In some monarchies a yearly overview of the royal year is broadcasted on television. I am not certain they are both available abroad, but as I can see the Swedish one here, I hope they’re both available. Romania Anul 2021, pe scurt https://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/anul-2021-pe-scurt/ Sweden Året med kungafamiljen 2021 https://www.svtplay.se/video/33429602/aret-med-kungafamiljen-2021?id=Kq21GWm Several older programs can be found […]
It has been another Covid-19 year. Although somewhat more was possible in 2021 than in 2020, we still lacked big royal events. And just when everybody thought it was getting better, it all went worse again. But I keep on trying to look forward positively to the new year and hopefully to many lovely royal […]
Around 20 years ago I first heard about a genealogical book called “Bernadotteättlingar” by Ted Rosvall. Great was my joy when visiting Sweden in the summer of 2005 I found a copy of that book, at the bookshop of Drottningholm Palace of all places. They were getting rid of the last books they had, so […]
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Sorry to let my frustrations go … but honestly, I find royalty watching during the Covid-19 pandemic sometimes rather depressing. It is kind of a double feeling. On one hand one wants the royals to adapt their lives just like everybody else does. Their exemplary role probably even makes them stick to the rules more […]
© RVD – Frank Ruiter 2021
On 30 April 2013 the eldest daughter of the new King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Catharina-Amalia, became the first Princess of Orange in her own right in modern times. The title is however much older. Origine Orange (Principauté d’Orange) was a principality in what is nowadays part of the Departement of Vaucluse, Provence, in the […]
© RVD – Frank Ruiter 2021
On Sunday 7 December 2003 at 5.01pm a Princess was born at the Bronovo Hospital in The Hague, The Netherlands. Originally the little Princess was only announced for January 2004, but being 52 cm tall and having a weight of 3,310 grams hardly anybody believed that she was born several weeks early. The name was […]
Pixabay, Leeds Castle
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 Authors: Elena Hell and Robert Krause. Title: Sisi (1). Das dunkle Versprechen (Sisi. The dark promise). Publication: 1 December 2021 by Rowohlt Verlag, on the occasion of the new RTL-TV-Series […]
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Last modified: 5 December 2021 1 November Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain delivered her COP26 speech via video message. She had recorded the speech already late October 2021 and let know on 26 October that she wouldn’t attend the event, as she had planned. Many world leaders attend the 26th United Nations Climate Change […]
Net als ten tijde van de 18de verjaardag van haar vader Koning Willem-Alexander in 1985 en haar grootmoeder Prinses Beatrix der Niederlanden in 1956 is er een officieel boek verschenen over de Prinses van Oranje, Amalia, die op 7 december 2021 haar 18de verjaardag viert. Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria, Prinses van Oranje, Prinses der Nederlanden, […]
