New feature...Giveaways!

I have lots of royalty postcards and other little royal nick-knacks that I've been gifted or I have bought over the years, and I thought it would be fun to have giveaways on this blog, since all of you are also royalty obsessed like me!

The first giveaway is a set of 7 postcards that I was given by a Danish woman over 5 years ago. The cards all feature images of paintings by the Danish Queen Margrethe II! She is a very talented painter, and the cards range from landscapes to still lives.

Enter for a chance to win! I will notify the winner by email, upon which I will request a mailing address so that I can ship them out. I am willing to ship internationally, but I am unable to ship to Cuba, North Korea, and a selection of other countries that are not on speaking terms with the US, just because the customs forms are complicated and would make my life confusing!

Also, I would appreciated feedback on how well the entries work, and what else I should give away!

Set of 7 Danish royal postcards.

Great Danes

Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik at the abdication of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

Mary is quite the style setter, and always wears the most flattering and amazing ball gowns.

A 40th birthday portrait of the Crown Princess.

With all the recent abdications lately, it makes me wonder when Mary and Frederik will be King and Queen of Denmark.

The beautiful as always Mary!

Australian-born Mary once worked for Microsoft.

Mary and Frederik.

Mary at the abdication of Queen Beatrix II.

Mary and Frederik at the abdication of Queen Beatrix II.

Prince Henrik and his wife, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.

Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark

A royal painting of some Danish king and queen. The Queen is wearing a large diamond tiara and beautiful fairy princess dress.

Wrought iron railing inside the palace. The "M" is Queen Margrethe II's monogram.

 I visited the Christiansborg Palace at Slotsholmen in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July of 2011. I paid about $15 to see the reception rooms, as the royal family does not use this palace as a residence, only for entertaining distinguished visitors.

 The video I took inside the palace. It is sooo pretty!

The beautiful guilded door leading into the throne room.

Tapestry on the wall.

The Royal Thrones.

A bust of Queen Louise, consort to Frederik VIII.

Queen Louise, Consort to King Christian IX.

Patining of Queen Alexandra of Great Britain, eldest daughter of King Christian IX

A large oil painting of King Christian IX and his entire family, including grandchildren.

A beautiful frosted glass chandelier inside the tapestry room.

A detail of the ceiling in one of the rooms.

The tapestry room, which houses modern tapestries woven in a rainbow display of colors.

A detail of the one of the modern tapestries, showing many world leaders of the 50's and 60's.

A porcelain vase, which sat atop a cabinet.

The Banquet Room.

The pink room, my favorite!

A detail over the doorway in the pink room.

The pink and gold room, which was my favorite. Every room had a different style of chandelier.

The Royal Library.

Another part of the Royal Library.

The red room!

Ivory carved panels on a wardrobe.

Rooster painted on the wall.

There is a chandelier in every room in the palace.

A detail of one of the ceilings of the palace.

A marble bust of King Christian IX.

I don't think I was allowed to take photos in the palace, but there weren't any signs that said not too. I just hid my camera whenever a guard walked past me!