Last modified: 7 August 2022 1 July The cycling race Tour de France started in Copenhagen, Denmark, this year with a 13 kilometres long stage that also passed the Amalienborg Palace, where Crown Prince Frederik was present. He also handed out the first yellow tricot. The new National Museum in Oslo has announced that Crown […]
New royal and noble books – August 2022
For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Rosvall Royal Books Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online AUSTRIA Author: Stefan Haderer. Title: Under the Spell of a Myth. Empress Sisi in Greece. Publication: 28 August 2022 by independently published. Language: English. AUSTRIA Author: Ingrid Haslinger. Title: Otto Desbalmes. […]
Noble and royal “interracial” Marriages
Updated 10 June 2022 How often these days I see articles stating that when Prince Harry of Wales married Meghan Markle in May 2018, it would be the first royal interracial marriage ever. Obviously most articles mean, the first British royal interracial marriage – as lots of media tends to forget there are other royal […]
New royal and noble books – April 2022
For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Rosvall Royal Books Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online AUSTRIA Author: Katrin Unterreiner. Title: “Oh, wie schön Sie ist!” Sisi, Kleider einer Kaiserin (“Oh, how beautiful she is!” – Sisi, Dresses of an Empress). Publication: 20 April 2022 by Ueberreuter. […]
New royal and noble books – March 2022
For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Rosvall Royal Books Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online GERMANY (Bavaria/Württemberg) Author: Ulrich Scheinhammer-Schmid. Title: Prinzessin Wiltrud von Bayern, Herzogin von Urach. Der Briefwechsel mit Karl und Klara May (Princess Wiltrud of Bavaria, Duchess of Urach. The correspondence with Karl […]
Royal News January 2022
Last modified: 6 February 2022 1 January In his New Year’s greeting Emperor Naruhito of Japan offered prayers for the people who have died during the Covid-19 pandemic. He also praised doctors and health care workers for their work, and spoke about his concern for countries lacking access to vaccines and adequate hospital systems. He […]
New royal and noble books – February 2022
For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Rosvall Royal Books Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online DENMARK Author: Anne Hedeager Krag. Title: Dronningens Kirketekstiler (The church textiles of the Queen). Publication: 24 February 2022 by Gyldendal. Language: Danish. FRANCE Author: Shelley Pulak. Title: The Dark Queens. The […]
New royal and noble books – January 2022
For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Rosvall Royal Books Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online AUSTRIA Author: Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger. Title: Maria Theresa. The Habsburg Empress in Her Time. Publication: 18 January 2022 by Princeton University Press. Language: English (originally published in German 2018). DENMARK Author: Politikens […]
Royal News November 2021
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 […]
Royal wallpapers
I am always on the look for new royal wallpapers for either my telephone or computer. Of course I can use my own photos, but there are some real good ones online. For my desktop I use Yellow.bt, which is unfortunately not releasing a royal calendar anymore each month. For my phone I discovered the […]