The Royal Gatherings lecture to be hosted at Hoogstraten English Bookstore in The Hague is sold out!
Next year, we will jointly host a Royal Gatherings Weekend on November 8-9. Announcements for the 2014 gathering will come sooner rather than later...stay tuned!
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Thursday, October 31, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
The Gotha: Bicentennial of the Battle of Leipzig
On 19 October, members of the Gotha gathered in Saxony to commemorate the bicentennial of the Battle of Leipzig.
Among them were: The Margrave and Margravine of Meißen, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, Prince Michael Benedict and Princess Dagmar of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Archduke Georg of Austria and his wife, Prince Heinrich of Hannover and his wife, Fürst Heinrich XIV and Fürstin Johanna Reuß, Fürst Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe, Fürst Alexander zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn and Duke Rudolf and Duchess Alexandra of Croÿ. Also descendants of other military leaders who participate din the battle were present, among them Blüchers and Beauharnais.
Among them were: The Margrave and Margravine of Meißen, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, Prince Michael Benedict and Princess Dagmar of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Archduke Georg of Austria and his wife, Prince Heinrich of Hannover and his wife, Fürst Heinrich XIV and Fürstin Johanna Reuß, Fürst Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe, Fürst Alexander zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn and Duke Rudolf and Duchess Alexandra of Croÿ. Also descendants of other military leaders who participate din the battle were present, among them Blüchers and Beauharnais.
(Courtesy of HRH The Margrave of Meißen)
Friday, October 25, 2013
EUROHISTORY: A Royal Gathering at Hoogstraten Booksellers
Eurohistory and Hoogstraten Booksellers (from The Hague) have joined forces to bring the first of what we expect will be many "royal gatherings."
On November 3, Hoogstraten Booksellers will welcome clients to a lecture series, the first of what will become a yearly gathering for their clients and those of Eurohistory who wish to join us there.
The royalty conference series, titled "A ROYAL GATHERING," will invite some of the year's best biographers and authors of royal books to lecture about their areas of research.
This year's event is schedule to begin at 1:30pm – Following is our agenda:
On November 3, Hoogstraten Booksellers will welcome clients to a lecture series, the first of what will become a yearly gathering for their clients and those of Eurohistory who wish to join us there.
The royalty conference series, titled "A ROYAL GATHERING," will invite some of the year's best biographers and authors of royal books to lecture about their areas of research.
This year's event is schedule to begin at 1:30pm – Following is our agenda:
13.00 – Shop opens
13.30 – Welcome
13.45 – Galina Korneva: "Russia & Europe
14.30 – Tea
14.45 – Arturo Beéche: "The Coburgs of Europe"
15.30 – Tea
15.45 – Galina Korneva: "Aunt Miechen" – Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia
16.30 – End
Both authors will be available for book signing after the lectures end.
Next year, the lecture series will move to a hotel near Hoogstraten Booksellers and will expand to two days. The date chosen is November 8-9, 2014. In due course we will make an official announcement so everyone wishing to join us can has a space!
Thursday, October 24, 2013
UK: Four Generations Photo
From the BBC:
The Queen has been pictured with three future kings - the first such image of royal succession for nearly 120 years.
The monarch is shown with her son, the Prince of Wales, grandson, the Duke of Cambridge, and great-grandson, Prince George, to mark the royal christening.
It echoes a 1894 image from the future Edward VIII's christening, showing him with his father, grandfather and great-grandmother - George V, Edward VII and Queen Victoria.
The pictures were taken by Jason Bell.
Continue reading...
©Jason Bell
UK: Prince Charles' Profile in TIME
The gardens sport a coronet of dew under a rare Scottish sun, but Prince Charles remains indoors, doing what the heir to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Jamaica and 12 other Commonwealth realms has always done — his duty. He's a champion at enduring windy speeches, toes scrunched in his shoes to keep awake. But this particular duty lies closer to his soul: he's teaching his firstborn to wield a sword. Prince William needs to master the key move of granting knighthoods, laying a blade on the shoulders of recipients, ideally without inflicting injury. So on Sept. 26, Charles interrupts a family visit at his Scottish residence Birkhall with his son, wife Camilla, daughter-in-law Kate and the youngest Windsor, baby George, to stage a dress rehearsal.
Read more: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2155616,00.html#ixzz2ieh48q48
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
UK: Prince George of Cambridge's baptism (2)
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have chosen two hymns, two lessons and two anthems for the christening of their son, Prince George.
The Hymns are Breathe on Me, Breath of God and Be Thou My Vision.
The lessons are from St. Luke ch. 18, verses 15-17, read by Miss Pippa Middleton and St. John ch. 15, verses 1-5, read by Prince Harry.
The anthems are Blessed Jesu! Here we Stand (Richard Popplewell) and The Lord Bless You and Keep You (John Rutter).
Blessed Jesu! Here we Stand was written for Prince William’s baptism on 4th August 1982.
The anthems will be performed by The Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal.
The Processional Organ Music will be J. S. Bach’s Fantasia in G (BWV 572).
The Recessional Organ Music will be C. M. Widor’s Toccata from Symphony No 5.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, will baptise Prince George. He will be supported by The Dean of The Chapel Royal (The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Richard Chartres) and The Sub-Dean of the Chapel Royal (The Reverend Prebendary William Scott).
Notes to Editors
The Chapel Royal Choir
The Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal comprises six Gentlemen-in-Ordinary, who are professional singers, and ten Children of the Chapel Royal, boy choristers who hold the Sovereign's choral scholarships at the City of London School, and wear Gold and Scarlet State Coats, still tailored to the Royal Warrant of 1661.
At St James's Palace, the Chapel Royal choir sings on Sundays weekly in the Chapel Royal or The Queen's Chapel facing Marlborough Road, and at other events elsewhere as commanded by The Queen. These include the annual Royal Maundy service, the Remembrance Sunday Parade at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, and, in recent years, the wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey, in addition to the Golden and Diamond Jubilee Services at St Paul's Cathedral.
Choirs of other Chapels Royal under the authority of The Dean of the Chapel Royal, whose Ordinary is The Queen, continue to operate simultaneously at the Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace.
The Queen’s Guard
The St James’s Palace detachment of The Queen’s Guard has turned out today in Colour Court for The Queen’s arrival. The Queen will be received with the Royal Salute.
UK: Prince George of Cambridge's Baptism
From the BBC...
The names of Prince George's seven godparents have been announced ahead of his christening later.
They are Oliver Baker, Emilia Jardine-Paterson, Earl Grosvenor, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, Julia Samuel, William van Cutsem and Zara Tindall.
Zara Tindall, wife of former England rugby international Mike Tindall, is Prince William's cousin.
The Archbishop of Canterbury will christen the three-month-old prince at St James's Palace in central London.
The private service will take place at 15:00 BST and last about 45 minutes.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
New Book: The Coburgs of Europe
We are uploading the order form for our newest publication, Arturo Beéche's The Coburgs of Europe – The Rise and Fall of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's European Family.
The book will start mailing at the beginning of November 2013!
Inside the book, readers will find the fascinating story of all the branches of the Coburg Dynasty, including the Coburgs of Vienna, the Coburgs of Lisbon, the Coburgs of Brussels, the Coburgs of London and the Ducal Coburgs.
Special attention was paid by the author to a group of Coburg women whose marriages brought them positions of great power and influence!
Inside the 376 glossy pages, readers will also find a healthy number of family trees, as well as more than 500 images of the Coburgs, many of these photographs are quite rare, for they were either taken by the author or provided by the various Coburgs who aided in the project.
The book will start mailing at the beginning of November 2013!
Inside the book, readers will find the fascinating story of all the branches of the Coburg Dynasty, including the Coburgs of Vienna, the Coburgs of Lisbon, the Coburgs of Brussels, the Coburgs of London and the Ducal Coburgs.
Special attention was paid by the author to a group of Coburg women whose marriages brought them positions of great power and influence!
Inside the 376 glossy pages, readers will also find a healthy number of family trees, as well as more than 500 images of the Coburgs, many of these photographs are quite rare, for they were either taken by the author or provided by the various Coburgs who aided in the project.
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