British Royal Family at Christmas, 1990
Month: December 2016
Dutch Royal Tiaras 2016
It was a year of repeats for the Dutch Royal Family in 2016. They wore only five Tiaras from their enormous collection nine times throughout the the year. At King Carl Gustav’s 70th Birthday celebrations, Princess Beatrix wore one of the family ‘Big Guns’, it was a standard showing at the annual Gala Dinner for the Corps Diplomatique in May, and while Queen Maxima wore a tiara for only the second time during the Dutch State Visit to New Zealand in November, the Dutch Royal family were back in their standard tiaras during the Belgian State Visit to the Netherlands a few weeks later. Continue reading
Danish Royal Tiaras 2016
There was a moderate showing of the Danish Royal Tiaras in 2016. It was standard at the New Year’s Court, a tiara debut at a gala dinner for art and culture in March, repeats at the Mexican State Banquet, a missed opportunity at King Carl Gustav’s 70th Birthday celebrations, and official portraits for a Copper Wedding Anniversary in November. Continue reading
Formal Gathering of the Swedish Academy 2016
All the members of the Swedish Royal Family attended the Formal Gathering of the Swedish Academy on the evening of December 20th at the Exchange Hall in Stockholm.The Swedish Academy decides on the Nobel Laureates for the Nobel Prize Ceremony. Continue reading
Queen’s Christmas Lunch at Buckingham Palace
Members of the British Royal Family attended the Queen’s annual Christmas Lunch at Buckingham Palace on December 20th. This lunch is held for those royals who aren’t invited to spend Christmas with the Queen at Sandringham in Norfolk. Since this is a private event, we only get pictures of the royals arriving and departing. It was announced that the Queen would be stepping down as head from 25 organisations at the end of her 90th year. Other members of the Royal Family will take over her positions.
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Belgian Royal Tiaras 2016
To continue on our ‘Tiara Roundup’, we will look at Belgian Royal Tiaras in 2016. Queen Mathilde of Belgium had five tiara events this year in which she made full use of her limited collection. There were incoming State Visits from Germany and Jordan in the Spring, a 70th Birthday Banquet in Sweden, and two outgoing State Visits to Japan and the Netherlands in the Fall.
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The Mix UK Volunteer Christmas Party
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry attended the annual Heads Together Volunteer Christmas Party, hosted by The Mix UK at The Harrow Club in London on December 19th. The party celebrated the volunteers and counsellors who support people through tough times in their lives. Continue reading
British Royal Tiaras 2016
2016 was quite a low key tiara year in Britain, compared to 2015, when their were six tiara appearances for the Queen, five tiara appearances for the Duchess of Cornwall, and two tiara appearances for the Duchess of Cambridge. This year the Queen and Duchess of Cornwall repeated their tiaras, which combined with the Spanish State visit in March being canceled and the Queen not making an outgoing summer State Visit, left many Royal Watchers disappointed by the lack of glitter. As always, click on the underlined words to get to the comprehensive post on the Tiara or event. Continue reading
Royal Weddings 2016
This year we featured seven Royal and Noble Weddings on The Royal Watcher. The Wedding posts have become our most popular, with the Wedding of the Earl of Arundel having the most views on a single page. All other Wedding posts are among our Top 20 most viewed pages this year. As always, click on the links above the pictures to get to the post. Continue reading
Queen and the Prince of Wales
Clarence House on Twitter released a portrait of the Queen and the Prince of Wales on December 17th. It was released with the message; “As a year of 90th birthday celebrations draw to a close, we would like to share this special photo of The Prince and The Queen.” I predict this photo to have been taken at Windsor Castle before the 90th Birthday Parade on the last day of the Royal Windsor Horse Show in May. Continue reading
