What to do in Groningen as soon as the Dutch royal family has left the city at the end of the King’s Day celebrations 2018? Knowing the fans they’d love to have something to eat and to drink first. Lots of possibilities in the city centre. My favourites would be (if they’re open): Dinercafé Soestdijk. De […]
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A book of course needs some promotion. This morning I was invited to the studios of the provincial radio channel Radio Noord of the province of Groningen. In the program “Babette op Noord” I talked about my hobby, my work as a royalty journalist and of course the new book “5 Jaar Koningspaar” by Bernard […]
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For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online FRANCE Author: James Naus. Title: Constructing Kingship. The Capetian monarchs of France and the early Crusades. Published: March 2018 by Manchester University Press. Language: English. FRANCE Author: Françoise Surcouf. Title: Histoire secrète des […]
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In the past years I almost had to search for some King’s Day related shop windows. This year, not unexpectedly, the city of Groningen has already turned into festive mood. Of course King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima and their family are coming to celebrate the day in Groningen. The business association Groningen City Club holds […]
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After months of working and waiting royalty photographer Bernard Rübsamen and I yesterday, 23 April 2018, could finally hold our book in our hands. Bernard and his daughter Rosalie picked me up at the railway station of Amersfoort yesterday afternoon. We bought some cake and then headed to the office of Uitgeverij Aspekt in Soesterberg. […]
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On King’s Day the Dutch like to dress in orange, like with national or international sports events. Orange, more than the colours of the flag red-white-blue, is the national colour. And of course it is also the name of the royal house: House of Orange-Nassau. Orange actually was the Principality of Orange, in the south […]
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No other choice on King’s Day in Groningen, The Netherlands, on 27 April 2018 than to lead the Dutch royal family through the Oude Kijk in ‘t Jatstraat and the Stoeldraaierstraat to the Vismarkt. The streets have a few nice, somewhat alternative shops, but for shopping people it is usually not really the main choice. […]
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The Grote Markt is the main square in the middle of the city of Groningen, The Netherlands. After leaving the Martini Church this is where the Dutch royals walk to on King’s Day on 27 April 2018. Once presumably a wonderful square, I’ve never found it very beautiful. In the aftermath of World War II […]
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On the occasion of King’s Day 2018 Fortuin Dockum B.V. has issued two new royal peppermint tins. I must admit I do like previous designs much better. See my article 125 Years Wilhelmina Peppermints – A Collector’s Item On the website of the Kruidvat the tin with King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima on it costs […]
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For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online INDIA Author: Ruby Lal. Title: Empress. The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan. Published: 3 August 2018 by W.W. Norton & Company. Language: English.
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For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online RUSSIA Author: translations by Andrew Kahn and Kelsley Rubin-Detlev. Title: Catherine the Great. Selected Letters. Published: 1 July 2018 by OUP Oxford. Language: English. UNITED KINGDOM Author: Rodney Laredo. Title: Informally Royal. Studio […]
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For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online DENMARK Author: Countess Alexandra af Frederiksborg (with Rikke Hyldgaard). Title: Mit lykkelige land (My happy country). Published: 2 October 2018 by Politikens Forlag. Language: Danish.
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For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online FRANCE Authors: Jules Harper and Aurora von Goeth. Title: Louis XIV, the Real Sun King. Published: 30 June 2018 by Pen & Sword History. Language: English. GERMANY (NOBILITY) Author: Kerstin Decker. Title: Franziska […]
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For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online CASTLES Author: Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten ed. Title: Künstliche Grotten des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts in den preußischen Königsschlössern (Artificial caves of the 18th and 19th centuries in the Prussian Royal Palaces). […]
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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 […]
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