Kyril, Prince of Preslav

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Kyril
Кирил
Prince of Preslav
Kyril (right) with Nikolai Tolstoy, 1996
Born (1964-07-11) 11 July 1964 (age 59)
Madrid, Spain
Spouse
(m. 1989; sep. 2009)
PartnerKatharine Butler
Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela
Styles of
The Prince of Preslav
Reference style
His Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Royal Highness

Kyril, Prince of Preslav, Duke in Saxony

Tsar of Bulgaria from 1943 to 1946 and Prime Minister of Bulgaria
from 2001 to 2005.

Education and career

Kyril was born in Madrid, and graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in physics in 1986 after completing a senior thesis titled "Velocity distribution of pulsars: a Monte Carlo simulation."[2]

In 2007, he worked for GLG Partners, the London-based asset management branch of Lehman Brothers.[3][4]

Marriage and family

Kyril married

María del Rosario Nadal y Fuster de Puigdórfila, who goes by "Rosario Nadal", on 15 September 1989. Her first cousin, Joaquín Felipe de Puigdórfila y Esteve is the current Count of Olocau.[citation needed
]

The religious ceremony was held at Saint Anne's Chapel,

Felipe VI of Spain attended the occasion.[citation needed
]

The couple have three children:

  • Princess
    Mafalda-Cecilia
    (born 27 July 1994). On 28 May 2022 married civilly Marc Abousleiman in Majorca.
  • Princess Olimpia (born 14 December 1995)
  • Prince Tassilo (born 20 January 2002)

A former model and muse for the fashion designer Valentino Garavani, Rosario Nadal works professionally as an art consultant.[5] In 2007, she wrote an article for Architectural Digest.[6]

In October 2009, it was announced by the Spanish news agency EFE that, according to a report from an anonymous source close to Simeon of Bulgaria, the couple were going to live separately. The source claimed, however, that they don't presently have any plans or intention to divorce.[7]

The couple appeared together at the wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden on 19 June 2010.[citation needed]

Personal life

On 28 October 1987, Kyril escorted fellow Princeton graduate Brooke Shields to a dinner/fashion show hosted by Christian Lacroix in New York City.[8][unreliable source?] Until his marriage, Kyril's purported romantic interests were tracked by European celebrity magazines, notably ¡Hola! in Spain.[citation needed]

He owns a vacation residence near

]

He and his wife have been known to socialize with many celebrities and royalty, such as

Mette Marit of Norway, as well as the Spanish royal family.[citation needed
]

Kyril and his wife separated in 2009. Since 2017 he has been in a relationship with British businesswoman Katharine Butler.[9]

Ancestors]

Notes

  1. ^ Biography HRH Prince Kyril of Preslav Archived 26 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine – Official website of H.M. King Simeon II
  2. ^ Saxe-Coburg, Kyril (1986). Velocity distribution of pulsars : a Monte Carlo simulation. Princeton, NJ: Department of Physics.
  3. ^ Armitstead, Louise: "Hedge Fund Star's Net Worth," The Times, 1 July 2007
  4. ^ "Fast Track: A-Z of Employers Lehman Brothers," The Independent, 26 November 1998
  5. ^ Town & Country, March 1998
  6. ^ Margalejo, Isabel, and Rosario Nadal, Architectural Digest, March 2007, No. 12, p. 338
  7. ^ "Rosario Nadal y Kyril se separan". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). EFE. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  8. ^ Prince Kyril of Saxe-Coburg and actress Brooke Shields attend Christian Lacroix's - Getty Images
  9. ^ "El príncipe Kyril de Bulgaria recibe el premio 'Mallorquín de Verano' y presenta a su nueva novia". 3 August 2019.
Kyril, Prince of Preslav
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Cadet branch of the House of Wettin
Born: 11 July 1964
Bulgarian royalty
Vacant
Title last held by
Prince Kiril of Bulgaria
Prince of Preslav
1964–present
Incumbent
Preceded by
Prince Beltrán of Bulgaria
Line of succession to the former Bulgarian throne
3rd position
Succeeded by
Prince Tassilo of Bulgaria