Why music is a royal hobby
Music is all over the world. People can play it everywhere, from the smallest houses to the biggest royal palaces. But this blog is about royal families in past and present. So, let's take a closer look to the royals who played amazing music themselves. Music was in the past an obligated part of the education of princesses and future queens. Although I found some dukes, princes and Kings who played music too. Enjoy this post! piano at the royal palace in Brussels own picture taken in 2015 Nowadays Queen Máxima of The Netherlands and Queen Mathilde of Belgium are trying to promote more music and culture at school. It's their amazing mission. In the past, Belgium has had some musical queens. The most famous without doubt is Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, who played the violin herself. A well-known music competition was called after her. On the picture you see her favourite violin. In The Netherlands it is known that Catharina Amalia, the current princess of Orange loves to sing,