royalty High nobility at the funeral service for Max Margrave of Baden King Philippe of Belgium and Prince Albert II of Monaco (r) at the funeral service of Max Margrave of Baden. photo © Bernd Weißbrod/dpa Before his death, Max Margrave of Baden was associated with many castles in Europe. Many well-known faces of the European aristocracy therefore showed up at his funeral service. But an important royal house was missing. Noble houses from Germany and Europe bid farewell to...
Prince Harry, Heinrich the 13th, Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, Beatrix von Storch: Are we blue-blooded still sane? attempt at salvation.To begin with, a clarification: I was asked by the arts section of this newspaper whether I could please imagine putting down a defense of the nobility after a number of articles that were rather unfavorable to the nobility had appeared here. source site
Noble Former Greek king Constantine II dies The Greek ex-king Constantine II (archive image). photo © Carsten Rehder/dpa King Constantine II was the last king of Greece. The monarchy no longer plays a role in the country - it was abolished in 1974. Greece's ex-king Constantine II died on Tuesday at the age of 82. This was reported in the evening by the state radio and the state news agency. The ex-monarch's health had deteriorated in the past few days...
Who actually had the idea of filling a schnitzel with ham and cheese? And what do cornflakes have to do with masturbation? The bizarre origin stories behind dishes that have become global success.At the end of the 19th century, humanity was going downhill. They overexploited the body: they drank, played quartz, whored. That was a thorn in the side of doctor John Harvey Kellogg. In the Battle Creek Sanatorium, which was already controversial at the time, he wanted to detoxify...
British nobility With Andrew, without Harry: Royal Family celebrates Christmas King Charles III of Great Britain during the Christmas service "Together at Christmas" in Westminster Abbey. photo © Yui Mok/PA Wire/dpa For the first time in three years, the Royal Family attended the Christmas service in Sandringham together. But all is not peaceful behind the scenes. With scandal Prince Andrew but without the estranged Prince Harry, the royal family has celebrated the first Christmas without the Queen. With King Charles...
M. Beisenherz: Sorry, I'm here privately Castle ghosts - the nobility urgently needs to go to the blue blood wash © Illustration: Dieter Braun/stern Confused by Gloria, evil by Heinrich, sentimental kitsch by Harry: Our columnist thinks that the German nobility is becoming increasingly free. By Mickey Beisenherz No, it was not a good December for international nobility. For the German nobility it was even a downright lousy one. In the Advent season one should light the candles, but somewhere...
In 1926, while searching for an alternative to the hated republic, constitutional lawyer Carl Schmitt had to realize that the "epoch of the monarchy" would come to an end "when the sense of the principle of monarchy" was lost. A sovereign who has to justify himself before authorities other than God is not one. Therefore, their era had ended long before the November Revolution, when rulers began vying for public favor and budget approval with government programs. For Schmitt, a...
In 1926, while searching for an alternative to the hated republic, constitutional lawyer Carl Schmitt had to realize that the "epoch of the monarchy" would come to an end "when the sense of the principle of monarchy" was lost. A sovereign who has to justify himself before authorities other than God is not one. Therefore, their era had ended long before the November Revolution, when rulers began vying for public favor and budget approval with government programs. For Schmitt, a...
A fool as a king? Are you kidding me? Are you serious when you say that! To prevent Henry XIII's putsch. and a somewhat bumpy German evening. source site
A fool as a king? Are you kidding me? Are you serious when you say that! To prevent Henry XIII's putsch. and a somewhat bumpy German evening. source site
