Happy Birthday to Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania, who turns 75 years ago! The accomplished Head of the Romanian Royal Family, who has an increasingly official role as a de facto Queen in a Romanian Republic, Her Majesty has worn several splendid Royal Heirlooms, but today, we are featuring her spectacular modern Diamond Suite!
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Today in Royal History | March 26
The 38th Birthday of the Marchioness of Bath
The 42nd Birthday of Crown Prince Leka II of Albania
The 75th Birthday of Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania
[Greek Key Tiara | Cartier Essex Tiara | Diamond Suite | Fleur-de-Lys Brooch | Queen Anne’s Sapphire Parure | Romanian Royal Orders]
The Birth of Prince Karl of Hesse in 1937
The Wedding of Princess Tatiana Radziwiłł in 1966
The Spanish State Visit to Argentina in 2019
The British State Banquet at Raghadan Palace in 1986
The Queen in Australia in 1963
The Greek Monarchy Centenary Gala at the Royal Palace of Athens in 1963
Queen’s Jordanian Turquoise Suite
King Hussein of Jordan presented the late Queen Elizabeth II with this spectacular Turquoise and Sapphire Suite in 1966, which she first wore on this day in 1984, 40 years ago, during the first and only British State Visit to Jordan.
Today in Royal History | March 25
The Birth of Lindy, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava in 1941
[The Dufferin and Ava Shamrock Tiara]
The Birth of Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia in 1921
[The Yugoslavian Emerald Tiara | Girandole Earrings | Pearl Earrings]
The Wedding of Prince Josef-Emmanuel of Liechtenstein in 2022
The Norwegian State Visit to Japan in 2001
The Saudi Return Banquet at Claridges Hotel in 1988
The Queen in Mauritius in 1972
Greek Independence Day in 1960
The British State Visit to the Netherlands in 1958
Seven of the Best Horses Owned by Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Mary’s Diamond Sautoir
Today marks the Anniversary of the Death of Queen Mary, who passed away on this day in 1953! The Teck Princess who lived through the reigns of six monarchs and was the Queen Consort for twenty-five years, as well as a Queen Mother to two Kings and the Queen Grandmother to Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Mary assembled much of the British Royal Family’s massive Jewellery Collection, so we are featuring Queen Mary’s Diamond Sautoir today!
Today in Royal History | March 24
The 42nd birthday of Princess Elisabeth of Thurn und Taxis
[Thurn und Taxis Ruby Tiara | Thurn und Taxis Emerald Tiara]
The 84th Birthday of Princess Diane of Orléans, Duchess of Württemberg
[Württemberg Ruby Tiara | Württemberg Diamond Tiara | The Württemberg Royal Tiaras]
The Death of Queen Mary in 1953
[Queen Mary’s Crown | Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara | Vladimir Tiara | Delhi Durbar Tiara | Cambridge Emerald Parure | Lover’s Knot Tiara | Fringe Tiara | Gloucester Honeysuckle Tiara | Teck Turquoise Tiara | Cambridge Sapphire Parure | Iveagh Tiara | Amethyst Tiara | Ladies of England Tiara | Surrey Fringe Tiara | Queen Mary’s Diamond Sautoir | The Jewels of Queen Mary]
The Death of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna of Russia in 1927
[Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna’s Aquamarine Brooch]
The Death of Queen Marie-Amélie of the French in 1866
[Orléans Sapphire Parure | Pearl and Sapphire Parure | Diamond Parure]
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in The Bahamas in 2022
The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma | 24 March 2021
Monaco Rose Ball 2024
Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco led the Princely Family at Princess Caroline of Hanover’s annual ‘Bal de la Rose’ (Rose Ball) in the Salle des Étoiles of the Sporting Monte-Carl, on March 23rd, designed in collaboration with her friend Christian Louboutin.
Andamooka Opal Necklace
During her 6-month Commonwealth Tour, the Queen received the spectacular Andamooka Opal Necklace and Earrings as a gift from the government and people of South Australia, which was presented during a Banquet in Adelaide on this day in 1954, 60 years ago.
French State Visit to Britain, 1939
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth hosted the French President and Madame Lebrun on their State Visit to Britain on this day in 1939, 85 years ago, reaffirming the Entente Cordiale months before the outbreak of the Second World War and after the King and Queen’s landmark 1938 State Visit to France.