Tag: jubilee

25 years NettyRoyal
Blog, Blog & Me

25 years NettyRoyal

When I started my website 25 years ago, on 26 October 1998, I could never have imagined the site still existing so many years later. But here we are in 2023 and NettyRoyal – or Netty’s Royalty Blog as it was known at first – is still there, even if there have been quite a […]

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Margrethe II Queen for 50 years
News, Royal News

Margrethe II Queen for 50 years

One week to go until Queen Margrethe II of Denmark finally will be able to celebrate the 50th Jubilee of her accession to the Danish throne. After her 80th birthday celebrations had been cancelled in April 2020, also most festivities on the occasion of the jubilee had to be postponed in January 2022. Several events […]

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25 years Stichting Nassau en Friesland
Media & Co, Meetings

25 years Stichting Nassau en Friesland

The Stichting Nassau en Friesland (Nassau and Friesland Foundation) has been organizing activities in the Dutch province of Friesland already for 25 years. Together with partners like the Fries Museum, Fryske Akademy and Historisch Centrum Leeuwarden they also publish. Yearly at least two lectures, three city walks and concerts are being organized, and in special […]

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Royal News May 2022 Copyright: Maison du Grand-Duc/Kary Barthelmey
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Royal News May 2022

Last modified: 19 June 2022 2 May New pictures were released upon the 7th birthday of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge. It was also revealed that the family’s new black cocker spaniel is called Orla. The coronation of Zulu King Misuzulu, that was supposed to take place on 28 May, has been indefinitely postponed, as KwaZulu-Natal […]

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Celebrating 40 years as a royalty watcher Netty, September 1979
About me, Blog & Me

Celebrating 40 years as a royalty watcher

Usually I wouldn’t even have thought about it, but I just noticed my post on Facebook dated seven years ago, when it was the 33rd anniversary. The date is very easy to remember. So here we are: my 40th anniversary as a royalty watcher. It was 31 January 1980, her daughter’s birthday, when Queen Juliana […]

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300 Years Principality of Liechtenstein Copyright: Martin Walser/Liechtenstein Marketing
History, Miscellaneous

300 Years Principality of Liechtenstein

On 23 January 1719 a tiny country was born. The state survived and 300 years later is still one of the few monarchies left in the world. Throughout the year (see their anniversary website) there will be a range of events. People are warmly invited to discover Liechtensteins history and natural scenery in person. Early […]

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King Willem-Alexander: 400 Years University of Groningen
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King Willem-Alexander: 400 Years University of Groningen

The University of Groningen invited King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands for the start of the celebration of 400 years university today, 15 May. The theme of the month long celebration is “For Infinity”. The King arrived right in time. Outside the academy building of the university about thousand people waited for him, partly behind the […]

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