It is one of those weeks that you really wonder whether there ever comes an end to the royal news. Of course there is royal news daily, but at the moment it is a bit much. Apart from Scandinavia – happily as also the Swedish King had his birthday this week on 30 April – […]
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30 April 2009. It is ten years ago, but it is a day I will never forget as long as I live. It was one of the most horrible days of my life so far. The day had started early for me. I had stayed the night at a friend, and took the bike to […]
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Sorry, I will not be in Amersfoort tomorrow, but that doesn’t mean I am not ready for King’s Day. Got some orange cookies with a crown from the supermarket, and just bought a “koningsbrood” (King’s bread) at the bakery. I have two paper crowns, so what else do I need? I shouldn’t forget to put […]
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Do you also have the feeling you always travel with too much luggage? No, I wasn’t going to buy much in London, where I was visiting from 14 to 17 March. I think I left home with only 6 kilos or so, and ended up taking 11 kilos back home. I bought some clothing that […]
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When trying to put some order in the huge amount of photos I have taken in the past 20 years or so, I came across this pre-digital photo. It is probably the most surprising royal photo I have ever taken. I think it was Sunday 10 August 2003, one day after I had enjoyed the […]
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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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Many of the younger people can’t imagine a life without Internet. As a teenager I had several penpals as I was curious to get to know about people of my age living in other countries. I was already in my early 20s when I first met with an invention that would change my life for […]
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I thought it was fun to make a list of royal or noble related books that I have read. I do not always have time or energy to read. Also lots of books I like are in English, and are more difficult to read when that’s not your main language. When I have been busy […]
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One year has (almost) gone and so much has happened, personally and royally. I started the year with a new blog design, about which I am still quite happy. 2018 I soon – in January – reached a milestone by having 400 posts on my blog. I must admit that since I have deleted a […]
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2018 I wanted to celebrate the 20th birthday of NettyRoyal on 26 October 2018, I wanted to travel, visit castles and exhibitions, meet with friends, see a few royal weddings. I had lots of plans. Almost nothing came of it unfortunately. Although, I did publish my first book! 2018 was certainly not what I had […]
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Just got back home from a shopping tour in the city and finally found the reply of Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, in my mailbox. Over the months I have seen people slowly receiving the wedding card of Harry and Meghan. The card shows a wonderful black and […]
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Waiting already for it for a few weeks, as I noticed I could easily reach 550,000 blog visitors before the end of 2018. Today around 8pm Amsterdam time I finally reached this goal. This blog was started on 9 September 2012. Best ever views (4,318) on one day were reached on 1 October 2018 when […]
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The postman just brought lovely mail from the UK. I for once thought about it sending a card to congratulate Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank with their marriage on 12 October 2018. They returned my best wishes with an absolutely wonderful (and big format) card. I am just amazed I got a reply […]
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Lately I received some new additions to my small royal postcard collection again. A friend from Sweden sent me a lot of lovely new postcards of the Swedish royal family. I also received the great book about the royal wedding dresses exhibition in Sweden not so long ago. Yesterday an American friend sent me great […]
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