Month: December 2020

The blog has been moved
Blog, Blog & Me

The blog has been moved

Last night something I have prepared for for months has finally happened. My great host Rudy moved the blog to my first URL nettyroyal.nl. The people who usually only visited my blog will hardly notice. The old blog URL is still working and from there you will be directed to the new site without even […]

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Season’s Greetings
Blog, Blog & Me

Season’s Greetings

2020 has been an atypical year (as the Spanish media I follow keep on mentioning it). Royals have been working at home a lot, showed their offices, and outside often wore face masks, which looks awful on photos. We hardly had any nice royal events or big celebrations. National days were reduced or not celebrated […]

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Royal recipes (2)
Bits & Pieces, Miscellaneous

Royal recipes (2)

Royal cooking is a welcome subject for many people. There are several cookbooks with royal recipes, and even some royals wrote one themselves, or cooperated. Many royals love to cook themselves. BBC had a royal tv-program called “Royal Recipes”. Occasionally some royal houses share recipes from their own kitchen online, most of the time something […]

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Christmas broadcasts 2020
Film & TV, Media & Co

Christmas broadcasts 2020

Several countries are back in lockdown, which is a disaster around Christmas. Luckily I discovered there is quite a bit of royal TV in the coming weeks. I am sure this list is not complete, but enjoy! Austria 25 December – ORF2, 1.05pm: Sissi 25 December – ORF2, 2.45pm: Sissi, die junge Kaiserin 26 December […]

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How The Royals Helped Starting a Christmas Tradition Picture from Pixabay
History, Miscellaneous

How The Royals Helped Starting a Christmas Tradition

During the Christmas time many people enjoy having a Christmas tree (in German: Weihnachtsbaum) – either a real or an artificial one – in the house, me included. It is strange to imagine a house at Christmas time without a tree full of the most beautiful ornaments. But where does this tradition come from and […]

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New royal and noble books – March 2021 Pixabay, Leeds Castle
Books & Magazines, Media & Co

New royal and noble books – March 2021

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: Monika Czernin. Title: Der Kaiser reist inkognito. Joseph II. unterwegs im Europa der Aufklärung (The Emperor travels incognito. Joseph II’s journey through Enlightenment Europe). Publication: 9 March 2021 by […]

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Royal News November 2020 Copyright: Keld Navntoft, The Royal House, 2020
News, Royal News

Royal News November 2020

Last modified: 12 December 2020 1 November The desktop calendar for November 2020 of the royal family of Bhutan shows a lovely picture of Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck and his little brother Gyalsey Ugyen Wangchuck. The two sons of the King and Queen of the country were photographed at the Dechencholing Palace in commemoration of […]

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Royal webshops
Media & Co, Memorabilia

Royal webshops

Although I am not a regular online buyer, I can’t help finding myself browsing through royal e-shops sometimes. There is so much to find if you want to buy yourself a royal souvenir, or probably a royal gift for someone else. I had a look online to see what I could find, and hope it […]

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New royal and noble books – February 2021 Pixabay, Leeds Castle
Books & Magazines, Media & Co

New royal and noble books – February 2021

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: Michaela Lindinger. Title: Elisabeth Petznek. Skandalprinzessin, Spiritistin, Sozialdemokratin (Elisabeth Petznek. Scandal princess, spiritualist, social democrat). Publication: 23 February 2021 by Molden Verlag. Language: German. IRAN Author: Donna Stein. Title: […]

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