Sad news today! Countess Jacqueline de Ribes has passed away at the age of 96. The French Aristocrat and Socialite was a legendary Fashion Icon and Designer, once voted the ‘Most Stylish Woman in the World’.
Countess Jacqueline de Ribes
Month: December 2025
Bavarian Eglantine Tiara
Happy Birthday to Princess Elisabeth, Duchess in Bavaria, who turns 85 today! The illustrious Swedish Countess married to the Heir of the House of Wittelsbach, who is the mother of the Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein, the Duchess in Bavaria has often worn the magnificent Bavarian Eglantine Tiara!
Top 10 2025
For the past few days leading up to the New Year, we have had a series of ‘Year in Review’ articles, compiling and featuring the Royal Highlights of 2025! Today, on the final day of the year, we are taking a look at the Top 10 most visited articles on the Royal Watcher this year, which garnered the most views among the millions of visitors this year!
Today in Royal History | December 31
The Death of Lady Howard de Walden in 1974
[Howard de Walden Tiara | Yellow Sapphire Tiara]
The 72nd Birthday of Princess Silvia, the Dowager Duchess of Aosta
[Savoy Aosta Knot and Star Tiara | Paternò di Spedalotto Tiara | Empress Frederick’s Diamond Earrings]
The 85th Birthday of Princess Elisabeth, Duchess in Bavaria
[Bavarian Eglantine Tiara | Douglas Floral Tiara | The Bavarian Royal Tiaras]
The Birth of Princess Victoria Adelaide, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Albany in 1885
[Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Turquoise Tiara | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Diamond Tiara | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Emerald Necklace Tiara]
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is Abdicating in 2023
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Royal Weddings 2025
Royal Tiaras 2025
The Royal Watcher in 2025
Royal Highlights 2025
Top 10 2025
Royal Highlights 2025
It’s that time of year again! For the few days leading up to the New Year, we have a series of ‘Year in Review’ articles, compiling and featuring the Royal Highlights of 2025, with today’s feature focusing on the new Pope and Grand Duke in Luxembourg, the 80th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War, several Royal Weddings, and numerous glittering State Visits!
Today in Royal History | December 30
The Death of Countess Jacqueline de Ribes in 2025
The Death of Queen Sofia of Sweden in 1913
[Queen Sofia’s Nine Prong Tiara | Braganza Tiara | Emerald Parure | Pearl and Star Tiara | Diamond Bracelet Bandeau]
The Coronation of Emperor Charles I of Austria as King of Hungary in 1916
Royal Highlights of the Decade
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Royal Weddings 2025
Royal Tiaras 2025
The Royal Watcher in 2025
Royal Highlights 2025
Queen Fabiola’s Aquamarine Parure on Auction
An Art Deco Diamond Sautoir, a massive 38.6 carat Aquamarine Pendant and a pair of Aquamarine Earrings which belonged to the late Queen Fabiola of Belgium are going on Auction at Ansorena in Madrid next month.
The Royal Watcher in 2025
It’s that time of year again! For the few days leading up to the New Year, we have a series of ‘Year in Review’ articles, compiling and featuring the Royal Highlights of 2025! We publish over a hundred articles every month, and today’s feature is an exclusive look at our personal highlights and the highlights of the over a thousand articles published on The Royal Watcher in 2025!
Today in Royal History | December 29
The Death of Max, Margrave of Baden in 2022
The Death of Diana Maxwell, the 12th Baroness Farnham in 2021
The 31st Birthday of Princess Kako of Japan
The 48th Birthday of the Countess of Ulster
[Gloucester Honeysuckle Tiara | Teck Turquoise Tiara | Cartier India Tiara | Iveagh Tiara | Diamond Necklace Tiara | Pearl and Emerald Suite | Emerald Necklace | Queen Mary’s 11-row Pearl Choker | Diamond Corsage Brooch | Emerald Necklace | Duchess of Gloucester’s Tiaras]
The Birth of Queen Elisabeth of Romania in 1843
[Romanian Massin Tiara | Pearl Tiara]
The Wedding of Princess Caroline of Monaco and Stefano Casiraghi in 1983
The Wedding of Archduke Robert of Austria and Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta in 1953
Royal Holiday in Liechtenstein in 1965
Royal Weddings 2025
Royal Tiaras 2025
The Royal Watcher in 2025
Church at Sandringham
Members of the extended Royal Family joined King Charles III for the Sunday Service at the St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham on December 28th, during the Royal Family’s Christmas Holiday on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk
Royal Tiaras 2025
It’s that time of year again! For the days leading up to the New Year, we have a series of ‘Year in Review’ articles, compiling and featuring the Royal Highlights of 2025. It’s my birthday today, and since all birthdays should have Tiaras, today’s article is a roundup of the Royal Tiaras of 2025!
Today in Royal History | December 28
The 34th Birthday of Lady Kitty Spencer
The 62nd Birthday of the Countess of Derby
The Death of Queen Alexandrine of Denmark in 1952
[Queen Alexandrine’s Diamond Fringe Tiara | Danish Pearl Poiré Tiara | Danish Ruby Parure | Diamond Drop Tiara | Diamond Meander | Russian Sapphire Tiara | Diamond Bandeau | Sapphire Parure | Diamond Sautoir | Ruby Bow Brooch | Pearl and Diamond Brooch | Sapphire Brooch]
The Death of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy in 1947
The Birth of King Birendra of Nepal in 1945
The Birth of Princess Antoinette of Monaco in 1920
The Wedding Ball of Archduke Robert of Austria and Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta in 1953
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Royal Weddings 2025
It’s that time of year again! For the days leading up to the New Year, we have a series of ‘Year in Review’ articles, compiling and featuring the Royal Highlights of 2025, and today’s feature is a roundup of the Royal and Noble Weddings of 2025!
Today in Royal History | December 27
The 52nd Birthday of Princess Marie zu Wied, the Dowager Hereditary Duchess of Württemberg
[Duchess Marie of Württemberg’s Emerald Pendant | Württemberg Diamond Tiara | Württemberg Royal Tiaras | Jewels at Auction]
The 82nd Birthday of Princess Olimpia Torlonia
[Queen Victoria Eugenie’s Aquamarine Parure | Diamond Rivière | Empress Eugenie’s Andean Emerald Cross]
Prince Harry on BBC Radio 4 in 2017
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Countess of Strathmore’s Raspberry Pip Brooch
Queen Camilla wore a striking Topaz and Diamond Raspberry Pip Brooch for Christmas at Sandringham yesterday, which had been inherited by the Queen Mother from her own mother, the Countess of Strathmore.
State Visits 2025
It’s that time of year again! For the next few days leading up to the New Year, we have a series of ‘Year in Review’ articles, compiling and featuring the Royal Highlights of 2025, and today’s feature is a roundup of all the State Visits, Official Visits, and Royal Tours of 2025!
Today in Royal History | December 26
The Death of Sir Angus Ogilvy in 2004
[Princess Alexandra’s Golden Jubilee Necklace | Sapphire Necklace]
The Death of Sybil Sassoon, Marchioness of Cholmondeley in 1989
[French Crown Sapphire Tiara | The French Sapphire Parure | Orléans Emerald Necklace]
The Birth of Princess Takamatsu of Japan in 1911
French Crown Sapphire TIara
Emerald Necklace
Cartier Buckle Brooch
Diamond Floral Tiara
Christmas at Sandringham
The King, Queen and members of the Royal Family attended the annual Christmas Service at St. Mary Magdalene Church at Sandringham in Norfolk on December 25th, where most of the Royal Family are staying for the Holiday Season.
Princess Alexandra’s Ruby Brooch
Happy Birthday to Princess Alexandra of Kent, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy, who turns 89 today! The only daughter of Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Princess Alexandra has worn some spectacular heirloom jewels over the past seven decades as a working royal, which once included this Ruby and Diamond Brooch!
Today in Royal History | December 25
The Birth of Queen Alia of Jordan in 1948
The 89th Birthday of Princess Alexandra of Kent, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
[Ogilvy Tiara | Diamond Flower Tiara | Pearl Circle Bandeau | Golden Jubilee Necklace | Pearl Corsage Brooch | Pearl Earrings | Pearl and Diamond Necklace | Diamond Choker | Sapphire Necklace | Emerald Brooch/Choker | Diamond Flower Earrings | Crochet Bandeau | City of London Fringe Tiara | Festoon Tiara]
The Birth of Princess Françoise of Greece and Orléans in 1902
The Birth of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester in 1901
[Gloucester Honeysuckle Tiara | Teck Turquoise Tiara | Cartier India Tiara | Iveagh Tiara | Gloucester Diamond Bandeau Tiara | Diamond Necklace Tiara | Pearl and Emerald Suite | Emerald Necklace | Queen Mary’s 11-row Pearl Choker | Diamond Corsage Brooch | Emerald Necklace | Pink Topaz Necklace | The Duchess of Gloucester’s Tiaras]
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Christmas at Windsor Castle in 2021
Christmas at Sandringham
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Christmas Service at Holmenkollen Chapel in 2018
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