Princess Noor Pahlavi’s US hospital birth room declared Iranian territory (1992)

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Princess Noor Pahlavi’s US hospital birth room declared Iranian territory (1992)
by Darius Kadivar
17-Jun-2012
 

Associated Press article features the new born Princess Noor in her mother’s arms.  In possession of a diplomatic passport, and as Roi de Jure (aka King apparent) Crown Prince Reza was allowed to demand that the hospital room in which her baby daughter was born to be declared as part of the Iranian territory for 24 hours. Hence Princess Noor has not only a dual nationality but is effectively born on Iranian soil. This royal prerogative is not unique (see below).


(Source: persianrealm.com)


PHOTO CAPTION: April 14, 1992 – ROYAL BABY – Princess Yasmin, daughter in law of the late Former Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, looks at her daughter Princess Noor, who was born in Washington D.C. April 3, 1992. The hospital room was symbolically declared as part of Iran during the birth because the child could not be born on Iranian territory. (AP Photo) 1992

Princess Yasmine and daughters Princess Noor and Iman amongst demonstrators in Washington after the election crackdowns in Iran in 2009:

 

Interview with local Washington TV:



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ROYAL SUCCESSION RULES IN BRITAIN ONLY CHANGED RECENTLY

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ABC news:

Lama Hassan reports on the new rules that give fair play to first-born girls. 

 

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ROYALS NOT BORN ON NATIONAL SOIL 

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Royal Predecessors Not Born on Native Soil:

 

 

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ALEXANDER OF YUGOSLAVIA

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Part One of Riz Khan interview with the Crown Prince of Yugoslavia:

Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia:

Alexander was born in Suite 212 of Claridge's Hotel in Brook Street, London. The British Government temporarily ceded sovereignty over the suite in which the birth occurred to Yugoslavia so that the prince would be born in Yugoslav territory.

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JUAN CARLOS AND SOPHIA OF SPAIN

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King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, 50 years serving Spain:

 

King Juan Carlos of Spain:

 

Juan Carlos was born to the Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, and the Princess María Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies inRomeItaly, where his grandfather, King Alfonso XIII, and other members of the Spanish royal family had settled following the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic in 1931. He was baptized as Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias.

 

Queen Sophia of Spain:

Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark was born in PsychikoAthensGreece on 2 November 1938, the eldest child of the King Paul of Greece (1901–1964) and his wife, Queen Frederika (1917–1981), a former princess of Hanover. Queen Sofia is a member of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg dynasty. Her brother is the deposed KingConstantine II of Greece and her sister Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark. However, since the abolition of the monarchy, the royal titles are recognized by the Dutch Monarchy and the Danish Royal Family.

Princess Sophia spent some of her childhood in Egypt where she took her early education in El Nasr Girls' College (EGC) inAlexandria, then went to South Africa during her family's exile from Greece during World War II. They returned to Greece in 1946. She finished her education at the prestigious Schloss Salem boarding school in Southern Germany, and then studied childcare, music and archeology in Athens. Sofia also studied at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. She represented Greece in the 1960s Summer Olympics sailing events

 

 

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PHILIP OF GREECE 

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh:

 

« Mon Repos » Birth place of the Duke of Edinburgh prior to his exile


Mon Repos is the birth place of Prince Philip and former summer residence of King Konstantinos of Greece, now converted to a museum. View of a ground floor room

Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark was born at Mon Repos on the Greek island of Corfu on 10 June 1921, the only son and fifth and final child of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg.[5] Philip's four elder sisters were MargaritaTheodoraCecilie, and Sophie. He was baptised into the Greek Orthodox Church. His godparents were Queen Olga of Greece and the Mayor of Corfu.

Shortly after Philip's birth, his maternal grandfather, Prince Louis of Battenberg, died in London. Louis was a naturalised British citizen and, after long and distinguished service in the Royal Navy, had renounced his German titles and adopted the surname Mountbatten. After visiting London for the memorial, Philip and his mother returned to Greece where Prince Andrew had remained behind to command an army division embroiled in the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922).

The war went badly for Greece, and the Turks made large gains. On 22 September 1922, Philip's uncle, the reigning KingConstantine I of Greece, was forced to abdicate, and Prince Andrew, along with others, was arrested by the military government. The commander of the army, General Georgios Hatzianestis, and five senior politicians were executed. Prince Andrew's life was believed to be in danger, and Alice was under surveillance. In December, a revolutionary court banished Prince Andrew from Greece for life.[8] The British naval vessel HMS Calypso evacuated Prince Andrew's family, with Philip being carried to safety in a cot made from a fruit box. Philip's family went to France, where they settled in the Paris suburb of Saint-Cloud in a house lent to them by his aunt, Princess George of Greece.

Although both he and his father were born in Greece, he left the country as a baby and does not have a strong grasp ofGreek. In 1992, Philip said that he "could understand a certain amount of" the language. He has stated that he considers himself to be more Scandinavian, particularly Danish.[ He speaks fluent English, German and French.


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