Category: General
When should you wear a Hat or Fascinator?
When a few months ago King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands celebrated his 50th birthday, he had invited 150 ordinary Dutch people for dinner in the Royal Palace in Amsterdam. A […]
Elderly Royals at Work
It always surprises me that when the retirement age of normal working people is being discussed, people don’t know how loud to protest when a government decides the age goes […]
Travelling to Events – How to Plan
Often people wonder: you go to all these wonderful events. How do you do that? The first thing of course you need is a date and a place for the […]
Is there anyone who wants to be King or Queen?
Several statements by Prince Harry of Wales in the American magazine “Newsweek” last week caused some criticism. Whether it was wise of him to say these things remains a question, […]
Goodbye to the PH-KBX!
Very few countries in the world have their own government plane. These countries are France, Russia, Great Britain, the USA … and the Netherlands. After 21 years of faithful service […]
Royal Weddings: The Do’s and Don’ts
What are the things you absolutely shouldn’t do when being a guest or a fan at a royal wedding. I am sure there are some things you all can think […]
Royal Lego in Windsor and London (4)
Once again I went on vacation with my friends Erik and Mirjam. We stayed in London during the first five days of May 2017. Of course we were keen on […]
The other Royal Prisoners of Saint Helena
Some weeks ago I was in the library here in town and saw a nice looking travel book: Ron Moerenhout – Laatste boot naar Sint-Helena (Last boat to Saint Helena), […]
A Street with a Royal Name
How many streets do you know that have the name of a royal? There is hardly a city or village in the Netherlands without streets named after either modern or […]
Who is your favourite Dutch Royal?
And I am of course curious why. Up to three answers allowed.
What I am doing on King’s Day
King’s Day, 27 April: when some of my colleagues – royalty journalists – follow the Dutch royals closely today, during their visit to Tilburg, and many other Dutch people celebrate […]
Etiquette: How to walk up and down the Stairs
I actually never thought for a second about it. But once when visiting a castle I walked down the stairs with someone who had grown up visiting castles of family […]
Dutch Commemorative Plates
Recently I inherited three commemorative plates. They are rather old but still in an almost perfect state. Online I found a bit more information about them. I wonder how much […]
Planning a Royal Wedding Trip
Nothing is worse than already having booked hotel and train/plane in advance of a wedding, and then new details come to light. It actually happened to me almost ten years […]
A Royal Crush
Last week I really started to feel old. Someone posted an article on Twitter with the title “Remember When Prince William Was a Superhot Teen Idol?” Yes, I do remember, […]