Royal Families of France

[Beatrice]

thank you both.

[Next Star]

Now who is the head of the house of Orleans I was wondering about that?

[Warren]

Next Star, we already have a thread devoted to that topic, here.

[Benjamin]

Here is a video of the 90th birthday celebrations of the late Comte de Paris:
Video 90 ans du Roi Henri VI - 90, ans, roi, henri, Paris - Dailymotion Share Your Videos

[charlottestreasures]

Are my eyes deceiving me or did I notice prince Charles-Philippe of Orléans in a photo taken at the Danish Hunt?

[rosou]

Originally Posted by Warren

How can a M. Dessault have a son born an HRH? This makes no sense, and reinforces the need to treat some Wikipedia entries with extreme caution.

The entry in wikipedia doesn't say they are HRH. This mistake was made by the poster, not by wikipedia. The obviously aren't TRH.

[Marengo]

Princess Chantal of France has a 3rd grandchild, her daughter Kildine de Sambucy de Sorgue and Antoine Stevenson got a second child, Sarah. The baby was born on November 13th. The couple's 1st child, Jean, was born in Zambia in 2007.

Not even 2 months ago princess Chantal's second grandchild was born (on Sept. 21st), Côme de Sambucy de Sorgue, 1st child of her son Alexandre de Sambucy de Sorgue and Anne-Cécile Berteau.

[iceflower]

Baron Francois-Xavier de Sambucy and Princess Chantal de France
arrive at the Academie Francaise during which Jean-Loup Dabadie
was admitted as a new member of the Academie Francaise in Paris,
France, March 12, 2009

** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 **

[iceflower]

Princess Beatrice d'Orleans arrives at 'Conde Nast Traveler 2009'
awards, held at Jardines de Cecilio Rodriguez on March 23, 2009
in Madrid, Spain.

** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 **

[Marengo]

Thats iceflower. Does princess Beatrice live permanently in Spain, and if so since when? As both her daughters married Frenchmen in Villamanrique de la Condesa I guess she must have been living there even before 1993 (when princess Clothilde married)?

[maria-olivia]

The picture of Beatrice d' Evreux shows she used too much botox..sorry for her.

[Marengo]

The countess of Evreux received the Legion d' Honeur:

La légion d’honneur pour la comtesse d’Evreux | Noblesse & Royautés

[iceflower]

Princess Chantal de France, Baron Francois-Xavier de Sambucy,
Prince Michel de France and Donia Isabelle at the "Soirée du
Cercle Montherlant" at the Jockey Club, Paris, France, April 22:


** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 **

[iceflower]

Princess Chantal de France and Baron Francois-Xavier de Sambucy
attend a charity event for the organisation "Parole d'Enfant" at the
Theatre des Champs-Elysee, Paris, France, April 28, 2009

On the third pic Princess Chantal greets Bernadette Chirac, on the
fourth pic you can see Princesse Claude de France who also attended
the event:

** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** Pic 4 **

[Warren]

The woman in the RH background of pic 4 looks like Duchess Sophie of Württemberg.

[Marengo]

From our blog:

Princess Beatrice d’Orleans Gives Interview to ‘Tiempo’


Princess Beatrice d’Orleans, countess of Évreux, gave an interview to the Spanish magazine ‘Tiempo’ this week. The princess was born as Beatrice Pasquier de Franclieu, daughter of Bruno de Pasquier de Franclieu, count de Pasquier de Franclieu and Jacqueline Térisse, born in 1941. She married prince Michel of Orleans in a low-key ceremony in Casablance, Morocco on 18 November 1967. Her husband’s father, the late count of Paris, was against the marriage, as he wasn’t too impressed by Beatrice’s noble background (or the lack of it). The couple had difficulties in finding a priest who dared to marry them, as the count made his disapproval well known.
The marriage between Beatrice and prince Michel didn’t last however, the couple seperated in 1994, though they never divorced. After the separation the princess moved to Spain, where she still lives. In the interview with ‘Tiempo’ princess Beatrice says that it was a love match but after 30 years she grew tired of her husband and thew him out of the house. The prince was unemployed so the princess had to start working, and as a man of his generation prince Michel found it difficult to deal with that. Before the seperation the couple lived in germany, Morocco and in the UK and got four children.
The princess also tells ‘Tiempo’ that she still has a title because she is not divorced, but a divorce would mean that she would get another title as she is the mother of French princes. The princess might refer to the situation of her sister-in-law, who became duchess of Montpensier after she divorced the present head of the French royal family. The princess says she received the legion d’honeur and the French republic did her a great favor by simply naming her Beatrice Pasquier and not as Beatrice d’Orleans.h t
The rest of the article deals with the life of princess Beatrice in Spain and she also promotes a macrobiotic clinic for which she is working. The princess also reveals that she buys clothes at Zara as well, but that her favourite designer is Dior. In the evening she won’t wear anything else!
Read the interview in Spanish in the online edition of ‘Tiempo’ here.

[maria-olivia]

I wish the Duc and the Duchess of Vendome to be happy and may they have a lot of children.. the duke is not that young.
No news about the Duchess of Montpensier. I wonder if back of their honeymoon they will take pictures with her and if the new Duchess will wear again her wonderful dress.

[iceflower]

Princesse Chantal de France, François-Xavier de Sambucy de
Sorgues and the Comte and the Comtesse de Paris (pic 3) at
the exhibihion "Unique by Edeenne", Paris, France - 02/06/2009.


** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 **

[Warren]

The Duke and Duchess d'Orléans attended the birthday concert
for Prince Henrik's 75th birthday in Copenhagen, June 10, 2009.

---> pic
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[maria-olivia]

They certainly see each other when the RF is on holiday in the south of France.