Gloria
Renee Roxanna van der Bilt was born 1st of November 1987 in Angel
City, Amercania. Daughter and heiress of property and publishing magnate John
van der Bilt and Lady Karen Kent. Gloria was raised for the most part on the
various van der Bilt estates in Americania. She became a full fledged citizen
of the republic at age 18 and voted in her first election at age 18.
Gloria’s
grandparents on her mother’s side, HIH Prince Charles, Duke of Kent and HIH
Princess Roxanna, Duchess of Kent was murdered in the 1996 Royal massacre that
formed part of the “Bloody Revolution”. Gloria's mother being a naturalized
citizen of Americania survived the massacre.
The
Bloody Revolution gave Gloria a unique perspective on the evils that lead to
discontent and also the faults of democracy on the converse side. She vowed to
use her wealth to help the poor but also where she could to alleviate the
plight of Royals affected by the horror of the revolution. Upon her father’s
death in 2008 due to a hunting accident, Gloria acceded to her father’s
multi-billionaire fortune. She immediately excelled in business as she was
groomed by her father to do so. The van der Bilt media and transport business
has since then, expanded into fashion design, one of Gloria’s great passions
and also music production and distribution.
At a dinner in 2009 with the Count von Bismarck.
In
2009 Gloria started dating Count Nikolas von Bismarck and fell in love. They
were planning to get engaged when Gloria faced the first great obstacle of her
Royal heritage. This challenge was also caused by the Bloody Revolution and
Gloria had to face unasked for consequences. Due to the large scale murder of
many Royals during the revolution Gloria, a commoner with no title and an
Americanian citizen, found herself as the great granddaughter through her
mother’s mother, as the unrecognized yet legal claimant to the title, Crown Princess
of Normandia! This in itself was a shock but not the problem. The problem was
that if Normandia showed interest in their monarchy being restored, that she
could then not marry the Count von Bismarck. Gloria could become a Sovereign Queen
and in turn the Count von Bismarck, was the claimant to the Kingdom of
Syldavia. A marriage between them would combine two countries into an empire
which was the same principle that sparked the Bloody Revolution in the case of
the Empire of Scot-Britania. They chose to separate through much heartache.
This only strengthened Gloria’s resolve to do what she could to heal wounds
caused by the revolution. She set out to endear herself to her country of
origin, Normandia and began by funding charities concerned with child welfare.
Soon she founded a school of fashion in the capital city of Calaix. She visited
the country by invitation of its president in Nov 2010 to receive the Order of
the Lake for her charity work. Gloria was shown the Crown of Normandy and was
informed that a referendum was to be held to gauge public interest in a
restoration of the monarchy.
Gloria on her first official visit to Normandia in 2010.
The
referendum showed an overwhelming majority. 79% of the Normandian population
were in favour and only 4% against, the rest being indifferent. A date was set
to naturalize Gloria as a citizen and to have a state investiture proclaiming
her queen. Sadly her mother, Lady Karen van der Bilt who officially abdicated
the line of succession to her daughter, died of a heart attack 3months before
Gloria’s Investiture on 1st of May 2011. Gloria
was invested with the Crown of Normandia at a lavish state function attended by
Royalty from many countries and at the same function announced her engagement
to Normandian Nobleman Count Reggius Szangusco.
A State Portrait of Queen Gloria, taken in late 2011.
Gloria
is now, Her Majesty Queen Gloria I of the Kingdom of Normandia. The date for
their wedding is speculated for somewhere in mid 2012.
Long
Live Queen Gloria!
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