The royals have started publishing the photos that will appear on their Christmas card this year. Below the Christmas card of the Spanish King and Queen featuring their daughters the Princess of Asturias and Infanta Sofia in a rather autumnly setting. Furthermore the Christmas photo of the Belgian royal family has arrived, of course showing […]
Royal Christmas fairs 2022
In some places the Christmas fun has already started. In the last days several Christmas fairs or markets and other Christmas events passed on social media. Therefore a post here with some that are being organized at palaces or castles. It seems many have a limited amount of tickets available, so if you plan to […]
Royal News September 2022
Last modified: 2 October 2022 1 September King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands had to cancel a visit to California and Texas, USA, from 6 to 9 September because he is still recovering of pneumonia. His wife Queen Máxima is now travelling alone. The Dutch Royal House has informed that Amalia, The Princess of Orange, is […]
Paul and Franziska – Their wedding guests
Something that I didn’t talk about in my wedding post of Hereditary Prince Paul Anton (Pál Antál) Esterházy von Galántha and Franziska von Reutter are the guests. But of course they had guests! Unfortunately they arrived in the rain, but my photographer managed to take some nice pictures of a few of the more known […]
Paul and Franziska – A wedding tiara mystery
Photos are copyrighted by a friend of mine (not to be posted elsewhere) On 21 August 2021 Hereditary Prince Paul Anton (Pál Antál) Esterházy von Galántha and Franziska von Reutter were engaged in the Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria. He was born in 1986 as son of Prince Anton (Antal) Esterházy von Galántha and his former wife […]
The funeral of Duke Carl von Württemberg
Pictures by two friends of mine, including Royal Travel & Events In the early hours of Tuesday 7 June 2022 Duke Carl von Württemberg died aged 85 in a hospital in Ravensburg, Germany. He had already health problems for a few years, that slowly got worse. But his death after a hospital stay of a […]
Royal News June 2022
Last modified: 3 July 2022 1 June A guide to the Platinum Jubilee. The Queen is the first British monarch to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee. A new portrait by Ranald Mackechnie was released to mark the beginning of the celebrations. In her Jubilee message the Queen said: “I continue to be inspired by the goodwill […]
Noble and royal “interracial” Marriages
Updated 10 June 2022 How often these days I see articles stating that when Prince Harry of Wales married Meghan Markle in May 2018, it would be the first royal interracial marriage ever. Obviously most articles mean, the first British royal interracial marriage – as lots of media tends to forget there are other royal […]
Royal News April 2022
Last modified: 3 May 2022 1 April In an interview with the NPO-Radio program FunX Queen Máxima of the Netherlands remembered growing up in a country with huge inflation. That’s why she studied economics and learned that “handling money well is an important part of a better life”. As a parent one should be strict […]
Royal News March 2022
Last modified: 3 April 2022 2 March Prince Oscar of Sweden celebrated his 6th birthday. As usual a photo was released. 3 March The Spanish Public Prosecutor’s Office has announced that it has dropped three separate investigations into the financial affairs of King Juan Carlos of Spain, as there is insufficient evidence and most of […]