There are far more former monarchies than reigning monarchies in the world left. In the years to come only more monarchies will disappear and become a republic. Nowadays there is a lot of criticism on the work ethics, the finances, the private holidays and a lot of other subjects. You have to be seen to […]
Turning 50
Half a year from now I will celebrate my 50th birthday. No particular thoughts on that, although it sounds old. I am however glad I share my birth year with a group of royals. Thus far none of them has announced a big party, except of course for King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, who […]
Collection: New royal and noble books
When buying your books at Amazon, could you please think of me and use these links?The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, USA, France, Italy, Spain Last updated: 12 March 2023 (March 2023); 25 February 2023 (January & February 2023); 4 January 2023 (December, September 2022); 25 February 2023 (November 2022) 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Current and future exhibitions
Last updated: 23 March 2023 This list contains temporarily noble and royal exhibitions all over the world. If you hear about an exhibition that is not yet listed, let me know. Australia Summer 2023 – The Australian Museum, SydneyRamses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs Austria 21 October 2022 – 16 April 2023Heidi […]
A view of Frogmore
During my March 2019 visit to Windsor I of course wanted to have a look at the Long Walk. Me and the friend who accompanied me were too tired for a long walk after our Windsor Castle visit. However we were quite interested to see whether we could see Frogmore Cottage, the future house of […]
Royal thoughts of the week (1)
The way magazines and newspapers report about royal families online, especially in the United Kingdom, gets more and more irritating. Royalty seems to be a kind of theme everybody has an opinion about, yet it isn’t exactly easy to actually understand royal families and monarchies. One has the royal correspondents, royal journalists, royal photographers and […]
New royal and noble books – March 2023
For more new books about royalty see: *contains affiliate links* FRANCE (NOBILITY) Title: La Duchesse, The life of Marie de Vignerot. Cardinal Richelieu’s forgotten heiress who shaped the fate of FranceAuthor: Bronwen O’SheaPublication date: 7 March 2023Publisher: Pegasus BooksLanguage: English Buy at Amazon: NL, DE, UK (11 May 2023), US, FR, IT (11 May 2023), […]
New royal and noble books – February 2023
For more new books about royalty see: *contains affiliate links* BELGIUM Title: Filip & Mathilde 7 – Royal FloshAuthor: Charel CambréPublication date: 17 February 2023Publisher: Uitgeverij IndrukLanguage: Dutch Buy at Amazon: NL, DE CASTLES Title: Politics and the English Country House, 1688-1800Editors: Joan Coutu, Jon Stobart and Peter N. LindfieldPublication date: 15 February 2023Publisher: McGill-Queen’s […]
New royal and noble books – January 2023
For more new books about royalty see: *contains affiliate links* BELGIUM Title: De macht van Mathilde. De ware impact van de Koningin der Belgen (Mathilde’s power. The true impact of the Queen of the Belgians)Author: Jo De PoorterPublication date: 3 January 2023Publisher: PelckmansLanguage: Dutch Buy at Amazon: NL, DE, UK, FR, IT, ES INDIA Title: […]
New website: On Tour with NettyRoyal
As I recently announced, I was working on a new website. I finally published On Tour with NettyRoyal online on 14 February 2023. It will not replace this website, but will contain a lot of my royal travelling reports, news about royal palaces, books about royal palaces and castles, activities and exhibitions, visits of royals […]