April is a very special month for the British royals as both the matriarch Queen Elizabeth II and her great-grandson, Prince William and Kate Middleton ’s youngest son Prince Louis, are celebrating big birthdays. The two royals will be having very different parties, though, since they are 92 years apart! (Note in your calendar that although she was an April baby, the Queen ‘officially’ celebrates her birthday at Trooping the Colour in June.)
It is Aries and finally Taurus season, and there are also some other members of royalty who fall under these zodiac signs and are marking a new year on the planet. In fact, we have a whopping four monarchs who have birthdays during the fourth month of the year, including one whose granddaughter, a teenage Danish Princess , is celebrating, too. Want to find out which members of royalty have birthdays in April? Keep on scrolling...
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark – Born April 16, 1940
Queen Margrethe is one of the most colorful royals around, and one of the most creative. The Danish Queen, whose nickname is Daisy, is a painter and clothes designer, who has actually created costumes for both the Royal Danish Ballet and the 2009 movie The Wild Swans. When she became Queen in 1972, she became her country’s first female monarch since the 15th century. Queen Margrethe is a widow; her husband Prince Henrik passed away in 2018.
Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg – Born April 16, 1955
Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, born Prince Henri Albert Gabriel Félix Marie Guillaume, ascended the throne of the tiny country, which has a population of just over 600,000, in October 2000. The Grand Duke, who has a net worth of around $4billion, is a father-of-five who is married to one of Europe's Latina royals, Cuban-born Grand Duchess Maria Teresa.
Princess Isabella of Denmark – Born April 21, 2007
Princess Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe of Denmark, who is also styled Countess of Monpezat, is the first-born daughter, and second child, of Denmark's future King and Queen, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary. When Princess Isabella arrived she was the first girl born into the Danish royal family in more than 60 years. Here she’s seen at her uncle Prince Joachim’s birthday party with her mom and dad, elder brother Prince Christian, and her younger siblings, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine.
Queen Elizabeth II – Born April 21, 1926
Legend, icon, QUEEN. The British monarch, born Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, is a worldwide favorite, and has been since her coronation on June 2, 1953. On that day, after the death of her father King George VI, she became Queen of Great Britain at the age of just 27. The Queen has three sons one daughter: Charles, Prince of Wales, who is her heir; Anne, Princess Royal; Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.
Prince Louis of Cambridge – Born April 23, 2018
One of the cutest little royals around, Prince Louis Arthur Charles is the third child of the very popular Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton. Young Louis, who has two equally adorable siblings, big sister Princess Charlotte and big brother Prince George, is one of the Queen's eight great-grandchildren.
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands – Born April 27, 1967
Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand, King of the Netherlands, is married to one of our favorite Latina royals, Argentina-born Queen Maxima. The couple, who married in 2002, has three daughters: his heir, Amalia, Princess of Orange, who will one day be Queen, as well as Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane. Willem-Alexander became King in 2013, when his mother, Queen Beatrix, stepped down. Fun fact: the King is also a licensed commercial airline pilot who secretly flew KLM flights for more than 20 years.
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden – Born April 30, 1946
Born Prince Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus, the royal became second in line when his father was killed in a plane crash when he was less than a year old. Upon the death of his grandfather in 1973, King Carl XVI Gustaf ascended the throne. In 2018, 45 years later, he became the longest-reigning monarch in Swedish history.
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