Royal, from Liechtenstein to Bavaria orange blossoms to the courts of Europe

Weddings on the horizon between European royal families. It will be an autumn of orange blossom among castles, historic houses, ancient manors. The protagonists are the representatives of the jet-set and the international elite. The dances were opened in the height of summer in the Carinthia region. He is Pal Antal Esterhazy, heir to one of the oldest Hungarian families, she is Franziska von Reutter descendant of Archduke Johann of Austria, younger brother of Emperor Francis I. Dances that continued on 10 September with the wedding of Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria, -d’Este, expert in climate change and William Isvy, boyfriend and Anglo-French gentleman, of Moroccan origin, without a drop of blue blood. Secular ceremony, at the Hotel de la Ville and religious ceremony in the Cathédrale Saints-Michel -et- Gudule in Brussels. On the day of the 85th birthday of the former queen Paola of Liège, born Ruffo di Calabria, grandmother of the future bride, at least 500 guests, including many crowned heads, paraded in the capital. And it was just one of the first in a long line of royal weddings that the pandemic has only put off. In the top ten awaited the wedding of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and the Canadian, but born in Singapore and raised in the Netherlands, Sophie Evekink (born in 1989), a criminologist by profession. A masters degree at Oxford, she worked for the World Health Organization and the Wellcome Trust Foundation in London, for seven years she was in New York at the United Nations Marrying Ludwig of Bavaria, heir to the Wittelsbachs (cousins ​​Franz and Max did not descendants) will open new horizons for the charming Sophie, even if the ancient lineage is no longer on the throne 1918. Double betrothal at the court of the king of Jordan and future marriages. Hussein ben Abdallah, 28, will marry his peer, Rajwa Khaled bin Musaed bin Saif bin Abdulaziz. Architectural studies between Saudi Arabia and the United States, the future queen of Jordan belongs to one of the most important families of Riyadh, for class, elegance, glamor she recalls the current sovereign Rania. Perhaps she will have to give way to her older brother Iman of Jordan, 25, a graduate of the prestigious Georgetown University, engaged to Jameel Alexander Thermiotis, born in Caracas in 1994, a manager in a New York investment bank. Jameel (Arabic for beautiful) Alexander Thermiotis, descendant of a rich Greek shipowner who would have made a fortune in Latin America, would have converted to Islam to marry the daughter of the king of Jordan. According to the French weekly Point de vue, his personal fortune is between 10 and 20 million dollars. Orange blossoms are highly anticipated by Martha Louise of Norway for years the inseparable companion of Shaman Durek, an American businessman, therapist and shaman (he specifies, sixth generation), spiritual guru of many Hollywwod stars, not particularly loved in Sweden . But after the suicide of her first husband, the writer Ari Behn, father of her three daughters, the eldest daughter of King Harald V and Queen Sonia, dreams of quiet happiness away from the limelight. Very soon, covid permitting, between Los Angeles and Oslo, between the United States and old Europe. Always next to his three daughters, Maud Angelica, Leah Isadora, Emma Tallulah. Official announcement to the court of Liechtenstein, but in the land of Sicily, of the engagement between Prince Johann-Wenzel, son of Prince Gundakar and Princess Marie. For the wedding, however, we will have to wait until next summer.