Wedding Gala of Crown Princess Margrethe of Denmark, 1967
King and Queen at Screening of ‘A Star is Born’, 1937
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
The Queen is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee this year, with the main Jubilee Celebrations scheduled for next week. Ahead of the Platinum Jubilee Weekend, we are taking a look at the celebrations for the Queen’s three previous Jubilees, ending with with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012, after covering the Silver Jubilee in 1977 and the Golden Jubilee in 2002!
Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen
Power & Image: Royal & Aristocratic Tiaras
Yesterday, the Beau Monde and I went to Sotheby’s to see their Platinum Jubilee Exhibition: ‘Power & Image: Royal & Aristocratic Tiaras’, in which over 40 outstanding tiaras of Royal and Noble Provenance are displayed, alongside tiaras from contemporary British jewellers! The exhibition was spectacular, featuring some of the most splendid Aristocratic Tiaras (many of which we have covered here), and also offered two amazing surprises. Continue reading
The Queen’s Golden Jubilee
The Queen is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee this year, with the main Jubilee Celebrations scheduled for next week. Ahead of the Platinum Jubilee Weekend, we are taking a look at the celebrations for the Queen’s three previous Jubilees, continuing with the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 2002, after covering the Silver Jubilee in 1977! Continue reading
Duke of Cambridge at Colonel’s Review of Trooping the Colour
The Queen’s Silver Jubilee
The Queen is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee this year, with the main Jubilee Celebrations scheduled for next week. Ahead of the Platinum Jubilee Weekend, we are taking a look at the celebrations for the Queen’s three previous Jubilees, beginning with the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977! Continue reading
Countess of St Andrews’ Sapphire Flower Brooch
Happy Birthday to the Countess of St Andrews, who turns 65 today! The illustrious Canadian-born academic and historian who is set to be the next Duchess of Kent, the Countess has worn the Kent Pearl and Diamond Fringe Tiara, but these days, her most notable jewel is usually her Sapphire Flower Brooch! Continue reading
The Collection of the late Lord and Lady Swaythling | 27 May 2022
Christie’s is auctioning the Collection of the late Lord and Lady Swaythling, the pictures, furniture, porcelain and objets d’art, both inherited and collected by David and Ninette Montagu which graced their striking modern London residence and late 19th-century house at Newmarket. Among the sale are 43 lots of spectacular antique and modern jewellery, which we are featuring today!
Delhi Durbar Tiara
Today marks the 155th Anniversary of the Birth of Queen Mary, who was born on this day in 1867! The Teck Princess who lived through the reigns of six monarchs and was the Queen Consort for 25 years, as well as a Queen Mother and Queen Grandmother, Queen Mary assembled much of the British Royal Family’s spectacular Jewellery Collection, which includes the Delhi Durbar Tiara! Continue reading
Concert at the Austrian Embassy in London, 1937
Garden Party at Buckingham Palace
The Earl and Countess of Wessex, Princess Beatrice, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester joined the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as they hosted the third and last annual Garden Party of 2022 at Buckingham Palace on May 25th, following the Garden Party on May 11th and on May 18th. There are usually four annual Garden Parties hosted by the Royal Family at Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Holyrood House for around 30,000 guests yearly, as well as a few special others, though the Queen has announced in advance that she will not be attending any of the Garden Parties this year. Continue reading
Princess Alexandra in Sweden, 1962
Order of the Bath Service at Westminster Abbey
King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid’s Silver Anniversary, 1960
Royal Relatives from Sweden, Norway, Britain, Luxembourg, and Germany joined the Danish Royal Family to celebrate the Silver Wedding Anniversary of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid of Denmark at Fredensborg Palace on this day in 1960.
Royal Guests at the Wedding of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
Royal Guests and Relatives from around Europe joined the Norwegian Royal Family for the Wedding of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and the late Ari Behn in Trondheim on this day in 2002 (20 years ago), which came less than a year after a big gathering of royal guests for the Wedding of her brother, Crown Prince Haakon, so to mark the day, we are featuring the Royal Guests at the Wedding of Princess Märtha Louise! Continue reading
Royal Family at Chelsea Flower Show 2022
Maharani Gayatri Devi’s Cartier Emerald Suite
Today marks the Anniversary of the Birth of Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur, who was born on this day in 1919! The Cooch Behar Princess who married the dashing Maharaja of Jaipur, becoming the glamorous Maharani who won the world’s largest landslide election victory and was later jailed by the Indian Government ‘playing badminton with the prostitutes & murderesses’, Maharani Gayatri Devi possessed a spectacular jewellery collection, which included this Cartier Emerald Suite! Continue reading
Dutch State Visit to Sweden, 1987
