Don’t be surprised if you see things changing/disappearing around here. I’m in the process of moving the blog to a new location! So stay tuned for more information on the new, hopefully improved World of Royalty Blog…

PicApp has replaced many of the photos on my sites with random images of Burger King, the rock star Prince, the rock group Queen, and so forth. I am working on removing all traces of PicApp from my sites, but it will take a day or two.

In the meantime, my apologies for any stupid photos you may encounter.

Happy New Year! Apologies for not posting a Royal Week in Review. I’ll try to make up for it with a 2010 Royal Year in Review very soon. What do you think were some of the most memorable/important/interesting/silly royal events of the year?

Oops. I installed a new plug-in yesterday to delete unused tags, and it seems to have also deleted at least two entire blog categories: Books and History. So far I haven’t noticed any missing posts. I’m recreating the missing categories, but it will take a while.

If you notice anything else missing from the blog, please let me know!

I had trouble upgrading the blog’s theme, so things may look different around here for a while…

UPDATE: Things should be mostly back to normal. If you find any problems with the blog, please let me know.

I have (1) guests and (2) a cold, so I’m taking a little break from blogging, but I will be back soon. The Royalty.nu site will be minimally updated, with the Royal News page on hold for a few days. The New Royal Books list will be updated as usual on the first day of the month.

Sorry for the absence, and HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all!

I’ve been having some trouble with the blog’s theme, so I’ll be changing it soon. In the meantime, things may look a little jumbled. My apologies.

If you’re a regular visitor to the blog, you’ll probably notice that I’ve changed the header image. What can I say: I’m fickle.

Well, actually, I changed the image to match the new beige background color, and I changed that because the previous purple background, while quite royal, made it hard to read the blog’s text while the rest of the blog was taking its sweet time loading… OK, never mind, let’s just go back to calling me fickle.

I fear the blog title doesn’t show up very well against the new image, but I can’t find a title color that works better with that image. Aargh. Also, I’m wondering if the blog has too many colors going on now…? I’d hate to kill the pink/purple in the sidebar, but should I??? Oh, dear. I should, shouldn’t I.

Obviously I am not a design guru. If you have an opinion about this new look, good or bad, please share it. Or feel free to simply point at the blog and laugh heartily.

In case you’re wondering, the new header image is from an 1815 painting of Heidelberg Castle by Carl Philipp Fohr. According to Wikimedia Commons, it is in the public domain.

As you can see, the World of Royalty Blog has undergone a big redesign! I loved the old theme, but I never felt it matched the blog’s content. It was hard to tear myself away from the pretty flowers and ribbons, but I’ve finally done it. (Weep.)

This theme isn’t exactly austere — especially now that I’ve added fluffy purple clouds and pink links — but it’s easy on the eyes, I think. The header image is taken from a public-domain photo I found on Wikimedia Commons.

I didn’t have room in the sidebar for my lengthy blogroll, so you’ll find that on the new Links page. There’s also a new Archives page that includes a list of all the tags used on this site (248 so far), from “Amazon” (the region, not the website) to “Zara Phillips.”

It took me forever to talk myself into this redesign, but now I’m happy I did. I won’t think about the flowers and ribbons I’ve lost. This is so much better. Less girly. More serious. Plus purple and pink. Yay!

Like it? Hate it? I want to hear what you think!

I’m fiddling around with the blog theme again, so things will be in disarray for a while.