Yesterday I finally went to see the exhibition “Grace Kelly-Princess and Style Icon” at Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. Of course I had been outside when Reigning Prince Albert II of Monaco opened the exhibition on 3 June, but I wasn’t allowed inside. Until 26 October 2014 this unique Grace Kelly exhibition is […]
Groningen? Royal? But yes, the city I live in, in the northeast of the Netherlands surely has some royal connections. There is the Prinsentuin (Prince’s Garden), the renaissance garden of the old princely court with its rose garden, herb garden, berceaus and a sundial. The W and the A for Stadtholder Willem Frederik and his […]
The churchyard of the pittoresque Church of St Mary near Provender House, Norton, Kent, Great Britain, is truly beautiful. It is small but most interesting. Where you’d expect local residents with British sounding names, you’ll find Scots, a Finnish woman and some Romanoffs. Here you will find the graves of Andrew Alexandervitch Romanoff and his […]
A week ago I was still in England. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t any better than today: quite a lot of rain. Really a pity, as we had planned a visit to Provender House in Norton near Faversham, Kent, in the afternoon. With about 30 people we were to have a guided tour of the house. […]
Despite of all my visits to London I had never been inside the British Museum. As I thought the present exhibition might be interesting, I decided on Tuesday morning I finally was going to visit the museum. As I didn’t have a pre-ordered ticket for the exhibition, I arrived there soon after the museum had […]
King Willem II of the Netherlands and family
A week ago I visited the exhibition Willem II – Kunstkoning at the Dordrechts Museum in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. The museum managed to bring back an important part of the special art collection of King Willem II of the Netherlands (1792-1849) in one big exhibition on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Kingdom […]
18 August 2003 After having arrived in Salzburg the day before, I decided I would go to Bad Ischl the next day to visit the Kaiservilla. After a ride by bus of more than 1 1/2 hour I arrived at Bad Ischl and pretty easily found my way to the Kaiservilla. Big was the surprise […]
As I see ANP photos almost on a daily basis, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect of the exhibition “Onze Koningin 1980-2013” in the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. To honour Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands 145 pictures were selected from the ANP database, showing 75 years of Queen Beatrix and 33 years of […]
In August 2012 I visit a wonderful exhibition in Garderen, near Apeldoorn in The Netherlands. The yearly ‘t Veluws Zandsculpturenfestijn could be visited inside and outside the statue garden until 27 October 2012. The theme for 2012 was the history of the Dutch Royal House, so for royalty watchers it was absolutely a delight to […]