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Last modified: 3 September 2022 1 August The official photo session of the Spanish royal family was held in Valldemossa, Mallorca. King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia, the Princess of Asturias and Infanta Sofia visited the Valldemossa Charterhouse. Photos by Royal Portraits Also this year King Harald V of Norway took part in the 8-Metre World […]
George Peabody Library, Baltimore, USA (Pixabay)
For more new books about royalty see: *contains affiliate links* AUSTRIA Author: Nicole Kleinhammer, Sebastian Kadas. Title: Sissi. Köstlichkeiten aus der kaiserlichen Küche (Sissi. Delicacies from the imperial kitchen) (DE) Publication: 30 September 2022 by Klartext. Language: German. AUSTRIA/BRAZIL Author: Ursula Prutsch. Title: Leopoldine von Habsburg, Kaiserin von Brasilien, Naturforscherin, Ikone der Unabhängigkeit (Leopoldine of […]
The Noordeinde Palace in The Hague is an old palace with some modern twists. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands had the palace renovated before starting using it in 1984. Unlike her ancestors she used the palace as a working palace. Over the years she collected art by especially Dutch artists in the palace. In one […]
Oh well, what to say. Someone seems to have left this poor, likely female, black cat behind when moving homes recently. I’ve also heard a story that that person took care of her, while she actually belonged to another neighbour, who recently died. But anyway, this cutie is hanging around here a lot in recent […]
When someone mentions the Mauritshuis in The Hague in a royal context, it is most of the time because of royal visitors, or because of its collection of art. But a long time ago the building used to be a royal residence. Recently I passed the building, that is celebrating its 200th anniversary of a […]
Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and his fiancée Sophie-Alexandra Evekink
Something that I didn’t talk about in my wedding post of Hereditary Prince Paul Anton (Pál Antál) Esterházy von Galántha and Franziska von Reutter are the guests. But of course they had guests! Unfortunately they arrived in the rain, but my photographer managed to take some nice pictures of a few of the more known […]
A day after arriving in Copenhagen, Denmark, the weather was quite good. Not knowing what it would be like later that week, I decided to head straight out of the country. I hadn’t been in Sweden since June 2010. Actually Helsingborg is only a nearly one hour train ride to Helsingør (Elsinore) and a rather […]
The exhibition “H.R.H. Crown Princess Mary 1972-2022” in the Great Hall at the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød, Denmark, already opened on 4 February 2022 and will only be on display until 31 August 2022. Description The exhibition on the occasion of the 50th birthday of Crown Princess Mary of Denmark […]
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Last modified: 7 August 2022 1 July The cycling race Tour de France started in Copenhagen, Denmark, this year with a 13 kilometres long stage that also passed the Amalienborg Palace, where Crown Prince Frederik was present. He also handed out the first yellow tricot. The new National Museum in Oslo has announced that Crown […]
Photos are copyrighted by a friend of mine (not to be posted elsewhere) On 21 August 2021 Hereditary Prince Paul Anton (Pál Antál) Esterházy von Galántha and Franziska von Reutter were engaged in the Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria. He was born in 1986 as son of Prince Anton (Antal) Esterházy von Galántha and his former wife […]
