Victoria Romanovna Bettarini: New photos of her son Alexander

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October 20, 2023

Victoria Romanovna Bettarini shares new photos of her son Alexander

Grand Duke Georgy Romanov, 42, and his wife Victoria Romanovna Bettarini, 41, became parents for the first time in October last year. Little son Alexander is the pride and joy of the Russian royal couple. Now cute new shots of the boy are delighting the internet: On her Instagram account, Victoria Romanovna Bettarini gave her fans a look behind the scenes of a photo shoot of her offspring.

The short clip shows the prince’s son sitting on a bench in a photo studio in fine thread, rhythmically moving his hands up and down. “Behind the scenes of the photo session,” the mother comments on her posting. Photographers apparently took photos on the occasion of the child’s upcoming first birthday on Saturday, October 21st. The studio light is in the background. In any case, Alexander has been properly dressed up for his big appearance in front of the camera: He is wearing a white sailor dress with red trim, matching red shoes and white knee socks.

October 19, 2023

Prince William interrupts appointment break for important message

Last weekend, Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, both 41, attended various Rugby World Cup games in France. But now their children Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5, are on vacation, so it’s unlikely to see the Waleses at a public event at the moment.

However, the heir to the throne has now interrupted the appointment break – for an important reason. He spoke via video call with firefighters battling wildfires across Canada, according to “Hello!” from the court circular of Wednesday, October 18th. According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center, Canada is experiencing its worst wildfire season on record, with 18.5 million hectares burned in 2023, surpassing the previous high of 7.1 million hectares.

This is what Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan are like as parents

Prince Harry, 39, and Duchess Meghan, 42, held a summit with their Archewell Foundation in New York on October 10th to mark World Mental Health Day. They were at the event Mental health challenges in the digital age come to the fore. Thereby has Meghan also revealedthat she is worried about her children Prince Archie, 4, and Princess Lilibet, 2, as they will also come into contact with social media in the future.

“Being a mother is the most important thing in my entire life, apart from being this man’s wife,” she said Duchess of Sussex on stage and pointed at Harry. The couple then has one luxurious break in the Grenadines enjoyed and has since returned to his adopted home of Montecito, California. There, “the couple loves life as parents of two children,” a close friend of the Sussexes now reveals to “People.” “Meghan is the best mother and Harry is always on the floor playing with the kids. They are still a good team,” said the confidant.

October 18, 2023

Caught! Prince Daniel was caught in this illegal act

Penalty order for Prince Daniel, 50! Princess Victoria’s husband, 46, who actually seems quite thoughtful, fell into the police’s net. His offense is now officially presented to him in black and white: ““You drove a car at a speed of 87 km/h, although the maximum permitted speed is 80 km/h,” says the authority’s letter, which is available to “Aftonbladet”. According to the verdict, the Swedish royal was on his trip in mid-August In 2023, Hofors acted negligently near his hometown of Ockelbo.

Daniel isn’t the only member of the royal family prone to gaslighting. Last year, his brother-in-law Prince Carl Philip, 44, had to dig into his pocket because he was caught driving at 89 on a route with a speed limit of 70 km/h. The offense cost him 2,400 SEK (around 207.20 euros). Royal status does not protect against punishment. Only kingCarl Gustaf, 77, can happily exceed limits without batting an eyelid. As head of state, the monarch enjoys immunity from prosecution. Let’s hope he doesn’t take advantage of this privilege behind the wheel.

October 17, 2023

Marius Borg Høiby: Ex-girlfriend Nora Haukland begins a new phase of her life

At the beginning of July 2023 it was announced that Marius Borg Høiby, 26, and his girlfriend Nora Haukland had separated. Although their love didn’t last a year, Princess Mette-Marit’s son, 50, still seems to feel connected to his current ex-girlfriend. He made this clear just a few days ago when he defended Nora with a public Instagram comment. She, in turn, seems to have focused on something completely different in the past few weeks: As she happily announced on Instagram on October 16th, the Norwegian reality TV star is now the proud owner of her apartment!

“I had such a cozy weekend and have just bought my first apartment!”, writes Nora about two photos that show her laughing and posing in a restaurant. There is no trace of glimpses of the apartment in question (yet). We are happy about that Her approximately 87,000 followers are with her. Above all, the Norwegian YouTuber Jonas Lihaug Fredriksen, 34, director Joakim Kleven and influencer colleague Helle Nordby. A small downside: there wasn’t a like from ex Marius.

King Charles: He lets Queen Elizabeth’s next ex-advisor go

During his reign, King Charles, 74, wants to slim down the monarchy – that is a well-known goal. To do this, the monarch relies on employees who are close to him. And lets go of important advisors who loyally supported his mother Queen Elizabeth, †96, for years. Angela Kelly, 65, a stylist and close confidant of the exceptional queen, had to leave her residence in Windsor in May. As has now been announced, another person is joining her: Sir Michael Stevens, 65.

Stevens holds the position of Keeper of the Privy Purse and worked as a “money man,” as the Express writes, for Queen Elizabeth for around 20 years. As the British website further reports, Stevens worked as an accountant for King Charles and is now set to resign. This step has already been announced internally. Since it is not yet clear who will take over Steven’s role after him, the public announcement is still pending, as “Express” claims to have learned. A palace insider is certain about the reasons for these changes: “The king is determined to have his own people in the important positions of the palace.”

October 16, 2023

New photo of Catherine, Princess of Wales, in Marseille

Catherine, Princess of Wales, was excited about the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup between England and Fiji in Marseille, France on Sunday, October 15, 2023 – and was happy about a victory! The British team defeated the team from Fiji with 30 to 24 and was then able to look forward to a visit from their patroness in the dressing room.

But Kate didn’t just visit the winning team. As recent photos on

Catherine, Princess of Wales: New role for ex-confidant Rebecca Priestley

She repeatedly appeared alongside the most important members of the British royal family: Rebecca Priestley worked for years as private secretary to Catherine, Princess of Wales, 41, and was therefore one of her closest confidants. She was given the affectionate nickname Beccy by Catherine and Prince William, 41. As the Daily Mail now reports, Priestley has now been given a new honor: she has been appointed Extra Equerry to His Royal Highness.

An Extra Equerry is a personal servant of the royal family. With this title, Rebecca Priestley can now represent Prince William as heir to the throne if necessary. A great honor that is only bestowed on very trusted former employees of the Royals. The British website interprets the fact that Priestley can now wear this title as a sign that Catherine and William value their ex-employee very much.

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Sources used: dailymail.co.uk, twitter.com, express.co.uk, instagram.com, aftonbladet.se, people.com, hellomagazine.com

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