Tag: London
The Magnificent British Gold State Coach
Although I have visited London several times over the years, I had never been to the Royal Mews. I can only say: if you have time, just go there. I […]
The Banqueting House and its gorgeous Rubens Ceilings
There are places that can be hard to visit. Somehow every time I was in London, had time and thought of it, the Banqueting House was closed. This year before […]
Diana: Her Fashion Story
The one thing I really wanted to do when being in London early this month, was seeing the exhibition “Diana: Her Fashion Story” at the Kensington Palace. As this exhibition […]
A Garden Dedicated to Princess Diana
This year we are commemorating the 20th death anniversary of Diana, Princess of Wales. At the Kensington Palace in London you can’t only see an exhibition with some of her […]
Memories of Queen Wilhelmina in London
Some weeks before leaving for my five-day vacation to London I discovered an interesting royal walk through London on the Internet: In the Footsteps of Queen Wilhelmina (in Dutch). A […]
Royalty Watching – You can’t always be Lucky!
Unfortunately you can’t always have luck as a royalty watcher. Last week I was in London. Of course most royals stayed far away from me that week. Lots of excitement […]
Vikings and Sutton Hoo
Despite of all my visits to London I had never been inside the British Museum. As I thought the present exhibition might be interesting, I decided on Tuesday morning I […]
Where the Queen was born
I just spent some days in and around London. On Monday evening a friend and I were walking through the city, when I suddenly saw a street called Bruton Street. […]
Exciting days in Great Britain
Just came back from another very successfull royalty weekend at Ticehurst, Great Britain. Interesting lectures, good company and food. Like here the countryside of East Sussex is far behind. Unlike […]