Prince Harry’s girlfriend, Chelsy Davy, reportedly doesn’t have a tattoo, but she does have an invitation to go partying with singer Amy Winehouse.
Sep 212008
Opening of Swedish Parliament
Royals at opening of Parliament (photos)
Opening of Dutch Parliament
Dutch line the streets to see their queen
Adorable Princess of the Week
Princess Leonor’s first day of school (photos)
Prince Charles Rumor of the Week
Charles’ secret plan for Camilla
Princess Diana Still in the News This Week
Photographer fined for Diana-Dodi photos (link expired)
For a lot more royal news, plus photos and videos, visit the Royalty.nu News page!
It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day, and I wrote this post usin’ this online English-to-Pirate translator from the original Talk Like a Pirate Day website.
But rather than doin’ all t’ talkin’ meself, I thought I’d see how Prince Charles sounds in pirate-speak, so here’s a quote from a recent speech o’ his, translated into pirate-talk:
“Ladies and gentlemen, with t’ crisis o’ climate change and t’ risin’ cost o’ food, never has it been so important t’ take immediate action t’ protect marine life and enaye t’ sustainable management o’ t’ many resources and benefits that our seas provide t’ us all.”
Aaar, royal matey, I couldn’t have said it better meself.
Sep 192008
There’s a new blog about the Kingdoms of Indonesia.
Sep 182008
Here’s another bad review for “The Duchess,” starring Keira Knightley as Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.
Sep 172008
Some interesting book reviews for you:
From Elizabeth Kerri Mahon’s blog, Scandalous Women, a review of Mistress of the Vatican by Eleanor Herman, a biography of a 17th century woman, Olimpia Maidalchini, who was “the secret female pope.”
From Marilyn Braun of Marilyn’s Royal Blog, a look at books about entertaining royally.
And finally, from Sarah Johnson’s blog, Reading the Past, a review of The Cloister and the Citadel by Brigid Knight, a novel about 16th century French princess Charlotte de Bourbon.
UPDATE: Did I say finally? Well, I was wrong. Here’s another one: Julianne Douglas of Writing the Renaissance shares her review of Michelle Moran’s The Heretic Queen, a historical novel set in ancient Egypt.
Sep 142008
I’ve had several days of webmaster headaches (I won’t bore you with the very boring details), so there will be no Royal Week in Review this week.
However! I can offer you a link to my newly relocated and quite improved Royal News Blog.
The blog has been around (on TypePad) for a few years, but I haven’t said much about it because I use it mainly to organize and track the syndicated news articles, photos, and videos published on the Royalty.nu site.
But the blog’s move to WordPress lets me do a lot more with it. The posts are now tagged and searchable, so you should find it easier and more fun to browse there now, even if you don’t know much about the world’s current royal families… yet.
On the blog you’ll find royal news from around the world, including British royal news articles that are no longer available on Royalty.nu’s British Royal News page. Links to old photos and videos about world royalty will also remain on the blog after they’ve vanished from the main Royalty.nu site.
However, you won’t find many links to other news sites on the blog. For a complete look at current royal news you can visit the Royalty.nu News page. I think the two sites compliment each other nicely now.
So check the Royal News Blog out and, if you feel like it, leave a comment to tell me what you think! It’s still under construction, and I’ll be working over the next few weeks to get things up to date.
If you have been linking to the old version of the blog, please update your links because that will be going offline very soon. And I apologize for removing the old RSS feed without warning — I know some people were using that. I haven’t added a link to the new RSS feed yet because I have to set it up at Feedburner, but I will try to do that soon.
Sep 122008
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