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 2023! We publish around a hundred articles every month, and the planning and logistics behind them is a tiring but fascinating task so today’s feature is an exclusive look at our personal highlights and the structuring of the over a thousand articles published on the Royal Watcher in 2023!
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 2023. It’s my birthday today, and since all birthdays should have Tiaras, today’s feature is a roundup of the Royal Tiaras of 2023!
Happy Birthday to the Countess of Derby, who turns 60 today! The daughter of the 10th Baron Braybrooke who served as an assistant to the Curator of the Royal Collection before she married the 19th Earl of Derby and became the chatelaine of Knowsley Hall, the Countess has often been seen earring the spectacular Derby Tiara!
Happy Birthday to Princess Marie zu Wied, the Dowager Hereditary Duchess of Württemberg, who turns 50 today! The Wied Princess who is widow of the Heir to the illustrious Royal Family and the mother of the current Duke of Württemberg, Duchess Marie has control of the massive Württemberg Jewellery Collection, though her primary jewel for decades has been this Emerald Pendant!
Happy Birthday to the Princess Olimpia Torlonia, who turns 80 today! The granddaughter of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, and youngest child of Infanta Beatriz and the V Prince of Civitella Cesi, who married Paul-Annik Weiller, the son of the very rich Industrialist and Philanthropist Paul-Louis Weiller and the mother Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg, the very discreet Princess Olimpia is the owner of a splendid jewellery collection, of which we are featuring one of the most significant pieces at her disposal: the Diamond Riviére!
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 2023, and today’s feature is a roundup of all the State Visits, Official Visits, and Royal Tours of 2023!
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 2023, and today’s feature is a roundup of the Royal and Noble Weddings of 2023!
The King, Queen and members of the 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 on the Sandringham Estate for the Holiday Season
Happy Birthday to Princess Alexandra of Kent, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy, who turns 87 today! The only daughter of Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Princess Alexandra is the Queen’s only paternal female cousin and has worn some spectacular jewels over the past seven decades as a working royal, which includes this Diamond Choker!
King Charles III and Queen Camilla attended the annual Sunday Service at at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham on December 24th, at the start of the Royal Family’s Christmas Holiday on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, following a Lunch at Windsor Castle.
Merry Christmas to all of our readers celebrating around the world! Royals have been releasing a plethora Christmas Cards and Messages this month, often with a family photo and/or a video. After the success of previous years, we are compiling the Royal Christmas Cards of 2023 alongside the various Christmas/New Year’s Speeches (which will be updated here as they are released)!
Happy Birthday to Queen Silvia of Sweden, who turns 80 today! The German-Brazilian Interpreter who became Queen of Sweden and founded the World Childhood Foundation, Queen Silvia has worn much of the splendid Swedish Royal Collection over the past five decades as the longest-serving Swedish Queen Consort!
Happy birthday to Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, who celebrates her 70th Birthday today! The fascinating claimant to the Headship of the House of Romanov and the titular Empress of Russia, Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna has worn several striking jewels, the most spectacular of which was her Chaumet Tiara!
Royal Guests and Relatives gathered from around Europe to celebrate the Wedding of Crown Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and Princess Thyra of Denmark in the Chapel of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen on this day in 1878.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla hosted their second Christmas Lunch for members of the extended British Royal Family at Windsor Castle on December 20th, continuing the late Queen’s tradition of hosting a lunch for those family members who aren’t invited to spend Christmas with the Royal Family at Sandringham in Norfolk, due to lack of space. Since this is a private event, we only get pictures of the royals arriving and departing.
Happy Birthday to Infanta Elena of Spain, Duchess of Lugo, who turns 60 today! The elder sister of the current Spanish Sovereign, the Infanta was a working member of the Spanish Royal family for almost three decades, amassing a splendid jewellery collection, the most recognisable piece being the Marichalar Diamond Tiara!
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, which we are rounding up today!
