General Information & Questions about the Luxembourg Grand Ducal Family 1, 2004-Sep 2025

[winona]

Questions about the Luxembourg Grand Ducal Family

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[carlota]

the height of guillaume and felix? felix must be around 1.70 - 1.75 metres and guillaume may be between 1.68 and 1.70 metres...

 

[winona]

But i think Guillaume is about 175-176 and Felix is 180-183~

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

But Guillaume looks much shorter than Felix.

 

[carlota]

yes, he is much shorter than felix...

however, i think that 1.80 is too much for felix...

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

If only they published stuff like this!

 

[carlota]

that's true... the information about lux royals is somewhat poor...

 

[bad_barbarella]

i know guilliaume will be the grand duke and his future wife will be the grand duchess... what happens to felix and the other children, do the have royal duties for life... will the people they marry become princess or a prince...

 

[carlota]

yes, the people who they marry will be prince or princess of luxembourg and nassau. however, there aren't many official duties for the princes.

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Are there any books out about them?

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

I'm guessing that their children won't be princes or princesses

 

[carlota]

their children will also be princes or princesses of luxembourg and nassau, although they are forced to 'abdicate' their rights of succession because they marry an unsuitable person (as happened with prince jean, who married helena vestur).

 

[hillary_nugent]

I was wondering to the Luxembourg Royals what is deemed 'acceptable' ? Other royals like well? or rich people?

 

[bad_barbarella]

they are the only royal family kids i know that just want to be normal... i heard somewhere there hobbies include the internet lol how funny if they read this stuff hehhehehe

 

[lizjackamerican]

Just wondering, what are some yearly events that the Grand Ducal family, esp. Guillaume, attends every year?

 

[Isabel]

their children will also be princes or princesses of luxembourg and nassau, although they are forced to 'abdicate' their rights of succession because they marry an unsuitable person (as happened with prince jean, who married helena vestur).

What was the problem with Helena Vestur?

 

[carlota]

i don't think his parents didn't like her, but their first daughter was born before the marriage.

 

[hillary_nugent]

What was the problem with Helena Vestur?

Who is she?

 

[carlota]

jean of luxembourg JR 's wife...

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

I heard that they are divorced, but don't quote me on that.

 

[Karajan]

Hey !!!

Hi everybody !
No, sorry, I'm still here, but busy with my work (I'm a violinist and I often travel. And moreover, my boyfriend is a conductor, so, we are always on the road.). But I did not forget you, friends of the Lux Royals, and I've just read that you were all wondering if I told Guillaume to come here ?
Well, I did not, because I saw him just 5 or 10 minutes at a reception for the Conservatoire and in April in Esch for Davis Cup.
Nice guy, but I found he has put on weight, but very nice to meet him. His brother... VERYYYYYYYYYYY handsome, God !!! But I did not have so many relations with him.
i did not know if this year the Lux were at Cabasson, in France, where they have a house.
So, here it was I can tell you.
Bis bald, dear Luxemburgerfreundlichen !
Karajan

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Exactly where in France is Cabasson?

 

[carlota]

she said that it's near toulon.

 

[Australian]

Question about this family

Is this a non-ruling royal family?

 

[carlota]

they rule in luxembourg, a little country near belgium, france and germany.

 

[Australian]

Yeah i know where luxembourg is, i just wanted to know if the family was still ruling, but it is, thanks for answering

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Well, they have some control, but very little.

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

I was reading an interview somewhere and MT said that they lived fairly normal lives and didn't do that much of the royal thing.

 

[bad_barbarella]

It would be great to find out what royal functions over the world this grand-ducal family attend

 

[Isabel]

I was reading an interview somewhere and MT said that they lived fairly normal lives and didn't do that much of the royal thing.

I think that also has a lot to do with the size of the country. Not many people that I know of here in the states even know about it and those who do don't have much to say. Luxembourg is so stable in so many different areas that I guess that there wouldn't be that much press generated about it outside of Europe.

Does anyone know if Henri and Maria Teresa many trips abroad such as state visits and things along these lines? I know that MT has her work with UNESCO, so she does travel to distant places at times, but other than that do members of the Grand Ducal Family travel as much as some of the other RF's?