Today in Royal History | December 19

Feature

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

Royal Events Today

Today in Royal History | December 18

Feature

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

Feature

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

Feature

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

Royal Events Today

Today in Royal History | December 15

Feature

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

Today in Royal History | December 14

Feature

The Death of Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk in 1945

[Queen Alexandra’s Amethyst Tiara | Sapphire Necklace | Queen Alexandra’s Amethyst Necklace]

The Birth of King Paul of Greece in 1901

The Birth of King George VI in 1895

[Imperial State Crown | Cartier Halo Tiara | King George VI Festoon Necklace | King George VI Sapphire Suite | Aquamarine Pine Flower Tiara | Lotus Flower Tiara]

The Death of Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse in 1878

[Hesse Strawberry Leaf Tiara | Hesse Star Tiara | Hesse Sapphire Necklace | Princess Alice’s Emerald Brooch | Princess Alice’s Pearl Pendant]

The Death of Prince Albert, Prince Consort in 1861

[Prince Albert’s Jewels | Prince Albert’s Sapphire Brooch | Queen Victoria’s Emerald Tiara | Queen Victoria’s Oriental Circlet Tiara | Queen Victoria’s Sapphire Coronet | Queen Victoria’s Strawberry Leaf Tiara | Empress Frederick’s Shell Tiara | Hesse Strawberry Leaf Tiara]

Wedding

The Wedding of Anne Abel-Smith and David Liddell-Grainger in 1957

Royal Events OTD

Grenfell Tower Memorial Service at St Paul’s Cathedral in 2017

King Paul’s 60th Birthday Banquet at the Royal Palace of Athens in 1961

The Wedding Gala of King Baudouin of Belgium and Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón in 1960

Princess Elizabeth at St. James Palace in 1951

Royal Events Today

Today in Royal History | December 13

Feature

The Death of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia in 1958

[Emerald Tiara | Cartier Sapphire Tiara | Fabergé Diamond Chain | Imperial Diamond Necklace]

The 79th Birthday of Princess Maria da Glória, Duchess of Segorbe

[Duchess of Medinaceli’s Emerald Pendant | Orléans-Braganza Diamond Tiara Diamond Necklace]

The Birth of Prince Shāh Karim al-Husayni, the Aga Khan IV in 1936

The Birth of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent in 1906

[Cambridge Sapphire Parure | Kent Festoon Tiara | Kent City of London Fringe Tiara | Pearl Bandeau Tiara | Diamond Girandole Earrings | Diamond Circle Earrings | Vladimir Pearl Earrings | Diamond Bow Brooch | Empress Maria Feodrovna’s Sapphire Brooch | Art Deco Brooch | Cartier Sapphire Clips | Diamond Daisy Brooches | Cartier Flower Brooch | Emerald Brooch | Pearl Earrings | Vladimir Fringe Tiara | The Jewels of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent]

The Birth of Helen, Duchess of Northumberland in 1886

[The Duchess of Northumberland’s Tiaras | Northumberland Tiara]

Royal Events OTD

Sovereign’s Parade at Sandhurst in 2019

‘Dance of the Decades’ at Buckingham Palace in 1990

The Wedding Ball of King Baudouin and Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón at the Royal Palace of Brussles in 1960

[Royal Guests]

The Spanish Opening of Parliament in 1923

Royal Events Today

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

Cambridge Sapphire Parure

Kent Festoon Tiara

Kent City of London Fringe Tiara 

Kent Pearl Bandeau

Greek Ruby Parure

Vladimir Fringe Tiara

Diamond Bandeau Tiara

Princess Marina’s Diamond Girandole Earrings

Diamond Circle Earrings

Vladimir Pearl Earrings

Princess Marina’s Diamond Bow Brooch 

Princess Louise’s Diamond Daisy Brooches 

Empress Maria Feodrovna’s Sapphire Brooch

Duchess of Kent’s Art Deco Brooch

 

Princess Marina’s Black Pearl Brooch

Duchess of Kent’s Pearl Earrings

Princess Marina’s Cartier Sapphire Clips

Princess Louise’s Emerald Brooch

Princess Marina’s Cartier Flower Brooch

Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna’s Emerald Brooch

Queen Alexandrine’s Russian Sapphire Tiara 

Today marks the 30th Anniversary of the Death of Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, who passed away in 1995! The Danish Princess who married her first cousin and was briefly set to become the next Danish Queen Consort, until being superseded by Queen Margrethe, Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde had received Queen Alexandrine’s Russian Sapphire Tiara!

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