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Kyril Кирил
Prince of Preslav
Kyril (right) with Nikolai Tolstoy, 1996
Born	(1964-07-11) 11 July 1964 (age 60) Madrid, Spain
Spouse	Rosario Nadal ​ ​(m. 1989; sep. 2009)​
Partner	Katharine Butler
Issue	Princess Mafalda-Cecilia Princess Olimpia Prince Tassilo
House	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry
Father	Simeon II of Bulgaria
Mother	Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela

Bulgarian royal family
The Tsar The Tsaritsa The Prince of Turnovo Prince Beltran The Prince of Preslav The Princess of Preslav Princess Mafalda, Mrs. Abousleiman Princess Olimpia Prince Tassilo The Prince of Panagyurishte The Princess of Panagyurishte Prince Mirko Prince Lukás Prince Tirso The Prince of Vidin The Princess of Vidin Prince Umberto Princess Sofia Princess Kalina, Mrs. Muñoz The Princess of Koháry
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Styles of The Prince of Preslav
Reference style	His Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Royal Highness

Kyril, Prince of Preslav, Duke in Saxony (born 11 July 1964), also known as Kyril of Saxe-Coburg, is the second son of Simeon II and Margarita Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. His father, Simeon, served as 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."

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

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.

The religious ceremony was held at Saint Anne's Chapel, Royal Palace of La Almudaina, Palma de Mallorca. The Spanish tabloids ¡Hola! and Semana covered the event and reported that there were 400 guests, though only 125 could be accommodated in the chapel for the religious ceremony. According to Majesty magazine at the time, King Juan Carlos, Queen Sofía, Infanta Elena, Infanta Cristina of Spain, and Felipe VI of Spain attended the occasion.

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)

Through their mother, Kyril’s children descend from the Aztec Emperor Montezuma II. A former model and muse for the fashion designer Valentino Garavani, Rosario Nadal works professionally as an art consultant. In 2007, she wrote an article for Architectural Digest.

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.

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

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. Until his marriage, Kyril's purported romantic interests were tracked by European celebrity magazines, notably ¡Hola! in Spain.

He owns a vacation residence near Campos, Majorca, where he is a keen surfer.

He and his wife have been known to socialize with many celebrities and royalty, such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Hugh Grant, the Crown Prince Haakon Magnus and Mette Marit of Norway, as well as the Spanish royal family.

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

Honours

Dynastic

• House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry: Knighr Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Alexander

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. "https://www.ramhg.es/images/stories/pdf/movimiento-nobiliario/Movimie…" (PDF). archive.ph. 15 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2024. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
6. Town & Country, March 1998
7. Margalejo, Isabel, and Rosario Nadal, Architectural Digest, March 2007, No. 12, p. 338
8. "Rosario Nadal y Kyril se separan". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). EFE. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
9. Prince Kyril of Saxe-Coburg and actress Brooke Shields attend Christian Lacroix's - Getty Images
10. "El príncipe Kyril de Bulgaria recibe el premio 'Mallorquín de Verano' y presenta a su nueva novia". 3 August 2019.
11. Prince Kyril

• 1964 births
• Living people
• Nobility from Madrid
• Bulgarian princes
• Princes of Preslav
• House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Bulgaria)
• Princeton University alumni
• Eastern Orthodox Christians from Spain
• Spanish people of Bulgarian descent
• Sons of kings
• Children of prime ministers