In May 2020 the book “The Habsburgs The Rise and Fall of a World Power” (can also be found as “The Habsburgs. To Rule the World”) by Martyn Rady was published. More than 400 pages of which the first 25 can be seen here. Almost at the same time, in June 2020 the Dutch version […]
Royal Twins
Sometimes I wonder what’s the thing with (royal) twins nowadays. So many celebrities become the parents of twins, and there are more royal twins than ever before. Almost every time a royal is pregnant, there are rumours it will be twins. Most of the time that is of course rubbish, but once in a while […]
Royal News June 2020
1 June The Bhutanese Royal Court issued several gorgeous photos of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema with their two sons. The name of the second son is to become public in a few days time. The photos were made to commemorate the 30th birthday of the Queen on the 4th of […]
The Museumhuis van Eysinga – A pleasant surprise
It is quite a special experience having a museum nearly for yourself. At the moment you have to buy a ticket beforehand, so you never know. It was my very first visit to one of the Museumhuizen of the Vereniging Hendrick de Keyser, and honestly I wouldn’t mind visiting more of them, as it was […]
700.000 views!
In the very early hours of Thursday 2 July 2020 this blog reached another milestone. Since the start of the blog in September 2012 there have been 700.000 views. Of course in the first years I didn’t really do much with the blog, so it didn’t attract a lot of visitors. But more people visit […]
New royal and noble books – November 2020
For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Rosvall Royal Books Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online AUSTRIA Author: Christoph Matzl. Title: Karl von Habsburg, Kaiserenkel zwischen den Zeiten (Karl von Habsburg, Grandson of the Emperor between times). Publication: 24 November 2020 by Carl Ueberreuter Verlag. Language: German. […]