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