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Royals opening the Olympic Games Copyright: free of rights; KNVB Fotocollectie (via. Nationaal Archief)
History, Miscellaneous

Royals opening the Olympic Games

The first modern Olympic Games took place in 1896 in Athens, Greece. A winter edition started being organised 1924. Every four years the games would be organized somewhere in the world. Since 1994 the winter games take place in between the summer games. The Summer Paralympic Games take place since 1960, the Winter Paralympic Games […]

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Romanoff marriage – The end of a fairy-tale Pixabay
History, Miscellaneous

Romanoff marriage – The end of a fairy-tale

Many young girls (and women) dream of becoming a real princess one day. But becoming a royal is not always the fairy-tale it sounds. The Australian Esther Blanche Murphy, better known as Jill, could tell you something about that. The frock shop proprietress from Rose Bay was a daughter of Robert Aubrey Murphy and Eleanor […]

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Poor Otto! A Tragic Accident in 1894 Photo: Pixabay
History, Miscellaneous

Poor Otto! A Tragic Accident in 1894

In the second half of the 19th century a “Grand Tour” was no longer fashionable. Young upper-class European men who had come of age and had enough money, in the 17th and 18th century and even in the early 19th century loved to undertake a “Grand Tour” in search for art and culture and some […]

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Meghan & Harry – The Royal Wedding on TV
Film & TV, Media & Co

Meghan & Harry – The Royal Wedding on TV

Whether you’re in the UK, Europe, Australia or the USA. In several countries you can enjoy the wedding of Prince Harry of Wales and Meghan Markle on 19 May 2018 on TV. Often there are already specials on TV in the days before the wedding. I would be glad if someone could add countries, channels […]

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