Just before Christmas 2024 the last issue of the Dutch magazine Royalty, issue 10/2024, was published. No big article by me, but I wrote two short articles this time. You’ll find a short obituary of Princess Birgitta of Hohenzollern, Princess of Sweden in the magazine. And furthermore I had a look at the year 2024, […]
Lippe – my article in Royalty
On 1 December 2024 it is 20 years ago since Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, born Prinz zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, died. For the Dutch magazine Royalty, issue 9/2024, published in November 2024, I wrote an article about the Lippe family, featuring an interview with Prince Stephan zur Lippe, the present head of this princely family. The […]
Wedding dresses & mills – my articles in Royalty & De Oranjes
My articles for Royalty and De Oranjes about royal wedding dresses and the patronage of Dutch mills.
Getting rid of a part of my collection (1)
For many years I just kept lots of royal articles and newspaper clippings in boxes, stored in my bedroom. Covered in dust and I almost never had a look at them. I never found the time to make a lot of scrapbooks either. Of course in the meantime scrapbooks have become terribly old fashioned, the […]