Recently I was at my mother’s. She came up with a huge pile of postcards that she had kept over the years. She actually is a postcard addict, so I shouldn’t be surprised that there were so many. Among them were a lot of cards with palaces or castles on it. Most were actually sent …
New book – St James’s Palace
St James’s Palace – From Leper Hospital to Royal Court By: Simon Thurley, Rufus Bird and Michael Turner The first modern history of St James’s Palace, shedding light on a remarkable building at the heart of the history of the British monarchy that remains by far the least known of the royal residences In this …
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 …
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 …