Each year I send out a small amount of Christmas cards to royals that I do like, that send cards back. The last answers often arrive in February, or even later. I was very early this year myself, having sent mine already in the weekend of 30 November/1 December 2019. Although I am not sure […]
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Arrived on 9 January 2020: a card with photo from King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians to thank for the card I sent them for the 20th wedding anniversary.
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2019 personally has been a much better year for me than 2018. My health is slowly getting better, although I am not there yet. I have been able to travel again, visit places, meet friends and acquaintances. Concentrating on work is getting better, I have read books again. My cat Prince Harry slowly gets used […]
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Prince Harry and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and of course Royal 2020.
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I can’t say I always like the post, especially not in recent weeks. Today my TV-guide (a paper version) arrived far too late and already three out of seven days I had to figure out elsewhere what was on TV. I of course missed one of my favourite programs on Sunday evening. I had to […]
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Like the royals I am preparing for Christmas and New Year. Christmas cards are slowly arriving here, also royal ones, and I bought my Christmas tree on Tuesday. I’ve also added decoration at the window and above my computer, where I sit most of the day, listening to Christmas music of course. The royals are […]
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Some people already had the card a few days before me, but on Saturday I finally found my card in my letterbox. A lovely thank you card from Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, the Duchess of Brabant, who on 25 October celebrated her 18th birthday. She is the first of her generation to reach this age. […]
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Still busy putting my royal collection in order. After temporarily having put postcards and royal mail in a few boxes, I decided to have another look at the huge pile of scrapbooks from the past 40 years. I also had several scrapbooks from the 1960s and 1970s, originally created by others. As I run out […]
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Did I already mention my overly full bookcases? It unfortunately is a long and difficult process getting rid of anything that I don’t need anymore. No time to update the blog with royal books I’d like to sell (it is not online yet). And no space to store anything for a longer time, as my […]
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After my photo of my neighbourhood was shown on a screen in the Groninger Museum in June, I had to wait for a while. But finally the photo together with about 30 other photos taken by people from the Oosterparkwijk in Groningen, The Netherlands, was also exhibited in the area itself. I was invited for […]
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It’s been lots of fun again. For the 18th time Wilbert Slooijer on Saturday organized the yearly “Royals Verzamelbeurs” in Nijverdal. Being the only collectors fair within reach of Groningen – just 1 1/2 hours by train – it is the one I try to attend yearly. I think I have been to at least […]
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Sorry everyone. I don’t have a huge amount of articles waiting to be posted as some of the bloggers I know. And as I wasn’t home last week, I didn’t write any new posts for this blog. I spent six lovely days in gorgeous Scotland, and guess what? I even did have good weather most […]
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For many years I just kept lots of royal articles and newspaper clippings in boxes, stored in my bedroom. Covered in dust and I almost never had a look at them. I never found the time to make a lot of scrapbooks either. Of course in the meantime scrapbooks have become terribly old fashioned, the […]
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I won’t bother you with cat stories all the time, but some people might want an update on Prince Harry and a good photo now I am certain he is not someone else’s. I want to let you all know that I am doing fine. I have been sleeping a lot in the past few […]
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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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