Hofdame Bits and Bobs

We are excited to announce a new feature: Community Week! Tuesday through Friday we will feature posts from three members of our community: Triple Duchess, geogirl and Wendy1. On Tuesday, Triple Duchess describes Garrison’s Day, which just happened in her hometown of Boden, Sweden. On Wednesday through Friday, we begin a three-part series contributed by Wendy1 and geogirl. Travel back to the 1939 Windsor visit to Canada, and enjoy some family memories provided by these two Handbaggers.

We will pop in with some Random Royaling as events occur, but our regular posts will be suspended to give the community a chance to speak. Our features will return next week.

Also, if you are on Facebook, check out our own Triple A’s Dutch Royal Jewels Facebook page. It’s full of fascinating information that Triple A is often generous with on this site. We are very, very lucky to have such talented and giving community members.

A final note before we dive into the actual Bits: The Sussex tour starts this week. Since it will be covered extensively elsewhere (read: EVERYWHERE) we won’t be doing individual posts, but expect to see photos of them pop up here in Bits and Bobs. Please remember our commenting policy (DSS), and also that critique on clothing is fine; negative commentary on the person is not!

So Many Royals So Little Time

Best royal convergence ever. We Hofdames squealed for about twenty minutes over this. Chaz and Oma at the memorial on Ginkel Heath near Ede during the Operation Market Garden 75th anniversary commemorations in Arnhem, Netherlands. This is what royalty is all about.

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The Swedish Royal Family hosted the annual Sverigemiddag. Sarah at the Royals and I has some gorgeous photos of the room set up. Victoria wore a two piece set from the H&M Conscious Collection and Sils was in red lace, as is her wont.

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Ikväll hölls en Sverigemiddag på Kungliga slottet. Runt 180 gäster från landets samtliga län var inbjudna. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Med middagen önskar Kungafamiljen uppmärksamma personer som gjort betydande insatser lokalt, regionalt eller nationellt. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ På kungahuset.se kan du ta del av menyn och gästlistan för Sverigemiddagen. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📷: Pelle T Nilsson/SPA (bild 1-3) och Henrik Garlöv/Kungl. Hovstaterna

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Remember when I said we should do a series of “Royals Waving from Cars”? I have another series : “Royals at the Podium”, or more specifically, “Mary at the Podium”. Mary, always a champion for women, speaks at a conference for Nordic Women Against Domestic Violence. Her jacket is by Zara.

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Her til eftermiddag deltog H.K.H. Kronprinsessen som formand for Mary Fonden og protektor for Landsorganisation af Kvindekrisecentre (LOKK) i konferencen Nordiske kvinder mod vold 2019. Den årlige konference, der afholdes på skift i de nordiske lande, fandt i år sted i København under temaet Børn udsat for vold. Det var tredje gang, Kronprinsessen åbnede konferencen, og i sin åbningstale sagde Kronprinsessen blandt andet: “I vores nordiske lande, hvor lighed mellem kønnene er mere udbredt end mange andre steder i verden, er omfanget af partnervold stadig større, end mange måske vil tro. Den seneste undersøgelse i Danmark viser, at hver 20. kvinde inden for et år har været udsat for mindst én form for partnervold. I undersøgelsen indgår også psykisk vold. Den usynlige og lige så skadelige vold, som kan være så vanskelig at indfange og definere. Den nylige kriminalisering af psykisk vold i Danmark sender et vigtigt signal om, at psykisk vold skal tages ligeså alvorligt som fysisk vold.” 📸Steen Brogaard

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Daisy, sharp in a sharp blue, visits a memorial for Danish soldiers lost during World War II.

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I eftermiddags afslørede H.M. Dronningen et mindesmærke i Mindelunden nord for København for de danskere, der mistede livet som soldat i dansk og allieret tjeneste under 2. Verdenskrig. Mindesmærket er udformet af billedhugger Bjørn Nørgaard og forestiller en dansk soldat og fregatten Peder Skram på den ene side og en dansk soldat i allieret uniform og en spitfire på den anden side. Motiverne er udformet som flade relieffer i overfladen. Under arrangementet afslørede Dronningen monumentet, hvorefter Majestæten lagde en krans ved foden. Mindelunden rummer nu et minde om alle dem, der mistede livet for Danmark under besættelsen i årene 1940-1945: De modstandsfolk, der faldt i kamp, blev henrettet i Ryvangen eller døde i tyske koncentrationslejre samt krigssejlere og nu også dem der mistede livet som soldat i dansk og allieret tjeneste.

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• Quick hits because I am running out of finger strength, time and bandwidth on this post:
  • Triple A reports that the jewels of the Russian tzars are coming to Amsterdam’s Hermitage,
  • Per Iselen, Leti repeated her print Sandro to great effect,
  • Meghan appeared Misha Nonoo’s wedding in Valentino,
  • Sofia wore Zara to visit an Italian villa and then black as a bridesmaid/supporter at a wedding.
  • Bea and Eug were at Misho’s wedding, too. Italy was the place for royals this past week.

Let us know what we missed!