List of Royal Birthdays

Photo: Kate Gabor/The Royal Court of Sweden

The following is a list of Royal Birthdays from the 10 Current European Monarchies (+ a few others outside of Europe.) This list does not contain every member of those royal families as that would result in hundreds of people. Originally we limited our list to 100 Royals, but later raised the cap to 125 royals. 

Milestone Birthdays: 

• 2024
• x0th Birthday - Years ending in 4
• x5th Birthday - Years ending in 9
• 18th Birthday - 2006
• 2025
• x0th Birthday - Years ending in 5
• x5th Birthday - Years ending in 0
• 18th Birthday - 2007
• 2026
• x0th Birthday - Years ending in 6
• x5th Birthday - Years ending in 1
• 18th Birthday - 2008

Not everyone on this list response to mail from well-wishers. I probably only write to about half the royals each month for their birthdays. 

January

5th - King Juan Carlos I of Spain (1938)

8th - Prince Vincent of Denmark (2011)

8th - Princess Josephine of Denmark (2011)

9th - Catherine/Kate, The Princess of Wales (UK) (1982)

15th - Princess Michael of Kent (UK) (1945)

18th - Princess Claire of Belgium (1974)

19th - Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (1967)

20th - Queen Mathilde of Belgium (1973)

20th - Sophie, The Duchess of Edinburgh (UK)  (1965)

21st - Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004)

23rd - Princess Caroline of Hanover (& Monaco) (1957)

25th - Princess Charlene of Monaco (1978)

30th - King Felipe VI of Spain (1968)

30th - King Abdullah II of Jordan (1962)

31st - Princess Beatrix of Netherlands (1938)

February

1st  - Princess Stéphanie of Monaco (1965)

5th - Queen Mary of Denmark (1972)

6th - Princess Marie of Denmark (1976)

12th - Princess Astrid of Norway (1932)

14th - Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein (1945)

16th - Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg (1991)

18th - Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg (1984)

19th - Prince Andrew, The Duke of York (UK) (1960)

20th - Princess Leonore of Sweden (2014)

21st - King Harald V of Norway (1968)

22nd - The Duchess of Kent (1933)

22nd - Princess Delphine of Belgium (1968)

23rd - Princess Estelle of Sweden (2012)

March

1st  - Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence (UK) (1955)

2nd -  Prince Oscar of Sweden (2016)

9th - Princess Adrienne of Sweden (2018)

10th - Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh (UK)  (1964)

14th - Prince Albert II of Monaco (1958)

21st - Princess Claire of Luxembourg (1985)

22nd - Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg (1956)

23rd - Princess Eugenie, Mrs. Brooksbank (UK) (1990)

27th - Prince François of Luxembourg (2023)

April

10th - Princess Ariane of the Netherlands (2007)

15th - King Philippe of Belgium (1960)

16th - Princess Eléonore of Belgium (2008)

16th - Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg (1992)

16th - Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg (1955)
16th - Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (1940)
19th - Prince Alexander of Sweden (2016)
20th - Prince Georg of Liechtenstein (1999)
23rd - Prince Louis of Wales (UK) (2018)

21st - Princess Isabella of Denmark (2007)

27th - King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967)

28th - Princess Rajwa of Jordan (1994)

29th - Princess (Infanta) Sofía of Spain (2007)
29th - Princess Benedikte of Denmark (1944)

30th - King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946)

30th - Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven (Netherlands) (1939)

May

2nd  - Princess Charlotte of Wales (UK)(2015)

6th   - Prince Archie of Sussex (UK) (2019)

10th - Prince Charles of Luxembourg (2020)

13th - Prince Carl Philip of Sweden  (1979)

15th - Zara Tindall (UK) (1981)

17th - Queen Máxima of the Netherlands (1971)

24th - Prince Joseph of Liechtenstein (1995)

25th - Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands (1966)

26th - King Frederik of Denmark (1968)

June

3rd - Prince Félix of Luxembourg (1984)

4th - Princess Lilibet of Sussex  (UK)  (2021)

5th - Princess Astrid of Belgium  (1962)

6th - King Albert II of Belgium (1934)

7th - Prince Joachim of Denmark (1969)

10th - Princess Madeleine of Sweden (1982)

11th - Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein (1968)

15th - Prince Nicolas of Sweden (2015)

20th - The Duchess of Gloucester (1946)
21st - Prince William, The Prince of Wales (1982)

26th - Princess Alexia of the Netherlands (2005)

27th - Chris O'Neill (Sweden) (1974)

28th - Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan (1994)

July

4th - Prince Michael of Kent (UK) (1942)

4th - Queen Sonja of Norway (1937)

14th - Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (1977)

17th - Queen Camilla of United Kingdom (1947)
20th - Crown Prince Haakon of Norway (1973)

22nd - Prince George of Wales (UK)  (2013)

August

3rd - Prince Louis of Luxembourg (1986)

4th - Duchess Meghan of Sussex (UK) (1981)

8th - Princess Beatrice, Mrs. Mapelli Mozzi  (UK) (1988)

11th - Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands) (1968)

15th - Princess Anne, The Princess Royal (UK) (1950)

19th - Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway (1973)

20th - Prince Gabriel of Belgium (2003)

26th - The Duke of Gloucester (UK)  (1944)

31st  - Queen Rania of Jordan (1970)

31st - Prince Gabriel of Sweden (2017)

September

11th  - Queen Paola of Belgium (1937)

15th - Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex (UK) (1984)

15th - Prince Daniel of Sweden (1973)

15th - Queen Letizia of Spain (1972)

22nd - Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (1971)

October

4th - Prince Emmanuel of Belgium (2005)

9th -  The Duke of Kent (UK) (1935)

11th - Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969)

15th - Crown Prince Christian of Denmark (2005)

15th - Sarah, Duchess of York (1959)

17th - Princess Marie Caroline of Liechtenstein (1996)

19th - Prince Laurent of Belgium (1963)

25th - Princess Elisabeth of Belgium (2001)

28th - Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein (1967)

31st - Princess Leonor of Spain (2005)

November

2nd - Queen Sofia of Spain (1938)

8th - Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor (Edinburgh) (UK)   (2003)

11th - Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg (1981)

11th - Nicolas Bagory (Luxembourg) (1998)

14th - King Charles of United Kingdom (1948)

15th - Peter Phillips (1977)

December

3rd - Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway (2005)

5th - Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este  (1995)

6th - Princess Sofia of Sweden (2015)

6th - Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein (2000)

7th - Princess Catharina-Amalia of Netherlands (2003)

10th - Princess Gabriella of Monaco (2014)

10th - Crown Prince Jacques of Monaco (2014)

17th -  James, Earl of Wessex (2007)

23rd - Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943)

25th - Princess Alexandra of UK (1936)

List of Anniversaries

Photo Credit: Bengt Nyman (CC BY 2.0)

Here is a list of Wedding & Accession (Jubliee) Anniversaries. We only include the anniversaries of Royals on our Birthday List, and only if their spouse is still living.

Milestone Anniversary: 

• 2024
• x0th Anniversary - Years ending in 4
• x5th Anniversary- Years ending in 9
• 2025
• x0th Anniversary - Years ending in 5
• x5th Anniversary - Years ending in 0
• 2026
• x0th Anniversary - Years ending in 6
• x5th Anniversary - Years ending in 1

January
Wedding:

10th - Princess Margriet of the Netherlands & Pieter van Vollenhoven (1967)

Accession:
14th - King Frederik of Denmark (2024)
17th - King Harald of Norway (1991) 

February 
Wedding:
2nd - King Willem-Alexander & Queen Maxima of Netherlands (2002)
4th/14th - Grand Duke Henri & Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg (1981)


March
(None)

April
Wedding:
9th - King Charles & Queen Camilla (2005)
12th - Prince Laurent & Princess Claire of Belgium (2003)

22nd/29th - Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg and Nicolas Bagory (2023)
29th - Prince William & Princess Kate (2011)

Accession:
6th - Prince Albert of Monaco (2005)
30th - King Willem-Alexander of Netherlands (2013)

May
Wedding:
14th - King Juan Carlos & Queen Sofia of Spain (1962)
14th - King Frederik & Queen Mary of Denmark (2004)

17th/19th - Prince Constantijn & Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands (2000)
19th - Prince Harry & Meghan, The Duke & Duchess of Sussex (2018)
22nd - King Felipe & Queen Letizia of Spain (2004) 
24th - Prince Joachim & Princess Marie of Denmark (2008) 

June
Wedding:
1st - Crown Prince Hussein & Crown Princess Rajwa of Jordan (2023)

8th - The Duke & Duchess of Kent (1961)
8th - Princess Madeleine of Sweden & Chris O'Neil (2013)
10th - King Abdullah & Queen Rania of Jordan (1993) 
13th - Prince Carl Philip & Princess Sofia of Sweden (2015)
19th - King Carl Gustaf & Queen Silvia (1976)
19th - Prince Edward & Sophie, The Duke & Duchess of Edinburgh (1999)
19th - Crown Princess Victoria & Prince Daniel of Sweden (2010)
30th - Prince & Princess Michael of Kent (1978)

Accession:
19th - King Felipe of Spain (2014)

July
Wedding:
1st/2nd - Prince Albert & Princess Charlene of Monaco (2011)
2nd - King Albert & Queen Paola of Belgium (1959)
3rd - Hereditary Prince Alois & Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein (1993)
8th - The Duke & Duchess of Gloucester (1972)

Accession:
21st - King Philippe of Belgium (2013)

August
Wedding:
25th - Crown Prince Haakon & Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway (2001)
29th - King Harald & Queen Sonja of Norway (1968)

Accession:
15th - Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein (Regent since 2004)

September
Wedding:

17th/21st - Prince Félix and Princess Claire of Luxembourg (2013)

22nd - Princess Astrid & Prince Lorenz of the Netherlands (1984)

Accession:

8th - King Charles of United Kingdom (2022)
15th - King Carl Gustaf of Sweden (1973)

October
Wedding:
19th/20th - Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume & Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie (2012)

Accession:
7th - Grand Duke Henri (2000) 

November
Accession:
13th - Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein (1989)

December
Wedding:
4th - King Philippe & Queen Mathilde of Belgium (1999)
12th - Princess Anne & Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence (1992)

Addresses for Former Monarchies

This is just Former Monarchies. If you are looking for an address for a current monarchy, look here. 

This in no way a complete list. This is mostly just addresses for Royals I've been asked to find, so I haven't written to most of these. If you are trying to find an address for a Royal Family not on this list, just ask. I will try to find it for you. 

Addressed for Former Monarchies can often be hard to find, and I'm not always sure if they will work when I do find something. So, to denote how up-to-date these addresses are, I've listed the year someone wrote using this address and got a reply. So if you write to one of these royal families at the address listed here and get a reply, let me know and I will mark it.

Albania 

P.O. Box Nr. 8170,
Tirana, ALBANIA

Bulgaria

Vrana Palace 
"Tsarigradsko Shosse" Blvd.
9th kilometer, 1184 Sofia
BULGARIA

Brazil
There are two branches of the Brazilian royal family, who claim to be the rightful Heirs:

Vassouras Branch (Head: Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza)

R. Itápolis, 873 - Pacaembu 
01245-000 São Paulo/SP 
BRAZIL

Petrópolis Branch (Head: Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza)

No address found

Bourbon-Two Sicilies
There are two branches of the Bourbon-Two Sicilies royal family, who claim to be the rightful Heirs:

Castro Branch (Head: Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro)

Royal Secretariat
Via Carducci, 4
00187 Rome (RM)
ITALY

Calabria Branch (Head: Prince Pedro, Duke of Calabria)

No address found

Greece (2023)

P.O.Box 51577, 

145 03, Athens, 

GREECE

Habsburg-Lorraine

Karl von Habsburg and Family 
(Not sure if this works anymore)

Casa Austria 
Keltenallee 3
A-5081 Anif 
Austria

Hanover (2020)

Marienberg 1
30982 Pattensen
GERMANY

Hohenzollern

Princely Swabian Branch

Sigmaringen Castle-Schloss Sigmaringen 
Karl Anton Platz 8
72488 Sigmaringen
GERMANY

Royal Prussian Branch
(See Prussia)

Iran (2018)

Empress Farah Pahlavi

P.O. Box 2931
New York, NY 10185
USA 

Nepal 

His Majesty the King/ Her Royal Highness The Queen/Crown Prince and Crown Princess 

Nagarjun Palace Residence
 Kathmandu, NEPAL

Her Majesty Queen Mother Ratna Mahendra Manzil 

Narayanhity Palace 
Kathmandu, NEPAL

Orléans

Address for Prince Jean, Duke of Vendôme

Association Gens de France
2 square d’Aumale
F-28100 Dreux
FRANCE

Portugal

Fundação Dom Manuel II
Rua dos Duques de Bragança 10
1200-162 Lisboa
PORTUGAL

Prussia 

Burg Hohenzollern
Burg Hohenzollern
D-72379 Burg Hohenzollern
GERMANY

(Yeah, Burg Hohenzollern gets repeated a few times. It's the name of the castle, and the mountain and the area. Write the address as is.)

Romania (2022)

Palatul Elisabeta

Sos. Kiseleff 28

011347, Bucuresti 1

ROMANIA

Savoy 
There are two decent of the Savoy royal family, who claim to be the rightful Heirs:

Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples Branch

I don't have an address for the Family has a whole. But Vittorio's son, Emmanuelle Filiberto's address is:

Segreteria privata
50a, Chemin du Vieux-Vésenazz 
1222 Vésenaz Geneva
SWITZERLAND

Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta Branch

Tenuta San Rocco
via di Meliciano 14
52029 – Castiglion Fibocchi AR
ITALY

Saxony
There are two decent of the Savoy royal family, who claim to be the rightful Heirs:

Moritzburg branch (Head: Prince Rüdiger, Margrave of Meissen)
No address found

Saxe-Gessaphe branch (Head: Prince Alexander, Margrave of Meissen)
The family has both a Germany and Switzerland address:

Neumarkt 12
D-01067 Dresden
GERMANY

Av. de Sully 102
CH-1814 La Tour de Peilz
SWITZERLAND 

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Schloss, Goetheplatz 8
57319 Bad Berleburg
GERMANY 

Serbia

Office of HRH Crown Prince Alexander
The Royal Palace 11040 Belgrade
SERBIA

Wurtemberg 

Schloss Friedrichshafen

Schlossstraße 1 – 6

88045 Friedrichshafen

GERMANY

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Addresses for Current European Monarchies

Here are the addresses for the Current European Monarchies. Addresses for the UK Royals & other Monarchies can be found here. 

Belgium

Royal Palace
16, Rue Brederode
1000 Brussels
BELGIUM

King Albert and Queen Paola:

Chateau du Belvedere
100 Avenue du Parc Royal
1020 Brussels
BELGIUM

Denmark

Postboks 2143
1256 København K

DENMARK

Liechtenstein

Schloss Vaduz
9490 Vaduz
LIECHTENSTEIN

Luxembourg

Palais Grand-Ducal
B.P. 331
L-2013 LUXEMBOURG

Monaco

Palais de Monaco
Boite Postale 518
MC 98015 Monaco Cedex
MONACO

(Mail will sometime get returned undeliverable.)

Netherlands

Noordeinde Palace 
Postbus 30412
2500 GK Den Haag
NETHERLANDS

Princess Margriet and Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven:

Huis Het Loo 

Koninklijk Park 23 
7315 AA te Apeldoorn
NETHERLANDS

Norway

Det Kongelige Hoff
Det Kongelige Slott
Postboks 1 Vika
0010 Oslo, NORWAY

Spain

Palacio de La Zarzuela
Carretera del Pardo s/n
28071 Madrid. SPAIN

Sweden

Kungl. Slottet
SE-107 70  Stockholm
SWEDEN

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Addresses for UK Royals

Here are the addresses for the UK Royals. Addresses for the other monarchies can be found here. 

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace

London SW1A 1AA 

UNITED KINGDOM

Address For: King Charles & Queen Camilla / Prince Andrew / Princess Anne/ Princess Alexandra

Kensington Palace

Kensington Royal

London W8 4PX

UNITED KINGDOM

Address For: Prince William & Princess Kate, Duke & Duchess of Gloucester, Prince & Princess Michael of Kent

Note: You may also see a form of this address with "W8 4PU", instead of "W8 4PX". They are both for Kensington Palace. (W8 4PU) is more widely associated with the palace itself as a physical location, as a museum and charity, while the first (W8 4PX) is typically used for royal offices.

Bagshot Park 

Bagshot Park

Bagshot 

Surrey GU19 5PL 

UNITED KINGDOM 

Address For: Prince Edward & Countess Sophie

St. James's Palace

St. James Palace

London SW1A 1BQ

UNITED KINGDOM 

Address For: Duke of Kent & Duchess of Kent

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Prince Philip - Birthday Reply (2018)

A letter arrived from the UK this week. I had written to Prince Philip last month to wish him a happy 97th birthday.

The envelope is the usual, with Prince Philip's badge on the back. You will notice that my address is printed on a sticker, that was then placed on the envelope. You will see this from time to time, mostly when envelopes are pre-stuffed with generic replies that can be sent to anyone who wrote for that occasion.

The envelope also features an accidental 2nd postmark, this time at the bottom of the letter. This postmark celebrates the Golden Man Booker Prize given to Michael Ondaatje's book The English Patient (published in 1992.) The Golden Man Booker Prize is a 1-time special award given to celebrate of the Man Booker Prize's 50th Anniversary. The Golden Man Booker Prize looked at every Man Booker Prize winner, over the award's 50-year history, to choose the best work of fiction. 

The reply is the usual form letter from Prince Philip's office. The birthday message changes slightly from year to year. This year's message is identical to his birthday reply in 2015.

The letter reads: 

Buckingham Palace

July, 2018 

I have been asked by Prince Philip to say how much he appreciates your good wishes for his birthday.  

Suzy Lethbridge  

Correspondence Secretary to 

H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh

What is interesting about this is it is signed by Suzy Lethbridge (signature printed on), Prince Philip's Correspondence Secretary. Previously every birthday reply I had received from Prince Philip had been sent by an Assistant Equerry. However, after Philip's retirement last summer, Prince Philip handed down his Assistant Equerry to his son, Prince Andrew. 

The address, telephone number and fax are the general numbers for Buckingham Palace.

Prince William - Birthday Reply (2018)

A reply arrived from the UK this week. I had written to Prince William last month for his 36th birthday.

The envelope is the usual thing. Red postmark from the Court Post Office at Buckingham Palace. It then got an accidental 2nd postmark when it was taken to the Mount Pleasant Mail Centre. The 2nd postmark reads: "Art Fund, Museum of the Year 2018 Finalist, Tate St Ives."



Some of you have asked if they have changed their envelope, as it appears to be lighter and not so thick. They definitely have. The new envelope (on the far right in the photo below) is by Premium Business (the name is printed on the inside of the envelopes). The Premium Business brand envelopes have a different flap on the back and are made of lighter/thinner paper than the old envelopes. (The Premium Business envelopes seem like a cheaper option, but still pretty nice.)

William, Kate & Harry changed their envelopes in 2016 as well. You can see the two previous envelopes (both by the same brand) on the left in the photo below. The main change was a slight difference in paper color and they switched from William, Kate & Harry each using their own colored monogram, to the black Kensington Palace Monogram for all 3, (which again was likely done to cut costs). William, Kate, Harry & Meghan do all still have their colored stationery which is going to be used them and their office at Kensington Palace for official things, but not the correspondence section at Clarence House which answers their mail from well-wishers.

A look at the postcard-sized photo reply envelopes from 2015-2018

The reply is the usual from Clarence House, a postcard-sized photo, with a typed message on the back. The photo is the same one from last year, from Prince William's British GQ spread. It is very common for them to reuse photos from a few years.

I saw on social media someone comment that the card seems thicker. It doesn't seem any thicker than what we've seen in the last 2 years. But in 2016, they did change to a little thicker paper for the cards which I think is nicer and maybe a bit more expensive.

And as we are talking about changes in mail over the years, I would also guess that the decision in 2017 to start using a white border for the photo replies was to cut costs. It uses a lot less ink. I know with postcards during WWI, they started using a similar white border around the edges and used 20% less ink.

I did look into what the little FSC box at the bottom of every card is. And that FSC symbol shows that this company and product has been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. The Forest Stewardship Council promotes responsible management of the world’s forests. Prince Charles, in fact, owns an FSC-certified forest at Highgrove in Gloucestershire.

This card is marked as "Mix," meaning that part of the paper comes from a sustainable forest, and part from a non-sustainable (but still ethically and responsible managed) forest. And that the Forest Stewardship Council has certified all this.

I was able to track the FSC certification number on the bottom of the cards. It changes over the years, more for administrative reasons (e.g. company changed address), but the cards have always been printed by the same company (at least since I started writing in 2015), Clarendon Press Gloucestershire, which is located about 20 mins away from Highgrove. I have no idea if any of the paper used in the cards, originally came from Highgrove's sustainable forest, but I think it would be pretty cool if it did. 

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I'm sure many of you are about to freak out because you haven't gotten your reply for Louis' Birth, Sussex's Wedding, etc yet. Don't worry! Neither have I. It takes them time to reply to everyone. It's not unusual for people to write for the same thing and get replies months apart. Or for Clarence House to reply to things out of order.

And given that the Royals take August off, You might not get a reply until September (... or later)!

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