European Sovereigns to Attend Funeral of King Constantine En Masse.

Greece’s King Constantine II, who died on Tuesday aged 82, will not be granted a state funeral, the government said Wednesday. Denied state honors and courtesies by the Government, the funeral will be held Monday January 16th at the Cathedral in Athens, and the King will be interred at the former royal family’s burial ground at Tatoi, northwest of Athens, where his ancestors also rest.  All expenses will be paid by the family. The government will be represented at the funeral by Culture Minister Lina Mendoni.

Despite the Greek government’s insistence that this is not a state occasion, there will be more heads of state and members of reigning and non-regnant royal houses in Athens for the funeral than have been seen in Athens in decades.  The Greek government will not be able to ignore the presence of many Kings and Queens who will be arriving over this weekend.

The Italian newspaper Il Giornale has confirmed the presence of the following: the Queen of Denmark Margrethe II will be accompanied by Crown Prince Frederick. The Danish Royal House is the senior branch of the house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sondersburg-Glucksburg, of which the Greek Royal House is a cadet branch.

The Spanish royal family will be represented in full, with King Felipe IV, his father the King Emeritus Juan Carlos and his mother (the late King’s sister) Queen Sofia of Spain.

King Harald of Norway will be represented by Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette Marit.

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg will attend, as will King Carl and Queen Silvia of Sweden. 

King Charles of Great Britain (a close friend of the late king) will be sending the Prince and Princess of Wales,

King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands will attend with former Queen Beatrix.

Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia will attend, alongside heads of other non-regnant Sovereign Houses, her cousin Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia will be attending, as well as Prince Radu of Romania, who will represent his wife, HM Margarita, Custodian of the Romanian Crown.

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Head of the Russian Imperial House Mourns the Death of Her August Cousin, HM King Constantine II of Greece.

2023-01-11 The Head of the House of Romanoff Mourns the Death of King Constantine II of the Hellenes

The Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, her son and heir, H.I.H. The Grand Duke George of Russia, and his spouse H.S.H. Princess Victoria Romanovna, are deeply saddened by the death of H.M. King Constantine II of the Hellenes (1940-2023), who passed away in Athens on 10 January 2023, and pray for the repose of his soul and extend their sincere condolences to the Head of the Greek Royal House, Prince Pavlos, Queen Anne-Marie, and all the Royal Family and people of Greece.

King Constantine II was the great-grandson of Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia (1851-1926), Queen of the Hellenes, granddaughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia (1796-1855), and spouse of King George I of the Hellenes (1845-1913).

King Constantine II acceded to the throne in 1964 upon the death of his father, King Pavlos I of the Hellenes (1901-1964) and was removed from power as a result of a military coup by the “black colonels” in 1967.

The newly reposed king was the godfather of Grand Duke George of Russia.

Grant, O Lord, eternal rest, in blessed repose, to Thy servant King Constantine, and may his memory be eternal!

New Year’s Greetings from the House of Romanoff

The Head of the Russian Imperial House, HIH the Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, HIH the Heir-Tsesarevich and Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and HSH Princess Victoria Romanovna cordially thank their countrymen and foreign friends who sent them congratulations on the birth and baptism of HSH Prince Alexander Georgievich and on the upcoming holidays, and they congratulate everyone on Christmas and New Year 2023, wishing health, peace, prosperity, fortitude, and God's help in all good deeds.

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Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna also thanks everyone who sent congratulations on her birthday.

Russian Legitimist Notes With Regret The Death of Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa

Russian Legitimist notes with regret the death of friend of the Russian Imperial House, Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa (April 23, 1926 – December 11, 2022). Sometimes known simply as ”Kekau”, princess Abigail was a member of the House of Kawānanakoa, the Royal House of Hawai’i.

In May of 2010, Grand Duchess Maria made a tour of the Western United States and arrived in Honolulu. where she was warmly greeted by His Royal Highness Prince David Kaumuali’i Kawananaoka, who hosted a formal dinner in honor of the Grand Duchess, at which traditional Hawaiian dances and songs were performed.

The next morning, Her Imperial Highness visited the Church of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God and venerated the renowned myrrh-streaming Icon of the Mother of God. The Rector of the Church, Priest Anatole Lyovin, and the owner of the miraculous icon, Nectarios Yanson, told the Grand Duchess about the history of this icon and of the parish, and gave Her Highness a vial containing the myrrh that came from the icon on the eve of her visit.

On May 5, the Grand Duchess visited the War Memorial of Pearl Harbor, and venerated the site where many thousands of soldiers, including members of the Russian emigration, met their death.

That day, a special visit to the Royal Palace was arranged for Her Highness. Later, in an official ceremony in the throne room, Her Royal Highness Princess Kapiolani Kawananaoka, now Marquise Marignoli, presented a bronze bust of the ancestor of Her Highness Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, Russian Emperor Alexander II the Emancipator, to the Palace Museum. This bust was brought to the Hawaiian Islands from St Petersburg by the Royal Ambassador in 1884. The Grand Duchess expressed joy that the bust of her ancestor, as a symbol of dynastic bonds, was returned to the Palace in her presence.

After the ceremony, Princess Abigail Kawananaoka hosted a luncheon in honor of the Grand Duchess, at which other members of the Hawaiian Royal Family were in attendance.

We send our deepest condolences to the Hawai’ian Royal House and the Hawai’ian people on the death of Princess Abigail.

International Press Reports on the Romanoff Christening in Moscow.

The international press is showing great interest in reports of the christening in Moscow yesterday. Many Russian and European news organizations sent representatives, and the pictures are being picked up on social media and by newspapers and magazines around the world.

We will update this page as more becomes available.

France

Histoires Royales

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Paris Match

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Spain

El Confidencial

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Vanity Fair

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United kingdom

The Daily Mail

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Imperial Chancellery Releases Announcement After the Christening of HSH Prince Alexander.

2022-12-06 The Baptism of the Grandson of the Head of the Imperial House of Russia, His Serene Highness Prince Alexander Georgievich

On this day, 6 December (23 November by the Julian Calendar) 2022, the feast day of Grand Prince St. Alexander Nevsky, His Serene Highness Prince Alexander Georgievich—grandson of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, and son of H.I.H. The Heir, Tsesarevich, and Grand Duke George of Russia, and his spouse, Her Serene Highness Princess Victoria Romanovna—was baptized into the Holy Orthodox Church.

With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the sacraments of Holy Baptism and Chrismation were performed in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, and were served by His Eminence Metropolitan Dionysius of Voskresensk, along with Mitred Archpriest Michael Protopopov, who came from Australia to help officiate at the services; Archpriest Alexander Tkachenko, the Chairman of the Executive Board of the Circle of Kindness charity; Hieromonk Nikon (Levachev-Belavenets), the head of the Office for Historical and Memorial Activities of the Her Imperial Highness’s Chancellery; and clergy from the New Saviour Monastery in Moscow, Fr. Ioann Ignatov and Fr. Vladimir Ignatov.

Attending the services were the newly-baptized prince’s relatives: his grandmother, the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia; his parents, H.I.H. The Grand Duke George of Russia and H.S.H. Princess Victoria Romanovna; his paternal grandfather, Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia (in Orthodoxy, Mikhail Pavlovich) and his wife, Princess Nadia; and his maternal grandfather and grandmother, His Excellency Ambassador Roberto Bettarina and his wife, Mrs. Carla Bettarini.

After the conclusion of the services, the Imperial Family were presented “measured icons” of Grand Prince St. Alexander Nevsky.

The first icon, which is a pious gift from the faithful friends and supporters of the Imperial Family in St. Petersburg and Moscow, was brought from St. Petersburg by Archpriest Alexander Tkachenko. It contains a fragment of the holy relics of Grand Prince St. Alexander Nevsky, and was sent as a blessing to Prince Alexander Georgievich by His Eminence Metropolitan Barsanuphius of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, who, on 1 October 2021, officiated at the marriage of the parents of His Serene Highness in St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg.

The second measured icon is a gift by the Knights of the Russian Imperial and Royal Orders. The tradition of painting measured icons (icons of the heavenly patron of the newly baptized, “written” to the same height as the newborn) developed during the reign of the House of Rurikovich and was inherited by the first rulers of the House of Romanoff. After the reign of Peter I the Great, however, the custom of painting measured icons largely disappeared. In our day, this ancient Russian Orthodox tradition has been revived.

After the presentation of the icons, a festive meal was held in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral for all those present.

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His Serene Highness Prince Alexander Georgievich was born in Moscow on 21 October 2022.

This happy occasion in the Imperial Family is the first to take place in Russia after the 1917 Revolution.