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New royal and noble books – February 2020 Prague Library / Photo: Pixabay
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New royal and noble books – February 2020

For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Rosvall Royal Books Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online FRANCE Author: Sophie Brouquet. Title: Capétiennes – Les reines de France au Moyen Âge (Xe-XIVe siècles) (Capétiennes – The queens of France in the Middle Ages (10th-14th centuries)) Publication: 18 February […]

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New royal and noble books – January 2020 Prague Library / Photo: Pixabay
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New royal and noble books – January 2020

For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Rosvall Royal Books Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online CASTLES Authors: Anders Johansson and Jim Rudolfsson. Title: Borgholm Castle. Publication: 31 January 2020 by Solvändan Förlag. Language: Swedish. CASTLES Author: Igor Wladimiroff. Title: Hollandse datsja’s. Hollandse en Utrechts buitenplaatsen van […]

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Royal News May 2020 © CélineMaia-StudioByC
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Royal News May 2020

13 May Three days after his birth on 10 May 2020 Prince Charles of Luxembourg was allowed to leave the Maternité Grande-Duchesse Charlotte in Luxembourg-City with his mother Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie and his father Hereditary Grand Duchess Guillaume of Luxembourg. The family returned to Fischbach Castle. Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume also registered the birth […]

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New official portraits from Spain @ Casa de S.M. el Rey / Estela de Castro
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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 […]

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New royal and noble books – May 2019 photo from Pixabay
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New royal and noble books – May 2019

For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Rosvall Royal Books Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online   BYZANTIUM Author: Dimiter Angelov. Title: The Byzantine Hellene. The Life of Emperor Theodore Laskaris and Byzantium in the Thirteenth Century. Publication: 31 May 2019 by Cambridge University Press. Language: English. […]

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New royal and noble books – April 2019 photo from Pixabay
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New royal and noble books – April 2019

For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Rosvall Royal Books Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online   ARENBERG Publishers: William D. Godsey, Veronika Hyden-Hanscho. Title: Das Haus Arenberg und die Habsburgermonarchie. Eine transterritoriale Adelsfamilie zwischen Fürstendienst und Eigenstsändigkeit (16.-20. Jahrhundert) (The House of Arenberg and the Habsburg […]

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ZDF Documentaries about Letizia, Mathilde and Máxima
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ZDF Documentaries about Letizia, Mathilde and Máxima

In the past year a German camera team has followed closely the three newest European queens: Letizia of Spain, Mathilde of the Belgians and Máxima of the Netherlands. The result were three documentaries of 43 minutes each, showing a portrait of the queens, their work and predecessors. They were created by Broadview Pictures – that […]

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National day celebrations in the monarchies
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National day celebrations in the monarchies

Almost all the European monarchies have a national day. It is however not always a day the royal family of that country takes part in. I have thus far been to national days in the Netherlands, Belgium and Liechtenstein, but it would be interesting to be part of the other ones too. While some countries […]

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UPDATE 28-2! Royal Christmas mail 2018
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UPDATE 28-2! Royal Christmas mail 2018

Every year with Christmas there is a small list of royals – up to 15 – who receive a Christmas card from me. Because I like them, find them interesting and they send a card back. I wouldn’t send cards to royals I have never heard of, just because they send something. The royal families […]

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