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On 8 April 2024 it was 200 years ago since Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, later Grand Duchess von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach – was born. For the Dutch magazine Royalty, issue 3/2024 I wrote an article on this occasion with the title “Groothertogin Sophie speelt een zeer belangrijke rol in mijn leven” (Grand Duchess Sophie plays a […]
From Friday evening 11 October to Sunday 13 October 2024, an international conference on the history of the European Princely/Royal Houses will take place in Leeuwarden’s historic Town Hall. The meeting is in the regal ambience of the Orange Hall. The Nassau and Friesland Foundation invites you to attend this weekend as a guest! We’ll […]
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Waldeck-Pyrmont – My article in Royalty
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The Dutch magazine Royalty, issue 1/2024, of course paid a lot of attention to the succession of the throne in Denmark. I wrote an article for it with the title “Negen x Koning Frederik” (Nine x King Frederik), which was a portrait of the previous kings of Denmark with the name Frederik. I previously wrote […]
I am wishing you all: Merry Christmas& Happy & Royal 2024 It has been an interesting year with my 50th birthday, the 25th wedding anniversary of NettyRoyal and a royal wedding in Portugal. I continue working as a freelance royalty journalist for the Danish press agency dana press photo a/s. Also two of my articles […]
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Royal replies – My article in De Oranjes
My wedding photos have been in a Flickr album for ages already, and I posted the link on social media, but not yet on my blog. As you might know, I nearly spent a week in and around Lisbon, Portugal, early October 2023. My 50th birthday two weeks earlier, and the royal wedding of Dona […]
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With Twitter slowly dying (I refuse calling the platform X), because of a lot of decisions by Elon Musk, I am among the many people, that try to find another way of keeping in touch with royalty watchers and fellow journalists. Mastodon didn’t really work for me, BlueSky is a bit better and I found […]
Back already from Portugal for a whole month. Lisbon had been on my to-do-list for much too long, so I took the opportunity to go when there was one. Unfortunately, I got somewhat ill with covid soon after arriving home (first time) and haven’t been feeling fully well since. It happily didn’t prevent me from […]
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Jubilee time! Nearing the 25th anniversary of my website, on 13 September 2023 the first big milestone of the year 2023 arrived: my own 50th birthday. The day itself was not very special. I received a few phone calls and tens of congratulations via e-mail, WhatsApp and social media. I treated my fellow folk dancers […]
