Happy New year 2012!

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The Duke of Edinburgh Back at Home

After a nasty scare, The Queen's husband is back at home!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/8978739/The-Duke-of-Edinburgh-leaves-hospital.html

The Duke of Edinburgh has Emergency Heart Surgery

A scary moment for House Windsor...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-philip/8976636/Prince-Philip-has-heart-surgery-for-blocked-coronary-artery.html

Prince Leopold of Bavaria and his role with BMW

Enjoy the article...describing an art piece, because that's what BMWs are, with a royal connection!


http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/motoramic-drives-2013-bmw-3-series-193407143.html

The Duke of Palma de Mallorca Finds Himself in a Mess

MADRID — King Juan Carlos’s son-in-law will stop taking part in official ceremonies because of business dealings that are under investigation, Spain’s Royal Palace said Monday as it sought to dissipate a whiff of scandal.

The decision regarding Inaki Urdangarin, husband of the monarch’s daughter Princess Cristina, was a mutual one made by Urdangarin and the Royal Palace, its chief of staff Rafael Spottorno said in a rare meeting with Spanish media.

Urdangarin, 43, is reportedly suspected of siphoning away funds from public contracts awarded from 2004 to 2006 to a non-profit foundation he then headed.

The allegation looks terrible for the royal family at a time of acute hardship and economic crisis in Spain, where unemployment stands at 21.5 percent.

Urdangarin has not been charged with a crime. He issued a statement Saturday saying he regrets the “damage” the case is doing to the royal family but admitted no wrongdoing.

More reading:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/spains-royal-palace-distances-itself-from-kings-son-in-law-over-questioned-business-dealings/2011/12/12/gIQAxAoIpO_story.html#weighIn

The Spanish media are all over this news and the damage to the image of the monarchy!

On Sale at Eurohistory – DEAREST MISSY

The Letters of Marie Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, Duchess of Edinburgh and her daughter, Princess Marie of Edinburgh, Crown Princess of Romania (1879-1900); hardback, 472 pp., 40 photos , RRB, October 2011.

Marie Alexandrovna’s life and character has been imprinted by her upbringing at the Russian imperial court, as the daughter of Tsar Alexander II, in a grandiose and yet level-headed milieu that in a great measure personified her father’s way of life and vision of the world. Her personality was thus a distinctive mix of dominant behaviour and imperial outlook, tempered by an astute, realistic perception of the world.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/9197567175/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1319642292&sr=8-1&condition=new 

Prince Harry Lands in California

He will be engaged in helicopter training for the next two months...

http://gma.yahoo.com/video/news-26797925/prince-harry-hits-america-26863877.html