Already this weekend I celebrated my birthday a bit. I turned 48 (!) today, 13 September. I got a few cards, some chocolate and money. My sister came with the cutest present: a pet portrait. She said she had bought it on Ali Express: a pet portrait poster. She used a picture of my cat […]
New official portraits from Spain
After the Dutch royals, also the Spanish royals came with new official photos. For the first time in many years there were new official portraits of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, and for the first time also of Leonor, Princess of Asturias, and Infanta Sofia. In the past ten years or so, the Casa […]
Noordeinde Palace – A known tiara at the Gallery Room
From 3 August the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague (as well as the stables) are open again for four Saturdays. If you don’t have a ticket: there are still tickets for the mews, not for the palace, as again they sold in one day. On Friday I attended a media preview of this working palace […]