Royal Personal Interior Decoration


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Muhler said:
Well, the purpose of this thread was to peek into areas where the royals actually live, and have decorated, furnished and influenced themselves.
For whatever reason Benedikte decided to watch TV in this room of all places.
- Your attic, storage room or larder also says something about you.
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Yes, it really does. I've always admired Princess Benedikte. Watching her daughter's dressage team compete in the Olympics is of foremost importance.
 
Let us have a look at Charles and Camilla's home: https://billedbladet-prod.imgix.net...op=focalpoint&auto=format&ixlib=imgixjs-3.4.0

Decorated in what I will call in line with their generation.
It's in good taste. Whoever decorated this room knew what he/she was doing. The style is consistent.
Too cluttered for my taste and also a couple of decades or so away from my style.
I've never liked lamps and stuff all over the place, being in the way, but again very typical of that generation.

Interesting is the comfy chair and the mirror. - Perhaps to spot the Spanish Inquisition creeping up on him? (Hint: Monty Python.)

It leaves the impression of being a nice den. A little well furnished cave.

- Apart from that Charles dress well, he could easily survive the male fashion thread in that attire.
 
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1SmMKbG_...yqirMw7UplQwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/queen-sofia-1.jpg

Queen Sofia's fish on the table in the background gotta die!
No doubt a funny thing when she got it, but it time to end its existence. Long overdue in fact.
Apart from that it's a typical, practical conference room. Light with discreet (except that fish) decoration.

During Corona we have seen so many improvised setups by the royals for video conferences. I'm surprised they haven't set up something more practical and permanent in their offices. - And certainly much more comfortable. We have seen them perched on dining room chairs at dining room or coffee tables.
Had it been their employees the Workplace Health and Safety Boards would have issued a directive to get a proper chair and desk ASAP.
 
Muhler said:
Let us have a look at Charles and Camilla's home: https://billedbladet-prod.imgix.net...op=focalpoint&auto=format&ixlib=imgixjs-3.4.0

Decorated in what I will call in line with their generation.
It's in good taste. Whoever decorated this room knew what he/she was doing. The style is consistent.
Too cluttered for my taste and also a couple of decades or so away from my style.
I've never liked lamps and stuff all over the place, being in the way, but again very typical of that generation.

Interesting is the comfy chair and the mirror. - Perhaps to spot the Spanish Inquisition creeping up on him? (Hint: Monty Python.)

It leaves the impression of being a nice den. A little well furnished cave.

- Apart from that Charles dress well, he could easily survive the male fashion thread in that attire.
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If I am not mistaken, that picture is from the morning room at Clarence House. I understand the room (and most of Clarence House) is decorated very much in the style the Queen Mother, and not too different from what she had.

Lovely as it is, personally, I would declutter the room a bit. More specifically, I would clear the table, leaving the lamp and the telephone, but little else on it.
 
I think the problem is that Royals end up with so many gifts of knickknacks they possibly feel they have to display it, especially the one off pieces and rare expensive pieces. I swear Royal houses must have a warehouse somewhere where they store outdated furniture and all those gifts they have no other room for.
Which is possibly why they end up with cluttered looks in certain rooms.
 
I don't mind the decoration of Clarence House and perhaps the eclectic pieces remind the Prince of his grandmother and could be highly personal pieces too.
 
Tarlita said:
I think the problem is that Royals end up with so many gifts of knickknacks they possibly feel they have to display it, especially the one off pieces and rare expensive pieces. I swear Royal houses must have a warehouse somewhere where they store outdated furniture and all those gifts they have no other room for.
Which is possibly why they end up with cluttered looks in certain rooms.
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I think the problem is two-fold. There is the issue of gifts they receive, I suspect most of them do end up in a warehouse somewhere. The other issue is that they tend to have centuries worth of home decoration items that have been handed down the generations in a way "normal" people do not. I suspect this is what often leads to over-crowded palaces.
 
Tarlita said:
I think the problem is that Royals end up with so many gifts of knickknacks they possibly feel they have to display it, especially the one off pieces and rare expensive pieces. I swear Royal houses must have a warehouse somewhere where they store outdated furniture and all those gifts they have no other room for.
Which is possibly why they end up with cluttered looks in certain rooms.
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They do.

In DK Sorgenfri Manor, where the Rosenborgs lived and grew up, is now used for storage of furnitures.
I guess other families have entire wings or floors or manors for storage.

Quite a problem, eh? What do you do when you have eight spare dining room sets, and they are all beautiful and well made? ;)
 
Muhler said:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1SmMKbG_...yqirMw7UplQwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/queen-sofia-1.jpg

Queen Sofia's fish on the table in the background gotta die!
No doubt a funny thing when she got it, but it time to end its existence. Long overdue in fact.
Apart from that it's a typical, practical conference room. Light with discreet (except that fish) decoration.

During Corona we have seen so many improvised setups by the royals for video conferences. I'm surprised they haven't set up something more practical and permanent in their offices. - And certainly much more comfortable. We have seen them perched on dining room chairs at dining room or coffee tables.
Had it been their employees the Workplace Health and Safety Boards would have issued a directive to get a proper chair and desk ASAP.
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Up until the pandemic I don't recall ever seeing inside Queen Sofia's office before or the Fish ornament.
 
Muhler said:
Let us have a look at Charles and Camilla's home: https://billedbladet-prod.imgix.net...op=focalpoint&auto=format&ixlib=imgixjs-3.4.0

Decorated in what I will call in line with their generation.
It's in good taste. Whoever decorated this room knew what he/she was doing. The style is consistent.
Too cluttered for my taste and also a couple of decades or so away from my style.
I've never liked lamps and stuff all over the place, being in the way, but again very typical of that generation.

Interesting is the comfy chair and the mirror. - Perhaps to spot the Spanish Inquisition creeping up on him? (Hint: Monty Python.)

It leaves the impression of being a nice den. A little well furnished cave.

- Apart from that Charles dress well, he could easily survive the male fashion thread in that attire.
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I've gone and identified may of the books seen in Camilla's office here.
https://royalhomestyle.com/product-tag/camilla/

Books seen in Charles office here.
https://royalhomestyle.com/product-tag/charles/
 
The offices of the monarchs of Europe:

Queen Elizabeth II
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4A_ZPcTP...gCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/gettyimages-1074720628.jpg

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dKMzdYy-...Q/s16000/a968343c272a6e2391d515f1b9e7388d.jpg

King Felipe VI:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NezDU-gA...BGAsYHQ/s16000/NSOYA5S6KV6X6TXMIQUNNW33RU.jpg

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xhJ7a5u4...Q/s16000/1067b6ce33a4eee365b4b16fce9cd7fd.jpg

Queen Margrethe II:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zt5R6PH4...wUGSWKFPh4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Danish-Queen.jpg

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MzeYFpfc...9Dcf_bghmvWo85wCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/denmark4.jpg

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jiNJf-cw...LcBGAsYHQ/s16000/MARGRETHE-Christmas-2019.jpg

King Carl Gustaf:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T7jDOg0v...2603bbd7efacc6227cde2862839eff06ee784c0cf.jpg

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uZ-2UqtK...Brostro%CC%88m_KungligaHovstaterna-scaled.jpg

King Harald V:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tXQXHQJK...aS-wCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/norway-king-address.jpg

King Philippe:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KkA5ANC5...4xUQeATwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/belgian-royal-t.jpg

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t1GEJR80...4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/belgium-king-philippe.jpg

King Willem-Alexander:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7c201Xfp...16000/king-willem-alexander-home-office-z.jpg

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ANvAA8uN...D2QOs2NgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/legislation-770.jpg

Grand Duke Henri:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LbT2dgj7...0/grand-duke-henri-of-luxembourg-office-z.jpg

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jxf0wxg3.../s16000/grand-duc-covid19-coronavirus-800.jpg

Prince Albert II:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1N-AvbL7...tan-LUCI%EF%80%A2Palais-Princier-1024x683.jpg

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9Or81Z8Q...lo-monaco-shutterstock-editorial-1332909b.jpg

Prince Hans-Adam II:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2i5w4op5...st_Hans-Adam_II._von_und_zu_Liechtenstein.jpg

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UwwgXEh2...n-britain-shutterstock-editorial-5585300i.jpg
 
I think I figured it out. I was looking at the exterior of the palace, and the way the windows line up and so forth, and I think that little windowed structure conceals a staircase that leads up to the clock and the porch above it. Muhler, you were right!
 
It seems a stairway (or even a lift for the convenience) indeed. But... what a gloomy bureau... It misses a touch like a colourful work of art or floral arrangements.
 
A closer look at the Red Salon at QMII's residence at Amalienborg.

It was renovated in January 1968 as the first room in the mansion, and it has been very much used privately by QMII and PH since. It has also changed a lot over the years in regards to furnishing, but the room has always been red.
https://app.box.com/s/13zsta0pzxcfudpzje4kfx4jibf0y0x1
https://app.box.com/s/nl4jfcqbhcv8lt96pn96ljmuz5ndm0js
https://app.box.com/s/aishm90vxpy0vdsx74mc73mgwfu9qbu8
https://app.box.com/s/4qp4p5jn3ykwc8p84q7juh1gk0gx673q
https://app.box.com/s/0uuwf7dmjf0ie8p9s7u6fvnkihipwd50
 
Very handy to wear a turquoise outfit in that room. :)

Hey! The dachshund has a name! (Tilia)

And are my eyes playing tricks on me or does HM appear to have runs in her stockings in the first picture? :eek: (I guess she can, if she wants.)
 
Looks like two tears indeed.

I think it's the light though - or it could have been caused by paws?
I did feel slightly odd studying the knees of an 81 year old lady in detail. :ermm:

I do drool quite a bit over the commode behind QMII, what a beautiful piece of furniture!
 
Well, considering all these interviews have gone to great pains to state how she has spent her life taking tumbles and being a bit untidy, it feels authentic. :lol:

And 'she is the Queen, she can do what she wants', and that too has surely been at least half a theme in her reign.
 
Prinsara said:
Very handy to wear a turquoise outfit in that room. :)

Hey! The dachshund has a name! (Tilia)

And are my eyes playing tricks on me or does HM appear to have runs in her stockings in the first picture? :eek: (I guess she can, if she wants.)
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Rather than a run in her stockings, I am more inclined to think they are scars from her knee surgeries. Hasn't HM had both knees operated on?
 
:previous: Tarlita, you could very well be correct about Queen Margrethe's lines being surgical scars vs runs in her stockings. When reviewing her surgical knee history as early as 1992 and having had several over the years including bilateral replacements, these very well could be scars. (So seldom we see close-ups:))

The Red Salon is elegant, personally fond of the 2 blue chairs. Lovely photos of the Queen.
 
:previous: It sure looks like.

Frederik office at Amalienborg: https://bt.bmcdn.dk/media/cache/res...981613-kronprinsen-deltager-i-ioc-session.jpg

A slightly untidy desk, so he is using this office. And with a phone he is actually using, judging from how the cord is placed.
Neutral, calming colors that won't be disturbing. (Say bright orange colors makes your bloodpressure go up.)
The most personal bits are the paintings in very different styles on the wall. He is very interested in art, we know.
Interesting that the keybord is not alpha-numerical. So figures is not something his juggles a lot when typing.
 
Muhler said:
:previous: It sure looks like.

Frederik office at Amalienborg: https://bt.bmcdn.dk/media/cache/res...981613-kronprinsen-deltager-i-ioc-session.jpg

A slightly untidy desk, so he is using this office. And with a phone he is actually using, judging from how the cord is placed.
Neutral, calming colors that won't be disturbing. (Say bright orange colors makes your bloodpressure go up.)
The most personal bits are the paintings in very different styles on the wall. He is very interested in art, we know.
Interesting that the keybord is not alpha-numerical. So figures is not something his juggles a lot when typing.
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Can see the typical computer cables tangled up...lol. He doesn't use a desktop computer. You can see a laptop in a docking station behind the monitor...then he uses the wireless keyboard and mouse. Also dee what look like doodles on the desk pad. That's a very used desk for daily work.
 
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