Year: 2021

Bückeburg wedding – The evening party
Marriages, News

Bückeburg wedding – The evening party

The wedding in Bückeburg continued in the evening of Saturday 9 October 2021 with a gala dinner and ball, the cutting of the cake and lots more. Already before the first guests, all in evening dress and some ladies with tiaras, arrived one could hear the music inside. The bride Princess Mahkameh zu Schaumburg-Lippe, still […]

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A splendid princely wedding in Bückeburg
Marriages, News

A splendid princely wedding in Bückeburg

All of the sudden it is royal wedding time. In September and October 2021 a lot of couples got or are getting married. Some are already married and now hold their parties, others only got married civilly and now had their religious wedding including party. The amount of guests is still somewhat restricted, but a […]

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Wind meets Gas – Willem-Alexander in Groningen
News, Royal Visits

Wind meets Gas – Willem-Alexander in Groningen

The opening of the Frida Kahlo exhibition in the afternoon of 7 October in Assen by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands would surely have been a more exciting engagement. But with a busy weekend coming, I decided not to go. In the early morning King Willem-Alexander also travelled north, and as the Martini Church in […]

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Schaumburg-Lippe: wedding present request Photo: Pixabay
Bits & Pieces, Miscellaneous

Schaumburg-Lippe: wedding present request

https://www.gofundme.com/f/sabine-is-dying-please-help-her-child A request by Fürst Alexander and Fürstin Mahkameh zu Schaumburg-Lippe to anyone who wants to help. There is not much time to raise the money necessary anymore. This was posted both on social media and elsewhere: On the occasion of our wedding on October 9, 2021, we sent the following fundraising appeal to all […]

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Bückeburg – Castle in the fog
Castles, Gardens, Travel

Bückeburg – Castle in the fog

At the start of a wonderful wedding day in Bückeburg, Germany on Saturday – a report with lots of photos will follow – I enjoyed a morning stroll in the park and on the palace square of Bückeburg Palace, residence of the princely family zu Schaumburg-Lippe. It was still pretty cold and foggy, which especially […]

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Oxford welcomes Elisabeth as a student Copyright: Bas Bogaerts/Belgian Royal Palace
News, Other News

Oxford welcomes Elisabeth as a student

Photos & Copyright (with permission): Bas Bogaerts/Belgian Royal Palace The new pictures of the Belgian heir to the throne Princess Elisabeth, The Duchess of Brabant, really invite for a visit to Oxford, United Kingdom. The Princess this month will start her studies in the British university city. It is one of those places that I […]

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The wedding dress of Queen Máxima photo & copyright: Evert Elzinga
Exhibitions, Travel

The wedding dress of Queen Máxima

Now the covid-19 pandemic seems to have come to an halt (at least for now), also new exhibitions are being opened. In the past two weeks I visited no less than three exhibitions. Two were in Amsterdam, one in Leeuwarden, all here in the Netherlands. It was a real joy being able to travel and […]

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Finally George and Victoria have married!
Marriages, News

Finally George and Victoria have married!

Last modified: 6 October 2021 As there was an overload on information and photos I decided to make a separate post after all. Photos of the wedding itself were provided by my longtime Russian internet friend Dimitry, who was so lucky to be invited to the wedding. Photos are taken with his handy. I would […]

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A royal surprise in Hohenems The bride and her father
Marriages, News

A royal surprise in Hohenems

Photos & Copyright by a friend of mine. About 480 guests had travelled to Hohenems for the wedding of Philipp Eisl and Countess Tatiana zu Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems on Saturday 2 October 2021. The couple’s engagement was announced in April 2020. The wedding was planned for 5 June 2021, but at that date only the civil wedding […]

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Royal News September 2021 Copyright: Imperial Household Agency
News, Royal News

Royal News September 2021

Last modified: 2 October 2021 1 September The Duchess of Cornwall shared her recipe for Victoria sponge cake. Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway has returned to school her father Crown Prince Haakon has confirmed. She tested positive for Covid-19 on 22 August. It is reported that Princess Mako of Akishino (Japan) and her fiancé Kei […]

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