"Königskinder" (2007-2009) - ZDF Documentaries on Europe's Heirs

[Her_Majesty]

German channel ZDF will show docus about Europe's next Royal generation.

Next Tuesday (July 17) they'll show the first part:
It will be a docu about Crown Princess Victoria, the next Queen of Sweden.

[principessa]

Here is a link to the relevant site of the ZDF.

ZDF.de - Königskinder

I will watch it and am so excited.

[Duke of Marmalade]

Thank you for the hint - great stuff

[Kelly]

Great! What about if you wanted to see in the states livestream through this website? I went on the website but didn't understand much just that there will be many series coming up.

[Selene]

I don't know if there'll be a livestream of the show in the internet. It is unfortunatley not a common thing in Germany. Maybe you can see the video later on the webpage, like on the next day. But as far as I know the ZDF they just do it with talkshows and famous guests.

Maybe someone can record and upload it? Unfortunately I don't have a DVD-Recorder.

Edit: I found something more: In the upper right corner, in the grey box, there is the word "ZDFmediathek" written. If you click on that button you'll be leaded to some videos and on the bottom it says "Live-Videos". Maybe they'll have a livestream. Let's hope for our foreign royal-fans;-)

[principessa]

What a pity that there is no section about Prince Philipp of Belgium and Princess Mathilde of Belgium! It would be nice to hear about them!

[Henri M.]

Originally Posted by principessa

What a pity that there is no section about Prince Philipp of Belgium and Princess Mathilde of Belgium! It would be nice to hear about them!

Since when is Mathilde a Königskind?

[Her_Majesty]

Originally Posted by Henri M.

Since when is Mathilde a Königskind?

Mette-Marit, Letizia, Mary and Máxima aren't "Königskinder" either... but they could show a docu about Prince Philip.
Well, sadly they don't.

[Henri M.]

Originally Posted by Her_Majesty

Mette-Marit, Letizia, Mary and Máxima aren't "Königskinder" either... but they could show a docu about Prince Philip.
Well, sadly they don't.

That is true. Apparently ZDF thinks there is nothing worth mentioning about the Duke and Duchess of Brabant.

They also miss other royal families like Luxembourg or Jordan or Japan, etc.

I'm happy they haven't included Monaco. Rightly so: neither Andrea nor Pierre nore Charlotte Casiraghi are Königskinder.

[Elspeth]

According to the OP, it's a series about Europe's next generation of royals, which is probably why they aren't including Jordan or Japan.

[Anna_R]

Mittsommermärchen Victoria von Schweden und ihr Daniel - The video of the first programme. I believe it's the complete one, since it's 42min. long

The others will be:

- July 24th, Tulpen und Tango - Willem-Alexander und Máxima von Holland

- July 31st, Das Aschenputtel und der Prinz Mette-Marit und Haakon von Norwegen

- August 7th, Der Kronprinz und die Journalistin Letizia und Felipe von Spanien

- August 14th, Schatz des Wikingers Mary und Frederik von Dänemark

- August 28th, Prinz und Rebell William von England

[ysbel]

Originally Posted by Anna_R

- August 28th, Prinz und Rebell William von England

Prinz und Rebell William von England???

Looks like some creative marketing going on.

[pumkin pie]

Lazy TV evening saved! Hurray! What else can someone do when the thermometer says 30,6 C - INSIDE !!! I always liked the ZDF's specials on Royalty. They are good with that.

[Duke of Marmalade]

"Monarchien müssen populär sein"

Interview with Guido Knopp about the docu (in german).

[milla Ca]

Sunday night i could watch the first part ( a kind of summary ) from the TV docu ´Königskinder´. I´m sorry to say that the part about the British Royals ( specially about the Princes William and Harry ) was really miserable.
Nothing new, but much old stuff and the repeat of the same Diana - Camilla stories we all know for long, and some gossip i would expect in tabloids but not in a TV docu.
I have to say, Guido Knopp doesn´t make a good job here, i would always prefer TV docus from Rolf Seelmann- Eggebert, he is a real expert of the British Monarchy!
( But i can´t judge the docus of Knopp about other Royal Houses)

[sandra1]

i see the docu too and i think the title is not good refined. the docu is only about the crown princess and prince.but about this we know all. when i hear the first time about the docu i hope it is about all real princess and prince ( madeleine, christina, elena, märtha louise and other).

[principessa]

I am looking for the part of tomorrow. I ask me, if they will show new pictures of Princess Ariane.

[pumkin pie]

OMG I had to cry so much. Maxima and WA are such a strong couple. And the wedding... and the tango that was played during the ceremony,...so many details I haven't heard before. It was all a bit much for my sensitve soul.

[asturiana]

The tv docu about Maxima and WA was great!

[leonardinha]

Same for me, little pumpkin pie! I was having dinner with my husband when they showed the famous wedding tango... Well, i know it sounds stupid, but I got tears in my eyes. My husband wanted to know a bit about the couple (he's not a royal-watcher at all), so I had to make a brief explanation of W&M.

It was funny when they showed Maxima chatting with some older people (it was in 2006 in New Zealand, if I remember correctly) and introducing herself as "de vrouw van de kroonprins" ("the crown prince's wife") and joking about her pregnancy ("Ik ben een beetje zwanger" - "I'm a bit pregnant"). She's cool!

Originally Posted by little pumkin pie

OMG I had to cry so much. Maxima and WA are such a strong couple. And the wedding... and the tango that was played during the ceremony,...so many details I haven't heard before. It was all a bit much for my sensitve soul.