Having suffered from non-Hodgkins lymphoma since 1992, King Hussein of Jordan lost his fight against it in the morning of Sunday February 7, 1999, at the King Hussein Medical Centre in Amman. After having gone through therapies for months at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA, hope faded away when symptoms came back not […]
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Last modified: 19 December 2013 Stigtomta, 6 August 2005 On 6 August a nowadays quite rare wedding between two royals took place in Stigtomta, a small village near Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden. 32-year-old Prince Manuel of Bavaria, son of Prince Leopold “Poldi” of Bavaria and his wife Ursula “Uschi” Möhlenkamp, married 27-year-old Princess Anna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, […]
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Madrid, 6 November 2003 The official announcement, 1 November 2003 Rumours about the Prince of Asturias having a serious girlfriend started only on October 31, one day before the actual engagement announcement that was released at 19:30 on November 1. Letizia and Felipe met at a dinner party at a common friend’s house in September […]
The first and last wedding of the year 2013 for me. On 5 October 2013 Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme married Viktória Cservenyák at the Maria Church in Apeldoorn. Reception and dinner afterwards at Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn. There were lots of royal guests. My photo gallery can be found here:
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Copenhagen, 8 October 2003 Engagement program 9:45 – 10:00 am: Members of the Cabinet arrive at Christian IX’ s Palace, Amalienborg. 10:00 am: Ordinary Meeting of the Council of State in Christian IX’ s Palace. Her Majesty The Queen presides over the Council of State which is composed of the members of the Cabinet. His […]
On October 7th, 2000, Luxembourg got a new Grand Duke. Grand Duke Jean was succeeded by his oldest son Henri. Grand Duke Jean was born at Berg Castle on January 5th, 1921, as the oldest son of HRH Prince Félix of Luxembourg Prince of Bourbon of Parma and Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg. On April […]
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Photos and copyright: Gabi (not to be published elsewhere without permission) As I promised I would have a few pictures of the civil wedding of Prince Félix of Luxembourg and Claire Lademacher on 17 September at Königstein im Taunus, Germany. The couple had chosen to get married at the Villa Rothschild Kempinsky by the mayor […]
Iphofen, 21 September 2013 Photos and copyright: Gabi (not to be published elsewhere without permission) Not only Prince Felix of Luxembourg and Claire Lademacher married on Saturday. Also Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss and Countess Dorothea zu Castell-Castell tied the knot in a catholic ceremony at St Veit Church in Iphofen, Germany, on 21 September. The […]
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Photo & Copyright: Cour grand-ducale / Guy Wolff Probably you’re all waiting for news about the wedding of Prince Félix of Luxembourg and Claire Lademacher. The religious wedding took place at the Sainte Marie-Madeleine basilica in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France, on 21 September 2013.. But unfortunately I have no pictures of the religious wedding. But lots of […]
On 13 September I went to see Queen Máxima of the Netherlands opening the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. I have visited the old museum several times, so I was quite interested to see what it looks like now. Thanks to a huge legacy of architect Abe Bonnema the museum could build a new […]
