Recent content by ronald biver

1 The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt by Thames & Hudson. 2 House of Thurn Und Taxis by Princess Mariae Gloria Thurn und Taxis and Todd Eberle, 3 Ira, The Life of a Princess by HSH Princess Ira von Furstenberg & Nicholas Foulkes, 4 Triumph and Tragedy, The Rise and Fall of Rome's...

1 The Bonapartes by William H C Smith, 2 Bourbon Orleans Prince Michael of Greece, 3 Bourbons, History of a Dynasty by J H Shennan, 4 Eugenie, Empress of Her Empire by Desmond Seward. 5 French Royal Women during the Restoration & July Monarchy by Heta Aali, 6 Impossible Bourbons by Oliver...

Just finished reading a new explosive book about the Vatican, title is *History, Money & Power at the Vatican by Gerald Posner, the writer is a close confident of Pope Benedict XVI (and other scandals}.

Interesting combination between the House of Orange-Nassau & the House of Sakse-Coburg & Gotha, if the friendship blossomed b/w Princess Amalia of The Netherlands & Prince Boris of Bulgaria? It is only my opinion. It was even given a mentioned in the Dutch royal website with a picture of prince...

Royal fan absolutely I live in Melbourne, and I love every bit of all royal history. my Favorite is of course the European royals past & present. Every day Iam reading, looking and searching for royal news and film clips and of course my own private royal library of more than 600 books, so...

The Dutch Monarchy Iam Dutch and a staunch monarchist, love the Dutch flag and I can still sing the Dutch national anthem and live in Melbourne Aust.40 years and of course I can still speak fluent Dutch and I love the House of Orange and my family are staunch monarchists. So, there you have it.

I saw a film clip on YouTube (on the Meaghan Kelly Show 26/10/23 Melbourne Australian time)) of Queen Rania of Jordan criticizing Israel for bombarding the Gaza strip that cause so many deaths and destruction. Surprise to see and hear the wife of the king of Jordan making a public political...

The majority of the Dutch people still believe in the monarchy. the minority of the people would like it demolished, it is the same like in England, Sweden, it is always the minority that have the loudest voice in their country respectively.

Further about the Dutch /Belgian royal decree, In fact, prince Gabriel of Belgium cannot marry princess Amalia of the Netherlands

According to the 1830 law b/w The Netherlands & Belgium (after Belgium became an independent kingdom from the Netherlands,) the law stated that there will be no marriages b/w the Dutch Royal House of Orange Nassau & the House of Sakse Coburg & Gotha. (Information from "Blauw Bloed" royal website.)

Another great book of the lives and times of "Her Majesty" (A photographic History 1926 6 2022) by Taschen 351 pages.

1 Brunei by Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Muizzaddin Waddaulah of Brunei, including family tree. wealth and economy of Brunei. fascinating reading about the Sultanate of Brunei. 2 Ira, The Life & Times of A Princess, biography of Princess Ira von Furstenberg by Nicholas Folkes. (Lots of...

Biography about Queen Letizia "La Reina Impaciente" by Leonardo Faccio (2020) translation is "The Impatient Queen", I did put a message about the book a few weeks ago in the TRF and now it is nowhere to be seen in TRF library section, is my message about the book being deleted? Reason for it to...

Just finished this book, title is "Royals on Tour, (Politics, Pageantry & Colonialism.) Some European royal houses with connections in Africa, Middle East and Far East by Robert Aldrich & Cindy McCreery.

The Sussexes Are you Americans not bored with these royals?, And I agree with you about their "fancy" story about being chased by the press!!