© Prince of Wales / Kensington Palace
The past one and a half week haven’t been the best for royalty watchers. The Princess of Wales had photoshopped the photo of her with her children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis that was released on Mother’s Day, Sunday 10 March 2024. Kate herself confessed the next day after receiving a lot of […]
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The Dutch magazine Royalty, issue 1/2024, of course paid a lot of attention to the succession of the throne in Denmark. I wrote an article for it with the title “Negen x Koning Frederik” (Nine x King Frederik), which was a portrait of the previous kings of Denmark with the name Frederik. I previously wrote […]
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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 […]
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After 52 years, Denmark has a king again: King Frederik X. The regnal number X means that Frederik has nine predecessors. Who are they? Denmark is one of the oldest monarchies in the world. The first monarch, not being legendary, was Gorm the Old, who died around 958. After kings with names as Harald, Svend, […]
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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 […]
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For more new books about royalty see: *contains affiliate links* DENMARK / UNITED KINGDOM Title: Danish-British Consort Portraiture, c.1600-1900Author: Sara AyresPublication date: 7 June 2023Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers LtdLanguage: English Buy at Amazon: UK, US (31 August 2023) DENMARK Title: Audienssalen på Frederiksborg SlotEditors: Stefan Pajung, Thomas Lyngby, Jakob ØrnbjergPublication date: 29 June 2023Publisher: Gads […]
There are many magazines and TV-channels that sometimes report about the royals in the world. There are however just very few specialized magazines, not surprisingly they are almost all published in monarchies. But which specialized magazines are around? Unfortunately apart from some English language magazines, most of them are only available in the country itself. […]
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For more new books about royalty see: *contains affiliate links* ALBANIA Title: La rosa bianca. Storia di una regina raccontata da una vera principessaAuthor: Eliza ZahariaPublication date: 31 March 2023Publisher: GribaudoLanguage: Italian Buy at Amazon: US (Kindle), IT DENMARK Title: Dronning Margrethe og Kongeslægten – Mine oplevelser med kongehusetAuthor: Svend Aage NielsenPublication date: 20 March […]
The funeral of former King Constantine II of Greece, who died on 10 January 2023 in Athens aged 82, can be watched here. It starts with the viewing in the morning at the Agios Eleftherios Chapel, where Greeks could say goodbye. It is followed by carrying the coffin outside to the Metropolitan Cathedral next door, […]
© RVD – Jeroen van der Meyde
Last modified: 7 January 2023 1 December The sapphire tiara of Princess Thyra of Denmark and other royal jewellery were sold at auction at Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, Denmark, today. The tiara, that last belonged to Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, was sold for 650.000 DKK, her art deco bracelet with emeralds and diamonds fetched 700.000 DKK. […]
