(Nederlands and English) Koningin Máxima der Nederland mag dan op de cover staan, maar dat betekent niet dat haar mode het enige thema in het boek is. In haar nieuwste boek “De Nieuwe Mode van Oranje” neemt Els Smit de lezer mee op een reis door de modewereld van de leden van de Nederlandse koninklijke […]
Nothing is more fun than walking into your hallway and find some royal mail on the floor. Today was one of these days! On the left the new yearbook 2017 of the Dutch royal magazine “Vorsten” with almost 200 pages full with photos about the royal year 2017. And that does also include other royal […]
Bobby Golden and me
Sorry, because September and October had been so busy I hadn’t prepared any posts for the blog. And I didn’t have time in the days before leaving for Royal Gatherings 2017 in The Hague, The Netherlands (the fifth edition already), anymore either. So you had to do without my writing for a few days. But […]
In the weekend of 4 and 5 November 2017 the fifth Royal Gatherings will be organized in the Park Hotel in The Hague, The Netherlands, by the European Royal History Journal and Booksellers Van Hoogstraten in The Hague. The list of lectures thus far: Robert Golden – British Royal photographs Kees van der Leer – […]
To be honest I don’t visit the cinema very often. Once in a while there is a film I’d love to see, but most of the time I simply miss that it is shown in one of the cinemas here in the city. Or I am too tired or too busy. But this time I […]
Like so many people I use the social media. I’ve got my Twitter feed open almost all day, as that is the place to be to follow people and get the royal news faster than anywhere else. Facebook is more for the personal contacts. I have a private account and an open one for my […]
No, really, I am not a big fan of Diana, Princess of Wales. Very likely she was even the main reason for me not having a soft spot for the British royals. I started following the royals early 1980. We had a portfolio with magazines (called a ‘leesmap’ in Dutch) delivered at home weekly. Of […]
Somehow I am never able to travel without coming back home with books. My bookshelves are completely full and I wouldn’t know where to put new ones anymore. But then you’re hanging around somewhere and they just have the greatest books that you absolutely must read. That happened of course when I was in and […]
Nobody will wonder if I say that the photo on my desktop is a royal one. Since more than two years already I am a huge fan of the monthly desktop calendars the Bhutanese site Yellow provides. The site is being curated by the Royal Office for Media and they do an excellent job when […]
In the Spring of 1884 Empress Elisabeth of Austria, better known as Sisi, spent six weeks in the Netherlands for medical treatment. She also planned several visits to interesting places, like the Artis Zoo, the Rijksmuseum, the Dutch palaces. The Empress was on a private visit. King Willem III and Queen Emma were told of […]
