Prince Louis will become a father!

[drimal]

I have some very important news for you, an article I found today in my newspaper Luxemburger Wort (therefore I start a new thread ):

Announcement from Lord Chamberlain:

Offspring on royal court
First grandchild of the Grand Ducal couple
As the Grand Ducal Lord Chamberlain announced on Wednesday, Prince Louis and his girl-firend Tessy Anthony are expecting a child in spring of next year. The young people are a couple for over a year now, but don't want to marry soon. The parents of the prince and his companion are giving assistance to the upcoming parents, as it was announced further on.
Prince Louis is the third son of Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa. He celebrated his 19th birthday on 3d August. The younger brother of Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Prince Félix finished his education this year on a secondary school in Switzerland. The offspring will be the first grandchild of the Grand Ducal couple Henri and Maria Teresa.

[hania]

oh my god, he is so young, must be an accident!!!!

[ladybelline]

Yes! Article confirming the pregnacy (in FRench) from Archivesgotha:

http://www.tageblatt.lu/edition/arti...rticleId=40202

They are both very young! I hope all will be fine for them and the baby!!

[Josefine]

so any info on the girl?

[drimal]

Originally Posted by Josefine

so any info on the girl?

It was a well-guarded secret! I guess it was an accident.

There have been rumours about Felix becoming a father in July in this forum; perhabs that was the story of Prince Louis and some people have misunderstood something.


Below a picture from Prince Louis and his companion Tessy Anthony:

[IamLaura]

shocking ! I wish this young couple all the love and best guidance trough this pregnancy and upcoming birth of their first child.Gosh, I didn't expect this kind of royalty news today....

[magnik]

Oh God! Well......it happens. I hope that everything will be o.k. with baby and parents and their future :)



Btw. what about right of succession this un-birth child?

[Danielane]

Oh my God! They are so young...
I wish them all the happiness of the world.

[Mahoogie]

Whoaaa..I cant believe this, Prince Louis is just 19 and so young to start a family.. ..I've heard there are no marriage plans yet,so the child might be born out of wedlock ( and no title??),..I wonder what the Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess thought about the situation..I mean this thing happens to anyone, but they are a royal family..Anyways, just wanna send my warm wishes to the future parents and grandparents.. :) :)..

[msfroyste]

hmmmm, interesting. perhaps the names got mixed up and it really wasn't felix after all. kinda shocking though considering louis' age. i wish them all well. goes to show you, ppl are ppl, royalty or not. thanks for the link drimal.

[liv]

Oh my god,that´s a strange news!I´m 19 myself and I can´t imagine to have a baby soon. Does anyone know how old the mother is?

[msfroyste]

i believe she's 20. still quite young to be having a baby. i wonder if they'll get married later on, a la prince jean and helene vestur? wonder how gd jean is reacting and what j-c would say? she's probably rolling over in her grave.

[Hannelore]

Silly silly couple, it's not easy to have children when you're not yet a real adult yourself. Their young carefree lives are over now, and it won't be easy, a child is a huge responsability.

[ladybelline]

I think they will marry but later.

The baby is apparently due for March 2006: http://www.352.lu/

[Jose]

Wow he is young and his first child. Grand Dukes Henri and Grand duchess Maria Tereas be grandparents. Grand Duke Henris father is Jean 84 year great grandfather.Royal family on four generationer 2005/06.Three generations:Louis,Henri,Jean is living on three generations 2005 year....become baby his first great grandchildren.

[liv]

To be honest: It will be much easier for them to upbring the baby so young as for normal people.They don´t have to care about the money,their house.they will have nannies if they need and so on. So you can´t compare it to normal people who gets a child in the age of 19/20.Fortunately it seems that also his parents will support them and are looking forward to be grandparents after the first schock.:)

[Virnabrisa2000]

Since they gave the information ,se has he/she seen the Dukes?

[Danielle]

This news certainly comes as a surprise. They're so young. He's only a little bit older than me, and he's going to be a father. It's going to be really tough on them, but I'm sure they will have lots of support from their families and friends.

[Regina]

Congratulations to the future parents!! :) I'm sure they will have many persons supporting them.
Anyway I think they should marry, I know they are both young, but I think it would be the best for them and for the baby.

[Danielane]

Originally Posted by Regina

Congratulations to the future parents!! :) I'm sure they will have many persons supporting them.
Anyway I think they should marry, I know they are both young, but I think it would be the best for them and for the baby.

Oh, I'm not sure. If they marry for the baby without being sure they would have marry if the baby hadn't be here, it's too much pressure to put on a new born to be the "cause" of his parents's marriage.