Pixabay, Leeds Castle
For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Rosvall Royal Books Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online AUSTRIA Author: Katrin Keller. Title: Die Kaiserin. Reich, Ritual und Dynastie (The Empress: Empire, Ritual and Dynasty). Publication: 12 July 2021 by Böhlau Verlag. Language: German. DENMARK Author: Jim Lyngvild. Title: […]
Pixabay, Leeds Castle
For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Rosvall Royal Books Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online AUSTRIA Author: Monika Czernin. Title: Der Kaiser reist inkognito. Joseph II. unterwegs im Europa der Aufklärung (The Emperor travels incognito. Joseph II’s journey through Enlightenment Europe). Publication: 9 March 2021 by […]
Prague Library / Photo: Pixabay
For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Rosvall Royal Books Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online DENMARK Authors: Bo Østlund and Henriette Wittrup. Title: Frederik. En magisk rejse gennem Kronprinsens liv (Frederik. A magical journey through the crown prince’s life). Publication: 2 October 2020 by Forlaget Heatherhill. […]
Prague Library / Photo: Pixabay
For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Rosvall Royal Books Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online AUSTRIA Author: Beatrix Meyer. Title: Kaiserin Elisabeth ganz privat. Briefe an ihre intimste Vertraute Ida Ferency (Empress Elisabeth in private. Letters to her most intimate confidante, Ida Ferency). Publication: 28 September […]
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Nothing more beautiful than some royal sparkling jewelry. But not often one hears the royals themselves speak about the sparklers that they wear. The Swedish TV-channel SVT since 2 April 2020 broadcasts the documentary “Kungliga smycken” (Royal Jewelry) in which Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Christina tell in person about the history of […]
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If you’ll visit Copenhagen in the (near) future and love jewelry, you shouldn’t only visit Rosenborg Castle, but also Amalienborg Palace. In Christian VII’s Palace there is also a nice royal museum, and that one has been extended with a real Fabergé Chamber. The Chamber opened its doors on 8 February 2020 and on display […]
Before the Russian Revolution in 1917 the Russian Imperial Court was the place to show of your splendid jewelry. The exhibition Jewels! Glittering at the Russian Court at the Hermitage in Amsterdam, The Netherlands makes it painfully clear that many imperial Russian jewels have gone lost. The Romanovs and aristocrates who fled the country took […]
When revisiting the exhibition “Russia, Royalty & The Romanovs” at the Queen’s Gallery in Edinburgh there was one piece that caught my eye. I really couldn’t remember anymore having seen it in London, nor did I have pictures of it. I guess the only reason for it was that in London several items were in […]
Objects from a Gold Filigree Parure
© State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
There is not an exhibition I am looking forward to more than the jubilee exhibition #2 of the Hermitage Amsterdam on the occasion of its 10th anniversary. From 14 September 2019 to 15 March 2020 “Jewels! Glittering at the Russian Court” will be on display. At the moment – until 25 August 2019 – one […]
There is one royal book in Dutch that I know many people would love to have, including me. It finally occured to me recently that I could try to borrow it via the public library. Not that my own library had it, but a handful of public libraries in the Netherlands turned out to have […]
