You have been assigned to cover the latest royal wedding. That's easy enough: remark on the lovely flowers, oooh and aaah over the wedding dress; make fun of the more outlandish hats. Piece of cake, right? Of course; but who is that lovely blond dressed in full tiara and sash? Royalty has always mystified the masses. As a reporter your job is to draw back those curtains, but how can you do that if you don't know what's there yourself? Don't want to feel stupid about royal families anymore? This book is a basic guide to help reporters, and other royal followers, identify European royalty of all stripes and give cursory information about who they are and why anyone cares. Welcome to the 2019 edition. This guide is updated every January to include the latest members to join the royal families, either by birth or marriage, and to say a final farewell to those which have left us in the past year.

Author Biography

Daniel A. Willis is the author of several books about the royal families of Europe, including "The Romanoffs 100 Years Later" and "The Succession Explained." He also writes historical-fiction, with a fantasy twist. Mr. Willis lives in Denver.