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New royal and noble books – September 2023

For more new books about royalty see: AUSTRIA Title: Sisi – Das geheime Leben der KaiserinAuthor: Katrin UnterreinerPublication date: 11 September 2023Publisher: Carl Ueberreuter VerlagLanguage: German BELGIUM Title: Onze koningen: Interview met de geschiedenis – Het Belgische koningshuisAuthors: Arnout Hauben and Katrien de GroefPublication date: 1 September 2023Publisher:Language: Dutch FRANCE (Napoléon) Title: “Sur les bords […]

About me, Blog & Me

30 April 2009: A day I’ll never forget

30 April 2009. It is ten years ago, but it is a day I will never forget as long as I live. It was one of the most horrible days of my life so far. The day had started early for me. I had stayed the night at a friend, and took the bike to […]

Books & Magazines, Media & Co

New Royal and Noble Books – April 2018

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 […]

Castles, Travel

News About Palace Het Loo

As I reported earlier Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, has closed its doors on 8 January 2018 and will be renovated and extended in the coming years. The palace expects to open its doors again in 2021. Many people I know can hardly wait and hope that the renovation will be great. Of […]

Exhibitions, Travel

Serviettes and Menus at Het Loo

I promise you this is the last Christmas at Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn post. But there was so much to see this time. Apart from Christmas trees, Christmas decoration and festive tables, in the right wing of the palace there were also serviettes and really nice: menu cards. If you had time you could […]

Exhibitions, Travel

Het Loo at Christmas – Deck the Halls

No, it is not only Christmas decoration on display during the weeks around Christmas and the New Year at Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands – the palace that has just closed its doors until 2021. Every year there are also a few festively laid tables. And this year the palace really pulled out […]

Exhibitions, Travel

For Now the Last Christmas Exhibition at Palace Het Loo

This weekend Palace Het Loo has its doors opened for the last time until 2021. In these three years you will only be able to visit the stables and gardens, and can’t visit the palace itself because of renovation works (see here). I paid my last visit to the palace on 30 December 2017, enjoying […]

Gardens, Travel

A Royal Palace in the Snow

Last week Winter visited the Netherlands. Temperature just around 0°C during the day, and just below at night here in the north of the country. Some snow, mainly wet, thus slippery roads in the night and early morning. It must have been somewhat colder in the middle part of the country, as they had more […]

Media & Co, Meetings

Royal Gatherings – A Royal Conference in The Hague

Sorry, because September and October had been so busy I hadn’t prepared any posts for the blog. And I didn’t have time in the days before leaving for Royal Gatherings 2017 in The Hague, The Netherlands (the fifth edition already), anymore either. So you had to do without my writing for a few days. But […]

Film & TV, Media & Co

Elisabeth in Concert – An Unforgettable Experience

In the Spring of 1884 Empress Elisabeth of Austria, better known as Sisi, spent six weeks in the Netherlands for medical treatment. She also planned several visits to interesting places, like the Artis Zoo, the Rijksmuseum, the Dutch palaces. The Empress was on a private visit. King Willem III and Queen Emma were told of […]