Daily Archives: June 1, 2009
Felipe & Letizia Attend Inauguration of El Salvador President
Spain's crown princely couple made their way to El Salvador after spending half a week in Colombia recently. Felipe and Letizia went to the Central American country to witness the inauguration of it's new president, Mauricio Funes.
Reuters
Like Crown Princess Letizia, Funes is a former television journalist who also fought in El Salvador's guerrilla war. He is also the latest in a string of leftist presidents to be elected in Latin America.
When they arrived on Saturday, Felipe and Letizia first Read more [...]
Indonesian Model Escapes “Abusive” Malaysian Prince
An American-Indonesian model claims she has escaped an abusive marriage to an Malaysian prince.
AFP
Manohara Odelia Pinot, 17, told reporters that 31 year-old Tengku Temenggong Mohammad Fakhry, the prince of Malaysia's Kelantan state, raped and tortured her during the 10 months she was married to him.
Pinot says she was able to escape him through help of Singaporean police. She is now back with her family in Jakarta.
"I've been treated like an animal. I'm like his property and I was in his Read more [...]
Member of Brazilian Royal Family on Board Air France Flight 447
The deposed imperial family of Brazil has confirmed that a member of its family was a passenger on the ill-fated Air France Flight 447.
Pedro Luis of Orleans and Braganca, a descendant of Dom Pedro II, was on his way to Luxembourg, where he works for a bank, when the plane got caught in a tumultuous thunderstorm and was struck by lightning. The plane became undetected by the radar, and presumably crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.
26 year old Pedro Luis was fourth in line to the Brazilian Read more [...]
King Albert II Longest Living Belgian Monarch
Monday marked an historic day for Belgium, as King Albert II became its longest living monarch.
Just five days shy of his 75th birthday, the King of the Belgians surpassed King Leopold I by one day to set this record.
King Leopold I - who was Belgium's first King - died just six days from his 75th birthday in December of 1865.
Other Kings such as Leopold II, Albert I and Baudouin died at earlier ages.
King Leopold III died at age of 81, but had abdicated the throne some years earlier. Read more [...]
