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Kalistani News in Brief:  Princess Mary Natalia Ananto-DeLaurentis named Crown Princess
Kalistani Royals attend Princess Nicole's Wedding in Egelion; Kalistan prepares for Solentian Refugees
Kaliburg, Grand Duchy of Ananto
May 31, 5626


Crown Princess and Future Empress Mary Ananto-DeLaurentis hiking near Cliff House in April

Minor Princess Mary Natalia Ananto-DeLaurentis named Crown Princess
Just ahead of her 16th birthday, Her Highness the Minor Princess Mary-Elizabeth Natalia Ananto-DeLaurentis has been named Crown Princess.  As such she now begins the long informal process to replace her Father, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Fredrick III Ananto on the throne of Ananto and Kalistan.  The Minor Crown Princess has no formal duties as such, but in the last two years ahead of her National Service, the Minor Crown Princess will now be made more familiar with the organs of state.

"Her Highness, the Minor Princess Mary has a very sharp mind," said Crown Watcher Monique Goldblum in Kaliburg.  "In school her favorite subjects are physics and earth science.  She plays the piano for the school's swing band, and enjoys hiking and mountain climbing.  The Minor Princess Mary is also a competitive softball player, and her JV team won the High School Ananto Championships this last spring.  She speaks three languages (Vrassan, Egelian and Canrillaise) and is interested in learning Dundorfic.  She has an analytical mind, but also attends the theater with her parents and her sister, and is said to especially like musical theater.  During her training, she will become steeped in Institutions and history as well, and will need to learn finance."  

All of that is for the future though.  For now, the title won't change much.  "Her job now is finishing secondary education and completing her National Service," said Goldblum.  "His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Fredrick won't likely begin preparing her for office until she is at least 22.  But it is believed that he wanted to ensure that she received the title, to put everyone on notice that he is now thinking about his future and the future of the Monarchy."  The entitlement was attended by His Imperial Majesty the Emperor, Her Highness the Empress Consort, His Excellency the Chancellor of the Empire Sir David Levine, who read out the official proclamation granting her the title, Her Highness the Minor Princess Margaret-Carolina Nicollette Ananto-DeLaurentis, and her Highness the Princess of the Empire Carolina Ananto.  The Ceremony took place at Cliff House in Kaliburg.

Royal Family Attends Lady Nicole Ananto-Bjorksdattir's Wedding in Egelion
The Royal Family visited Altea earlier this month to attend the wedding between Egelion's King Romulo I and Lady Nicole Ananto-Bjorksdattir, the youngest daughter of Lady Dana Ananto-Alvarez and Sir Christopher Bjorksdattir.  With the marriage, the two Anantonese Royal Families are united by marriage.  "We welcome our Cousin, Romulo Rey to our family," said His Imperial Majesty Emperor Fredrick III Ananto, through his official interpreter and spokeswoman Allison Stuart.  "Strengthening fraternal ties between our two nations has long been the policy of Ananto and Kalistan, and it is an honor to be present for this beautiful ceremony."

The Ceremony was held at the Basilica of Our Lady of Egelion in Altea, and the Bride was attired in a beautiful designer white dress that shimmered in the natural light of the Chapel.   Empress Consort Monica Ananto-DeLaurentis served as her maid of Honor for the Ceremony, which was conducted in Egelian.  (Lady Nicole speaks Egelian as a first language, and only speaks Vrassan with a heavy Gaduri accent, having learned it later in her life.)  Following the Ceremony, Lady Nicole Ananto became Reina Nicole de Montalivet y Sildavia.

After the beautiful ceremony, the wedding party moved to the Sorsuela Palace for a grand reception.  The Kalsitani Contingent, all of whom speak Egelian, were able to greet their Northern Neighbors among the Egelian Royal Family and the various ranks of Egelian Nobility.  His Imperial Majesty Emperor Fredrick III was in his element  at the party, where he told jokes and did magic tricks for party attendees, free of the stifling constraints of Imperial Protocol while in Egelion.  It was widely reported that he had a fantastic time making others smile, and his wife is very indulgent of her husband's mirth making.

It is also believed that the marriage of Lady Nicole to the King of Egelion is also the final act of the great careers of her parents, who are set to retire from public life in July.  The Viceroy of Gaduridos presented the newlyweds with keys to a six bedroom, four bathroom, 6,500 sq ft. vacation chateau in Marlingantos, which she had built on her estate's property outside of Vespiano specifically for her daughter as a wedding present.

Kalistan congratulates the King and Queen of Egelion, and looks forward to further strengthening the bonds between our two nations and two royal families.

Kalistan prepares for up to 50,000 Solentian Refugees
His Imperial Majesty has ordered the Ministry of Health and Social Services to begin preparing to receive as many as 50,000 Solentian Refugees in Kalistan.  "Each Duchy will accept up to 10,000 refugees, primarily at their Ducal Seats and in their Free Cities," said His Imperial Majesty's Minister for Health and Social Services Miguel Gomez.  "We feel that the refugees can be spread effectively throughout the nation, both to share the burden of taking on thousands of foreigners who all speak a foreign language, as well as to ensure that we are preventing ghettoization by crowding them all into the same area."

The Minister said that integration services are being set up ahead of the arrival of the Solentians.  "We have technology assisted translation available, but of course this will only get us so far.  So we are also setting up VASL classes to ensure that the arrivals are able to obtain a working knowledge of Vrassan.  We also want to give them all they need to start earning money and providing for their family.  We will give the single men and women who are between 18 and 26 the option of performing National Service rather than seeking employment on their own, but everyone will be entitled to live and work within Kalistan without hinderance or discrimination."

The Minister said that by seven years, the refugees will be provided the choice of either remaining in Kalistan permanently or returning to Solentia.  "If they choose to remain they will be granted citizenship immediately.  They will have contributed to this society, whether they choose to do national service or not, plenty by seven years, and will be allowed, and encouraged to remain in Kalistan as part of our population.  But if they would prefer to return to Majatra, this will also be available to them.  We will be in a position to return them to Solentia at request, with our compliments.  The choice will be theirs.  We are prepared to add all fifty thousand to our population, if this is their decision."

The refugee commitment was made by Princess Michelle Ananto at the Altea Conference, as commanded by His Imperial Majesty.  The Ministry of Health and Social Services said they should be ready to begin receiving refugees by June.

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