Royal Musings

News and commentary about the reigning royal houses of the United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Spain, Monaco -- and the former European monarchies as well.

Pages

  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Marlene Eilers Koenig
  • Media
  • Copyright

Thursday, June 18, 2015

200th anniversary of Waterloo celebrations



View image | gettyimages.com


View image | gettyimages.com


View image | gettyimages.com
Meanwhile, in Belgium


View image | gettyimages.com


View image | gettyimages.com


View image | gettyimages.com


View image | gettyimages.com


View image | gettyimages.com


View image | gettyimages.com


View image | gettyimages.com



View image | gettyimages.com


View image | gettyimages.com
Posted by Marlene Eilers Koenig at Thursday, June 18, 2015

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Search This Blog

RBN Royal Book News

Some of my readers may not know that I have another blog, RBN Royal Book News, where I review books about royals and royalty. The blog is the successor to my eponymous newsletter that I began in 1983 and was published for 25 years.

http://royalbooknews.blogspot.com


Support me on Ko-Fi



Right Click disabled

St Paul's June 2016

St Paul's June 2016

Garter ceremony 2014

Garter ceremony 2014

Trooping the Colour 2016

Trooping the Colour 2016

Twitter

Twitter Icon

by Twitter Badges

Royal Musings - Royal Book News Facebook group

Do you like discussing the royals or new ... or old books? Have a question you want answered? The Royal Musings - Royal Book News Facebook page is back again. It is a closed group so you will need to apply. No gossip allowed ... https://www.facebook.com/groups/321823117954486/

The Blog's email address

You can contact me at royalmusings at cox dot net.

My Blog List

  • Histoires Royales
    Le duc de Gloucester plongé dans l’histoire de l’ancien royaume de Northumbrie et sa production de whisky - Le prince Richard était en visite dans le nord-est de l’Angleterre, ce 1er avril. Lors de sa visite au musée Ad Gefrin, le duc de Gloucester a été plongé...
    2 hours ago
  • History of Royal Women
    The Dutch Pearl Button Tiara - The Pearl Button Tiara is part of the collection of the Dutch royal family, and it was first worn by Queen Juliana in 1965. The tiara is made of five pea...
    6 hours ago
  • Noblesse & Royautés
    Sophie d’Espagne à Carthagene pour le Jeudi Saint - La reine Sophie d'Espagne a assisté au Jeudi Saint à Carthagène en Murcie en compagnie de ses filles les infantes Elena et Cristina.
    7 hours ago
  • RBN - Royal Book News
    New & Forthcoming Books - Hodder & Stoughton will publish Hugo Vickers'* Queen Elizabeth: A Personal History *on April 9. No US publisher yet. https://amzn.to/4lXRDn3 *Fa...
    5 days ago
  • The Freelance History Writer
    Catherine of Bourbon, Duchess of Guelders and Gulik and Countess of Zutphen - Catherine was the daughter of Duke Charles I of Bourbon and Agnes of Burgundy. Agnes was the daughter of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, and Margaret ...
    1 week ago
  • Diana Mandache's Weblog
    New book- “Exile’s Money: The Cretzianu Trial in Switzerland” - In the spring of 1945, a sum of six million Swiss francs was discreetly transferred into an account opened in … Continue reading →
    2 weeks ago
  • NettyRoyal
    A Royal Weekend 2026 in Stockholm - After two editions in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, A Royal Weekend is now heading towards Stockholm, the capital of the Kingdom of Sweden. Ted Rosvall, ...
    1 month ago
  • Queens of England
    The Royal 1926: a very royal Christmas comes to a close - On January 6 1926, the papers reported that King George V and Queen Mary would be staying at Sandringham through the early part of the year but that the...
    2 months ago
  • Royalement Blog
    Le régiment britannique des rois Léopold Ier, Albert Ier et Léopold III - Le 2 mai 1816, le prince Léopold de Saxe-Cobourg-Saalfeld épouse la princesse Charlotte de Galles, héritière présomptive du trône britannique. Destiné à de...
    11 months ago
  • Carolyn Harris: Royal Historian
    New Canadian Encyclopedia Article: The Four Kings of Canada - My new article in the Canadian Encyclopedia is about The Four Kings of Canada, four prominent leaders from the Haudenosaunee Confederacy who traveled to Lo...
    1 year ago
  • Castleholic
    Gone Castle Hunting - After much deliberation (and possibly a suspiciously long nap), this Castleholic has decided to follow in the noble footsteps of Sleeping Beauty, prickin...
    2 years ago
  • Prince Michael of Greece
    The Massacre’s Surviving Cross - One July night in 1918, Emperor Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, their five children and a few servants and loyal companions were murdered, as everyone kn...
    4 years ago
  • The Court Jeweller
    Floral Tiara Tournament: Ogilvy vs Poltimore - It's time for a British royal tiara showdown!Everett Collection Inc/Alamy, Getty ImagesThe Ogilvy Tiara vs. The Poltimore TiaraEverett Collection Inc/Alamy...
    4 years ago
Show 5 Show All

Dreaming about Royal Muddles & Royal Cuddles

Dreaming about Royal Muddles & Royal Cuddles

Trooping the Colour 2016

Trooping the Colour 2016

Victoriadagen 2017

Victoriadagen 2017

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Oscar at Solliden, July 2017

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Oscar at Solliden, July 2017

Royal Wedding, July 23, 1986

Royal Wedding, July 23, 1986

Balkan Royals 2010

Balkan Royals 2010

Hyde Park 2011

Hyde Park 2011

Princess Estelle July 2017

Princess Estelle  July 2017

Catherine at Greenwich

Catherine at Greenwich

Charles at Mount Vernon

Charles at Mount Vernon

Willem-Alexander & Maxima

Willem-Alexander & Maxima

Subscribe To

Posts
Atom
Posts
Comments
Atom
Comments

Queen Elizabeth II at White House

Queen Elizabeth II at White House

Blog Archive

  • ►  2026 (44)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  March (13)
    • ►  February (12)
    • ►  January (17)
  • ►  2025 (275)
    • ►  December (23)
    • ►  November (25)
    • ►  October (37)
    • ►  September (27)
    • ►  August (14)
    • ►  July (33)
    • ►  June (17)
    • ►  May (21)
    • ►  April (18)
    • ►  March (17)
    • ►  February (20)
    • ►  January (23)
  • ►  2024 (348)
    • ►  December (31)
    • ►  November (22)
    • ►  October (22)
    • ►  September (29)
    • ►  August (25)
    • ►  July (27)
    • ►  June (23)
    • ►  May (28)
    • ►  April (32)
    • ►  March (34)
    • ►  February (29)
    • ►  January (46)
  • ►  2023 (224)
    • ►  December (28)
    • ►  November (23)
    • ►  October (20)
    • ►  September (16)
    • ►  August (11)
    • ►  July (11)
    • ►  June (16)
    • ►  May (20)
    • ►  April (20)
    • ►  March (16)
    • ►  February (18)
    • ►  January (25)
  • ►  2022 (252)
    • ►  December (16)
    • ►  November (15)
    • ►  October (20)
    • ►  September (34)
    • ►  August (14)
    • ►  July (36)
    • ►  June (14)
    • ►  May (18)
    • ►  April (22)
    • ►  March (18)
    • ►  February (19)
    • ►  January (26)
  • ►  2021 (224)
    • ►  December (25)
    • ►  November (20)
    • ►  October (25)
    • ►  September (20)
    • ►  August (12)
    • ►  July (14)
    • ►  June (14)
    • ►  May (15)
    • ►  April (25)
    • ►  March (16)
    • ►  February (28)
    • ►  January (10)
  • ►  2020 (235)
    • ►  December (19)
    • ►  November (11)
    • ►  October (19)
    • ►  September (23)
    • ►  August (14)
    • ►  July (17)
    • ►  June (22)
    • ►  May (22)
    • ►  April (17)
    • ►  March (18)
    • ►  February (21)
    • ►  January (32)
  • ►  2019 (318)
    • ►  December (24)
    • ►  November (22)
    • ►  October (20)
    • ►  September (38)
    • ►  August (21)
    • ►  July (32)
    • ►  June (29)
    • ►  May (54)
    • ►  April (29)
    • ►  March (18)
    • ►  February (16)
    • ►  January (15)
  • ►  2018 (282)
    • ►  December (16)
    • ►  November (20)
    • ►  October (28)
    • ►  September (24)
    • ►  August (11)
    • ►  July (15)
    • ►  June (24)
    • ►  May (27)
    • ►  April (19)
    • ►  March (19)
    • ►  February (33)
    • ►  January (46)
  • ►  2017 (338)
    • ►  December (34)
    • ►  November (26)
    • ►  October (29)
    • ►  September (24)
    • ►  August (20)
    • ►  July (25)
    • ►  June (29)
    • ►  May (33)
    • ►  April (36)
    • ►  March (25)
    • ►  February (17)
    • ►  January (40)
  • ►  2016 (386)
    • ►  December (35)
    • ►  November (46)
    • ►  October (22)
    • ►  September (23)
    • ►  August (34)
    • ►  July (20)
    • ►  June (19)
    • ►  May (37)
    • ►  April (39)
    • ►  March (39)
    • ►  February (31)
    • ►  January (41)
  • ▼  2015 (520)
    • ►  December (42)
    • ►  November (35)
    • ►  October (73)
    • ►  September (36)
    • ►  August (35)
    • ►  July (23)
    • ▼  June (31)
      • Official announcement for the Death of the Duke of...
      • Ahhhh German censorship!
      • Remembering the late Duke of Fife
      • Duke of Fife dead at 85
      • Princess Eugenie moves back to London for new job
      • European royals flee to Spain
      • Mafalda to wed Philipp of Hesse
      • 200th anniversary of Waterloo celebrations
      • Waterloo - 200th anniversary
      • The new prince's name is
      • Ashley Hicks popped the question & Kata said yes!
      • The wedding of Countess Marie-Helene von Montgelas...
      • Death Notice: HRH Princess Monika of Hannover
      • Scandinavian princesses return home
      • 24 kids and counting: Duke Roberto of Parma
      • Crown Prince Kardam of Bulgaria's funeral
      • Princely wedding: Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg-Mü...
      • Remembering the Prince of Wied
      • Another Hannover death
      • The death announcement for HRH Princess Alexandra ...
      • Princess Charlotte's Baptism announced
      • Down & Dirty in the Jakarta court
      • Willem-Alexander and Maxima in Chicago
      • Official comments from White House
      • Royal Couple at Nats Park
      • Royal Couple at Congress
      • Royal visit: at National Building Museum
      • Compassionate Queen Maxima at Arlington National C...
      • Royal Couple at Audie Murphy's grave at Arlington
      • Royal visit: More from Arlington, Laying of the W...
      • King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima at Arlington
    • ►  May (38)
    • ►  April (44)
    • ►  March (43)
    • ►  February (52)
    • ►  January (68)
  • ►  2014 (698)
    • ►  December (43)
    • ►  November (57)
    • ►  October (68)
    • ►  September (47)
    • ►  August (53)
    • ►  July (64)
    • ►  June (52)
    • ►  May (40)
    • ►  April (70)
    • ►  March (48)
    • ►  February (76)
    • ►  January (80)
  • ►  2013 (748)
    • ►  December (43)
    • ►  November (46)
    • ►  October (44)
    • ►  September (42)
    • ►  August (35)
    • ►  July (70)
    • ►  June (69)
    • ►  May (64)
    • ►  April (82)
    • ►  March (80)
    • ►  February (66)
    • ►  January (107)
  • ►  2012 (1026)
    • ►  December (64)
    • ►  November (86)
    • ►  October (95)
    • ►  September (66)
    • ►  August (59)
    • ►  July (85)
    • ►  June (62)
    • ►  May (103)
    • ►  April (95)
    • ►  March (89)
    • ►  February (116)
    • ►  January (106)
  • ►  2011 (1284)
    • ►  December (73)
    • ►  November (87)
    • ►  October (62)
    • ►  September (103)
    • ►  August (82)
    • ►  July (114)
    • ►  June (104)
    • ►  May (127)
    • ►  April (163)
    • ►  March (135)
    • ►  February (103)
    • ►  January (131)
  • ►  2010 (1139)
    • ►  December (92)
    • ►  November (111)
    • ►  October (91)
    • ►  September (76)
    • ►  August (90)
    • ►  July (69)
    • ►  June (124)
    • ►  May (107)
    • ►  April (115)
    • ►  March (100)
    • ►  February (86)
    • ►  January (78)
  • ►  2009 (1097)
    • ►  December (87)
    • ►  November (80)
    • ►  October (98)
    • ►  September (98)
    • ►  August (54)
    • ►  July (79)
    • ►  June (98)
    • ►  May (94)
    • ►  April (85)
    • ►  March (119)
    • ►  February (109)
    • ►  January (96)
  • ►  2008 (782)
    • ►  December (124)
    • ►  November (131)
    • ►  October (189)
    • ►  September (153)
    • ►  August (95)
    • ►  July (90)

Copyright notice

All materials contained on this site are protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed or published without the prior approval of Marlene A. Koenig. You can, however, provide a link to the blog or to a post on the blog. Please credit Marlene A Koenig and Royal Musings. Thanks

Sources

The sources consulted for this blog include the New York Times, the Chicago Daily Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press, the Washington Post, and The Times. I also consult books and other materials in my personal library. All the photos come from my personal collection, unless other noted.
Watermark theme. Powered by Blogger.