Queen Paola of Belgium
Queen Paola was born Princess Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria on 11 September 1937. She is the youngest daughter of Prince Don Fulco Ruffo di Calabria, 6th Duke of Guardia Lombarda and his wife Countess Luisa Gazelli di Rossana e di Sebastiano.
On 2 July 1959 Paola
married HRH Prince Albert, Prince of Liège and they have three children:
Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant (b. 1960),
Princess Astrid (b. 1962) and
Prince Laurent (b. 1963)
She is the grandmother to eleven grandchildren
Prince Max
Max-Emanuel Ludwig Maria Prinz von Bayern, sometimes styled Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria was born on 21 January 1937. Prince Max is the heir presumptive to both the former
Bavarian Royal House and the heir to the
Jacobite Succession. Prince Max's great-grandfather was the last King of Bavaria, Ludwig III. He is married to Countess Elizabeth Douglas and they have five daughters:
Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein (b. 1967), Princess Marie Caroline (b. 1969), Princess Hélène (b. 1972), Princess Elizabeth (b. 1973) and Princess Maria Anna (b. 1973)
King Harald and Queen Sonja
King Harald V of Norway was born on February 21, 1937, the son of then Crown Prince Olav of Norway (later Olav V) and Princess Martha of Sweden. Queen Sonja (née
Sonja Haraldsen) was born on July 4, 1937 and is the queen of Norway as the wife of King Harald V. Crown Prince Harald and Sonja
dated for nine years, although their relationship had been kept secret because of opposition to her non-royal status. After the Crown Prince threatened to give up his rights to the throne unless he could marry her, the Crown Prince's father, Olav V consulted the government for advice. The result was that the couple were
wed on August 29, 1968. They have two children Princess Martha Louise (b. 1971) Crown Prince Haakon Magnus (b. 1973) and four grandchildren: Ingrid Alexandra, Sverre Magnus, Maud Angelica, Leah Isadora, as well as a step-grandson, Marius Høiby.
Huge birthday celebrations are expected to celebrate the 70th anniversaries of the
King and
Queen, with representative of most Royal Houses of Europe present. This celebrations are expected to be even more magnificent then the celebrations of their
silver
Princess Birgitta of Sweden
Princess Birgita of Sweden was born on January 19, 1937 in the Haga Palace. She is the daughter of late
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten and late
Princess Sibylla of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, a granddaughter of late King Gustaf VI Adolf and sister of King Carl Gustaf XVI of Sweden. Princess Birgitta married HSH Johann Georg, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in a civil ceremony on May 25, 1961 and a religious ceremony on July 31, 1961. She is the mother of Prince Carl Christian (b. 1962), Princess Désirée (b. 1963) and Prince Hubertus (b.1966). Princess Birgita and Prince Johann George separated in 1990, though they remain legally married.
Dominic of Austria-Tuscanny
Hi & RH Dominic, Prince Imperial and
Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Prince of Tuscanny. Uncle of Count Christopher von Habsburg-Lothringen.
Karl of Hesse
HH Prince Karl Adolf of Hesse. Born 8 March, 1937. The son of Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark and Prince Christoph Erst August of Hesse-Cassel (the son of Prince Frederick of Hesse and Princesss Margarete of Prussia, who was the daughter of German Emperor Grederick III and Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom).
Prince Khalid Abdullah
Prince Khalid Abdullah,
Prince of Saudi Arabia. Born 4 May, 1937. First cousin of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. He was also the brother-in-law of the
late King Fahd. Although Khalid Abdullah is a Prince of Saudi Arabia, he often chose not to use his title in his International buisness ventures.
Prince Ludvig of Baden.
HGDH
Prince Ludwig August of Baden. Born December 5, 1937. Prince Ludvig is the brother of the Margrave of Baden.