Ragnhild Lorentzen
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Ragnhild Alexandra Lorentzen (born 8 May 1968) was born in Amparo Feminino Hospital in Rio de Janeiro
, the youngest daughter of Princess Ragnhild of Norway
and Erling Lorentzen
. Her grandfather was the late King Olav V
of Norway
. Because of her lineage, she was 71st in the Line of succession to the British Throne
.
, Aaron Long. Due to the provisions of the Act of Settlement 1701
, her marriage to a Roman Catholic removed her from the Lines of Succession to the British throne and the thrones of the other fifteen Commonwealth realms. She currently lives in the United States, where she works in the hospitality industry.
Aaron and Ragnhild Long had a daughter, Alexandra Lorentzen Long, born in Santa Barbara, California
on 14 December 2007. They had a second daughter, Elizabeth Lorentzen Long, in March 2011.
In 2002, the Guardian
newspaper attempted to get an interview with Queen Elizabeth II
on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee
. After being declined, the paper then attempted to interview the closest person possible in the line of succession to the Queen. After being turned down by the entire British Royal Family, and their closest descendants, the paper finally managed to interview Ragnhild, at that time 66th in the line of succession.
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, the youngest daughter of Princess Ragnhild of Norway
Princess Ragnhild of Norway
Princess Ragnhild of Norway, Mrs. Lorentzen, is the eldest daughter of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden. She is the older sister of His Majesty King Harald V of Norway and of Princess Astrid of Norway.Princess Ragnhild married Erling S...
and Erling Lorentzen
Erling Lorentzen
Erling Sven Lorentzen is a Norwegian businessman who has lived in Brazil for decades.He was born in Oslo as a son of Øivind Lorentzen and Ragna Nilsen...
. Her grandfather was the late King Olav V
Olav V of Norway
Olav V was the king of Norway from 1957 until his death. A member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Olav was born in the United Kingdom as the son of King Haakon VII of Norway and Queen Maud of Norway...
of Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. Because of her lineage, she was 71st in the Line of succession to the British Throne
Line of succession to the British Throne
The line of succession to the British throne is the ordered sequence of those people eligible to succeed to the throne of the United Kingdom and the other 15 Commonwealth realms. By the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701, the succession is limited to the descendants of the Electress Sophia of...
.
Biography
In November 2003, aged 35, she married an AmericanUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Aaron Long. Due to the provisions of the Act of Settlement 1701
Act of Settlement 1701
The Act of Settlement is an act of the Parliament of England that was passed in 1701 to settle the succession to the English throne on the Electress Sophia of Hanover and her Protestant heirs. The act was later extended to Scotland, as a result of the Treaty of Union , enacted in the Acts of Union...
, her marriage to a Roman Catholic removed her from the Lines of Succession to the British throne and the thrones of the other fifteen Commonwealth realms. She currently lives in the United States, where she works in the hospitality industry.
Aaron and Ragnhild Long had a daughter, Alexandra Lorentzen Long, born in Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
on 14 December 2007. They had a second daughter, Elizabeth Lorentzen Long, in March 2011.
In 2002, the Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
newspaper attempted to get an interview with Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee
Golden Jubilee
A Golden Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 50th anniversary.- In Thailand :King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, celebrated his Golden Jubilee on 9 June 1996.- In the Commonwealth Realms :...
. After being declined, the paper then attempted to interview the closest person possible in the line of succession to the Queen. After being turned down by the entire British Royal Family, and their closest descendants, the paper finally managed to interview Ragnhild, at that time 66th in the line of succession.