For those of you who have never seen the historic televised investiture of Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle in Caernarfon, Wales on July 1, 1969… well now you can.
Click the link to watch: Video
To learn more about the investiture please click the link to the official site of The Prince of Wales: www.princeofwales.gov.uk
Also, here is the first interview with Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales in 1969: Video
Monarchy: The Royal House of Windsor (Series Four) is a brilliant documentary by the awesome, yet dry, Professor David Starkey.
Any way, the series is available via Amazon and Border’s Books, but thankfully you won’t have to pay to watch it since it’s now available on You Tube.
Click the links to watch the entire series: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six, Part Seven, Part Eight, Part Nine, and Part Ten
It’s been a very slow news day for royal watchers so I believe now is the time to post links to the PBS documentary Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France.
The series aired a couple of years ago and I must say that it was pretty good.
Ah, Burg Hohenzollern. What a magnificent castle!
Located south of Stuttgart, Germany, this modest pad is the family seat for the House of Hohenzollern. Per the official site of the castle:
The first personal related reference of the Hohenzollern House dates back to 1061 (“Wezil et Burchardus de Zolorin”). First direct mention of the Castle complex (“Castro Zolre”) was in 1267. Appearance, size and furnishing of the original Castle are unknown, but presumably it was in the first decade of the 11th century. At that time it must have been a vast and artistically valuable furnished complex. Contemporary sources praised it as “Crown of all Castles in Swabia” and as “the most fortified House in Germany”. However in 1423, the Castle was completely destroyed.
From 1454 the second Hohenzollern Castle was constructed bigger and even more fortified than before. Later, during the Thirty Years War, the Castle was converted into a fortress with repeatedly changing owners. Since the maintenance of the building was neglected, it dilapidated and turned into ruins at the beginning of the 19th century.
In 1819 Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia decided to have the ancestral seat of the Hohenzollern House reconstructed. In 1844, being King Frederick William IV, he wrote in a letter: “The memories of the year 1819 are exceedingly dear to me and like a pleasant dream, it was especially the sunset we watched from one of the Castle bastions, … now this adolescent dream turned into the wish to make the Hohenzollern Castle habitable again…”
From 1850 he put his long lasting dream into reality and created one of Germany’s most imposing Castle complexes in a neo-Gothic style. With its many towers and fortifications, it is an acclaimed masterpiece of military architecture in the 19th century. Additional civil architectural elements make it to a unique attraction. The location on the most beautiful mountain in Swabia, gives the Castle a picturesque appearance.
Any way, I recently found an interesting documentary on You Tube, from 1992, which discusses the brilliant history and construction of this magnificent castle.
So, sit back, relax and enjoy! 🙂
Part One, Part Two, and Part Three
Source: Burg Hohenzollern
As you may know by now today, January 5, 2011 is Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg’s birthday. So in honor of his 90th birthday RTL.lu, a Luxembourg television network, aired a lovely documentary about his life thus far.
Click the link to watch the 14 minute clip from RTL.lu but you need to scroll down in order to watch the documentary.
Enjoy!
Several months ago France 2 journalist, Patrick Poivre d’Arvor, interviewed HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and his fiancée, Miss Charlene Wittstock, at the Palais Princier de Monaco. In the documentary entitled, Prince Albert II de Monaco: L’Autre Prince, Prince Albert II discusses his life as well as in detail his first five years as the sovereign Prince of Monaco.
In part seven of the series, Miss Charlene Wittstock appears alongside Prince Albert II. The interview is quite interesting for those who want to know more about the couple. Click the links below to watch, Albert II de Monaco: L’Autre Prince.
royalcorrespondent.com 