Every royal visiting Dublin, Ireland, officially includes a visit to the Book of Kells at Trinity College in his/her program. The book is the greatest cultural treasure of Ireland and is on display in the Long Room of one of the most amazing looking libraries in the world. Embed from Getty Images The library Trinity …
Queen Juliana exhibition in Amsterdam
One of the royal exhibitions to go at the moment is the exhibition The century of Juliana, a queen and her ideals at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In 2023 it is 75 years ago that Juliana succeeded to the throne and became Queen of the Netherlands. According to the church the exhibition …
10 x Palace irritations
1. Let’s start at the beginning. You’re searching for information about a place you would like to visit and there is hardly anything to find or it takes a lot of time. One of the irritations I want to take away with this site is, to help finding the royal and noble palaces and castles …
Craftsmanship at the Royal Palace
On 29 January 2023 the new exhibition “Craftsmanship at the Royal Palace – 200 years of creations” opens at Queen Sonja Art Stable in Oslo, that is located in the former Royal Stables. The exhibition can be visited until 17 September 2023. On display is a selection of beautiful handcrafted objects from the Norwegian Royal …
The flag of Kronborg
Since early 17th century it has been a tradition to daily hoist the Danish flag, called Dannebrog, at sunrise at Kronborg Castle in Elsinore (Helsingør), Denmark, and lower the flag at sunset. At the start of the new year 2023 the palaces and culture agency of Denmark, Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen, scrapped this practice. They said …
An elevator for Burg Hohenzollern
The ancestral seat of the Prussian Royal House and of the Hohenzollern Princes, Burg Hohenzollern, since December 2022 is better accessible. During the renovation of the castle walls also an elevator was added. Next to the Adlertor, the entrance gate to the castle, a plateau was added and a 25 metres high elevator shaft. Now …
Tatoi to be turned into a museum
The latest royal palace that will turn into a museum is Tatoi, Greece, that faces Mount Parnitha and is surrounded by forests. The estate is only 27 kilometres off the city centre of Athens, the capital of Greece. In January 2023 the minister of Culture of Greece, Lina Mendoni, confirmed in an interview with Real …
6-7 May 2023: The Coronation Weekend
Westminster abbey London’s Westminster Abbey was already founded in 960 by Benedictine monks. The present church was begun by King Henry III in 1245 and is one of the most important Gothic buildings in the United Kingdom. The Abbey is the final resting place of 17 monarchs. The abbey has been the coronation church of …
Travel books by royals
In my bookcase, there are three travel books written by or in collaboration with princesses. All three are fantastic books, which I highly recommend. The books can unfortunately be a bit difficult to buy. Explore Sweden with HRH Crown Princess Victoria Johan Erséus wrote the texts for this book. The foreword is by Crown Princess …
2023, The Hague, City of Escher
In 2023 The Hague will turn into the City of Escher. Both Escher in The Palace and the Kunstmuseum Den Haag celebrate the 125th anniversary of the birth of the famous graphic artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972). Furthermore a host of activities will be organised in the city, for example a number of buildings in …