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I have always been very interested in the relationship between the British royal family and the Habsburgs, but there is not much info about this topic. I wonder if Otto had ever met with the Queen or were there any condolences from the royal family other than Marie Christine?

Unfortunately we were not discussing the countess in more details, I only remember that she had mentioned that the countess was a down to Earth person and not shy to use "colorful language"...:ohmy:

And this...

Sorry, this is the missing quote I was replying to.

Sure it can be perceived as "only hearsay" since we were not there. But I happened to know a great Hungarian lady in London (unfortunately she had passed away a few years ago) who had personally known Countess Szapary, a fellow Hungarian. She had told me that the Countess was not shy to use...

Well, it seems that she really has bad luck with her dresses. We all remember that famous photo in Venice, where the back of her dress was lifted up by the light breeze...:-)

Last years of Zita The other day I passed through the sleepy Swiss village of Zizers, close to Chur, where Empress Zita had spent her years from 1962 till her death in 1989. St. John's Abbey is a retirement home, where she had a small apartment on the second floor. The building is unassuming, a...

You're right, fairly new to the site, but not to the topic...:-)

From the begining till the end My next excurtion took me to Burg Habsburg, in a village called Habsburg, in Kanton Aargau. The first castle was built around 1020 by Radbot Habsburg, and this place became the origin of the later mighty dynasty. The family lost this place in the 15th century to...

Schloss Wartegg, Rorschachberg, Switzerland Taking advantage of currently living in Switzerland, I visit the Habsburg related places. This is how I got to the picturesque Rorschachberg by the Lake Boden, where Schloss Wartegg can be found. Built in 1558, got into the possession of the...

Cousins Many thanks for the missing link, they are 4th cousins indeed. Have to get used to the fact that aristocrats tend to call "cousin" everyone...:-)

Habsburg-nazi relations The anti-nazi stance of the Habsburgs is a well know story, Otto, Zita and the family escaping the advancing Germans, etc. I wonder if there is any information, how Empress Zita reacted to the news that her daugter in law, Regina Saxe-Meiningen's father, Prince George...

Szapáry-Hesse relations The mother of Princess Michael of Kent (née Baroness Reibnitz) was Mária Szapáry, a Hungarian countess. Princess Irina von Hesse's mother is Yvonne Szapáry. I read in an article that Princess M of K and Princess Irina are cousins, but I can't seem to be able to thread...