Monthly Archives: January 2009

Plural of Kings?

Often one can get confused linguistically in terms of royal watching in a language other than English.   In Spanish, whenever the King and Queen attend something together, they are referred to as the plural of King in the Court … Continue reading

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King Harald at Northumbria University

I was fortunate enough to be able to see King Harald in person when he visited Northumbria University last year. Here are some pictures and a video I took of the event.    Pictures and video here.

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The Palace – a review

I ended up watching the four first episodes of the British series, The Palace, a while ago. Obviously, it may not be fair to judge an entire series on so few episodes, but these were some of my thoughts.

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Norwegian Line of Succession

What is the line of succession in terms of the monarchy?

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Behn baptisms

Emma Tallulah Behn was recently christened in the Royal Chapel in Oslo. Here is a small look at the christenings of the Behn girls.

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Château de Caïx – book review

The book about the French holiday home of the Danish Royal Family was published in 2004.

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Profession Princess: Book review

Catarina Hurtig: Profession Prinsesse – translated to Danish. Let me start out by saying that I wish I could have read the original Swedish version of this book. Unfortunately, the only version I could get my hands on, was the … Continue reading

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The mistresses of Danish Kings – book review

The mistresses are the darker side of the royals – they weren’t perfect, the mistresses are proof that they did not stick to their marriage vows. And as the book by Henning Dehn-Nielsen shows, it also happened in the Danish … Continue reading

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Freud m’a dit – Freud har sagt – a book review

In 2006, Steen Kristensen published a triple biography in Danish on Prince George of Greece and Denmark, Princess Marie Bonaparte and Sigmund Freud. The result was definitely worth a read.

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Frederik: Kronprins af Danmark

“Frederik: Kronprins af Danmark” is the newest biography about the Danish royals. Where the unofficial biography about Marie Cavallier came before the wedding – just in time for the Danes to get to know their new princess (and the publisher … Continue reading

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