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Haute Couture vs. High Street: The Back-Story of the Rania Drama

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Photo: Netty Have you heard? It's been a tumultuous year thus far in royal watching: Queen Rania of Jordan, ever the fashion icon, released a statement about the estimated cost of her clothing by UFO No More being untrue. "In view of their assessments that is far from reality and truth, we have asked their sponsors not to include Her Majesty in the annual reports of their blog", the Hashemite Royal Court stated saying that "some may deplore the fact that a person of Her Majesty’s status accepts the principle of 'borrowing', but we do not advertise or promote fashion on any of Her Majesty’s pages on social networking platforms, unless the designs are Jordanian." So in short: The Jordanian court claims that while Queen Rania may be wearing very expensive clothes, she isn't actually paying for them. A lot has been said about the incident in the past couple of days. Both Netty and Sophie , among others, have given interesting views on the mat...

CastleView: The Royal Tour

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Photo: PBS / PeterGreenberg.com With the renaming of the blog to Confessions of a Castleholic, Documentaries & Co also gets a new name, Castle View! And today on Castle View: An oldie but a goldie, "The Royal Tour" by U.S. travel news journalist Peter Greenberg. The 2004 documentary doesn't only give you an inside into Jordan's royal family but also a stunning look at the Arab country's wonderful landscape and sights.