A happy birthday to Her Imperial Highness Princess Arianna Austin Makonnen of the former Imperial House of Ethiopia.

Her Imperial Highness was born on January 6th to Bobby William Austin and Joy Ford. She is of African-American and Guyanese descent.

She got engaged to His Imperial Highness Prince Yoel Dawit Makonnen, great grandson of the His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, the last Emperor of Ethiopia and current fifth in line to the Solomonic Dynasty in 2014 after meeting him at Pearl Nightclub in 2005. The couple got married on September 9th 2017 in a Ethiopian Orthodox ceremony at Debre Genet Medhanealem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church in Temple Hills, Maryland.



Their Imperial Highnesses are very involved in the arts, educational, cultural experiences of the Africa diaspora and Ethiopian community as they are founders of Old World/New World Productions, a media company that produces documentaries, feature films, and television shows focused on Africa and the African diaspora.