scarlett123
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Yay! Baby news!!!! I assume she will be the heir?
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Congratulations to the new little family. Geraldine is a nice honor/reference to ancestry.
BTW I guess I totally missed she was pregnant.
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Congratulations to the new little family. Geraldine is a nice honor/reference to ancestry.
BTW I guess I totally missed she was pregnant.
I think we all did... |
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Yeah, I didn't realize she was pregnant either.
Congratulations to them! Love her name and the meaning behind it.
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“And she will keep coming back to life, over and over again, because beneath the skin of this gentle human lives a warrior unstoppable.” - Annabelle M. Ramos
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I read about it in the news and they salivated at the titles: translating Royal highness with royal majesty....  |
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Yay! Baby news!!!! I assume she will be the heir?
Nop they had male preference before been dispose so, after a very quick search, a cousin of his is. I’m not sure if the she is in the line. It wasn’t clear. Anyhow I wish her health and happiness congratulations on the little bundle!! |
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"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." ? Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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I can never hear the name Geraldine without thinking of Flip Wilson.  Yay for a new baby, but I find it very hard to find much enthusiasm for this family knowing their not that distant history.What happened? I can remember anything from my history classes |
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"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." ? Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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The celebrations of the Albanian royal family. Prince Leka and Princess Elia of Albania with their daughter Princess Geraldine who celebrated her first birthday in October. http://www.noblesseetroya...-famille-royale-dalbanie/ |
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"I was given a degree by a college of unbeautiful nonsense... And I have kissed a prince in a land where men grind their wheat in the sky..."
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VanillaMoomin
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I just read an interesting article on ex-Royals in the Atlantic, it discusses quite a few ex royal families, but is mostly concerned with Prince Leka, it’s a good interview and I do recommend it! It sounds like he has found a way to more or less fit in with modern Albania. Even though there seems no chance of a restoration, and honestly Albania’s monarchy hardly has deep roots, he’s found a role since Albania is having such a difficult time it needs all the help it can get. https://www.theatlantic.c...a-europe-monarchy/629368/ |
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I just read an interesting article on ex-Royals in the Atlantic, it discusses quite a few ex royal families, but is mostly concerned with Prince Leka, it’s a good interview and I do recommend it! It sounds like he has found a way to more or less fit in with modern Albania. Even though there seems no chance of a restoration, and honestly Albania’s monarchy hardly has deep roots, he’s found a role since Albania is having such a difficult time it needs all the help it can get. https://www.theatlantic.c...a-europe-monarchy/629368/I was just thinking about this article the other day with Constantine's passing. It does seem like Leka has found a really good balance in Albania as a member of a former royal family. I feel like it's weird when they claim or use titles but don't even spend any time in the countries or make an effort there. |
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VanillaMoomin
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I just read an interesting article on ex-Royals in the Atlantic, it discusses quite a few ex royal families, but is mostly concerned with Prince Leka, it’s a good interview and I do recommend it! It sounds like he has found a way to more or less fit in with modern Albania. Even though there seems no chance of a restoration, and honestly Albania’s monarchy hardly has deep roots, he’s found a role since Albania is having such a difficult time it needs all the help it can get. https://www.theatlantic.c...a-europe-monarchy/629368/I was just thinking about this article the other day with Constantine's passing. It does seem like Leka has found a really good balance in Albania as a member of a former royal family. I feel like it's weird when they claim or use titles but don't even spend any time in the countries or make an effort there. Yes, I think the only excuse is if the government has banned the ex royal from entering, but once that ban has lifted I think anyone claiming a title from somewhere had better find a way to fit into that society. Leka has done a good job! I don’t think he will get anywhere with trying to establish his daughter as his heir though, for all that he thinks he can. It’s such a hardcore patriarchal society. I was glad to read he is trying to counter that by doing things like publicly caring for his own child, but really the fact that he gets pushback on such a fundamental thing as that makes me think Geraldine will find it hard to gain acceptance as head of the family. |
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I was surprised by the christening. I know Albania is a Muslim country, and I thought the former royals were also Muslim. Guess not.
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VanillaMoomin
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I was surprised by the christening. I know Albania is a Muslim country, and I thought the former royals were also Muslim. Guess not.
According to their website Leka is Muslim and his wife is Albanian Orthodox and it seems like they’ve had Catholicism and Anglicanism in the mix as well! “ An excellent example of religious co-existence is reflected in the Royal Family: The Queen Mother Sadije Toptani was a Bektashi Muslim, King Zog a Sunni Muslim, Queen Geraldine a Catholic, Queen Susan an Anglican. Prince Leka is Muslim and Princess Elia is an Albanian Orthodox.” https://albanianroyalcourt.al/royal-house/ |
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