For the Dutch magazine Royalty, issue 7/2024, published early September 2024, I wrote two articles: one about the Austrian imperial family and one about the German city of Weimar. On 22 September 2024 Princess Astrid of Belgium and Archduke Lorenz of Austria, since 1995 also Prince of Belgium, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. In Weimar […]
Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
For the Dutch magazine Royalty, issue 6/2024, published late July 2024, I wrote an article about the ducal family of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. On 21 July 2024 the Belgian national day was celebrated. Prince Leopold von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha took his oath as King of the Belgians on 21 July 1831. The magazine is sold […]
For the Dutch magazine Royalty, issue 5/2024, published late June 2024, I wrote an article about the grand ducal family of Mecklenburg. On 3 July 2024 it was 90 years ago that Prince Hendrik, the husband of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, passed away. I would like to thank the family zu Mecklenburg-Strelitz for their […]
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For the Dutch magazine Royalty, issue 4/2024, published late May 2024, I wrote an article about the royal family of Württemberg. The month of June was the month in which Queen Sophie of the Netherlands, born a Princess of Württemberg, was born, married and died and married. I would have loved another interview, but unfortunately […]
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On 8 April 2024 it was 200 years ago since Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, later Grand Duchess von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach – was born. For the Dutch magazine Royalty, issue 3/2024 I wrote an article on this occasion with the title “Groothertogin Sophie speelt een zeer belangrijke rol in mijn leven” (Grand Duchess Sophie plays a […]
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Waldeck-Pyrmont – My article in Royalty
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Royal replies – My article in De Oranjes
Back already from Portugal for a whole month. Lisbon had been on my to-do-list for much too long, so I took the opportunity to go when there was one. Unfortunately, I got somewhat ill with covid soon after arriving home (first time) and haven’t been feeling fully well since. It happily didn’t prevent me from […]
There are many magazines and TV-channels that sometimes report about the royals in the world. There are however just very few specialized magazines, not surprisingly they are almost all published in monarchies. But which specialized magazines are around? Unfortunately apart from some English language magazines, most of them are only available in the country itself. […]
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Last modified: 5 December 2021 1 November Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain delivered her COP26 speech via video message. She had recorded the speech already late October 2021 and let know on 26 October that she wouldn’t attend the event, as she had planned. Many world leaders attend the 26th United Nations Climate Change […]
