July 4, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Queen Sonja of Norway   {1937}

Prince Michael of Kent   {1942}

Princess Chulabhorn Walailak of Thailand   {1957}

The Hon. Mark Lascelles   {1964} (1st cousin-once-removed of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)

Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Saud of Saudi Arabia   {1983}

Princess Irina of Prussia   {1988}

Princess Rayet Al Noor bint Al Hashim of Jordan   {2008}

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT

Andrea Casiraghi & Tatiana Santo Domingo   {2012} 


ROYAL & ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS

Prince Sehzade Mehmed Abdul Kadir Efendi of the Ottoman Empire & Irene Mer Hanim Efendi   {1924}

Camilla Shand & Andrew Parker Bowles   {1973} [divorced 1995]

Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orleans-Braganza & Maria de Fatima Lacerda Rocha {1974}


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

King Oscar I of Sweden + Norway (1844-1859)   {1799}

King Taufa’ahau Topou IV of Tonga (1965-2006)   {1918}

DEATH

Archduke Otto of Austria, Crown Prince of Austria, Hungary, Croatia + Bohemia   {2011}