The funny (or bad) thing about royals is that you might get interested in more and more subjects. Years ago I never thought I would even remotedly become interested in fashion, but nowadays I might even recognise a designer by just seeing a dress. This Saturday I met with four other royalty watchers in Amsterdam. […]
Several royal couples received their own official wedding song when they got married. I might well have missed a few, but here are some official ones. Starting with Willem-Alexander, The Prince of Orange, and Máxima Zorreguieta in 2002. No, the song wasn’t “Adiós Nonino” performed by Carel Kraayenhof. The national -yes national – wedding song […]
Here the newest additions to my collection. It must at least have been a year ago that I acquired Queen Silvia of Sweden (in the middle). On Sunday a friend gave me Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain as a gift. And I decided to buy Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands myself, after I found […]
Prince Konstantin, Prince Manuel, Princess Anna, Princess Ursula and Prince Leopold of Bavaria.
Photos: copyright Gabi P The funeral of Prince Johann Georg von Hohenzollern, who died in München, Germany, on 2 March 2016, was rather a private one. On 12 March the funeral service took place in the Hedinger Church in Sigmaringen, however the streets around the church were closed. Even only very few guests were allowed […]
On 23 August Queen Silvia of Sweden paid a visit to the Island of Mainau in Lake Constance, Germany. The occasion was the 15th anniversary of the World Childhood Foundation of which she is the founder and honorary chair. Queen Silvia met with economics students who attended the 5th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, and presented […]
Find out who the favourite royals of Kendra from Canada are. Who are your favourite royals? Super hard question! I like so many for many different reasons. I would say Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden. What do you find interesting about them? I think Queen Elizabeth has been […]
Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louisa Margaretha Princess of Sweden was born on March 28, 1910 at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden, as the third child and the only daughter of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden (since 1950 King Gustaf VI Adolf) and Princess Margaret of Connaught. She had four brothers: Gustaf Adolf (1906-1947), the […]
photo & copyright: Netty Leistra
Last modified: 19 December 2013 Stigtomta, 6 August 2005 On 6 August a nowadays quite rare wedding between two royals took place in Stigtomta, a small village near Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden. 32-year-old Prince Manuel of Bavaria, son of Prince Leopold “Poldi” of Bavaria and his wife Ursula “Uschi” Möhlenkamp, married 27-year-old Princess Anna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, […]
Photo: Ewa-Marie Rundquist/The Swedish Royal Court
Princess Madeleine of Sweden has finally managed. She has gotten married today at the palace chapel of the Royal Palace in Stockholm. The groom Christopher O’Neill, who looked somewhat stiff in the past months, suddenly has become an enthusiastic and happy man. He even seemed to cry during the wedding, while Madeleine was smiling all […]
As I am sure everybody knows Princess Madeleine of Sweden will finally get married tomorrow, 8 June, to Christopher O’Neill. The wedding starts at 4pm local time. Where can you watch when you’re not in Sweden? Of course the Swedes themselves broadcast the wedding. See for the livestream of SVT here from 3pm to 9pm. […]
