The Danish Royal Family joined King Frederik X on the Balcony of Frederik VIII’s Palace in Amalienborg to mark his 58th Birthday on May 26th. This was the third time the Danish Royal Family have celebrated the King’s Birthday following the Accession of King Fredrik X in January 2024.
Royal Guests and Relatives joined the Swedish Royal Family for a Ball at the Royal Palace of Stockholm on this day in 1961, 65 years ago, following the Civil Wedding of Princess Birgitta of Sweden and Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern.
Royal Guests and Relatives gathered from around the world to celebrate the Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia in the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin on this day in 1896, 130 years ago!
The 58th Birthday of King Frederik X of Denmark
[King Frederik X’s Portrait Order | Order of the Elephant]
The Birth of Queen Mary in 1867
[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 | Diamond Sautoir | Diamond Link Choker | The Jewels of Queen Mary]
Crown Prince Frederik’s 50th Birthday | Gala Dinner at Christiansborg Palace in 2018
Crown Prince Frederik’s 18th Birthday in 1986
Concert at the Austrian Legation in London in 1937
Happy Birthday to Princess Laurentien of The Netherlands, who turns 60 today! The sister-in-law of the Dutch King, known for her fight against illiteracy and eccentric sartorial choices, Princess Laurentien has worn many spectacular Heirloom Jewels from the Dutch Royal Collection, which includes the Dutch Ears of Wheat Tiara!
Royal Guests and Relatives gathered from around Europe to celebrate the Civil Wedding of Princess Birgitta of Sweden and Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern at the Royal Palace of Stockholm on this day in 1961, 65 years ago, ahead of a Catholic Ceremony at Schloss Sigmaringen!
The 43rd Birthday of Princess Viktoria of Bourbon-Parma
[Ears of Wheat Tiara | Antique Pearl Tiara]
The 60th Birthday of Princess Laurentien of The Netherlands
[Dutch Laurel Wreath Tiara | Queen Emma’s Diamond Tiara | Dutch Emerald Parure | Aquamarine Tiara | Dutch Emerald Pendant | Diamond Star Brooch]
The Birth of Princess Helena in 1846
[Princess Helena’s Diamond Corsage Brooch]
The Wedding of Prince Dushan of Serbia in 2019
The Wedding of King Hussein of Jordan in 1961
The Civil Wedding of Princess Birgitta of Sweden and Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern in 1961
Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in 2022
Jordanian Independence Day in 2021
Jordanian Independence Day in 2019
The Funeral of Duke Friedrich of Württemberg in 2018
Banquet at Claridge’s Hotel in 1995
The British State Visit to Sweden in 1983
Princess Alexandra in Sweden in 1962
The Wedding Ball of Princess Birgitta of Sweden and Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern in 1961
The Christening of Princess Benedikte of Denmark in 1944
Princess Birgitta of Sweden and Hohenzollern received this delicate Seed Pearl and Diamond Tiara as a wedding gift from her grandfather, King Gustaf VI Adolf, upon her marriage to Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern 65 years ago!
The Birth of Princess Elisabeth of Greece, Countess of Törring-Jettenbach in 1904
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 Necklace | Queen Adelaide’s Fringe | Queen Victoria’s Top 20 Jewels]
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
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
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
King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid’s Silver Anniversary in 1960
A King and Two Queens led the Royal Guests and Relatives at the Wedding of Countess Désirée of Rosenborg and Fergus Stewartson Smith at Kongstedlund Castle on this day in 1981, 45 years ago!
The Birth of Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur in 1919
[Cartier Emerald Suite | Cartier Ruby Suite | Bulgari Gold Suite | Jewels 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]
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
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
The Wedding Gala of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden in 1935
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!
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]
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
The Wedding of Prince Axel of Denmark and Princess Margaretha of Sweden in 1919
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 at the Wedding Gala of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden
Today marks the 220th Anniversary of the Birth of Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, the 2nd Duchess of Sutherland, who was born on this day in 1806! An aristocratic Courtier and Abolitionist, the Duchess was a great friend and Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria over several decades, also commissioning this spectacular Pearl and Ruby Necklace!
The Death of Dame Barbara Cartland in 2000
[Pearl and Diamond Necklace | Diamond Tiara]
The Birth of Crown Princess Stéphanie of Austria in 1864
The Birth of Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland in 1806
[Pearl and Ruby Necklace | Sutherland Diamond Rivière]
Queen Margrethe’s Golden Jubilee Celebration at Tivoli in 2022
The Wedding Gala of Crown Prince Felipe of Spain in 2004
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
There are many striking antique Jewels coming up for Auction this month, with some striking Antique and Art Deco Jewels on Auction in the Sotheby’s ‘Fine Jewelry’ Sale in London today!
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 Tiara | Diamond Parure | Bavarian Amethyst Parure | Diamond and Pearl Tiara]
The Wedding of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria in 2023
[Bavarian Sapphire Floral Tiara]
The Wedding of Pippa Middleton in 2017
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
The Princess Royal hosted the annual Garden Party for the Not Forgotten Association at Buckingham Palace on May 19th. There are usually three annual Garden Parties hosted by the Royal Family at Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Holyrood House for around 30,000 guests yearly, as well as a few special others, which includes today’s Garden Party.
There are many striking antique Jewels coming up for Auction this month, with spectacular Antique and Art Deco Jewels on Auction at the Christie’s Jewels Online Sale in Geneva today!
