For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Rosvall Royal Books Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online FRANCE Author: Sophie Brouquet. Title: Capétiennes – Les reines de France au Moyen Âge (Xe-XIVe siècles) (Capétiennes – The queens of France in the Middle Ages (10th-14th centuries)) Publication: 18 February […]
Royal News May 2020
13 May Three days after his birth on 10 May 2020 Prince Charles of Luxembourg was allowed to leave the Maternité Grande-Duchesse Charlotte in Luxembourg-City with his mother Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie and his father Hereditary Grand Duchess Guillaume of Luxembourg. The family returned to Fischbach Castle. Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume also registered the birth […]
The monarchs: How royal are they? – Great Britain
Recently we had an interesting discussion on Twitter about the royal ancestry of our royals. How royal is their background? The biggest question is: what is royalty? Most genealogists would settle on (non-)reigning royal families. I thought it would be interesting to post the ancestors of the present monarchs back to their great-great-grandparents, that most […]
No more staring at the door of the Lindo Wing
The word is out! The Duke and Duchess of Sussex want the birth of their baby to be private. No big media circus, no appearance on the steps of the hospital. And that means nobody has to watch the door of the hospital for hours to wait for the news of the birth, nor until […]
Arabian Nights in Davos – World Economic Forum
From 22 to 25 January 2019 the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting took place in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. This year’s theme was: Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Some 2,500 Leaders from all over the world participate: government leaders, top executives, leaders of international organizations and non-governmental organizations. […]
The wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank
At the time of their engagement in January 2018 it was announced that the wedding of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank was to take place at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor. As was later announced the wedding was to take place on Friday 12 October 2018 at 11am. To the joy of the […]
What’s in a Name?
When on 27 November 2017 His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales became engaged, quite a few royalty fans turned out to be confused. Who on earth was Prince Henry? Well, Prince Harry of course. Although he is always called Harry, his official first name is Henry. When he was born his parents even officially […]
13 December 1967 – King Constantine II of Greece goes into Exile
On 6 March 1964 King Pavlos I of Greece died aged 63. His only son, Constantine II, became the new King of Greece. The 23-year-old king was good looking, rather popular, sportive and in 1960 had won a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Rome, Italy. On the other hand Constantine was too young […]
The Royals and Social Media
Like so many people I use the social media. I’ve got my Twitter feed open almost all day, as that is the place to be to follow people and get the royal news faster than anywhere else. Facebook is more for the personal contacts. I have a private account and an open one for my […]