For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Rosvall Royal Books Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online DENMARK Author: Anne Hedeager Krag. Title: Dronningens Kirketekstiler (The church textiles of the Queen). Publication: 24 February 2022 by Gyldendal. Language: Danish. FRANCE Author: Shelley Pulak. Title: The Dark Queens. The […]
Sisi, Atlantic Crossing and Bridgerton
Am I the only one who is always irritated when a new royal/noble tv-series, supposedly based on real facts, isn’t what I thought it would be? It usually takes me a while before I start to enjoy these kind of series, or not at all. I did like The Crown, when I finally managed to […]
Dancing with the royals
When you think about royals and dancing the first thing that comes to mind is glittering balls, and royal ladies wearing huge ballgowns and sparkling jewels. It is not that surprising that two royals recently agreed to participate in dance contest on tv. Unfortunately I only could see Princess Delphine dancing in a few online […]
New royal and noble books – January 2022
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 Author: Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger. Title: Maria Theresa. The Habsburg Empress in Her Time. Publication: 18 January 2022 by Princeton University Press. Language: English (originally published in German 2018). DENMARK Author: Politikens […]
Annual royal overviews on TV
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 Ă…ret med kungafamiljen 2021 https://www.svtplay.se/video/33429602/aret-med-kungafamiljen-2021?id=Kq21GWm Several older programs can be found […]
New book: Bernadotte Descendants
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 […]
New royal and noble books – December 2021
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 […]
Book review: Amalia 18
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, […]