At the Münster in Salem, Germany, on Friday 13 January 2023 the funeral service for Maximilian Margrave of Baden, who died on 29 December 2022, took place. The photos were taken by two friends of mine and are copyrighted.
Paul and Franziska – Their wedding guests
Something that I didn’t talk about in my wedding post of Hereditary Prince Paul Anton (Pál Antál) Esterházy von Galántha and Franziska von Reutter are the guests. But of course they had guests! Unfortunately they arrived in the rain, but my photographer managed to take some nice pictures of a few of the more known […]
A royal surprise in Hohenems
Photos & Copyright by a friend of mine. About 480 guests had travelled to Hohenems for the wedding of Philipp Eisl and Countess Tatiana zu Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems on Saturday 2 October 2021. The couple’s engagement was announced in April 2020. The wedding was planned for 5 June 2021, but at that date only the civil wedding […]
The guests at the funeral of Grand Duke Jean
Information from the Cour Grand-Ducal, added a few names recognised by royalty-watchers Children and grandchildren TRH Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg TRH Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand-Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg TRH Prince Félix and Princess Claire of Luxembourg HRH Prince Louis of Luxembourg HRH Prince Gabriel de Nassau […]
A new emperor for Japan – Who attended Akihitos enthronement?
On 30 April 2019 Emperor Akihito of Japan will abdicate and on 1 May 2019 his son Naruhito will be the new emperor. The enthronement is to take place on 22 October 2019, with a huge banquet taking place the next day. The big question is: which royals will attend in October? When in July […]
Sophie and Maximilien – Happiness at Tegernsee
Duchess Sophie von Württemberg and her French groom Count Maximilien d’Andigné were rather lucky with the weather when the got married religiously at the church of Tegernsee Castle, Germany, on Saturday 20 October 2018. The civil wedding had taken place in private at Altshausen on 15 September 2018, during which the bride wore a short […]
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 […]
Royal Weddings: The Do’s and Don’ts
What are the things you absolutely shouldn’t do when being a guest or a fan at a royal wedding. I am sure there are some things you all can think of. Even royals and nobles sometimes do the wrong thing. Don’t wear huge hats, even when they look lovely on you. The people sitting behind […]
The wedding of Hereditary Prince Franz-Albrecht zu Oettingen-Spielberg and Baronesse Cleopatra von Adelsheim
Oettingen, 9 July 2016 Last modified: 24 July 2016 Photos are all copyrighted by Stefan S. and Gabi P. and not to be used elsewhere. The civil wedding had already taken place on 4 June 2016 at Adelsheim Castle, Germany, in private. The religious wedding was celebrated much bigger at the St. Jakobs Church in […]
Fabergé exhibition at the Koldinghus
Together with two friends I had a one-week vacation in Denmark planned in the second week of May 2016. Our main goal was visiting Legoland, as one of my friends is a huge fan of Lego. However a friend of mine told me about the “Fabergé” exhibition that was to be opened at the Koldinghus […]