Photos & Copyright: Netty Leistra, Gabi P., Anuschka B., Stefan S., Dick Lammers, Stig Nielsen, HenriĆ«tte E. Over the years I have seen many noble and royal bridal bouquets. Some brides go for big bouquets, others for very small ones. Some go for white, others like them colourful. It isn’t unusual for noble or royal […]
The wedding of the Prince of Asturias and Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano
Madrid, Spain, 22 May 2004 Preparations My friend Christine and I had already arrived in Madrid on Monday, travelling from Copenhagen via Amsterdam to Spain, so we had lots of days left to do some sightseeing. Unfortunately the royal palace, cathedral and Atocha church were already closed for public. In the days before the wedding […]
The pre-wedding activities of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Mary Donaldson
Wedding program Wednesday, 5 May 2004 10:00 – The Day of the Danish Defence Friday, 7 May 2004 19:00 – Concert “Rock’n Royal” Sunday, 9 May 2004 12.00 – Match race in Copenhagen harbour Tuesday, 11 May 2004 19:00 – Dinner at Christiansborg Palace Wednesday, 12 May 2004 12:00 – Reception at Copenhagen City Hall […]
Interview with Prince Friso and Mabel Wisse Smit
TV-Interview on the occasion of their wedding; 19 April 2004 The Dutch TV-company NOS broadcasted an interview with Prince Friso of the Netherlands and his wife-to-be Mabel Wisse Smit on Monday, 19 April 2004, at the TV-channel Nederland 2. The couple was interviewed by Paul Witteman and Maartje van Weegen. Paul Witteman: You are going […]
The wedding of Count Rodolphe de Limburg Stirum and Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria
Last modified: 19 December 2013 Mechelen, Belgium, 6 December 2008 Civil wedding After a gala evening at nearby Zemst on Friday the guests for the wedding of Count Rodolphe de Limburg Stirum and Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria had a good night sleep. Around noon several royals could be spotted strolling through the shopping streets of […]
The wedding of Hereditary Prince Hubertus von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha and Kelly Rondestvedt
Last modified: 19 December 2013 Coburg, 21 & 23 May 2009 Civil wedding, 21 May 2009 A wedding is always a good occasion to stay somewhere for a few days, and apart from the wedding see as much tourist attactions as possible. As the civil wedding was a private event and we didn’t know how […]
The wedding of the Duke of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton
Last modified: 20 December 2013 Tuesday, 26 April 2011 As a royalty watcher you should of course arrive at the place-to-be in time. So on Tuesday, 26 April 2011 I took the airplane from Amsterdam to London, where I had booked a hotel already late November. Not too close to Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace, […]
The wedding of Prince Manuel of Bavaria and Princess Anna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Last modified: 19 December 2013 Stigtomta, 6 August 2005 On 6 August a nowadays quite rare wedding between two royals took place in Stigtomta, a small village near Nykƶping, Sƶdermanland, Sweden. 32-year-old Prince Manuel of Bavaria, son of Prince Leopold āPoldiā of Bavaria and his wife Ursula āUschiā Mƶhlenkamp, married 27-year-old Princess Anna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, […]
The Civil Wedding of FĆ©lix and Claire
Photos and copyright: Gabi (not to be published elsewhere without permission) As I promised I would have a few pictures of the civil wedding of Prince FĆ©lix of Luxembourg and Claire Lademacher on 17 September at Kƶnigstein im Taunus, Germany. The couple had chosen to get married at the Villa Rothschild Kempinsky by the mayor […]
A Reuss/Castell wedding in Germany
Iphofen, 21 September 2013 Photos and copyright: Gabi (not to be published elsewhere without permission) Not only Prince Felix of Luxembourg and Claire Lademacher married on Saturday. Also Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss and Countess Dorothea zu Castell-Castell tied the knot in a catholic ceremony at St Veit Church in Iphofen, Germany, on 21 September. The […]