Today in Royal History | May 24

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The Birth of Princess Elisabeth of Greece, Countess of Törring-Jettenbach in 1904

[Vladimir Fringe Tiara]

The Birth of Queen Victoria in 1819

[Regal Circlet | Oriental Circlet Tiara | Sapphire Coronet | Emerald Tiara | Small Diamond Crown | George IV State Diadem | Sunray Fringe Tiara | Coronation Necklace and Earrings | Turkish Diamond NecklaceQueen Adelaide’s FringeQueen Victoria’s Top 20 Jewels]

Wedding

The Wedding of Princess Charlotte of Nassau in 2025

The Wedding of Prince Joachim of Denmark and Marie Cavallier in 2008

The Wedding of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway in 2002

[Royal Guests]

The Wedding of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia and Countess Donata of Castell-Rüdenhausen in 1975

The Wedding of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden in 1935

The Wedding of Prince Ernst August of Hanover and Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia in 1913

The Wedding of Prince Henry of Prussia and Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine in 1888

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Garden Party at Hillsborough Castle on 2023

The Order of the Bath Service at Westminster Abbey in 2022

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Scotland in 2021

The Swedish State Visit to Ireland in 2019

Crown Prince Frederik’s Portrait Unveiling at Frederiksborg Castle in 2018

The Order of the Bath Service at Westminster Abbey in 2018

The Order of British Empire Centenary Service in 2017

Diplomatic Corps Gala Dinner at the Royal Palace Amsterdam in 2017

The Order of British Empire 50th Anniversary Service in 1967

Gala Performance at the Empire Theatre in Liverpool in 1961

King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid’s Silver Anniversary in 1960

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King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid’s Silver Anniversary in 1960

Today in Royal History | May 23

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The Birth of Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur in 1919

[Cartier Emerald Suite | Cartier Ruby Suite | Bulgari Gold SuiteJewels of the Maharani of Jaipur at the British Museum]

The 85th Birthday of Archduchess Valerie, Margravine of Baden

[The Baden Royal Tiaras | Baden Sunburst Tiara | Baden Ruby Tiara]

Wedding

The Wedding of Prince Fritzi von Preussen in 2021

The Wedding of Countess Désirée of Rosenborg in 1981

The Wedding of Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 2009

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Cabo Verde State Visit to Luxembourg in 2023 

Royal Family at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2022

Dutch State Visit to Luxembourg in 2018

Banquet at Uppsala Castle in 2007

The Dutch State Visit to Sweden in 1987

Commonwealth Day Concert in 1938

The Wedding Gala of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden in 1935

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The Wedding Gala of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden in 1935

 

 

 

 

Jewels of the Maharani of Jaipur at the British Museum

Tomorrow marks the Anniversary of the Birth of Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur! The Cooch Behar Princess who married the dashing Maharaja of Jaipur, becoming the glamorous Maharani who won the world’s largest landslide election victory and was later jailed by the Indian Government ‘playing badminton with the prostitutes & murderesses’, Maharani Gayatri Devi possessed a spectacular jewellery collection, which she gave to the British Museum exactly 25 years ago!

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Today in Royal History | May 22

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The Birth of Paula, Princess of Fürstenberg in 1926

[The Fürstenberg Tiaras | Fürstenberg Tiara | Fürstenberg Turquoise Tiara]

The Birth of the Countess of Romanones in 1923

[Emerald Necklace Tiara | Diamond Bracelet | The Jewels of the Countess of Romanones]

Wedding

The Wedding of the Count of Osorno in 2021

The Wedding of Princess Ayah bint Faisal of Jordan in 2014

The Wedding of Crown Prince Felipe and Letizia Ortiz in 2004

[Royal Guests]

The Wedding of Prince Axel of Denmark and Princess Margaretha of Sweden in 1919

Royal Events OTD

Rajwa Al Saif’s Henna Party in 2023

Royal Family at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2023

Opening of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 2021

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary in South Korea in 2019

The Prince of Wales’s 70th Birthday Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in 2018

The Christening of Princess Estelle of Sweden in 2012

The Royal Gala Variety Performance in 1972

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1969

King Paul and Queen Frederica at the Vatican in 1959

The Flower Ball at the Savoy Hotel in London in 1951

The Wedding Gala of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden in 1935

[Royal Guests]

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Royal Guests at the Wedding Gala of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden

Today in Royal History | May 21

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The Death of Dame Barbara Cartland in 2000

[Pearl and Diamond Necklace | Diamond Tiara]

The Birth of Crown Princess Stéphanie of Austria in 1864

[Chaumet Diamond Tiara]

The Birth of Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland in 1806

[Pearl and Ruby Necklace Sutherland Diamond Rivière]

Royal Events OTD

Queen Margrethe’s Golden Jubilee Celebration at Tivoli in 2022

Royal Run in 2018

The Wedding Gala of Crown Prince Felipe of Spain in 2004

[Royal Guests]

The Duke and Duchess of Cadiz at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in 1973

The Belgian State Visit to France in 1961

The Order of the British Empire Service in 1960

The Dutch State Visit to Austria in 1962

The British State Visit to Denmark in 1957

The Dutch State Visit to Sweden in 1957

The Ball at Hutchinson House in 1953

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Today in Royal History | May 20

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The 59th Birthday of Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece

The 62nd Birthday of Earl Spencer

[Spencer Honeysuckle Tiara | Spencer Tiara | Spencer Diamond Rivière | Spencer Diamond Earrings | Tourmaline Brooch]

The 73rd Birthday of Princess Eleonora of Orléans-Braganza, Princess of Ligne

[The Tiaras of the Princess of Ligne]

The 88th Birthday of Archduchess Helen of Austria

[Vladimir Fringe Tiara | Diamond Necklace Tiara]

The Death of Queen Amalia of Greece in 1875

[Bavarian Lover’s Knot Tiara | Eglantine TiaraDiamond Parure | Bavarian Amethyst Parure | Diamond and Pearl Tiara]

Wedding

The Wedding of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria in 2023

[Bavarian Sapphire Floral Tiara]

The Wedding of Pippa Middleton in 2017

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The Wedding Ball of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria in 2023

Princess Diana, Martin Bashir and the BBC in 2021

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge receive COVID-19 Vaccine in 2021

The Chelsea Flower Show in 2019

Crown Prince Frederik Fund’s 25th Anniversary Dinner at Amalienborg Palace in 2018

Diplomatic Corps Gala Dinner at the Royal Palace Amsterdam in 2016

Viscount Althrop’s 21st Birthday in 1985

The 900th Anniversary of the Cathedral School in Lund in 1985

The British Chamber of Commerce Ball in Paris in 1965

The Iranian State Visit to The Netherlands in 1959

The Funeral of King Edward VII in 1910

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Today in Royal History | May 19

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The Death of Jackie Kennedy in 1994

[Diamond Sunburst Brooch | Diamond Clips | Diamond Earrings]

The 61st Birthday of the Count of Paris

The Birth of Nancy, Lady Astor in 1879

[The Astor Tiara | Cartier Turquoise Tiara | Diamond and Sapphire Necklace]

The Birth of Dame Nellie Melba in 1861

[Cartier Devant-de-Corsage | Cartier Sautoir]

The Birth of Queen Charlotte in 1744

[Queen Charlotte’s Nuptial Crown | Hanoverian Crown Pearls | Arcot Diamonds]

Wedding

The Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018

[Queen Mary’s Diamond Bandeau]

The Wedding of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands in 2001

[Dutch Laurel Wreath Tiara | Royal Guests]

The Wedding of Princess Marie Louise of Prussia and Count Rudolf of Schönburg-Glauchau in 1971

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Premiere of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ in 2022

The Duchess of Cambridge at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2021

The Duchess of Cambridge’s ‘Back to Nature’ Garden in 2019

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Wedding Reception at Frogmore House in 2018

The British State Visit to France in 1972

The Dutch State Visit to Denmark in 1953

The Canadian State Opening of Parliament in 1939

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The Astor Tiara

Cartier Turquoise Tiara

Diamond and Sapphire Necklace

The ‘Royal Disease’: Haemophilia in the Descendants of Queen Victoria

Hemophilia is as old as the humanity, but it has never had a direct influence on the affairs of a nation. This was until the disease mysteriously appeared in descendants of Queen Victoria, “the grandmother of Europe”, successively touching the heirs to the throne of Russia and Spain. In particular Alix of Hesse and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, granddaughters of the English queen (and also second cousins through German kinship), who had to face not only a personal and human drama, but a dynastic tragedy with various reflections, especially for the first, in the vicissitudes policies of their adoptive countries.

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Today in Royal History | May 18

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The 44th Birthday of Princess Victoria Romanovna Romanoff 

The Birth of the Marchioness of Cambridge in 1899

[Star Tiara | Diamond Sunburst | Teck Crescent Tiara | Teck Diamond Hoop Necklace]

The Birth of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in 1868

Wedding

The Wedding of Viscount Newport in 2022

The Wedding of Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Count Michael Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille in 2019

The Wedding of Lady Gabriella Windsor in 2019

Royal Events OTD

Confirmation of Count Henrik of Monpezat in 2023

Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in 2022

Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg to Divorce in 2017

The Jordanian State Visit to Belgium in 2016

The State Opening Of Parliament in 2016

Royal Guests at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012

The Queen’s historic State Visit to Ireland in 2011

The Spanish State Visit to Belgium in 2000

The Queen visits the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in 1972

The Wedding Ball of Princess Marie Louise of Prussia and Count Rudolf of Schönburg-Glauchau in 1971

The Queen’s State Visit to Germany in 1965

The Iranian State Visit to Norway in 1961

Banquet at Royal Naval College in Greenwich in 1955

The Royal Tour of Canada in 1939

The Foundation of the Order of the Bath in 1725

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