Last night something I have prepared for for months has finally happened. My great host Rudy moved the blog to my first URL nettyroyal.nl. The people who usually only visited my blog will hardly notice. The old blog URL is still working and from there you will be directed to the new site without even […]
The Luxembourg Royals on the internet
The Waringo report on the internal management of the Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg was presented to the public on 31 January 2020. One can learn from it that the Grand Ducal Court since 2001 has a communication service, that deals with the communication of the activities and news of the court, requests for information […]
The British Royals on the Internet
Originally published in January 2018, updated February 2020 A modern royal family, even many non-reigning ones, can hardly do without an official website anymore. And many royal houses also use social media. A royal family is important for the identity of a country, and therefore should present itself well online. What does make a website […]
The Top 10 of Posts in 2017
In the past year it has been a challenge to me to update my blog regularly instead of once in a while. Time to reflect and see which posts (old or new) were most popular in 2017. I slowly get more visitors, but I think I still could do much better. The concurrence of other […]
How to Start your own Blog or Website?
I started my website in October 1998. At the time I was in between two studies and certainly didn’t lack any time. A friend of mine, who had recently started a website with royal genealogies, inspired me. He borrowed me a booklet about HTML and helped me starting the site up. Just imagine, I didn’t […]
Official royal websites
A modern reigning royal house nowadays has its own website. In the United Kingdom there is not only a general website for all members of the royal family, see The British Monarchy, there also is a separate website for the heir to the throne, The Prince of Wales. That website, see The Prince of Wales […]