Royal Report: 6 Regal Black Women from Around the World
As the international community puts its focus on the royal wedding between Britain's Prince William and Catherine Middleton, the question arises of whether there exists black royalty today other than Disney's Princess Tiana. Well, the following women prove that the concept transcends cartoon fantasy and has expanded beyond the shores of Africa. BlackEnterprise.com highlights regal women of color -- princesses, socialites, philanthropists and businesswomen -- who show the beauty of diversity in love, marriage and monarchy.
Princess Angela (born Angela Gisela Brown) was a standout graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York and worked as a fashion director for Adrienne Vittadini, before marrying Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein in January 2000. This Afro-Panamanian beauty also started her own line, A. Brown, which she headed for three years. The couple wed at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer in New York, after reportedly meeting a few years earlier at a reception in the city. The princess wore a white dress which she designed and the same Kinsky royal-jeweled tiara that Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein wore when she married Philipp von Lattorff in June 1999.

she's
11 years older than him.

Their son, Prince Alfons. They're super private and I don't know anything except that Prince Maximilian is the current CEO of the LGT Group.
Baroness Cecile de Massy of Monaco
Massy is married to Christian Louis, Baron de Massy, who is Prince Rainier of Monaco's nephew. The fashionable beauty of Caribbean descent is a prominent fixture among the who's who of Monaco's social scene, and is also involved in philanthropy, serving as president of
Ladies Lunch Monte-Carlo, a charitable organization in Monaco.

With their sons Brice and
Antoine.
Princess Sikhanyiso of Swaziland
The
first child of King Mswati III of Swaziland, this princess is more than a pretty face, speaking out to raise awareness on issues such as AIDS and poverty that affect her country. With interests in the arts, this 23-year-old studied drama at the University of Biola in California and was featured in publications as one of the top hottest young royals.
Royalty Among Us: Getting to know Princess Pashu
At Biola, a school that is only six percent international and 61 percent Caucasian, vibrant Swazi Sikhanyiso Dlamini — or Pashu — was bound to stand out with her British lilt and atypical clothing. But even in her native Swaziland, Dlamini is set apart; she’s a princess — an identity that she doesn’t publicize at Biola.
“Somehow people always find out,” she laughed. “I think it’s because of my personality that they find out, because I’m just weird … my personality gives it away.”
She said she doesn’t tell most people, partly for security reasons, and partly because it just isn’t proper.
“It breaches protocol,” she said. “You don’t introduce yourself as royal, you are introduced.”
Either way, the 21-year-old speech and drama major says she has had no problem making friends at Biola, citing her freshman year social life as hindering her academics.
“That’s why I’m still a junior this year,” she explained. “But it’s all in God’s time.”
The princess is unabashedly Christian; her official Web site opens with John 3:16, part of her Facebook reads “For me, to live is to die” and her voicemail states “Worthy is the lamb who was slain … remember Jesus loves you, and I love you.”
Dlamini said she became a believer as a 17-year-old watching television evangelist Rod Parsley.
“I was so heavily convicted, and I changed,” she confessed. “I went back to school and people didn’t recognize me because I changed.” She said she had been a bisexual, a drinker and a heavy flirt.
this could've been harry's dream girl!!
“The things that have been noticed about me in real life just pale in comparison to the things God is doing with me behind closed door,” she said, talking about her personal and prophetic relationship with God.
Now Dlamini — a proud virgin — says she is a “strong advocate for chastity in [her] country.” Swaziland has the highest rate of AIDS in the world with 38.6 percent of the population HIV positive, and the princess has been involved in helping educate Swazi girls about HIV, sexual myths and staying pure.
She recently took several weeks off school to travel in Swaziland, South Africa and France as a part of an AIDS campaign. She is also involved in alleviating poverty in Swaziland through creating jobs.
“There’s not a single day when I don’t think about how I can improve the lives of Swazi people,” she said matter-of-factly.
She recently accepted a position offered to her by Bill Clinton as a global ambassador for Green Olympics and Peace games. She also has a foundation called Unshakable Confidence through which she runs her ministries.
Dlamini said the closest ministry to her heart is orphans. She sponsors four orphanages with around 187 children each, supplying them with necessities.
She said her ministries aren’t completely noble because everything we do in life is selfish — she described her work as “sucking up to God.”
“When people approach me with really big problems I just think there’s a really big blessing coming,” she said.
Dlamini said she does feel a sense of responsibility because of her position, but she refuses to let anyone off the hook. “We all have something to offer … everybody has a level of responsibility,” she stated strongly.
She juggles her philanthropic duties as a princess with a budding career as a rapper
(roflmao) and her work as a student.
“I don’t know how I survive,” she said. “I don’t know how I cope. I guess Proverbs 31. That’s the destiny of a woman. She’s supposed to do all these things. I know that God has given me that ability.”
A
video about her time at college.
Can't find much more than what's on herwikipedia page. Let her "music" grace your ears.
Princess Keisha Omilana of Nigeria
A former model, spokesperson, and actress,
Omilana adds brains to beauty as a businesswoman. The Inglewood, California native started Wonderful Brand, a multifaceted business incorporating fashion, television and Web, with her husband, Kunle, a Nigerian prince. Known as the "Pantene Girl," Omilana is cited as the first African American woman to be featured in three consecutive commercials.
Countess Mary Von Habsburg of Austria
Habsburg, a native of Sudan, is the wife of Ferdinand Leopold Joseph Count von Habsburg of Austria. The couple wed in August 1999, hosting their ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya, and have three children, all born in Nairobi. Their marriage was seen as controversial among the public and in royal circles, because of her class as a commoner and her ethnic background; but the head of the Habsburg royal family, Dr. Otto von Habsburg, reportedly declared all Habsburg marriages "equal."
How adorable of him.
You'd think the Habsburgs would be ecstatic he wasn't marrying his niece. I can't find any more info or pictures of the kids.
Queen Sylvia Nagginda of Buganda (Uganda)
Born in the United Kingdom and raised in Uganda, this regal woman married King Kabaka Mutebi II in 1999, after a career working in various U.S. sectors including public relations, international nonprofits and healthcare and human services. A graduate of New York University and New York Institute of Technology, the queen also advocates for
public service, having worked as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund, and has worked as a consultant to bring resources to Uganda's entrepreneurs and business community.
The king.
