Greet Hofmans – Queen Juliana’s Rasputin
She was once called the Rasputin of the Dutch Royal family – Greet Hofmans was a faith healer who nearly brought down the Dutch monarchy. […]
Juliana of the Netherlands
The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – Wilhelmina’s fourth miscarriage
With Wilhelmina’s marriage to Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 7 February 1901, she and her mother both fervently prayed for healthy children to continue their line. […]
The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – The wedding of Prince Bernhard and Princess Juliana
On the 58th wedding anniversary of King William III of the Netherlands and Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, their only grandchild Princess Juliana – heir […]
Royal Travel at the Spoorwegmuseum
Royalty must travel in style and so the Dutch Railway Museum (Spoorwegmuseum) has dedicated an entire exhibition to Royal Travel. The exhibition surprisingly opens in […]
Women of Orange Exhibition at the Jan Cunen Museum in Oss
The Women of Orange – Portraits of Five Queens Exhibition in Oss in the Netherlands has only just opened two weeks and already looks like […]
Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting by Carolyn Harris Book Review
How royal parents dealt with raising their children over the past thousand years, from keeping Vikings at bay to fending off paparazzi. William and Kate, […]
