It was a long and interesting weekend in Luxembourg. As a royalty journalist I of course had to work, even when the hotel internet wasn’t always working. Not only do I have a slow laptop, hotel internet, as lots of you will know, isn’t exactly very quick in the normal hotels. In between I met […]
Two weeks to go until the big wedding in Luxembourg. I am really looking forward to see Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy getting married. And of course I hope for lots of interesting royal and noble guests. The names known so far sound quite promising. You always have to wait what […]
The year 1918 saw the end of three big empires in the world: Russia, Germany and Austria. Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany fled the country and spent the rest of his life – he died in 1941 – in the Netherlands. The fate of the Russian imperial family was worse, and several family members were […]
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Fürstin (Princess) Elisabeth von Urach died on 20 September 2012. She was buried next to her parents at the cemetery of Aufkirchen at the Starnberger See, in the South of Germany, on 25 September 2012. Among the funeral guests were members of the royal family of Bayern (Bavaria) and the imperial family of Austria. She […]
Yesterday I returned home after a few days The Hague, The Netherlands. My cousin got married nearby on Saturday and it was a wonderful wedding with a very happy couple. Even the weather was good, which is quite a miracle at the end of September. On Sunday my parents, sister and I walked through the […]
This Saturday, 22 September, at 11am Prinz Dominik zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (29) married Countess Olga zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (25) civilly at the registrar’s office in Rüdenhausen, Germany. Already earlier in the morning guests arrived at Rüdenhausen Castle. Most of them seem to have stayed at the castle, as only the closest family accompanied the bridal couple – […]
The Norwegian Royal Court announced that Princess Ragnhild, Mrs Lorentzen died at her home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at 9.45am on 16 September 2012. She was born at the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway, on 9 June 1930 as eldest child of King Olav V of Norway and his wife Märtha, born Princess of […]
A few weeks ago I visit a wonderful exhibition in Garderen, near Apeldoorn in The Netherlands, which is being held inside and outside the statue garden. The yearly ‘t Veluws Zandsculpturenfestijn can be visited there until 27 October 2012. This year’s theme is the history of the Dutch Royal House, so for us royalty watchers […]
