Princess Sophie von Hohenberg and family. Photo & Copyright: Henriëtte E.
When there is one book you should read at the moment it is “The Assassionation of the Archduke. Sarajevo 1914 and the Murder that Changed the World” by Greg King and Sue Woolmans. On 28 June it is 100 years ago that Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Austrian Crown Prince, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife […]
The churchyard of the pittoresque Church of St Mary near Provender House, Norton, Kent, Great Britain, is truly beautiful. It is small but most interesting. Where you’d expect local residents with British sounding names, you’ll find Scots, a Finnish woman and some Romanoffs. Here you will find the graves of Andrew Alexandervitch Romanoff and his […]
A week ago I was still in England. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t any better than today: quite a lot of rain. Really a pity, as we had planned a visit to Provender House in Norton near Faversham, Kent, in the afternoon. With about 30 people we were to have a guided tour of the house. […]
Despite of all my visits to London I had never been inside the British Museum. As I thought the present exhibition might be interesting, I decided on Tuesday morning I finally was going to visit the museum. As I didn’t have a pre-ordered ticket for the exhibition, I arrived there soon after the museum had […]
I just spent some days in and around London. On Monday evening a friend and I were walking through the city, when I suddenly saw a street called Bruton Street. The name sounded familiar to me, so I said, wasn’t the Queen born there? I didn’t remember the number, but wondered if there was any […]
Sticky toffee pudding
Edited: 8 March 2014 Once again a royalty weekend is being organised in Ticehurst, England. The weekend will be held on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 April 2014 at Ticehurst and Flimwell Church of England Primary School in Ticehurst. If you love meeting other crazy royalty watchers and enjoy a weekend full of lectures and […]
photo & copyright: Netty Leistra
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 […]
Just came back from another very successfull royalty weekend at Ticehurst, Great Britain. Interesting lectures, good company and food. Like here the countryside of East Sussex is far behind. Unlike last year it was cold, even freezing a bit at night, and hardly any flowers were blooming. Bought myself a few books only, and even […]
Sticky toffee pudding
Another royalty weekend in Ticehurst, England. This time on 6 and 7 April, 2013, two days full of lectures. I can assure you it is much fun and you’re able to meet other royalty watchers and writers. People mainly come from Great Britain, but also from the USA, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, etc […]
photo & copyright: Netty Leistra
Last modified: 19 December 2013 Windsor, 9 April 2005 Programme 12:25 – The Prince of Wales and Mrs Parker Bowles depart Windsor Castle by car via King George IV and Cambridge Gates for the Guildhall 12:30 – The Prince of Wales and Mrs Parker Bowles arrive at the Guildhall for the Civil Ceremony 12:55 – […]
