Lord Nicholas Windsor/Paola Frankopan?
Michael Rhodes
cousin of the Queen, is set to marry one Paola Frankopan.
The article in the Daily Mail seem to be for subscribers only, but part
of the story is visible at The Daily Mail search site, and says:
"1 Royal to marry in Vatican
12/09/2006 08:28:44
She or the first time in more than 400 years, a member of the Royal
Family is to marry in the Vatican, I can reveal. In a highly
significant move, the Queen has granted permission for her cousin Lord
Nicholas Windsor to wed in Rome. .....read"
Apperantly, there was a meeting in the Privy Council on Sep 5, but I
can not find the orders online (yet). See
http://www.privy-council.org.uk
Michael Rhodes
PRINCE PETER FRANKOPAN
AND MISS J SAINSBURY
The marriage took place on Saturday July 12, in Douai Abbey of Prince
Peter Doimi de Frankopan, of Croatia, eldest son of Prince and Princess
Frankopan, and Miss Jessica Sainsbury, daughter of the Hon. Sir Timothy
and Lady Sainsbury. Nuptial Mass was celebrated, with the Apostolic
Blessing of the Pope, by Father Peter Bowe, OSB, and by Pater Matija,
OFM, of the Trsat Monastery.
The bride was attended by Miss Cassandra Donner, Florence
Heathcoat-Amory, Tom, Ella and Olivia Woodward and Max Worsley.
Archduke Eduardo von Habsburg, of Austria, was best man.
Michael Rhodes
THE FIANCÉ PRINCE FORMERLY KNOWN AS PETER
A DOUBLE blessing has fallen on the family of Sir Timothy Sainsbury,
retiring MP for Hove. Not only has his daughter Jessica become engaged
to a young Cambridge graduate, but that young man is a living
historical phenomenon.
Throughout his days at Eton, Jessica's fiance went by the name Peter de
Lupis. Then, suddenly, while he was at university, his family emerged
as descendants of the noble House of Frankopan, previously believed
extinct in the 19th century.
Count Peter, as he became, then rapidly discovered he was Prince Peter
Frankopan of Croatia, a member of that war-torn republic's old royal
family. This is the style used on the couple's wedding invitations.
"I don't know much about the family other than that they are closely
intertwined with the history of Croatia," Sir Timothy tells me amiably.
"I will just continue to enjoy playing tennis with my future
son-in-law."
Croatian historians are less calm. "This is remarkable news," says one.
"No one realised the Counts Frankopan had ever been made princes, or
that they remained alive. And we had thought that the last Croatian
noble to reign over the country was murdered in 1542."
END
Michael Rhodes
26 September 2006
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE PRESS SECRETARY TO THE QUEEN
The Duke and Duchess of Kent are pleased to announce the engagement of
their son Nicholas to Paola, daughter of Don Louis and Donna Ingrid
Doimi de Frankopan of London.
Michael Rhodes
http://dfeatures.thirdlight.com/viewpicture.tlx?advpubsearchid=1159531897&pictureid=1074763
Turenne
seems that Miss Frankopan's name is actually di Delupis, that they are
not related to the Frankopan family at all and that they have been
denied membership of the Croatian Nobility . 'Princess' Paola's brother
said, 'The title is not any claim on anything. It is just a
reflectionof the age of the family'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2381801,00.htmlociation