Today marks the Anniversary of the Death of Queen Victoria, who passed away on this day in 1901! The ‘Grandmother of Europe’ who mourned her husband for over 40 years, and whose Reign saw immense change and expansion of the British Empire, becoming second-longest reigning British Monarch and the British Empress of India, Queen Victoria possessed some magnificent jewels, which included her Diamond Fringe Brooch!
The Duchess of Edinburgh celebrates her 60th Birthday next week! The PR Agent who became the late Queen’s favourite daughter-in-law and one of the most hard working members of the Royal Family, the Duchess has worn quite a few royal heirlooms, including the Queen’s Gold and Diamond Choker!
The Duchess of Edinburgh celebrates her 60th Birthday next week! The PR Agent who became the late Queen’s favourite daughter-in-law and one of the most hard working members of the Royal Family, the Duchess has worn quite a few royal heirlooms, including the Queen’s Diamond Chandelier Suite!
Happy Birthday to the Princess of Wales, who turns 43 today! The future Queen has worn a plethora of Royal Heirlooms over the years, which we covered in our series on the Jewels of the Princess of Wales, and today we are featuring the late Queen’s Bahrain Pearl Earrings!
Today marks the 180th Anniversary of the Birth of Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, who was born on this day in 1844! The Danish Princess who was the longest-serving Princess of Wales and then a trendsetting Queen Consort, one of her most iconic jewels was her spectacular Diamond Rivière!
Queen Camilla surprised us all by debuting the late Queen’s Five Aquamarine Tiara for the annual Diplomatic Reception at Buckingham Palace tonight! Worn only once by the late Queen, it had appeared on the Duchess of Edinburgh a few times in the past decade, but the Tiara was an unusual decision for Queen Camilla.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla will begin their first Tour of Australia as Sovereigns this week, and Queen Camilla will no doubt be wearing the magnificent Australian Wattle Brooch, a gift to the late Queen on her first Tour of Australia 70 years ago.
Today marks the second Anniversary of the Death of the late Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away on this day in 2022! The oldest and longest reigning British Monarch had one of, if not the, largest jewellery collections, and today’s piece is one that had been in her jewellery box for almost six decades, the Queen’s Baring Ruby Necklace!
Today marks the Anniversary of the Birth of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, who was born on this day in 1900! The Scottish Aristocrat who unexpectedly became the popular wartime Queen and then the beloved Queen Mother for half a century, we have featured many of her jewels over the years and to mark the day today, we are featuring the Queen Mother’s Cartier Lily Brooch!
Today marks the 310th Anniversary of Death of Queen Anne, who died on this day in 1714! The three-centuries old Queen Anne and Queen Caroline Pearl Necklaces are among the oldest heirlooms of the Crown, which were given as a wedding gift to the late Queen from her father in 1947!
Queen Camilla has continued her streak of recent months by continuing to debut heirloom jewels from the massive Royal Vault. Yesterday, Queen Camilla wore Queen Mary’s magnificent Carved Emerald Brooch at Royal Ascot, which was gift from the ‘Ladies of India’ during the famed Delhi Durbar.
King Charles III will be celebrating his Official Birthday with Trooping the Colour tomorrow, for which Queen Camilla, the Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, will likely be wearing the late Queen’s Grenadier Guards Brooch!
The heart-shaped Cullinan V Diamond was set into this striking Brooch by Queen Mary, which was a lifelong favourite of the late Queen, and, after being temporarily set into her Crown, was worn by Queen Camilla for the first annual Garden Party of 2024 at Buckingham Palace.
Today marks the anniversary of the Birth of the late Queen Elizabeth II, who was born on this in 1926! The oldest and longest reigning British Monarch had one of, if not the, largest jewellery collections, and today’s piece is one that had been in her jewellery box for over five decades, the Queen’s Godman Emerald Necklace!
Yesterday, Queen Camilla debuted a a pair of heirloom Cartier Gold and Sapphire Flower Brooches from the collection of the late Queen Elizabeth II as she represented the King at the Royal Maundy Service at Worcester Cathedral.
King Hussein of Jordan presented the late Queen Elizabeth II with this spectacular Turquoise and Sapphire Suite in 1966, which she first wore on this day in 1984, 40 years ago, during the first and only British State Visit to Jordan.
During her 6-month Commonwealth Tour, the Queen received the spectacular Andamooka Opal Necklace and Earrings as a gift from the government and people of South Australia, which was presented during a Banquet in Adelaide on this day in 1954, 60 years ago.
Last night, Queen Camilla wore one of the Queen Mother’s Art Deco Cartier Diamond Bracelets for the first time! The five Bracelets were the newlywed Duke of York’s versatile Christmas and Birthday Gifts to his Duchess between 1923 and 1925, , which were inherited by their daughter, the late Queen, and are now worn by Queen Camilla!
This week marks the 160th Anniversary of the Birth of Winifred Hope Thomson, who was born at the end of January in 1864! The artist was the daughter of the inventor of the pneumatic tyre, and left her spectacular Courtauld Thomson Scallop-Shell Brooch to the Queen Mother, which we are featuring today!
Tomorrow marks the 160th Anniversary of the Birth of Dame Margaret Greville, the Hon Mrs Greville The illegitimate daughter of a brewery millionaire, she married the son of a Baron, and became a noted Society Hostess, from her magnificent home at Polesden Lacey, getting close to the Queen Mother, to whom she left her enormous Jewellery Collection, so we are featuring several of her jewels, continuing with the Greville Diamond Peardrop Earrings!
