Windsor Castle is one of the biggest castles in the world and according to its website the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world. It has since been the home to British Kings and Queens for 39 generations. History The castle was built by King William I The Conqueror, who reigned 1066-1087. The castle […]
For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online AUSTRIA Author: Manfried Rauchensteiner. Title: Baden. Zentrum der Macht 1917-1918. Kaiser Karl I. und das Armeeoberkommando (Baden. Centre of Power 1917-1918. Emperor Karl I and the army command). Published: 6 April 2018 by […]
For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online CASTLES Author: Siegfried Hetz. Title: Mit Macht und Pracht. Burgen, Schlösser und Klöster im fürsterzbischöflichen Salzburg (With Power and Splendour. Castles, Palaces and Monasteries in the Prince Archbishop’s Salzburg). Published: February 2018 by […]
Scotland is a wonderful area to visit. Thus far I’ve only been there once unfortunately, in July 2006. I guess I was lucky with the weather. I started in Edinburgh, with 18C and rain, and ended up with at least 25C in Glasgow. On the way – by bus and train – I visited Dunfermline, […]
Penshurst Place
2017 has been an interesting royal year and at the end of a year it is always interesting to make a list of what you actually did. I have mainly followed royals behind my computer, but also paid visits to castles, palaces, museums, exhibitions and attended some other royal events. My palace and castle visits: […]
Or to be exact: Meghan Markle will be living with Prince Harry of Wales at Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace. They are not the only British royals living at the property. The palace contains the offices and the London residences of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their children Prince George and Princess Charlotte, […]
Halloween, All Saint’s Day, just the right time for a spooky post. Often royal palaces and castles are old. There are many stories going around about ghosts haunting these buildings, sometimes friendly, sometimes they are not. A palace without a moat is like a palace without a ghost. This is of course just a very […]
In the weekend of 4 and 5 November the yearly Royal Gatherings in The Hague, organized by the European Royal History Journal and Booksellers Van Hoogstraten, is being held again. Most tourists visiting the Netherlands go straight to Amsterdam. The Hague is not really on the list of many people. But for us royalty watchers […]
When visiting Berlin and surroundings you easily miss something, as there is so much to visit. Potsdam (two parks with palaces), Rheinsberg, Schönhausen, but also Berlin itself has its palaces. The most known is probably the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin-Charlottenburg, the biggest and most important palace in the city. It was one of the most […]
Take your time when visiting Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. When I visited with a few friends in April 2008, we took the train from London Waterloo to Portsmouth, then the boat and in the end a bus. That way you really need a whole day for the visit, surely when you want […]
