To be honest I don’t visit the cinema very often. Once in a while there is a film I’d love to see, but most of the time I simply miss that it is shown in one of the cinemas here in the city. Or I am too tired or too busy. But this time I […]
Osborne House – Queen Victoria’s Private Residence
Take your time when visiting Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. When I visited with a few friends in April 2008, we took the train from London Waterloo to Portsmouth, then the boat and in the end a bus. That way you really need a whole day for the visit, surely when you want […]
Viktoria Luise got married to her Ferdinand in Amorbach (1)
It is impossible to attend each royal wedding there is, but this would have been a really nice one for me, if it hadn’t been a nine-hour train ride to Amorbach, which is situated near the city of Aschaffenburg, Germany. It is not really the time of the year anymore to combine such a trip […]
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Queen Victoria’s Sapphire and Diamond Coronet
In 2015 an attempt was made by a London dealer to sell Queen Victoria’s Sapphire and Diamond Coronet to a buyer, who wanted to export the coronet. In August 2016 the British Government put a temporary block on the sale. The Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA) […]
Crathie – Where the Queen goes to Church
When you are at Balmoral Castle you shouldn’t forget to cross the road and visit Crathie Kirk, the parish church of the small village of Crathie. The church, that is linked to the Church of Scotland and is nowadays united with the neighbouring parish of Braemar, has somewhat of a royal history. When coming to […]