembly urged him to prohibit the marriage. The new king refused on the grounds that “continuation of the Family line is essential” and that “through all of their Hardships, Miss Selby and the Crown Prince have stayed true to themselves and steadfastly honoured the love between them. Despite her humble background, she will make a fine Queen for this nation.” The two were finally married in February 1919 at Herriot Cathedral in Gaucelin. The Princess became a dedicated patron of many of the same causes that the very popular Queen Jane II supported, such as labor and occupational safety and education, as well as several of her own, including literacy and public libraries, quickly endearing her to the skeptical public. Her popularity exploded almost overnight.

The couple’s first child, Prince Frederick of Romilly, was born in January 1920, followed by another son, Prince Patrick, in the summer of 1922. Both pregnancies and deliveries were easy and uncomplicated. When the Princess fell pregnant again in 1923, court diarists wrote that she complained often of exhaustion and chills, and was confined to bedrest for much of the pregnancy. In April 1924, the Princess went into labor. After almost eleven hours of no progress despite labor symptoms, the court physician determined that the baby was breeched and ordered a cesarean section. Court midwives desperately contested this decision, but the Princess agreed to the surgery. The child, Prince Louis of Romilly, was born healthy on April 8, 1924, and initially the Princess recovered well from the delivery. However, the next day, the Princess developed a fever and extreme fatigue, and her condition rapidly deteriorated. The Princess died on April 11, 1924 at 27 years old, three days after giving birth to her third son, from sepsis and postpartum hemorrhage. The nation, still reeling from the shock of losing Queen Jane II unexpectedly five years prior, was in shock, outrage, and disbelief, but none moreso than the Crown Prince himself.