The Telegraph: Cabinet must release guidance on Prince of Wales’ intervention, say legal experts

October 1, 2012

According to The Telegraph: Adam Tompkins, professor of public law at Glasgow University, condemned the Cabinet Office’s “absolutely extraordinary” legal challenge to an order that it must release details of rules governing when the Prince is asked to give consent to legislation that might affect the Duchy of Cornwall. The debate over the issue of […]

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October 3 – Enemy of King St. Louis, but still his friend

October 1, 2012

St. Thomas of Hereford (THOMAS DE CANTELUPE). Born at Hambledon, Buckinghamshire, England, about 1218; died at Orvieto, Italy, 25 August, 1282. He was the son of William de Cantelupe and Millicent de Gournay, and thus a member of an illustrious and influential family. He was educated under the care of his uncle, Walter de Cantelupe, […]

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October 3 – Mother Théodore Guérin

October 1, 2012

Many of the early pioneers faced the hardships of this country where wars, famine and disease were the norm. Leaving everything behind, heroic souls came not only to save the souls of Indian nations, but also to minister to these frontier families. One such person was St. Mother Théodore Guérin, who became the eighth American Saint […]

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October 3 – Military turned monk

October 1, 2012

St. Gérard, Abbot of Brogne Born at Staves in the county of Namur, towards the end of the ninth century; died at Brogne or St-Gérard, 3 Oct. 959. The son of Stance, of the family of dukes of Lower Austrasia, and of Plectrude, sister of Stephen, Bishop of Liège, the young Gérard, like most men […]

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October 2 – Falsely charged, mutilated and martyred

October 1, 2012

St. Leodegar (also Leger or Leodegarius) Bishop of Autun, born about 615; died a martyr in 678, at Sarcing, Somme. His mother was called Sigrada, and his father Bobilo. His parents being of high rank, his early childhood was passed at the court of Clotaire II. He went later to Poitiers, to study under the […]

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September 29 – Who inspired Chivalry?

September 27, 2012

Saint Michael the Archangel: “Who is like God?” In Hebraic, mîkâ’êl, means “Who is like God?” The Scriptures refer to the Archangel Saint Michael in four different passages: two of them, in Daniel’s prophesy (chap. 10, 13 and 21; and chap. 12, 1); one in Saint Jude Thaddeus (single chapter, vers. 9) and, finally, in […]

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The Associated Press: Appeals End for Britain’s Most Famous Extremist

September 27, 2012

According to the Associated Press, Buckingham Palace refused to comment on a BBC report by security correspondent Frank Gardner, who said…[Queen Elizabeth II] had been upset there was no way to arrest [Abu Hamza al-Masri]. …Gardner told the Today program. “I wouldn’t say she was necessarily lobbying, that’s not for me to say, but like […]

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At age 16, George Washington’s intimate friendship with the Fairfax family leads him to write out 110 “Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation”

September 27, 2012

The attachment of Lawrence Washington to his brother George seems to have acquired additional strength and tenderness on their father’s death; he now took a truly paternal interest in his concerns, and had him as frequently as possible a guest at Mount Vernon. Lawrence had deservedly become a popular and leading personage in the country. […]

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Associations of Descendants of the European Nobility

September 27, 2012

American descendants of European noble or royal families have also formed associations in a land where the attraction to the mystique of nobility has always been strong. Proof of this attraction is the avid interest a large segment of the American public exhibits in following the activities of the royal families throughout the world, especially […]

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September 27 – These exemplary nobles personified virtue

September 27, 2012

Saint Elzéar of Sabran, Count of Arian, and Saint Delphina of Glandenes St. Elzear (also spelled Eleazarus) was descended of the ancient and illustrious family of Sabran, in Provence; his father, Hermengaud of Sabran, was created count of Arian (Ariano), in the kingdom of Naples; his mother was Lauduna of Albes, a family no less […]

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September 25 – Prince Umpire in a deadly sport

September 24, 2012

St. Albert of Jerusalem Patriarch of Jerusalem, one of the conspicuous ecclesiastics in the troubles between the Holy See and Federick Barbarossa; date of birth uncertain; died 14 September, 1215. He was in fact asked by both Pope and Emperor to act as umpire in their dispute and, as a reward, was made Prince of […]

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London Evening Standard: Anti-royalists plot to abolish Prince Charles’ Duchy of Cornwall

September 24, 2012

According to the London Evening Standard: An anti-monarchy group is launching a campaign to “abolish” the Duchy of Cornwall in what it says is an attempt to make the royal family more accountable. Their aim is to “get rid” of the private estate, which funds the public, charitable and private activities of Charles and his […]

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Social entertaining reached an apogee during the Old Regime

September 24, 2012

Why should I not stop here for a few minutes to describe some the features of the Paris of those days? People dined at two o’clock and supped at ten. Dinners were grand, formal affairs; suppers informal parties of pleasure. They supped after the theatre, which began between five and six and finished between eight […]

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Family Associations

September 24, 2012

The associations of descendants of certain historic figures and the societies devoted to perpetuating a family name are equally worthy of mention. Such groups were started to commemorate the deeds and the spirit of the founders of families, thus maintaining the familial esprit de corps through the generations. They also act as a social unit […]

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September 23 – He ensured the immunity of non-combatants in warfare

September 20, 2012

St. Adamnan of Ireland, Abbot He was the eighth in descent from the great Nial, king of Ireland, and from Conal the Great, ancestor of St. Columbkille. His parents were eminent for their rank and virtue. He was born in the year 626, at Rathboth, (1) now called Raphoe, in the county of Donegal, and […]

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Malicious tongues lash at Empress Sissi

September 20, 2012

While I was at Vienna it was learned one morning that one of the Empress’s maids had died during the night, and very severe comments were made about the fact that the Empress had been seen riding in the Prater on the very same afternoon. It was not told, however, that the Kaiserin had spent […]

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September 20 – Court preacher to Charles V

September 20, 2012

Saint Alonso de Orozco Mena Alphonsus de Orozco was born in Oropesa, Province of Toledo, Spain, on the 17th of October 1500, where his father was governor of the local castle. He began his studies in the nearby Talavera de la Reina and for three years he was a choir boy in the Cathedral of […]

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The Telegraph – Battle of Britain: Remembering “The Few”

September 20, 2012

According to The Telegraph: A Spitfire and a Hurricane flew high above London’s Westminster Abbey to commemorate the battle, one of the turning points of the Second World War. Some 544 Royal Air Force pilots were killed in the bitter struggle to save the UK from invasion. Of the events, Winston Churchill famously declared: “Never […]

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García López de Cárdenas discovers the Grand Canyon

September 17, 2012

Conspicuous in Coronado’s army and destined to be heard of in resounding tones was García López de Cárdenas, a soldier who had already given important service in the New World. Like Coronado, a second son of a Spanish nobleman, he was left without a fortune by the law of primogeniture. He married Doña Ana de […]

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The private character of hereditary associations

September 17, 2012

Lamentably, the aristocratic nature of these groups does not extend its influence to the public at large. The general public is more often than not unaware of their very existence, since most associations are careful to avoid the limelight. A few do not even publicize their existence. Moreover, they do not accept in their midst […]

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September 17 – Noble calm in all controversy, even when correcting the pope

September 17, 2012

St. Robert Francis Romulus Bellarmine (Also, “Bellarmino”). A distinguished Jesuit theologian, writer, and cardinal, born at Montepulciano, 4 October, 1542; died 17 September, 1621. His father was Vincenzo Bellarmino, his mother Cinthia Cervini, sister of Cardinal Marcello Cervini, afterwards Pope Marcellus II. He was brought up at the newly founded Jesuit college in his native […]

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September 17 – Stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi

September 17, 2012

Early in August, 1224, Francis retired with three companions to “that rugged rock ‘twixt Tiber and Arno”, as Dante called La Verna, there to keep a forty days fast in preparation for Michaelmas. During this retreat the sufferings of Christ became more than ever the burden of his meditations; into few souls, perhaps, had the […]

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September 19 – She begged donations to ransom Christian captives

September 17, 2012

Blessed Mary de Cervellione (or De Cervello) Popularly styled “de Socos” (of Help) Saint, born about 1230 at Barcelona; died there 19 September, 1290. She was a daughter of a Spanish nobleman named William de Cervellon. One day she heard a sermon preached by Blessed Bernard de Corbarie, the superior of the Brotherhood of Our […]

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September 15 – Grandmother of Good King Wenceslaus

September 13, 2012

St. Ludmilla Wife of Boriwoi, the first Christian Duke of Bohemia, born at Mielnik, c. 860; died at Tetin, near Beraun, 15 September, 921. She and her husband were baptized, probably by St. Methodius, in 871. Pagan fanatics drove them from their country, but they were soon recalled, and after reigning seven more years they […]

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September 15 – The noble apostle of purgatory

September 13, 2012

St. Catherine of Genoa (also known as Caterina Fieschi Adorno.) Born at Genoa in 1447, died at the same place 15 September, 1510. The life of St. Catherine of Genoa may be more properly described as a state than as a life in the ordinary sense. When about twenty-six years old she became the subject […]

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Queen Paola of Belgium turns 75

September 13, 2012

According to the Radical Royalist blog: She may be Europe’s least known Queen and she celebrates her 75th birthday today “dans l’intimité” – “in private” as the court announced – without public celebrations. But her Italo-Belgian charm can easily match that of the more famous European Queens. Queen Paola was born Princess Ruffo di Calabria, on […]

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Kings must stand their ground during revolutions

September 13, 2012

In 1854, following a suggestion she had received, Queen Isabel II made plans to abandon her palace in Madrid and move with the garrison to Aranjuez. Everything was ready and her carriage was at the door when the Marquis of Turgot, ambassador of France, presented himself. Being more experienced with revolutions, he addressed the queen, […]

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The Telegraph: Duchess puts terminally ill patients at heart of tour

September 13, 2012

According to The Telegraph: The Duchess of Cambridge will show her intention to put care of the terminally ill at the centre of her royal duties when she visits a hospice in Malaysia this week. She has chosen the project as the subject of her first public speech abroad in an attempt to draw attention […]

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September 12 – The Holy Name of the Virgin Mary; in thanksgiving for the victory over the Turks at Vienna

September 10, 2012

The Festival of the Holy Name of the Virgin Mary Pope Innocent XI extended this feast to the universal Church as a solemn thanksgiving for the relief of Vienna, when it was besieged by the Turks in 1683. The Turks had formerly laid siege to Vienna, under Solyman the Magnificent, in 1529, in the reign […]

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Video – Redefeating the Turks: the Battle of Vienna, September 12, 1683

September 10, 2012

Before he set out, Sobieski had sent a letter to Innocent XI, in which he wrote: “When the good of the Church and Christianity is concerned I shed my blood to the last drop, together with the whole kingdom. Since my kingdom and I are two bulwarks of Christianity”. To commemorate Sobieski’s victory Pope Innocent […]

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After Las Vegas debacle, Prince Harry returns to Afghanistan

September 10, 2012

According to The Telegraph: Prince Harry arrives in Afghanistan with the fate of the entire NATO mission hanging in the balance…. As a pilot in one of the Army’s elite Apache helicopter gunship squadrons, Prince Harry will inevitably find himself in the thick of the action, providing close air support for combat infantry units when […]

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Prince Hisahito celebrates 6th birthday

September 10, 2012

According to the Examiner: HIH Prince Hisahito, the future Emperor of Japan, celebrated his sixth birthday today. To celebrate the milestone, the Imperial Household Agency released pictures of the young Prince and gave details about his life and hobbies. He is a good student and in recent months has begun to show interest in learning […]

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Archduke Imre of Austria marries in Washington, DC

September 10, 2012

According to Royal Musings The sun held out for the wedding of Archduke Imre of Austria and Kathleen Elizabeth Walker…There were Luxembourgs and other royals out in full force, all close relatives or friends. The bride…wore a traditional white gown with a train, a lace veil and a pearl headband… Archduke Imre’s groomsmen were his two […]

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Portrait of the Sieur de la Salle, explorer of the Mississippi

September 10, 2012

Thus in the vigor of his manhood, at the age of forty-three, died Robert Cavelier de la Salle, “one of the greatest men,” writes Tonty, “of this age;” without question one of the most remarkable explorers whose names live in history…. Serious in all things, incapable of the lighter pleasures, incapable of repose, finding no […]

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Traditional Elites in Other Social Categories

September 10, 2012

The upper class is not exclusive in harboring people belonging to the traditional elites. These can also be found in other social categories: a) Descendants of notable figures in military, government, or economic spheres who have promoted the common good of society and etched their moral profiles on a city, region, or the country. In […]

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September 8 – The Davidic ancestry of Mary

September 6, 2012

As we celebrate the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, let us recall her Davidic ancestry. St. Luke (2:4) says that St. Joseph went from Nazareth to Bethlehem to be enrolled, “because he was of the house and family of David”. As if to exclude all doubt concerning the Davidic descent of Mary, the Evangelist […]

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Muley Abul Hassan is foiled in his attempt to recapture Alhama

September 6, 2012

[Muley Abul Hassan] had ascertained that the captors of Alhama were but a handful: they were in the center of his dominions, within a short distance of his capital. They were deficient in munitions of war and provisions for sustaining a siege. By a rapid movement he might surround them with a powerful army, cut […]

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Traditional Elites in the Upper Class

September 6, 2012

It is these “old families” that, principally, determine the character of the most refined sectors of the upper class, infusing them with wholesome traditions. The inter-relationship between the upper class and the traditional elites in contemporary society is also affirmed by Lucy Kavaler, who quotes a gentleman bearing “one of New York’s oldest names” as […]

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Video: Richard the Lionheart defeats Saladin at Arsuf September 7

September 6, 2012

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Wort.lu: Luxembourg Royals pay respects at funeral for Countess Alix de Lannoy

September 3, 2012

The late mother of the future Grand Duchess of Luxembourg was laid to rest on Friday surrounded by mourners in her hometown in Belgium. Countess Alix de Lannoy was buried in Frasnes-Les-Anvaign during the afternoon in a service which attracted the Grand Ducal family as well as Belgian nobility. To read the full article in […]

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The Telegraph: The Queen and Prince Philip visit a nursing home

September 3, 2012

“I know of a lady called Doris who worked for the Queen until old age and a faltering memory meant that she had to retire and enter a care home,” relates a correspondent in the latest Country Life. “Doris had clearly served Queen and country well, as, shortly after her retirement, the Queen and Prince Philip […]

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Disguised, Archduke Albrecht inspects a Viennese soup kitchen

September 3, 2012

[Archduke Albrecht’s] wealth was almost boundless, but so was his charity, and many were the good deeds accomplished by him in secret, especially at Vienna. In 1879 I had undertaken to supervise twice a week one of the volksküchen (people’s kitchens), to which I have referred already in this volume. One fine morning I noticed […]

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A Requiem for Manners

September 3, 2012

by Stephen M. Klugewicz On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee met General Ulysses S. Grant at the McLean House in Appomattox, Virginia, for the purpose of surrendering the Army of Northern Virginia. Lee had asked for the meeting and had prepared by putting on his finest uniform: a new, long dress coat with […]

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Meringue – A taste of Heaven!

September 3, 2012

Featherlight and spotless white, there is something about meringue that makes us think of Heaven, angels, magnificently dressed noble ladies enjoying a beautifully prepared High Tea served on the finest china and a grand silver service. Such is meringue’s nobility that we are not surprised in the least to hear that it was a favorite […]

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The Long List of September Martyrs of the French Revolution, Blessed John du Lau and Companions

September 3, 2012

Martyrs of September (Also known as: Martyrs of Paris or Martyrs of Carmes) In 1790, the revolutionary government of France enacted a law denying Papal authority over the Church in France. The French clergy were required to swear an oath to uphold this law and submit to the Republic. Many priests and religious took the […]

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September 3 – All the principles of Catholicism can be found in his life

September 3, 2012

Pope St. Gregory I (“the Great”) Doctor of the Church; born at Rome about 540; died 12 March 604. Gregory is certainly one of the most notable figures in Ecclesiastical History. He has exercised in many respects a momentous influence on the doctrine, the organization, and the discipline of the Catholic Church. To him we […]

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September 5 – Unashamed to beg alms even from his family

September 3, 2012

St. Laurence Justinian, Bishop and Confessor, First Patriarch of Venice Bishop and first Patriarch of Venice, b. in 1381, and d. 8 January, 1456. He was a descendant of the Giustiniani, a Venetian patrician family which numbered several saints among its members. Lawrence’s pious mother sowed the seeds of a devout religious life in the […]

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Prince Harry complaints top 3,600 – The Guardian

August 30, 2012

According to The Guardian: The Press Complaints Commission received a deluge of complaints over the weekend about the Sun’s front-page story on Friday. The press watchdog has received more than 3,600 complaints about the Sun’s publication of pictures of a naked Prince Harry in Las Vegas. The last time the PCC received more than 1,000 […]

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Teenager thanks Prince William and the RAF team who rescued her – Hello Magazine

August 30, 2012

According to Hello Magazine: Teenager Sharon West has expressed her thanks to Prince William who was part of a five-strong RAF crew that saved her in what was described as one of the “fastest and shortest” rescue operations. [T]he Duke helped to winch Sharon out of the water at Silver Bay in Anglesey, North Wales, […]

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Bride’s mother dies two months before Luxembourg royal wedding – Hello Magazine

August 30, 2012

According to Hello Magazine: With only two months to go until the big day, Countess Stephanie de Lannoy, who is due to marry Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg, has had to deal with some very sad news. Her mother, Countess Alix de Lannoy, passed away on Sunday after suffering a stroke. The 70-year-old had eight children […]

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At age 17, the aristocratic Washington was used to the harshness of pioneer life

August 30, 2012

For the next few years, [17-year-old Washington] was the chief surveyor of Lord Fairfax, working for the most part in the Shenandoah Valley…. On field trips, Washington spread his blankets on the ground and in midsummer woke as the early light kindled the loftier summits of the forest-hooded mountains to the West. If it rained, […]

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Honor and chivalry in the U.S. Military Code of Conduct

August 30, 2012

Article 1. I am an American fighting man. I will serve in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. Article 2. I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command, I will never surrender my men while they still have the means to resist. Article 3. If I […]

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August 30 – Gallant Lady

August 30, 2012

St. Margaret Ward Martyr, born at Congleton, Cheshire; executed at Tyburn, London, 30 Aug., 1588. Nothing is known of her early life except that she was of good family and for a time dwelt in the house of a lady of distinction named Whitall then residing in London. Knowing that William Watson, the priest who […]

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August 30 – Saved by the cross

August 30, 2012

Blessed Bronislava (or Bronislawa) of Poland Born in 1230 to an important Polish family, her grandfather had founded the Premonstratensian monastery at Zwierzyniec near Cracow where Bronislava’s aunt Gertrude had entered, later becoming prioress at Imbramowice. Bronislava was also a cousin of the Dominican Saint Hyacinth and related to Saint Jacek and Blessed Czeslaw. Bronislava entered the convent at Zwierzyniec at the […]

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Condemnation of Prince Harry’s scandalous Las Vegas behavior

August 27, 2012

  Although Nobility.org is thankful for the good example Prince Harry has given to millions worldwide by serving in the British Army and fighting Islamist terrorists in Afghanistan—a fine example of military dedication and sacrifice that pacifists find loathsome—we are appalled and vehemently condemn his scandalous and immoral behavior last week in Las Vegas, Nev.    We […]

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Two more rescues for Prince William – Daily Express

August 27, 2012

According to the Daily Express: The prince flew into action to pilot an RAF Sea King rescue helicopter after the 58-year-old woman plunged down a crevice and broke a leg while trekking in Anglesey. She was flown to hospital in Bangor. The rescue came less than a week after William and his crew rescued a […]

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Prince Michael honours Allied soldiers

August 27, 2012

Britain’s Prince Michael of Kent on Sunday attended commemorations to honour Allied soldiers killed 70 years ago in a failed World War II invasion, in Dieppe, northern France. Some 1,400 soldiers were killed in “Operation Jubilee” when the Allies tried to briefly invade Dieppe to test German defenses. Source: RoyalBlog.nl.

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At the Apogee of Today’s Religious, Moral, and Ideological Crisis: A Propitious Moment for the Action of the Nobility and the Traditional Elites

August 27, 2012

Despite the stupendous vitality the European peoples displayed in facing the havoc wreaked by the two world wars, one must admit that the reconstruction in the aftermath of the last conflict demanded considerable effort and much time. Throughout the period when Pius XII pronounced his allocutions to the Roman Patriciate and Nobility (1940-1958), the postwar […]

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August 28 – Restless Heart

August 27, 2012

St. Augustine of Hippo The great St. Augustine’s life is unfolded to us in documents of unrivaled richness, and of no great character of ancient times have we information comparable to that contained in the “Confessions,” which relate the touching story of his soul, the “Retractations,” which give the history of his mind, and the […]

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Brief video address of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna

August 23, 2012

from March 1 2012 (English subtitles) Soon we will be celebrating the 400th anniversary of the end of the Time of Troubles. It’s a jubilee of the glorious feat of our entire nation. We must respect our ancestors. The best monument to them will be our good deeds and help to those in need. These […]

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