Today in Royal History | November 18

Feature

The Death of Princess Buppha Devi of Cambodia in 2019

The Birth of Sultan Qaboos of Oman in 1940

Wedding

The Wedding of Prince Joachim of Denmark and Alexandra Manley in 1995

[Royal Guests]

The Wedding of Duchess Mathilde of Württemberg and Hereditary Count Erich of Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg in 1988

The Wedding of Archduke Felix of Austria and Princess Anna-Eugénie of Arenberg in 1952

Royal Events OTD

Netherland-America Foundation Ball in 2022

Royal Variety Performance in 2021

Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall in Jordan in 2021

Royal Variety Performance in 2019

  Spanish Opening of Parliament in 2016

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh’s Diamond Wedding Anniversary in 2007

The Entente Cordiale Centenary Banquet at Windsor Castle in 2004

 The Royal Variety Performance in 1957

Princess Elizabeth’s Tour of Canada in 1951

 The Royal Film Performance of ‘The Forsyte Saga’ in 1949

The Wedding Ball of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark in 1947

King Haakon VII’s Silver Jubilee in 1930

The Accession of King Haakon VII of Norway in 1905

The Funeral of Tsar Alexander III of Russia in 1894

Royal Events Today

Lady Glenconner: My Life in Objects | 18 November 2025

Christie’s Jewels Online | 18 November 2025

Royal Guests at the Wedding of Prince Joachim of Denmark in 1995

Today in Royal History | November 17

Feature

The Birth of Queen Astrid of Belgium in 1905

[Nine Provinces Tiara | Queen Elisabeth’s Diamond Bandeau | Emerald Tiara | Emerald Earrings | Emerald ChokerEmerald Peacock Tiara | Queen Astrid’s Emeralds]

The Death of Queen Charlotte in 1818

[Queen Charlotte’s Nuptial Crown | Hanoverian Crown Pearls | Arcot Diamonds]

The Birth of Princess Marie, Countess of Flanders in 1845

[Countess of Flanders’ Pearl Tiara]

The Death of Empress Catherine the Great of Russia in 1796

[Antique Turquoise Parure]

Wedding

The Wedding of the Marquess of Milford Haven in 1960

The Wedding of Prince Louis of Hesse and by Rhine in 1937

 The Wedding of King Alexander of Greece and Aspasia Manos in 1919

Royal Events OTD

Prince Andrew & the Epstein Scandal in 2019

Peter Stuyvesant Ball in 2018 

  Duke of Cambridge in Vietnam in 2016

The Wedding Ball of Prince Joachim of Denmark in 1995

Princess Anne at Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in 1974

Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh return to London in 1951

The Wedding Ball of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark in 1947

The Anglo-Hellenic Ball in London in 1938

Royal Events Today

Countess of Flanders’ Pearl Tiara

Tomorrow marks the 180th Anniversary of the Death of Princess Marie, Countess of Flanders, who was born in 1845! This striking Pearl and Diamond Tiara made for Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden was returned after the death of her ill-fated granddaughter, Queen Stephanie of Portugal, and given to her sister, the Countess of Flanders, who left it to her own daughter, the Duchess of Vendôme, now on display at the National Museum of Qatar!

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Today in Royal History | November 16

Feature

The 73rd Birthday of Princess Maximiliane zu Windisch-Graetz, Fürstin zu Fürstenberg

[Fürstenberg Tiara | The Fürstenberg Tiaras]

The Death of Princess Cecilie, Grand Duchess of Hesse in 1937

[Hesse Strawberry Leaf Tiara | Hesse Star Tiara | Medieval Emerald Tiara]

The Death of the Hesse Royal Family in 1937 

[Hesse Strawberry Leaf Tiara | Hesse Star Tiara | Hesse Turquoise and Moonstone Tiara | Hesse Medieval Emerald Tiara ]

Royal Events OTD

The Swedish State Visit to Jordan in 2022

The Italian State Visit to Spain in 2021

Princess Theodora of Greece engaged to Matthew Kumar in 2018

The Engagement of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in 2010

 The Danish State Visit to Japan in 2004

Princess Anne at Royal Ontario Winter Fair in 1988

Prince and Princess of Wales in Bahrain in 1986 

The Dutch State Visit to Britain in 1982

 Queen in Malta in 1967

Royal Command Film Performance in 1954

Order of the Garter Investiture at Windsor Castle in 1906

Royal Events Today

Hesse Strawberry Leaf Tiara

Lady Glenconner: My Life in Objects | 18 November 2025

There are many striking antique Royal and Noble Jewels up for Auction this month, but Boxes and Compacts given by British and Foreign Royalty and gifts given when she served as Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Margaret are going on Auction in the Lady Glenconner: My Life in Objects‘ Sale at Bonhams in London next week!

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Today in Royal History | November 15

Feature

The Death of Yuriko, Princess Mikasa in 2024

[Princess Mikasa’s Mikimoto Tiara]

The Death of Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon in 2021

[The Countess of Avon’s Pearl and Diamond Tiara]

The Death of Princess Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg in 1997

[Hohenlohe-Langenburg Tiaras]

The 48th Birthday of Peter Phillips

The Birth of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia in 1895

The Death of Queen Maria II of Portugal in 1853

[Queen Maria II of Portugal’s Sapphire Tiara | Hohenzollern Sapphire Parure]

Wedding

The Wedding of Princess Sayako of Japan in 2005

Royal Events OTD

Royal Foundation Dinner in 2018

Anglo-Norse Society Centenary Reception in 2018 

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark’s Copper Wedding Anniversary in 2016

Princess Anne at Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in 1974

Royal Variety Performance in 1971

Princess Grace’s 40th Birthday Ball in 1969

Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon in America in 1965

Princess Alexandra in Japan in 1961

Givenchy Fashion Show at The Dorchester in 1955

The Royal Variety Performance in 1937

Red Cross Ball in 1933

Royal Events Today

Queen Maria II of Portugal’s Sapphire Tiara

Today in Royal History | November 14

Feature

The 77th Birthday of King Charles III

[Order of the Garter | Order of the ThistleRoyal Family Order of King Charles III | British Royal Orders]

The Death of Queen Elisabeth of Greece in 1956

[Greek Emerald Parure | Queen Marie’s Cartier Pearl Tiara | Cartier Sapphire Necklace]

The Death of Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil in 1921

The Birth in Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria in 1917

[Calabria Tiara | Queen Marie Antoinette’s Pearl Necklace |  Diamond Bracelets | Royal Jewels from the Bourbon Parma Family]

Wedding

The Wedding of Duke Friedrich of Württemberg and Princess Marie of Wied in 1993

The Wedding of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips in 1973

[Royal Guests]

The Wedding of Prince Ludwig Philipp of Thurn und Taxis and Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg in 1922

Royal Events OTD

Remembrance Sunday in 2021

Emperor Naruhito’s Daijō-sai in 2019

The Prince of Wales’ 70th Birthday Dinner at Buckingham Palace in 2018

Royal Jewels from the Bourbon Parma Family Sale in 2018

Prince of Wales’ 60th Birthday Dinner at Buckingham Palace in 2008

The Funeral of Queen Ingrid of Denmark in 2000

Daijō-sai Ceremony in 1990

Royal Variety Performance in 1966

Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko in Iran in 1960

The Ethiopian State Visit to Sweden in 1954

Royal Events Today

Sotheby’s Fine Jewelry | 14 November 2025

Royal Guests at the Wedding of Princess Anne

Today in Royal History | November 13

Feature

The Death of Prince Franz Joseph II of Liechtenstein in 1989

The Death of Mona, Countess Beauchamp in 1989

[Beauchamp Pearl and Diamond Tiara | Empress Eugene’s Diamond Bow Brooch]

The 64th Birthday of the Duchess of Fife

[Fife Tiara | Fife Fringe Tiara | Queen Victoria’s Emerald Tiara]

The 82nd Birthday of Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia

[Diamond Tiara | Diamond Chain-Link Suite]

The Birth of Queen Giovanna of Bulgaria in 1907

[Bulgarian Köchert Tiara | Pearl Tiara | Queen Marie-Amélie’s Diamond Parure | Bracelet Bandeau | The Bulgarian Royal Tiaras]

Wedding

The Wedding of Princess Maud of Fife and Lord Carnegie in 1923

Royal Events OTD

Remembrance Sunday in 2022

Royal Festival of Remembrance in 2021

 The Italian State Visit to Sweden in 2018

The Constantinian Order of Saint George Gala in 2002

The Engagement Ball of the Engagement of the Duke of Brabant and Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz in 1999

The Wedding Ball of Duke Friedrich of Württemberg and Princess Marie of Wied in 1993 

 Emperor Akihito’s Enthronement Garden Party in 1990

The Wedding Ball of Princess Anne in 1973

Princess Birgitta and Princess Désirée in New York City in 1960

Royal Variety Performance in 1950

Royal Events Today

The Wedding Ball of Princess Anne in 1973

The Wedding Ball of Duke Friedrich of Württemberg and Princess Marie of Wied in 1993

Today in Royal History | November 12

Feature

The 70th Birthday of Countess Howe

[Howe Diamond Fringe Tiara]

The 91st Birthday of Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg, Duchess of Montpensier

[Orléans Sapphire Necklace Tiara | Orléans Sapphire and Pearl Tiara | Württemberg Diamond Tiara]

The Birth of Princess Grace of Monaco in 1929

[Bains de Mer Tiara | Diamond Tiara | Cartier Diamond Necklace | Van Cleef & Arpels Diamond Tiara | Cartier BangleThe Jewels of Princess Grace of Monaco]

Royal Events OTD

Royal Festival of Remembrance in 2022

Representationsmiddag in 2019

Princess Sayako’s Farewell Audience in 2005

The Enthronement of Emperor Akihito of Japan in 1990

[Royal Guests at the Enthronement of Emperor Akihito]

The British State Visit to Luxembourg in 1976

The Accession of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg in 1964

Wedding Gifts of Queen Elizabeth II

Royal Events Today

Royal Guests at the Enthronement of Emperor Akihito

Sotheby’s Royal & Noble Jewels | 12 November 2025

VJ Day 80th Anniversary Reception at Windsor Castle 

The Royal Family joined King Charles III and Queen Camilla as they held a Reception marking the 80th Anniversary of VJ Day at Windsor Castle on the evening of November 11th, following the Remembrance Sunday Service at the Cenotaph and the Royal British Legion’s Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall.

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