Hi, everybody! I’m heading out on a trip to Ireland this week — not-so-conveniently scheduled in the middle of the height of royal jewel watching season! The blog is set and ready to go, so you’ll have plenty of content available for you in the run-up to both Trooping the Colour and next Saturday’s Swedish royal wedding.

I’ll be checking in when I can to make sure things are running smoothly, but I won’t have constant access to the blog. Because of this, I won’t be able to approve comments that are flagged or caught in the spam filter. To make sure that your comments won’t be affected, be sure to: a) make sure your e-mail address is verified by Disqus, and b) don’t include any outside links in your comments. (That’s the most common reason that comments are caught in the spam filters.)

I’ll hopefully get a chance to log in here on the 13th to enjoy royal wedding jewels with all of you, but in the meantime, happy reading — and thank you so much for helping me make sure things run like clockwork here while I’m climbing hillsides and touring castles!