On Saturday, 13 October 2012, Stephan Sanders from the Netherlands married Duchess Rixa von Oldenburg at the beautiful old church of Hamburg-Nienstedten. The weather forecast was bad, but it turned out to be dry and (a bit too) sunny. For my photos, see:
Copyright: The Swedish Royal Court/Ewa-Marie Rundquist
Although of course we all knew that Princess Madeleine of Sweden was happy with her boyfriend Christopher O’Neill, and despite some minor rumours, the announcement of their engagement on Thursday morning, 25 October 2012, came quite unexpectedly. Early in the morning, the Swedish newspapers Expressen and Aftonbladet wrote that the couple had become engaged. Bertil […]
It was a long and interesting weekend in Luxembourg. As a royalty journalist I of course had to work, even when the hotel internet wasn’t always working well. Not only do I have a slow laptop, hotel internet, as lots of you will know, isn’t exactly very quick in the normal hotels. In between I […]
This Saturday, 22 September 2012, at 11am Prince Dominik zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (29) married Countess Olga zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (25) civilly at the registrar’s office in Rüdenhausen, Germany. Already earlier in the morning, guests arrived at Rüdenhausen Castle. Most of them seem to have stayed at the castle, as only the closest family accompanied the bridal couple […]
Copyright: Bernard Rübsamen/Royal Portraits
Delft, 24 April 2004 Wedding programme 10.00: Departure by car from Noordeinde Palace. 10.30-11.00: civil marriage. The civil ceremony was conducted by the Mayor of Delft, Hein van Oorschot, in the Town Hall. It was attended by close family and friends of the bride and groom and dignitaries (some 50 guests). Departure by car from […]
Last modified: 19 December 2011 Stockholm, Saturday, 19 June 2010 Program 2pm: Guests start arriving at the cathedral 3.30pm-4.30pm: Wedding ceremony 4.40pm-5.30pm: Cortège 5.35pm-5.45pm: Walk at the Logården 6pm-6.25pm: Bridal couple appears on the terrace of the Royal Palace (Lejonbacken) 6.30pm-7.15pm: Family photography 7.30pm: Wedding banquet at the Rikssalen of the Royal Palace 10pm: Cutting […]