photo & copyright: Netty Leistra
Windsor, 19 June 1999 Over 20.000 people from all over the world lined the streets of Windsor. Some even camped out overnight to secure the best views of Prince Edward of Great Britain and Sophie Rhys-Jones during their carriage ride after tying the knot. Some 8000 people managed to get an invitation for the castle […]
Photo: Ewa-Marie Rundquist/The Swedish Royal Court
Princess Madeleine of Sweden has finally managed. She has gotten married today at the palace chapel of the Royal Palace in Stockholm. The groom Christopher O’Neill, who looked somewhat stiff in the past months, suddenly has become an enthusiastic and happy man. He even seemed to cry during the wedding, while Madeleine was smiling all […]
photo & copyright: Netty Leistra
Civil wedding, Sayn-Bendorf, 7 June 2003 Verena and I arrived at Sayn halfway the morning when the weather was still nice, but soon it would be very, very hot with blue sky and burning sun. Verena parked the car at the parking place near the Butterfly Garden of Sayn and we soon found out that […]
Princess Anna von Hohenzollern married Roman Goldschmidt at the Maria Himmelfahrt Church in Andernach, Germany, in the early afternoon of Saturday 1 June 2013. As her father Prince Godehard-Friedrich von Hohenzollern died in 2001 it was her brother Prince Carlos who walked his sister down the aisle. Unfortunately for the couple the weather was not […]
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The Hague, 17 & 19 May 2001 The wedding interview With peacocks shouting in the background Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands and his fiancée Laurentien Brinkhorst gave an interview for the Dutch television in the garden of Palace Huis ten Bosch, the residence of Queen Beatrix. It was broadcasted on May 15th, 2001, two days […]
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Kronberg im Taunus, 17 May 2003 Bridal soiree, 16 May 2003 The bridal soiree was hosted by an uncle of the bride, Count Anton Wolfgang von Faber-Castell and his wife Mary. A few photographers and journalists (including me) and a camera team of the Hessische Rundfunk – closely watched by some security people at the […]
One of my favourite royal couples last week celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary. Armin Prinz zur Lippe and Traute Prinzessin zur Lippe are both 88 years old, but last time I saw them, in August 2011, they still looked pretty healthy. Prince Armin, son of Fürst Leopold IV zur Lippe and his second wife, met […]
The Hague, 30 March 2001 The announcement Queen Beatrix: For me and my husband it is a great joy to announce the engagement of our son Willem-Alexander with Máxima Zorreguieta. We, as parents, are particularly happy with their decision to spend the rest of their lifes together. We have learned to know Máxima as an […]
photo & copyright: Netty Leistra
New York City, 29 January 2000 On January 29th, 2000, at 11:00am local time Prince Maximilian von und zu Liechtenstein married Angela Brown (born: February 3rd, 1958) at the Saint Vincent Ferrer Church, New York. Angela Brown wore a simple and elegant white dress, and the same Liechtenstein tiara Princess Tatjana wore when she married […]
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Brussels, 4 December 1999 The programme for the wedding day 9.25: Route of the processions: Royal Palace – Paleizenplein – Koningsstraat – Kolonieënstraat – Putterij – Infante Isabellastraat – Agoraplein – Grasmarkt – Heuvelstraat – Grote Markt. Departure of the first procession from the Palace in Brussels (Royal Motorcycle Cavalcade) with Queen Fabiola and Prince […]
