They are happy to reunite as a family. To spend time together. For him, it’s also precious hours to enjoy his two grandchildren who are growing up very quickly. According to a photo released this January 10, 2025, by the Instagram account @royals_without_throne, Karl of Habsburg found his three children Eleonore, Ferdinand and Gloria, at Veste Heldburg Castle, in Germany, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of his mother Regina, born Princess of Saxe-Meiningen. It is in the crypt of this medieval fortress in southern Thuringia that the heart of Archduke Otto’s wife is found.
If Christian, Karl’s wife, does not seem to have made the trip, his eldest daughter came with her husband, the Belgian pilot Jérôme d’Ambrosio, their son Otto, aged three, and their granddaughter , thus revealing his adorable face, despite not knowing his first name, kept secret. Gloria of Habsburg poses all smiles, seated to the right of her father Karl and her nephew whose first name is a tribute to their paternal grandfather, Archduke Otto. Standing next to Ferdinand of Habsburg, a young woman whose identity remains unknown completes this charming family portrait. Is she the companion of the man who is also a racing driver? Or just a friend? The mystery remains.
This photo is also an opportunity to reassure about the state of health of the pretender to the thrones of Austria and Hungary. On September 28, 2023, the Paneuropa Austria movement of which he is president revealed, at his request, that he “had to undergo surgery because he had recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer”. Before adding that “the intervention had gone well and it was unlikely that chemotherapy would be necessary”.
These reunions in Germany were perhaps also the opportunity to celebrate, a little early, the 63rd birthday of Karl of Habsburg, born on January 11. A new year accompanied by a father-son trip to Bolivia for Karl and Ferdinand, as the latter revealed on his Instagram account. A stay to continue creating, together, the most beautiful memories.
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