The Royal We This was quite possibly the most unexpected, and entertaining read I have had in a very long time. I picked it up on a sale – and had very low expectations, despite all the good reviews. As a royal watcher, I don’t know anything I dislike more than when people write royal… Continue reading Review: The Royal We
Category: Reviews
Reviews of various books, movies, tv-shows, etc.
Review: Kongens hus : Alle kongeparets hjem
Kongens hus : Alle kongeparets hjem by Queen Sonja I picked this up at the library, after I saw it exhibited at the Open Palace tour in Oslo. It is a beautiful book filled with photographs and interesting text about all the residences that the King and Queen inhabit. The book is worth looking through for… Continue reading Review: Kongens hus : Alle kongeparets hjem
Haakon & Maud
Grrr… Just finished reading this Norwegian series of books – allegedly about King Haakon and Queen Maud. It was meant to be a two volume series. In reality, the author was given (almost) free access to a whole lot of royal archives of letters, diaries and other documents (in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Russia and the… Continue reading Haakon & Maud
Review: Madeleine : Prinsessan privat
Madeleine : Prinsessan privat by Johan T Lindwall I’m not sure I will ever get used to the Swedish royal reporters’ way of writing biographies. First of all – there is too much inference of what the persons in this book were thinking about specific events. Another reviewer said that a problem with it is that… Continue reading Review: Madeleine : Prinsessan privat
Book review Mary and Frederik 10 years
I picked this up in October when I was in Denmark. It’s a nice book filled with lots of nice pictures. It details how they met, their wedding, the children, and their work over the past ten years. If you have followed them for the past ten years, there is next to little new. If… Continue reading Book review Mary and Frederik 10 years
Review: Royale Rejser: Bag kulisserne med de kongelige
The book Royale Rejser: Bag kulisserne med de kongelige by John Lindskog depicts the story in 15 chapters of various photographers who have been following the Danish royal family through the years. It tells the story of King Frederik who did not much care for the photographers, but had one he tolerated. Prince Henrik who was… Continue reading Review: Royale Rejser: Bag kulisserne med de kongelige
Review: On Duty with the Queen: My Time as a Buckingham Palace Press Officer
On Duty with the Queen: My Time as a Buckingham Palace Press Officer by Dickie Arbiter The book details the time of Dickie Arbiter’s work in the press office at Buckingham Palace. First working for the Prince and Princess of Wales, then later for the royal collections (and also seemingly chipping in whenever needed, as… Continue reading Review: On Duty with the Queen: My Time as a Buckingham Palace Press Officer
Amalienborg – a book review
Amalienborg by Jørgen Larsen, Thomas Larsen, and Bjarke Ørsted The book is heavy, and filled with pictures and history. There are interviews with Queen Margrethe, Prince Henrik and Crown Prince Frederik and on their relationship with the palace.
Review: Still Reigning: Thoughts of a Queen
Still Reigning: Thoughts of a Queen by The Queen [of Twitter] I loved and chuckled often at The Queen_UK on Twitter in the beginning. I have the first book, and laughed several times while reading it. In most of her tweets and analysis, I thought she was spot on. Witty. However, with this one… I… Continue reading Review: Still Reigning: Thoughts of a Queen