Overview

• The couple delayed public confirmation for 40 days, opting to share the birth announcement via Princess Claudia’s personal Instagram instead of a formal palace statement.
• The Instagram announcement featured photos of baby Nikolai wearing a butter-yellow knitted cardigan and resting in a blanket embroidered with his name.
• The birth strengthens ties between the Liechtenstein and Luxembourg royal houses, since Prince Josef-Emanuel’s mother belongs to Luxembourg’s grand-ducal family.
• Prince Josef-Emanuel and Princess Claudia, married in Cartagena in 2022, are already parents to their first son, Prince Leopold, born in March 2023.
• Friends, royal peers and public figures such as Flora Vesterberg and fashion journalist Nina Garcia responded with congratulatory messages on the Instagram post.