The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have had a momentous year, with celebrating their 5th anniversary in April and the Royal Tours of India, Bhutan and Canada, as well as taking a greater Royal role this year. Here are their highlights for 2016; As always, click on the underlined / highlighted words to get to the comprehensive post on the event. Continue reading
To mark the end of 2016, the British Royal Family have released a video of the the highlights of this year. Continue reading
Happy New Year from the Swedish Royal Family, who released a traditional family photograph on December 31st with the message “A happy new year for everyone” The photo was taken in Öland in July during the Swedish royal family’s annual holiday. Continue reading
2016 has been an eventful year for Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh, with the celebrations for the Queen’s 90th Birthday and the 60th Anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards, as well as many other milestones throughout the year. As always, click on the underlined / highlighted words to get to the comprehensive post on the event. Continue reading
To end our Year in Review series for 2016, we would like to feature our Top Ten most visited pages this year. As always, click on the highlighted/underlined words to get to the post on the event, person, or tiara. Continue reading
On January 1st, Queen Margrethe of Denmark will host the annual New Year’s Court at Christian VII’s Palace, Amalienborg. This is one of the grandest Danish Royal events of the year, and we see Queen Margrethe, Crown Princess Mary, and Princess Marie decked out in their finest. While the Danish Royal family don’t have the large jewel vaults of their British and Swedish cousins, they still have a substantial collection of twelve tiaras many with illustrious histories, and even a few examples of modern design. Continue reading
The Dukes of Devonshire are one of the wealthiest and most illustrious aristocrats in England, with a magnificent collection based at Chatsworth House, and being featured in ‘Treasures from Chatsworth, Presented by Huntsman,’ an original video series produced by Sotheby’s. Episode 11 of the series focuses on the Devonshire Parure, and gives information which differs from the information we knew previously about the parure. We previously covered the Tiaras in the collection of the Devonshire’s HERE. Continue reading
Members of the British Royal family attended the annual Christmas Service at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk on December 25th. Most of the members of the family are staying with the Queen at Sandringham House for the Holidays. The Queen missed both the services since she is recovering from a heavy cold. Another absence was Zara Phillips, who recently suffered a miscarriage. The family attended the early morning service, which receives little media attention, and the pre-afternoon service, which is usually attended by all of the Queen’s guests. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and Princess Charlotte attended a service at St Mark’s Church in Englefield, Berkshire, where they are spending Christmas with the Duchess’s family. Continue reading
The Queen’s annual Christmas message was broadcast at 3pm GMT on Christmas Day on ITV. In her 64th annual Christmas Broadcast, the Queen reflected on 2016 and what Christmas means to her in her 90th Birthday year. The message was recorded in Buckingham Palace’s Regency Room earlier this month. Continue reading
Royals have been releasing Christmas cards this month, often with a family photo and message.Here are the christmas cards and photos from 14 countries. As always, click on the highlighted or underlined words to get to the comprehensive post on the Royal, event, or country. Continue reading
The Norwegian Royal ladies had a nice amount of Tiara appearances this year, starting with the official portraits released for King Harald’s Silver Jubilee in January, and continuing with a Gala dinner for the diplomatic corps in March, outgoing State Visits to Italy and Finland, a banquet during the Singapore State Visit, and a dinner for members of the Norwegian Parliament in October. Continue reading
Happy Birthday to Emperor Akihito of Japan, who turns 83 today. He was accompanied by members of the imperial family on the bullet-proofed balcony of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to wave to well wishers on December 23rd. Continue reading
Happy Birthday to Queen Silvia of Sweden, who turns 73 today. The Swedish Royal family had a Tiara filled year starting with a representation Dinner and fairy tale party in February. They hosted the world’s royalty at King Carl Gustav’s 70th Birthday celebrations though only Queen Silvia attended Chilean State Banquet. There were two tiaras during the Swedish State Visit to Germany, and four tiaras each night at the Nobel Prize Banquet and King’s Dinner for Nobel Laureates. This made for a grand total of eleven Tiaras worn eighteen times this year. There were more tiaras worn by the King’s sisters, but covering them would have made this list endless. Continue reading
As part of our Year in review series, we take a look at the the Royal Tiaras of 2016. With the grand 70th Birthday celebrations of King Carl XVI Gustav to the guests at the Albanian Royal Wedding in October, this year has been filled with Royal Tiaras. Here we will look at the Tiaras from each country. This is by no means a comprehensive list, as we haven’t covered Japan or exiled royal families, but it includes events we have covered on this blog. If you have more to add to this, feel free to contact us. As always, click on the highlighted words to get to the comprehensive post on the Tiara or event. Continue reading
