Following her Engagement to the Prince of Wales, Lady Diana Spencer wore an antique Diamond Suite on loan from Collingwood Jewellers for her Engagement Portraits 45 years ago, but after she declined it as a wedding present, it was later sold as a supposed Spencer Heirloom by a jeweller in Dusseldorf.
The Death of Lady Anne Wake-Walker in 2020
The Death of Princess Françoise of Greece and Orléans in 1953
The Death of Archduchess Maria Anna, Princess Elias of Bourbon-Parma in 1940
[Duchess of Parma’s Diamond Girandole Earrings | Royal Jewels from the Bourbon Parma Family | Queen Marie Antoinette’s Pearl Necklace | Diamond Bracelets]
The Birth of Princess Alice of Greece in 1885
[Princess Andrew’s Meander Tiara | Turquoise Coronet | Aquamarine Tiara | Diamond Necklace Tiara | Pearl Star Tiara | Aquamarine Tiara | Queen’s Engagement Ring | Wedding Gift Bracelet]
The Birth of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone in 1883
[Diamond Palmette Tiara | Teck Ears of Wheat Tiara | Pearl and Diamond Tiara | Teck Sapphire Stomacher | Pearl and Diamond Corsage Brooch | The Jewels of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone]
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Charity Performance of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ in 2020
Dutch Royal Family in Lech in 2020
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex in Morocco in 2019
The British State Visit to the United Arab Emirates in 1979
The Funeral of Countess Mountbatten in 1960
The Queen in Melbourne in 1954
The Coronation of King Prajadhipok of Thailand in 1926
The Royal Family joined King Charles III and Queen Camilla as they presented The Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Higher and Further Education at St James’s Palace in London on February 24th.
Today marks the 45th Anniversary of the Engagement of the Engagement of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, which also marks the 45th Anniversary of the debut of Princess Diana’s iconic Sapphire Engagement Ring, which was given three decades later to her daughter-in-law, the now Princess of Wales!
The Royal Family announced the Engagement of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer at Buckingham Palace on this day in 1981, 45 years ago, following a proposal that had taken place privately at Buckingham Palace on February 6th.
The 63rd Birthday of Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro
The 86th Birthday of Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy
[Petochi Pearl Tiara | Duchess of Aosta’s Musy Pearl Tiara | Queen Margherita’s Pearl Bracelet Bandeau | Pearl and Diamond Ivy Wreath Tiara | Queen Elisabeth of Belgium’s Diamond Bandeau | Queen Marie Jose’s Sapphire Necklace | Princess de Réthy’s Cartier Flower Tiara]
The Birth of Fortune Fitzroy, Dowager Duchess of Grafton in 1920
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex in Morocco in 2019
The Funeral of Emperor Hirohito of Japan in 1989
Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko in Spain in 1985
The Engagement of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981
[Princess Diana’s Engagement Ring]
The Coronation of King Birendra of Nepal in 1975
The British State Visit to Malaysia in 1972
The Royal Film Premiere of ‘Anne of a Thousand Days’ in 1970
Princess Sandra Torlonia’s 18th Birthday Gala in 1954
Happy Birthday to Gloria, the Princess von Thurn und Taxis, who turns 66 today! The impoverished Schönburg-Glauchau Countess became the extravagant ‘Princess TNT’ in the 1980s and, after being widowed young, she transformed into a successful businesswoman to save the massive family fortune, facilitated through the sale of some family jewels, which included Princess Clémentine’s Ruby Earrings!
The 14th Birthday of Princess Estelle of Sweden
The 66th Birthday of Emperor Naruhito of Japan
The 66th Birthday of Princess Gloria von Thurn and Taxis
[Thurn und Taxis Sapphire Tiara | Empress Eugénie’s Pearl Tiara | Emerald Tiara | Thurn und Taxis Ruby Tiara | Emerald and Ruby Choker | Sapphire Bow Brooch | Princess Olga’s Emerald Earrings | Princess Clémentine’s Ruby Earrings | Hesse Emerald Brooch | Thurn und Taxis Tiaras]
The Death of Dame Nellie Melba in 1931
The Spanish State Dinner at the White House in 2000
The International Monarchist League Banquet in 1979
The Ball at the Assembly Hall of the Nobility in St Petersburg in 1913
Dame Nellie Melba’s Cartier Devant-de-Corsage
