Princess Alexia's new baby christened Amelia

Royal cousin Princess Alexia, the eldest of Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid's grandchildren and godmother to Princess Isabella, christened her fourth child yesterday. With husband Carlos Morales and family, their third daughter Amelia was christened in an orthodox ceremony at the church Los Remedios de Yaiza in Lanzarote. Present for the christening were grandparents Queen Anne-Marie and King Constantine, Prince Nikolaos and his girlfriend Tatiana Blatnick, Princess Theodora and Prince Philippos. Spanish royal cousins the infantas Elena and Christina were also present as was Princess Alexandra zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and her husband Count Jefferson. The godparents are Miguel Ángel Morales, brother of Carlos, Prince Philippos of Greece, Luz Hernández, a friend of the couple, and Alexandra of Denmark. After the baptism the family and guests went to a local restaurant to celebrate. Carlos Morales is an architect in Lanzarote and the family lives in a house he designed himself.

Below: Alexia with Carlos Morales and their children Amelia, Arrieta, Ana Maria and little Carlos, Alexia and Amelia, Queen Anne-Marie and King Constantine, Nikolaos and Tatiana Blatnik, infanta Cristina with two of her children Pablo Nicolás and Irene, infantas Elena and Cristina with other guests, Elena, Elena and Theodora, Carlos and Alexia, the church Los Remedios de Yaiza, Carlos, Alexia and King Constantine, Philippos and Princess Alexandra zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg



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¡Hola! 'Alexia de Grecia y Carlos Morales celebran el bautizo de Amelia, su cuarta hija' - Alexia of Greece and Carlos Morales celebrate the christening of Amelia, their fourth child
Hello! magazine 'Lanzarote christening of Princess Alexia's baby is a big family affair'
Crónicas de Lanzarote ' Alexia de Grecia y Carlos Morales bautizaron a su hija Amelia en la iglesia de los Remedios de Yaiza' - Alexia of Greece and Carlos Morals baptized to their daughter Amelia in the church of the Remedies of Yaiza
In attendance were Constantine and Anne Marie of Greece, princesses Elena and Cristina and Alexandra of Denmark and her husband, plus the Lanzarotian politicians Gladys Acuña and Manolo Cabrero. Neither the King or Queen of Spain, the Princes of Asturias, nor Pavlos of Greece or Marie-Chantal attended, Marie-Chantal is expecting their fifth child in July.
Princess Alexia of Greece and the Lanzorotan architect Carlos Morals baptized their youngest daughter Amelia Morales of Greece, in the church of the Remedies of Yaiza on Saturday morning. The youngest of their children, born last October 26, was baptized by the orthodox rite (baptism, communion and confirmation in a same act) by the Metropolitan Bishop of Spain and Portugal. The godparents are the older brother of Carlos Morales, Miguel Ángel Morales, Prince Philippos of Greece, Luz Hernández, a friend of the couple, and Alexandra of Denmark. ...The ceremony lasted about 45 minutes. The little one “cried enough” the mother Alexia later said... The parish priest of Yaiza and numerous Lanzarotens who are friends of the couple as well as the relatives of Carlos Morales, among them his parents Maria Teresa Quintana and Miguel Morales, were present...“Four is a good team," commented the couple after celebrating the ceremony by the orthodox rite...

Alexia & Carlos introduce Amelia

Princess Alexia and her husband Carlos Morales introduced their newborn daughter Amelia to waiting press outside the Barcelona clinic where she was born yesterday. Accompanying them were Amelia's sisters Arrietta and Anna-Maria and brother Carlos Jnr as well as Queen Anne-Marie, Princess Theodora and Carlos Morales' mother and sister. Congratulations to the happy family!



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Princess Alexia of Greece has a new daughter Amelia

Princess Alexia of Greece has given birth to her fourth child, to be called Amelia, in Barcelona. The baby girl was born at the Clínica Teknon de Barcelona at 10:20pm on Friday night and weighed 3.9 kg. On Saturday morning the clinic said mother and daughter are doing well. Amelia is the fourth child for Princess Alexia and her husband Carlos Morales. Amelia has two sisters, Arrietta and Anna-Maria, and a brother, Carlos, who visited their new sister on Saturday. Queen Anne-Marie was also at the clinic to see her new grandaughter. On Saturday morning Alexia's cousin Infanta Cristina visited for half an hour together with her three sons Juan Valentín, Pablo Nicolás and Miguel (King Constantine is brother to Queen Sophia).
Danish royal cousin Alexia is the eldest child of King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, was the first child born to one of the Danish royal sisters (Margrethe, Benedikte and Anne-Marie) and therefore was the first grandchild to Queen Ingrid and King Frederik IX.

Actualidad Terra 'La Princesa Alexía de Grecia da a luz a su cuarto hijo, una niña que se llamará Amelia'
La Razón 'La Princesa Alexía de Grecia da a luz a su cuarto hijo, una niña que se llamará Amelia'

Danish Monarchy - Anne-Marie

Queen Anne-Marie's birthday in Greece

We posted here about Queen Anne-Marie's 60th birthday. Anne-Marie's immediate and extended family gathered in Greece for the celebration. King Constantine gave his wife a sailing boat for her birthday called »Afroessa«. Here are photos from the celebration published this week in Billed Bladet no. 36. Queen Anne-Marie looked as though the best birthday gift of all was to be with her family, including all her grand children, out on the boat and then later at a party for the adults. Queen Sofía of Spain (sister of Constantine) and nieces Infantas Doña Elena and Doña Cristina were there with the Danish side of the family for the celebration. Some of the Danish and German family members were not able to be there, but it appeared a good time was had by all. As a special treat, we have included a photo of the scar on Queen Margrethe's knee! Also, Nikolaus' girlfriend Tatjana Blatnick was among the guests - a wedding in the wind? Constantinos went "all Zorba" and everyone looked particularly happy to be celebrating the birthday in Greece.

So far at Gråsten ...

The family gathering at Gråsten so far.

Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik arrived in Sønderborg on the Dannebrog on 21 July as we have already reported. Princess Benedikte joined them soon after.

On 28 July Prince Henrik inaugurated a new neuropsychiatric ward at Sønderborg (posted in the roundup here. Billed Bladet this week has photos of Prince Henrik trying out an excerise machine at the new centre and dealing with his mobile phone during proceedings.




This year's neighbourhood reception, or welcome for the royal family by locals, at Gråsten Palace was held on July 28. Here you can see Queen Margrethe sitting for the ceremony with her new puppy Heleke on her lap.




On 29 July there was a Royal Ballet performance at nearby Sønderborg Castle park. The Queen, Princess Benedikte, Princess Alexandra zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Queen Anne-Marie, Princess Alexia, her husband Carlos Morales and her younger brother Prince Nikolaos attended this event.



TV SYD click for short clip of the Royal Ballet performing in the Sønderborg Castle park
TV SYD article 'Ballet i Sønderborg' (in Danish)
Der Nordschleswiger (in German)

Queen Anne-Marie, Princess Alexia, husband Carlos Morales and their daughters Arrietta and Anna-Maria, and Prince Nikolaus at the circus during the stay at Gråsten Palace. Arrietta (centre with birds) participated in the circus with other children in the audience.



On 30 July Prince Joachim and Princess Benedikte attended the opera. It was a performance by Placido Domingo in concert in the city of Esbjerg in Jutland.



The Legoland in Billund near Gråsten had a visit from 11 royals, including some small ones, on Wednesday. They were accompanied by the Legoland director Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen as they flew on Duplo airplanes and other fun stuff. The members of the roayal family included Princess Benedikte, her daughter Princess Alexandra zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and grandchildren Richard and Ingrid, Queen Anne-Marie, her daughter Princess Alexia and her daughters Arrietta and Anna-Maria, Prince Joachim and Nikolai and Felix.



Indland Jyllands-Posten 'Prinser i hopla i Legoland' (in Danish)
JydskeVestkysen 'De kongelige på besøg i Legoland' (in Danish)
Jyllands-Posten infocast click to see short clip of the royals at Legoland.

There is to be a concert in the chapel in Gråsten Palace tomorrow and hopefully there will be new photos.