The Danish tv-channel DR is broadcasting the abdication of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and the proclamation of King Frederik X of Denmark on 14 January 2024 live from Copenhagen all day here. Also available abroad. In Austria ORF2 broadcasts, partly from Copenhagen, from 1.20pm to 3.55pm. The German channel ZDF only starts their broadcast […]
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark will abdicate
The year 2023 ended with a royal bang. Shocked, NettyRoyal’s royal cat Daisy announces that her namesake Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, also known as Daisy, has indicated in her New Year Address 2023 on New Year’s Eve that she will abdicate on Sunday, 14 January 2024. Together with the Danish people, NettyRoyal and royal […]
Christian Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt (1923-2023)
His 100th birthday on 9 December 2023 was celebrated with his family. Christian Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt, according to a spokesperson for the family, was doing quite well for his advanced age. Also the media paid attention to this special day. However, only three days later, on 12 December 2023, one of the eldest […]
A belated Portuguese wedding report
My wedding photos have been in a Flickr album for ages already, and I posted the link on social media, but not yet on my blog. As you might know, I nearly spent a week in and around Lisbon, Portugal, early October 2023. My 50th birthday two weeks earlier, and the royal wedding of Dona […]
Alexander & Natacha – The wedding guests
Thanks to J. from Royalduo for the photos Archduke Alexander of Austria married his fiancée Natacha Roumiantzoff (Countess Natacha Roumiantzeff-Pachkevitch) at the église Saint-Pierre in Beloeil, Belgium, on 30 September 2023.
Alexander & Natacha – A Countess becomes an Archduchess
Thanks to J. from Royalduo for the photos Just a few weeks after the death of his grandmother, Archduchess Yolande of Austria († 13 September 2023), Archduke Alexander of Austria married his fiancée Natacha Roumiantzoff. The wedding was initially to take place in Montreux, Switzerland. The location however was changed to the église Saint-Pierre in […]
Karina and Alexis – A royal love match
Prince Alexis Andronikof has married Princess Karina Bagration-Moukhransky civilly in Vannes, France, on 7 October 2023. She has taken the name of Princess Karina Bagration-Andronikof. The religious marriage has been postponed, until the mother of Karina will be able to attend. Karina Kharysova was born in Kiev, Ukraine, on 25 January 1978 as only child […]
Extra: the wedding gala of Ludwig and Helene
I received a few lovely photos of guests arriving for the wedding banquet/ball of Hereditary Prince Ludwig zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and Helene von Pezold on 9 September 2023 at Kreuzwertheim, Germany.
The wedding guests of Ludwig and Helene
The guestlist for the wedding of Hereditary Prince Ludwig zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and Helene von Pezold on 9 September 2023 at (Kreuz)Wertheim, Germany, was filled with well-known noble names. Here is a selection of photos of the guests, but there were many more.
A third princely wedding in Wertheim
The last of the three children of Fürst Ludwig zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and his wife Elisabeth née Countess von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee to marry was Hereditary Prince Ludwig, who on 9 September 2023 married Helene von Pezold. Like his sisters Sophie and Amélie, Ludwig chose to get married at the Stiftskirche in Wertheim, Germany. […]