The announcement was posted on Facebook on Thursday.
Prince Félix and Princess Claire already have two children: Princess Amalia Gabriela Maria Teresa, born 15 June 2015 at the Luxembourg City maternity hospital, and Prince Liam Henri Hartmut of Nassau, born in Geneva on 28 November 2016.
The palace declined to announce the due date for the new arrival.
Prince Félix Léopold Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg was born on 3 June 1984 to Hereditary Grand Duke Henri and his Cuban-born wife Hereditary Grand Duchess Maria Teresa at the Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital in Luxembourg City. He is the couple’s second child, younger brother to Prince Guillaume (1981) and older brother to Prince Louis (1986), Princess Alexandra (1991) and Prince Sébastien (1992).
Prince Félix, who is currently second in line to the throne, is named after his great-grandfather Félix de Bourbon-Parme, husband of the late Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg. Being a member of the Order of the Lion d’Or of Nassau makes him not only a Prince, but also a knight. His godparents are Prince Jean, Grand Duke Henri’s younger brother, and Catalina Mestre, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa’s only sister.
Princess Claire of Luxembourg, née Claire Margarete Lademacher, was born to an affluent German family on 21 March 1985 in Filderstadt, Germany.
Her father Hartmut Lademacher is a former IBM executive and founder of LHS Telekommunikation whose fortune has been valued at around €600 million. The software multi-millionaire owns several castles in Croatia and France, as well as the Chateau les Crostes winery in Lorgues, France, which Princess Claire currently runs with her husband Prince Félix.
Claire’s mother Gabriele Lademacher works as a consultant for organisations in the arts sector and has worked with museums such as the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. Princess Claire has an older brother called Felix, just like her husband.
