Today in Royal History | December 21

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The Birth of Alexander Ramsay of Mar in 1919

The Birth of Queen Amelie of Greece in 1818

[Bavarian Lover’s Knot Tiara | Diamond Parure | Bavarian Amethyst Parure]

Wedding

The Wedding of the Shah of Iran and Farah Diba in 1959

The Wedding of Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover and Princess Thyra of Denmark in 1878

Royal Events OTD

Christmas Concert at Royal Palace of Brussels in 2021

Queen arrives at Sandringham in 2017

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Engagement Portraits in 2017

The Christening of Prince Harry in 1984

The Christening of Prince Harry in 1984

Royal Family at the Bertram Mills Circus in 1960

Christmas at Sandringham in 1951

The Christmas Pantomime at Windsor Castle in 1942

Christmas Pantomime at Windsor Castle in 1941

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Today in Royal History | December 20

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The Death of Alexander Ramsay of Mar in 2000

The 62nd Birthday of Infanta Elena of Spain

[Marichalar Tiara | Spanish Floral Tiara | Prussian Diamond Tiara | Sapphire Flower Suite | Diamond Chain Necklace | Countess of Barcelona’s Pearl Bracelet]

The Death of Duchess Alexandrine of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1904

[Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Emerald Necklace Tiara]

The Birth of Prince George, Duke of Kent in 1902

The Birth of Marjorie Paget, Marchioness of Anglesey in 1883

[Anglesey Tiara | Anglesey Diamond Négligé]

The Birth of Dame Margaret Greville in 1863

[Greville Tiara | Greville Emerald Tiara | Greville Festoon Necklace | Greville Emerald Necklace | Greville Diamond Peardrop Earrings | Pearl Earrings | Greville Diamond Chandelier Earrings]

The Birth of Infanta Isabel of Spain, Countess of Girgenti in 1851

[Mellerio Shell Tiara | Mellerio Emerald Tiara | Pearl Bracelet]

Royal Events OTD

Christmas Lunch at Windsor Castle in 2023

Christmas Lunch at Windsor Castle in 2022

Queen arrives at Sandringham in 2019

Queen arrives at Sandringham in 2018

The Funeral of Princess Victoria Louise, Duchess of Brunswick in 1980

Lord Mountbatten Memorial Service in 1979

Infanta Elena’s 8th Birthday Party at Zarzuela Palace in 1971

Queen Mother and Princess Margaret at Gala Performance of ‘Sawn Lake’ in 1952

Royal Events Today

Formal Gathering of the Swedish Academy

[2022 | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 ]

The Jewels of Dame Margaret Greville

Today in Royal History | December 19

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The Birth of Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Hanover in 1925

[Hanoverian Diamond Necklace Tiara | Hanoverian Topaz Parure]

Royal Events OTD

State Opening of Parliament in 2019

Princess Olga Romanoff on Skavlan in 2017

Christmas at Zarzuela Palace in 1969

The Engagement of Princess Desiree of Sweden and Baron Nicolas Silfverschiöld in 1963

Queen in Tonga in 1953

Royal Navy Ball in Malta in 1950

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Today in Royal History | December 18

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The Death of Princess Takamatsu of Japan in 2004

[Mikimoto Diamond Tiara | Tiara]

The Birth of Prince William of Gloucester in 1941

[The Other Prince William]

The Birth of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1863

Wedding

The Wedding of Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza and Princess María de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies in 1944

Royal Events OTD

Royal British Legion’s Together at Christmas Initiative in 2019

Imperial Family at Home in 1973

The Queen at the Bertram Mills Circus in 1955

The Royal Family at the Bertram Mills Circus in 1952

Queen in Fiji in 1953

Royal Events Today

Russian Crown Jewels on Auction at Sotheby’s

Today in Royal History | December 17

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The 18th Birthday of the Earl of Wessex

The Birthday of Pope Francis

[Papal Royal Orders | Privilège du Blanc | Royal Visits to the Vatican]

The Birth of Empress Hermine of Germany in 1887

The Death of Queen Désirée of Sweden in 1860

[Danish Ruby Parure | Ears of Wheat Tiara | Lava Parure]

The Death of Empress Marie Louise of France in 1847

[Empress Marie Louise’s Emerald Tiara | Napoléon Diamond Necklace | Topaz Parure | Diamond Scroll Tiara]

Royal Events OTD

Christmas Concert at Royal Palace of Brussels in 2020

A Berry Royal Christmas

King Felipe and Queen Letizia at ABC International Journalism Awards in 2018

Crown Princess Victoria in Italy in 2016

Royal Film Premiere of ‘The Island at the Top of the World’ in 1974

Queen Mary and Duchess of Kent at Leicester Square Theatre in 1935

Royal Events Today

Christie’s Joaillerie Paris | 17 December 2025

Today in Royal History | December 16

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The Death of Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga in 1965

[Tongan Gold Star Crown]

The 70th Birthday of Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este

[Savoy-Aosta Tiara | Austria-Este Tiara | Savoy-Aosta Bandeau Tiara | Savoy-Aosta Emerald Necklace]

Royal Events OTD

Christmas Concert at Royal Palace of Brussels in 2020

Funeral of King Michael of Romania in 2017

The Royal Family at Gala Performance of ‘Madame Butterfly’ in 2005

Princess of Wales at Royal Opera House in 1987

Christmas at the Royal Palace of Stockholm in 1977

Christmas at the Royal Palace of Stockholm in 1979

Gala Performance in Paris in 1964

Christmas Pantomime at Windsor Castle in 1943

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Today in Royal History | December 15

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The 30th Birthday of Flora Ogilvy

[Ogilvy Tiara | Princess Alexandra’s Pearl Earrings]

The Birth of Princess Dina Abdul-Hamid of Jordan in 1929

[Diamond Tiara]

Wedding

The Wedding of King Baudouin of Belgium in 1960

[Royal Guests]

The Wedding of Prince Christoph of Hesse and Princess Sophie of Greece in 1930

Royal Events OTD

Together at Christmas Carol Service at Westminster Abbey in 2022

Christmas Party at Clarence House in 2021

The Christening of Prince Stefan of Serbia in 2018

Queen at Banqueting Hall in 1965

Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko in Thailand in 1964

The Engagement of Princess Birgitta of Sweden and Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern in 1960

The Christening of the Prince of Wales in 1948

Royal Events Today

Royal Guests at the Wedding of King Baudouin of Belgium and Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón in 1960