photo & copyright: Netty Leistra
Oslo, 25 August 2001 The program Thursday, 23 August 2001 During the day most guests will arrive in Oslo, among them several royal guests. 17.00: Guests go to the private party at Skaugum, Asker. 17.30: Arrival at Skaugum. Guests will be received by Crown Prince Haakon and Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby. Guests will be greeted by […]
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15 August 2003 Although the weather had been hot and sunny for the past few weeks, of all days the day Liechtenstein’s national day (Staatsfeiertag) is celebrated yearly, August 15 (Assumption Day), started with rain. I left my hotel in Schaan early in the morning not to miss anything. Although it was dry but cloudy […]
A wonderful message reached me yesterday. Pieter Haitsma Mulier and his wife Princess Vanessa zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg with great joy and pleasure announce the birth of their first son Louis-Gaspard Otto George Haitsma Mulier on 14 August 2013. Little Louis was born at 9.43am and weighed 3440 gramms. Both mother and son are doing fine. Louis […]
photo & copyright: Netty Leistra
Altshausen, 9 August 2003 Wedding programme Thursday, 7 August 2003 19:30-21:00 – Serenade at the Seminarplatz (public) Friday, 8 August 2003 11:00 – Civil Marriage at Schloss Altshausen (private) 16:30-19:00 – Reception at Schloss Althausen or in the castle park (private) 19:45 – Congratulations by Mayor König and club-committees at the inner court of Schloss […]
photo & copyright: Netty Leistra
Helsinki, 2 August 2003 Helsinki, Finland, 30-35° C. Despite of the fact that the bride comes from a well-known royal family, the groom from Finnish nobility and a royal wedding is not very often taking place in Finland there was no press to cover the wedding and there was no public. However on the stairs […]
Since 21 July 2013 Belgium has a new King. King Albert II abdicated on the Belgian national day in favour of his son King Philippe. King Albert II only announced that he would abdicate on 4 July 2013, so there was little time for extra preparations. But of course the Belgians already were to celebrate […]
Traditionally Saturday is the day to get married when you’re noble or royal. Of course it happens that weddings take place on other days, but not that often. On Saturday 13 July 2013 there were two nice weddings in royal circles. Marie-Eleonor Countess Kuefstein, born in 1990 as daughter of Andreas Count Kuefstein and Elisabeth […]
If you ever thought royal and noble genealogy is easy: no it is not! You need to be accurate, and pretty good at doing research. People have often wondered how and where I discovered things … ah well I have discovered tons of sources in the past fifteen years, and some of them I better […]
photo & copyright: Netty Leistra
Utrecht, 6 & 8 July 2000 Civil marriage, Paushuize, Utrecht, 6 July 2000 The civil marriage of Prince Bernhard van Oranje-Nassau, Van Vollenhoven and Annette Sekrève was closed by burgomaster Mrs. Brouwer-Korf in the hall of mirrors at Paushuize in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The bride and groom arrived and left in an old Minerva (car), […]
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 […]
