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), […]
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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 […]
On 14 June 2013 King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands visited the Dutch provinces Friesland and Noord-Holland. It was the fourth day of the tour through the twelve provinces of the Netherlands.It is a tradition that a new King and Queen visit the Dutch provinces. A visit to the Caribean part of the […]
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 […]
As I am sure everybody knows Princess Madeleine of Sweden will finally get married tomorrow, 8 June, to Christopher O’Neill. The wedding starts at 4pm local time. Where can you watch when you’re not in Sweden? Of course the Swedes themselves broadcast the wedding. See for the livestream of SVT here from 3pm to 9pm. […]
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 […]
