Prince Amedeo, Princess Elisabetta & Family, News & Events Part 1 (July 2014 - )

[Princess_Eleanor]

I've got to say it's interesting how history repeated itself with an Italian bride who had a difficult time adjusting to Belgium. I can see how it would be difficult to leave Southern Europe for another part of Europe. Despite being used to it, I also frequently feel cold here in Central Europe.
Add to that the wonderful Mediterranean cuisine - if I was from the area, I don't think I'd ever want to leave either.

The weather in the Low Countries must be really a negative for Southern Europeans. It is never too cold like in Canada or parts of the continental US in the winter, but summers are cool and it rains a lot, whereas in Mediterranean climates like in Italy summers are normally warm and dry.

As someone who has spent quite some time in Lille (Northern France, but about as close to Belgium as you can get ) I think that is such a great description! There's just a lot of rain and wind all year long. The sky was often grey, I found. Not that I don't know that at all, but I feel like we've got more sun and less grey, even in winter here in Austria - though it gets colder in terms of actual temperature.
It's just quite a wet climate, which can be an adjustment. They must have missed those long and warm Italian summers quite a lot!

But they settled in Basel, instead of Italy. Are there such major differences between living in Basel/Switzerland and Brussels/Belgium?

I do think that Basel and Brussels are very different places, though Basel doesn't have that Italian/ Southern European atmosphere either. For one thing, Basel is a lot smaller than Brussels. Brussels certainly offers a lot more events and activities, but in Basel they undoubtedly enjoy great privacy - perhaps that is a draw.

If Elisabetta missed her homeland, I would imagine that Basel was not her first choice either. Perhaps it is a compromise... And it's where that bank is - the one where Prince Lorenz is a partner and Amedeo works. Between Brussels and Basel, Elisabetta may prefer Basel, but if it's Italy and Southern Europe that she misses, she would probably choose something else entirely if she could choose any city.

 

[eya]

Prince Amedeo about his life in Basel, Switzerland where they live in a mansion on Marschalkenstrasse

""My family and I are really happy in Basel," enthuses Amedeo to "Het Laatste Nieuws". “It is a beautiful city that I like very much and that is human. I like the museums, I like going for walks along the Rhine and in the summer I even swim in the river from time to time,” he says of his everyday life.

https://www.nau.ch/people/welt/prinz-amedeo-aus-belgien-schwarmt-von-neuem-leben-in-basel-66239772

https://www.hln.be/royalty/ik-ben-g...ven-van-prins-amedeo-in-zwitserland~aa79448a/

 

[Tatiana Maria]

Thanks! The original HLN article appears to be behind a paywall, so the partial translation is appreciated.


The following article has more information on the affluent and apparently discreet neighborhood where TRH purchased a new house in 2021.

https://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/basel-...haus-im-basler-bachletten-quartier-ld.2091124


(As for the Instagram post screencapped by nau.ch ... I am not sure why so many refuse to correctly name the couple. The court has always been consistent in the regard that they are HRHs and Princess Elisabetta is not "of Belgium" in her own right.)

 

[Tatiana Maria]

The below comments were posted from August to October 2009 in Prince Amedeo - News & Pictures, Part 3.

Could anyone confirm that Amedeo is dating an Italian non-royal and non-noble but well introduced girl? Is it a summer flirt or an important story (apparently that girl is moving from London to NY!)?

Well the social circle of Amedeo is royalty and she isn't royalty, but yes I meant she is very well connected (and BTW if she wasn't well connected how could she met Amedeo).

ok, that's true, even regular girls can meet Amedeo. But the girl in question isn't: you know, that type of girl whose friends have important family names (not just nobility, but also finance, industry, top-lawyers). And she is rich enough to afford an Amedeo-like style of life: studying abroad, flying frequenty to expansive holiday resorts, flying to a city just because of a party, having the right dress for that party...
She is one year younger than Amedeo and grew up in Rome, where her family still lives (she has recently moved from London to NY).

I get this news by gossiping with some friends we share. I found out something more: she's a relative of the Caracciolos, princes of Castagneto and so also of the Agnelli-Elkann-de Pahlen family.

Amedea, no offence, but anyone can say that they have info from a friend of a friend who knows a friend of a royal or whatever.

Since there is no evidence publicly available, this discussion is now halted. Any further posts discussing a possible Italian girlfriend of Prince Amedeo will be deleted without notice. As long as there is no official information, Prince Amedeo is single. Please focus back on the topic of this thread, Prince Amedeo news and pictures.

With the exception of the "non-noble" aspect, the descriptions given by amedea - including the age and the relation to the Caracciolo - are an exact match with Lili Rosboch, with whom Prince Amedeo is now known to have been living with at the time, and who became his eventual bride. It seems the gossip from amedea's friends has been vindicated as being based on evidence after all.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Which of the girls is Prince Amedeo and Princess Elisabetta's daughter Archduchess Anna Astrid?
http://www.gettyimages.com/license/1422592979

 

[iceflower]

The third from right. Below the woman still sitting in the car.

 

[Blog Real]

Does Elisabetta, wife of Prince Amedeo, still work for the culture section of Bloomberg News?

 

[Tatiana Maria]

Does Elisabetta, wife of Prince Amedeo, still work for the culture section of Bloomberg News?

It doesn't seem like it. Her profile (under the byline Lili Rosboch) has been removed from Bloomberg's website.

 

[Blog Real]

It doesn't seem like it. Her profile (under the byline Lili Rosboch) has been removed from Bloomberg's website.

According to Lili's LinkedIn page, she still works as a freelancer at Bloomberg. But I don't know if it's updated.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lili-r-39452bb2

 

[Blog Real]

Do Prince Amedeo and Elisabetta live in Belgium?

And what do Princess Maria Laura, Prince Joachim, Princess Luisa Maria and Princess Laetitia Maria do?

 

[iceflower]

They live in Basel, Switzerland. Amadeo works at the private bank E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Elisabetta works at the art museum of the Beyeler Foundation. In 2022 he has given an interview to Belgian magazine "Het Laatste Nieuws" about their life in Switzerland.

 

[maria-olivia]

They did not like living in Belgium and Amadeo works for a private bank from his Father.

 

[Tatiana Maria]

They live in Basel, Switzerland. Amadeo works at the private bank E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Elisabetta works at the art museum of the Beyeler Foundation. In 2022 he has given an interview to Belgian magazine "Het Laatste Nieuws" about their life in Switzerland.

Interesting, thank you. Is there a link to this interview?

 

[Marengo]

The posts about the birth of Princess Alix can be found here.