Tag: King Albert II

Abdicating: reasons and advantages © Kongehuset / Keld Navntoft
History, Miscellaneous

Abdicating: reasons and advantages

For a long time, monarchs tended to sit on their thrones until the day they died, and many regarded it as a failure to quit the throne. The heirs were handed over more power if necessary. With the abdication of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, another country has joined the growing list of monarchies, where […]

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The latest additions to my royal collection
Blog & Me, My Collection

The latest additions to my royal collection

There is a huge problem with collecting something royal: you will always find more items that you would like to have. Although I am running out of space, I have just added a few nice unresistable things. A few years ago the book, “De Oranjes. Een uitgeBREIde geschiedenis” (The Oranges. A knitted history) by Fiona […]

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