Happy 75th Birthday to Carmen Martínez-Bordiú, the former Duchess of Franco! She received this magnificent Emerald Tiara and Parure from her grandfather, the Spanish Dictator General Franco, when she married the former King’s grandson, and only discovered that the emeralds were painted glass when she tried to sell it off!
British High Society gathered to celebrate the Wedding of Lady Katie Percy and Patrick Valentine at St Michael’s Church near Alnwick Castle on this day in 2009, 15 years ago!
The Death of Princess Isabelle of Bourbon-Parma in 2015
[The Chaumet Bourbon-Parma Tiara]
The Death of Queen Giovanna of Bulgaria in 2000
[Bulgarian Fleur-de-Lys Tiara | Bulgarian Diamond Ivy Tiara | Queen Giovanna’s Pearl Tiara | Queen Marie-Amélie’s Diamond Parure | Queen Giovanna’s Bracelet Bandeau | The Bulgarian Royal Tiaras]
The Death of Princess Irina Yusupov in 1970
[Yusupov Cartier Rock Crystal Tiara | Chaumet Sunburst Tiara]
The Death of Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife in 1959
[Fife Tiara | Fife Fringe Tiara | Connaught Fringe Tiara | Diamond Earrings | Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Chain]
The 75th Birthday of Carmen Martínez-Bordiú, Duchess of Franco
The Death of Crown Princess Thyra of Hanover in 1933
[Hanoverian Crown Pearls | Queen Charlotte’s Nuptial Crown]
The Wedding of Lady Katie Percy in 2011
Duke and Duchess Of Cambridge at England v Wales Match in 2022
Dinner on Royal Yacht Britannia in 1983
The British State Visit to Nepal in 1961
The Queen’s Dorothy Wilding Portraits in 1952
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.
