2017 has been an interesting royal year and at the end of a year it is always interesting to make a list of what you actually did. I have mainly followed royals behind my computer, but also paid visits to castles, palaces, museums, exhibitions and attended some other royal events.
My palace and castle visits:
- 28 January (The Hague, The Netherlands): The Palace at the Lange Voorhout
- 25 March (Apeldoorn, The Netherlands): Palace Het Loo
- 8 April (Delft, The Netherlands): Prinsenhof
- 29 April (Amsterdam, The Netherlands): Royal Palace
- 3 May (Hever, UK): Hever Castle
- 3 May (Tonbridge, UK): Penshurst Place
- 4 May (London, UK): Kensington Palace
- 5 May (London, UK): Banqueting House
- 3 June (Diepenheim, The Netherlands): Warmelo Castle
- 5 June (Uithuizen, The Netherlands): Menkemaborg
- 17 June (Apeldoorn, The Netherlands): Palace Het Loo
- 6 July (Bückeburg, Germany): Bückeburg Palace
- 9 July (Brunswick, Germany): Brunswick Palace
- 10 July (Hannover, Germany): Herrenhäuser Gärten and Palace Museum
- 22 July (Anholt, Germany): Wasserburg Anholt
- 22 July (‘s-Heerenberg, The Netherlands): House Bergh
- 19 August (Amsterdam, The Netherlands): Royal Palace
- 25 August (Leer, Germany): Evenburg Castle
- 3 December (The Hague, The Netherlands)): Mauritshuis
- 30 December (Apeldoorn, The Netherlands): Palace Het Loo
There are several other palaces and castles I only did see from the outside this year like Buckingham Palace, St James’s Palace or the Noordeinde Palace, Nijenhuis, Weldam and the Philippsburg in Leer.
Hever Castle
Penshurst Place
Exhibitions:
- 28 January (The Hague, The Netherlands): Hubert de Givenchy – To Audrey with Love
- 3 February (Amsterdam, The Netherlands): 1917. Romanovs & Revolution
- 5 February (Amsterdam, The Netherlands): second visit, 1917. Romanovs & Revolution
- 25 March (Apeldoorn, The Netherlands): Chapeaux! The Hats of Queen Beatrix
- 8 April (Dordrecht, The Netherlands): Royal Paradise – Aert Schouman and the imagination of nature
- 8 April (Delft, The Netherlands): Porcelain for the Forbidden City
- 8 April (The Hague, The Netherlands): Pierre Gilliard. The last days of the Romanovs
- 23 April (Assen, The Netherlands): The Great Liao – A Forgotten Dynasty from Inner Mongolia
- 29 April (Amsterdam, The Netherlands): 50 Years Willem-Alexander
- 1 May (London, UK): Royal Mews
- 4 May (London, UK): Diana: Her Fashion Story
- 28 May (Groningen, The Netherlands): Wealth in Groningen: Borgs and City Palaces, 1600–1800
- 3 June (Diepenheim, The Netherlands): Princess Armgard. Inhabitant of Warmelo from 1952 to 1971
- 9 July (Brunswick, Germany): 10 Years Palace
- 7 October (Oss, The Netherlands): Women of Orange – Portraits of five queens
- 7 October (‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands): The 1980s
- 3 November (The Hague, The Netherlands): African Servants at the Hague Court
- 3 December (The Hague, The Netherlands): Hague Chic. Steltman. 100 Years of Jewellery and Silverware
- 3 December (The Hague, The Netherlands): Frans Hoogendoorn. A Hague Couturier
- 30 December (Apeldoorn, The Netherlands): Winter Palace Het Loo
Anholt
Royal Stables
Other royalty and noble related museums:
- 3 February (Amsterdam, The Netherlands): The Diamond Museum
- 3 February (Amsterdam, The Netherlands): National Maritime Museum
- 3 June (Diepenheim, The Netherlands): Oranjemuseum
- 9 July (Brunswick, Germany): Brunswick Cathedral St Blasii
- 25 July (The Hague, The Netherlands): Willem V Gallery
- 25 July (The Hague, The Netherlands): Royal Stables
Other royalty related events:
- 5 February (Amsterdam, The Netherlands): Lecture, Helen Rappaport – Caught in the Revolution
- 5 May (London, UK): Camilla The Duchess of Cornwall at the BBC2 Studios
- 16 June (Apeldoorn, The Netherlands): Elisabeth in Concert
- 6 July (Hannover, Germany): Civil wedding of Prince Ernst August von Hannover Junior and Ekaterina Malysheva
- 7 July (Hannover, Germany): Polterabend of Hereditary Prince Ernst August of Hannover and Ekaterina Malysheva
- 8 July (Hannover, Germany): Religious wedding of Hereditary Prince Ernst August von Hannover and Ekaterina Malysheva
- 5 August (Leeuwarden, The Netherlands): Anna van Hannover Walk
- 19 August (Zandvoort, The Netherlands): Traces of Empress Elisabeth of Austria
- 4-5 November (The Hague, The Netherland): Royal Gatherings 2017 Conference
- 14 November (Groningen, The Netherlands): Visit of Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.
