Categories: Global

Spanish Princess Maria Teresa becomes first royal to die from coronavirus

MADRID (AFP): Spanish Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Parma has become the first royal who passed away from the novel coronavirus after her death was reported on Sunday.

The 86-year-old princess was the cousin of Spanish King Felipe VI. Her brother, the Duke of Aranjuez, announced her death via a Facebook post. Her funeral will be held on Friday in Madrid.

“On this afternoon… our sister Maria Teresa de Borbon Parma and Borbon Busset, a victim of the coronavirus COVID-19, died in Paris at the age of eighty-six,” read the post.

Born on July 28, 1933, Theresa became a professor at Paris” Sorbonne as well as a professor of Sociology at Madrid’s Complutense University

Known for her activism and views, she was dubbed as the “Red Princess”.

The Frontier Post

Recent Posts

Stormy Daniels testifies during day 13 of Trump’s New York hush money trial

NEW YORK: Her story is at the heart of the hush money criminal trial against…

9 hours ago

Hamas official warns of no ceasefire deal if Israel continues aggression on Gaza

GAZA : Hamas official Osama Hamdan warned on Tuesday that if Israel’s military aggression continues…

9 hours ago

Police break up pro-Palestine protests at Berlin, Amsterdam

BERLIN: Police have broken up a protest by several hundred pro-Palestinian activists who occupied a…

9 hours ago

TikTok challenges potential US ban in court

WASHINGTON (AFP): TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance filed a legal challenge against the…

9 hours ago

Saudi team’s visit significant headway in bilateral ties: PM

F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that the visit of Saudi…

9 hours ago

This website uses cookies.