Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Carina Axelsson: June 3 & 4, 2022

[SirGyamfi1]

Very true if it the Pavlos family were there it would have been plastered on social media.

I don’t think Pavlos is close to Gustav hence the no-show or maybe the timing was an issue.

 

[HRHAmie]

Her daughter,Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Countess Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille.

Is that Alexandra’s daughter and son behind her? The male in the tux and the lady in the long navy blue dress?

 

[JR76]

Is that Alexandra’s daughter and son behind her? The male in the tux and the lady in the long navy blue dress?

Yes, that is her children.

 

[Tatiana Maria]

The short answer: Because he would have lost his inheritance had he married earlier. And no, they do not have any children.

The long answer: See this and other topics on the prince or read the first two articles on Royal Musings about the underlying issue. Or if you are interested in a more detailed version:
Castle Talk 1: The (in)famous Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Will
Castle Talk 2: New developments
Castle Talk 3: When there is an estate for grab, that's where cordial family relations end

Unfortunately, there are numerous mistakes in the linked blogposts. (Which is not the fault of the bloggers, at least with the earlier posts, as the testament remained private until 2019 and there were false reports about its content.)

The will never included a clause stating that heirs' spouses had to be Aryan or Protestant. The heirs themselves were required to be German citizens (not "Aryans") and Protestants.

The will did not leave the estate to Prince Richard's then unborn oldest son (Gustav). It stipulated reversionary succession according to the old rules of male primogeniture: Richard would own the estate for life, after which his oldest son from a noble marriage would own it for life, and so on (assuming that nobody excluded themselves and/or their descendants by marrying a non-noble, changing their religion, etc.) until the execution of the will.

Please see the following thread for information and links to the judgments quoting the will:

https://www.theroyalforums.com/foru...3-june-2022-present-49425-10.html#post2555080

The verdict dates from August if IRC, however, I am not sure whether there still was a time period for their opponent to protest/go to a higher authority that they had to wait for, for it to be fully official.

The verdict of the Hamm court of appeals on the succession dispute was issued on July 23, 2020. In theory, the decision was final, and Prince Gustav was issued with a certificate of succession to his grandfather's estate on October 30, 2020.

However, the lawyer for the other claimant, Prince Ludwig-Ferdinand, informed the media after the July 2020 ruling that he would file a case with the Federal Constitutional Court. I do not know how long it would have taken for the constitutional court to refuse to hear the case, or whether Covid-19 restrictions were in force when that happened.

No Greeks? No Natalie?
I find it a bit odd that they prefer/ focus on danish Media. They are a noble family of Berleburg in Germany after all...

Prince Gustav probably identifies as more German than Danish, but he remains a member of the Danish royal family and the son of a working member of the Danish Royal House, is close to his Danish royal cousins and visits Denmark a few times every year.