Dutch Prince's Prognosis – Permanent Brain Damage...

On 24 February, it was announced that His Royal Highness Prince Johan Friso of The Netherlands has “… permanent brain damage and may never regain consciousness…," according to Wolfgang Koller, head of ICU and Trauma Center, The comments were made during a press conference at Innsbruck University Hospital in Innsbruck, Austria.

As you may remember, Prince Friso was struck by an avalanche last Friday,  while skiing in Lech, Austria.  The second son of Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and the late Prince Claus was buried alive for — what has now been confirmed — 25 minutes.  The search and rescue team who found Prince Johan Friso tried desperately for 50 minutes to resuscitate him.  They succeeded; however, because the Prince Friso lacked oxygen for 25 minutes his brain was permanently damaged.

At this time, the Dutch royal family are looking for a rehabilitation center for Prince Friso in the Netherlands.

All very sad news indeed!

 Prince Friso and his wife Mabel attending the wedding of his cousin the Duke of Parma.

The Audacity of It All!

For this story is actually rather sad...

Prince Carl Alexander of Hohenzollern, only son of the late Prince Emanuel of Hohenzollern and of his one-time wife Princess Katharina of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, has married a third time.
 
Emanuel and Katharina were the parents of Carl Alexander and of his sister Eugenia, who married a truck driver by the name of Alexander Sautter and used to be a shoe saleswoman in a small German town. (Not that retail is not a fulfilling profession, but for a royal princess with her background, it is a tad shocking!)

The groom's elevator doesn't reach the top floor...it never has. He was previously married to Frau Angela Stöltze, nearly 30 years his senior. His second wife was a girl from Georgia, Azlet Temurowski, but the marriage was annulled after six weeks, much to the unsuspecting bride's delight, one must wonder. Now, the daring, love-filled groom, has married a third time. His new bride is a Congo-born 21-year old by the name of Corinna Nehemie.

For some time Carl Alexander, a man without career or education to speak of, has been living under the roof of the last husband of Zsa-Zsa Gabor, the soi-dissant "Prince" Friedrich von Anhalt, who is not an Anhalt nor a prince since he purchased an adoption from an impoverished Anhalt princess who would accept money for adoptions. Lovely is it not...

An exclusive was sold to German magazine BILD, that nation's version of the National Enquirer (Dave...my smelling salts please!)...surely an escapade to raise money for the faux prince and the idiot Prince.

How sad...What some royalties have degenerated into!


To add insult to injury, the groom, his sponsor and the bride expect us credible news organizations to attend a "press conference!' REALLY...

Vraiment desolé!

Further reading:

http://www.bild.de/n...04640.bild.html

©Volker Correll

+ Infanta donha Maria Adelaide of Portugal (1912-2012)

The Duke of Braganza, Head of House Portugal, has announced the passing of his centenarian aunt, the Infanta donha Maria Adelaide of Portugal.

May She rest in Peace...

The Prince of Wales attends The Prince's Trust's Invest in Futures Gala Dinner

23rd February 2012
The Prince of Wales was joined by Cheryl Cole, Jools Holland, Lulu, Michael McIntyre and Alison Moyet at a gala dinner tonight to raise funds for his charity The Prince's Trust.
The annual Invest in Futures event, supported by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, took place at The Savoy and saw the financial community demonstrate its support for more than a million unemployed young people in the UK today.

Cole appeared on stage with McIntyre to announce one of the auction lots during the charity dinner - an afternoon tea for four with Cole at a top London hotel.

The singer set up The Cheryl Cole Foundation last year, helping support The Princes Trust and disadvantaged young people in the North East.

She said: "This afternoon tea is a fun way to raise money for a charity close to my heart. I am a huge fan of the work of the Prince's Trust. My Foundation is supporting the work of the Prince's Trust in the North East, helping young people from my part of the world to get their lives on track. It's a really difficult time for young people at the moment."

The Prince said: "One of the people who's here this evening, to whom I owe an awful lot, I think, is Cheryl Cole, who has been kind enough to come this evening and apart from anything else, to offer herself as an auction prize, but only for tea."

The dinner was attended by hedge fund leaders and global financiers. It is hoped they will unite the financial services industry to invest in disadvantaged young people, helping them become economically active.

Other celebrity supporters of the Trust pledged their support by offering auction lots including a trip to the American Idol finale in Los Angeles and a day behind the scenes at the Downton Abbey set.

Dame Helen Mirren donated an evening dress which she wore to the Nobel Peace Concert in Oslo and Sir Peter Blake pledged a limited edition signed piece of artwork.

 http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/newsandgallery/news/the_prince_of_wales_attends_the_prince_s_trust_s_invest_in_f_181128151.html

The Swedish Name is Out...Most Non-traditional!

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel's firstborn, who will most likely succeed to the Swedish throne after her mother, has been named: Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary.

The choice, if I may say so, is most un-conventional...then again we are witnessing the transformation of monarchy from a traditional institution to one that has boarded the unconventional bandwagon in order to stay with the times.

 Smelling salts anyone...

Crown Princess Victoria and her Baby Daughter Leave Hospital

Crown Princess Victoria and her baby daughter, accompanied by Prince Daniel, have left Karolinska Hospital!

©Swedish Royal House

More on the Swedish Royal Birth!

STOCKHOLM — Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria gave birth to her first child Thursday, a baby girl who will one day become queen, prompting banner headlines and 21-gun salutes across the country.

The news gave the royal family a respite from the negative headlines that have dogged King Carl XVI Gustaf, Victoria's father, after a 2010 book made scandalous claims about his private life.
 
The girl, who is second in line to the Swedish throne, was born at 4:26 a.m. (0326 GMT), said Victoria's husband, Prince Daniel. She was 20 inches (51 cms) long and weighed 7.23 pounds (3.28 kg).

Both the crown princess and the baby are "doing very well," an emotional Daniel told reporters who had waited for the announcement all night at the Karolinska University Hospital in the Stockholm suburb of Solna.

"My feelings are a bit all over the place," he said, switching to English mid-sentence.
"When I left the room, the little princess was sleeping on her mother's chest and they were looking very cozy," he continued in Swedish, folding his arms as if cradling a baby.

Victoria, 34, is next in line to the throne held by her father since 1973. Sweden changed the constitution in 1980, three years after Victoria was born, to allow the eldest heir to inherit the throne regardless of gender. Before that female heirs were excluded.

Continue reading...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120223/eu-sweden-royal-birth/

Royal Birth in Sweden – It's a Girl!

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden welcomed today a baby girl!

Press Conference at Karolinska Hospital – Stockholm

Prince Daniel of Sweden is about to give a press conference regarding the birth of his first child!

http://www.aftonbladet.se/

Swedish Royal Birth – Prince Daniel of Sweden to Meet the Press at 700am!

2012-02-23

Prins Daniel möter media / Prince Daniel will meet with media

 

Prins Daniel möter media idag den 23 februari klockan 07.00 i Karolinska sjukhusets aula Nanna Svartz.Nanna Svartz aula nås via Karolinska sjukhusets huvudentré.
  
Presslegitimation erfordras för inpassering till aulan.
In English:
  
On the occasion of the royal birth, Prince Daniel will meet with media today at 7 am in the Nanna Svartz auditorium at Karolinska hospital, Stockholm.
  
The Nanna Schvartz auditorium is located in the main building at Karolinska hospital, reached via the main entrance.