DYNASTIES AND GRANDEES

HRH Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark

January 18, 2016

One of five children of an exiled prince and hedgefunder and an American heiress, Her Royal Highness Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark was born in New York and grew up in Cheyne Walk...

The Marchioness of Bath

September 14, 2015

Born in Hungary and raised in France, the Marchioness of Bath has been described as a “soft porn actress” as well as a war correspondent and a journalist. In September 2015, she told The...

His Excellency Nunzio Alfredo D’Angieri and sons Stefan and Teava

September 6, 2015

This dandy dynasty of diplomats and collectors of motoring marvels are renowned on the international jet set. Diplomat H.E. Nunzio Alfredo D’Angieri was once termed “Arafats’s banker” and together with his sons Stefan and...

Jules Bianchi (1989 – 2015)

July 18, 2015

The Stirling Moss of his generation was tragically taken in his prime aged just 25. Nice born and the grandson of the three-time World Champion in the GT category Mauro Bianchi, Jules Bianchi was...

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (حمدان بن محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم, AKA “Fazza” or “فزاع)

June 17, 2015

The second son of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid bin Said bin...

Lisa du Pont Moseley (also known as Lisa Dean Chandor MacGuigan Moseley, born Lisa Dean)

May 31, 2015

A reclusive chain-smoking heiress, Lisa du Pont Moseley is best known for her connections to the 1998 murder of Pati Margello, the prostitute girlfriend of her son Simpson Dean MacGuigan. Wilmington, Delaware based and...

Lord Mostyn

May 30, 2015

The 7th Baron Mostyn was born in 1984 and was said to be worth some £50 million ($85 million) by The Sunday Times in 2014. Arsenal supporter and Durham University graduate Lord Mostyn speaks...

His Royal Highness Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan al-Saud

May 24, 2015

Oxford educated petrolhead HRH Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan al-Saud is married to the Duke of Northumberland’s niece and counts Jeremy Clarkson amongst his friends. He travelled with friends on a coach after his...

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump

May 9, 2015

The joining of two real estate and media dynasties came about in 2009 when Jared Kushner married Ivanka Trump. Harvard and New York University educated Kushner unexpectedly became the CEO of Kushner Companies after...

The Rt. Hon. The Countess Mountbatten of Burma CBE, MSC, CD, JP, DL (also known as Lady Brabourne)

May 2, 2015

The great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and godmother to The Prince of Wales, the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma once suggested that war “gives you quite a different outlook on life”. A mother of eight...

Paul Arrouet and Dylan Lauren

April 29, 2015

New York based hedge fund manager Paul Arrouet married Ralph Lauren’s daughter, Dylan, in June 2011. He is the managing partner at Marblegate Asset Management and she owns Dylan’s Candy Bar, the “largest candy...

India Rose James

April 28, 2015

The “pink-tinged blonde” granddaughter of the late “King of Soho” Paul Raymond co-owns most of Soho with her half-sister, Fawn. India Rose James told the Evening Standard that she has “massive trust issues” and is...

Galen and Hilary Weston

April 17, 2015

Worth some £6.5 billion ($9.7 billion) as of April 2015, Toronto and Windsor, Florida based Galen and Hilary Weston control an empire that includes Selfridges and Fortnum & Mason. Other family assets number Loblaws,...

Robert Durst

March 21, 2015

A member of the New York based Durst real estate dynasty and worth some $100 million, cross-dresser Robert Durst first came to the attention of the public when his first wife, Kathie, disappeared in...

The Countess of Carnarvon (née Fiona Aitken)

March 2, 2015

The chatelaine of Carnarvon Castle, the Countess of Carnarvon is a lady who doesn’t mince her words. In a March 2015 interview with the Mail Online, Lady Carnarvon complained about Ralph Lauren taking selfies...

Rafael de Medina y Abascal, 20th Duke of Feria

March 1, 2015

A member of the House of Medinaceli, Rafael de Medina y Abascal turned his back on a career with Credit Suisse to work in fashion with Massimo Dutti. His 2010 wedding to architect Laura Vecina...

Patricia Campbell Hearst-Shaw (better known as Patty Hearst)

December 26, 2014

One of the most famous kidnap and Stockholm syndrome victims ever, Patty Hearst is the granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, the inspiration for Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane. Taken by a left-wing urban guerrilla group...

Alejandro Santo Domingo Dávila

December 3, 2014

Colombian-American Alejandro Santo Domingo Dávila became one of the world’s youngest billionaires in 2011 and has been described as “tall, dark and handsome”. He is worth circa $15.2 billion (£9.7 billion) and is managing director...

Rose van Cutsem (née Rose Astor)

October 25, 2014

In marrying Hugh van Cutsem in 2005, Edinburgh educated Rose Astor united two dynasties. She describes herself as a “mother of three little pigs” and the “wife of a hunter” to her 4,000 Twitter followers...

Edward Cavendish (full name “Edward William Henry Delmar Cavendish”)

October 13, 2014

The son of Sir William and Lady (Liliana) Cavendish, Edward Cavendish featured on Town & Country’s ‘Most Eligible Bachelors’ list in 2014 and his “natural habitat” is described as being at “New York gallery...

Delphine Arnault

October 12, 2014

This “heiress to a global brand” became the executive vice-president of Louis Vuitton in 2013. Delphine Arnault is the eldest child of the billionaire luxury goods magnate Bernard Arnault and is described as “blonde...

Margaretta Large Fitler Murphy Rockefeller (known as “Happy Rockefeller”, née Margaretta Large Fitler)

October 4, 2014

The widow of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908 – 1979) is happy by name and happy by nature. A great-granddaughter of George Gordon Meade, the Union’s commander at the Battle of Gettysburg, twice married Happy...

Her Grace Deborah Cavendish, The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire DCVO (1920 – 2014; née The Hon. Deborah Freeman-Mitford)

September 24, 2014

The last surviving Mitford sister, the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire was nicknamed “the housewife duchess” and made Chatsworth one of the most successful and profitable stately homes in Britain. This remarkable lady had tea with...

Princess Yasmin Aga Khan

September 23, 2014

The twice married daughter of the actress Rita Heyworth and Prince Aly Khan was married to the Greek economist and shipping heir Basil Embiricos between 1985 and 1987. Princess Yasmin Aga Khan was born...

His Royal Highness The Duke of Bavaria, of Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine (born Franz Prinz von Bayern)

September 20, 2014

The senior co-heir general of King Charles I of England and Scotland came to public attention during Scotland’s independence referendum in September 2014. The Duke of Bavaria has never married and lives in a...