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
