Luxembourg’s Princess Alexandra leaves her 20s behind today and celebrates her 30th birthday.
The Princess is the only daughter and fourth child of reigning Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg. She was born on 16 February 1991 at the Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital in Luxembourg. She has four brothers: Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1981), Prince Félix (b. 1984), Prince Louis (b. 1986), and Prince Sébastien (b. 1992).
When she was born, she was excluded from the line of succession to the Luxembourg throne. However, in 2011, that changed when Luxembourg adopted absolute primogeniture. Her Royal Highness is fifth in line to the throne after her brother, Prince Louis gave up his succession rights, as well as those of his children, upon his marriage to Princess Tessy.Embed from Getty Images
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The royal household’s new website went online on 31 December as part of a strategy to modernise the grand ducal family’s communications, included in a wide-reaching shake-up of how the palace is run.
“It’s important for a monarchy to have a modern look,” said Yuriko Backes, the maréchale de la cour. “We began very quickly to work on a new site,” she said.
Backes took office on 1 June 2020, following a damning report into the grand ducal palace’s organisation also known as the Waringo report that highlighted shortcomings in how the household is organised, manages its money and communicates about what it does.