Christie’s Collection of Gloria, Dowager Countess Bathurst | 22 July 2020

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Christie’s is auctioning the collection of the late Dowager Countess Bathurst in the magnificent ‘Gloria: Property from the late Dowager Countess Bathurst’ Sale in London today, which features a plethora of glittering Hierlooms among the lots, which are being sold by the two friends the late Countess left her Estate to, not her stepson, the current Earl Bathurst. We are featuring all the Jewels being auctioned today and next week.

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Belgian National Day 2020

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The Belgian Royal Family celebrated National Day 2020 with a series of events on July 21st. The day commemorates July 21st, 1831 in which Prince Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha swore allegiance to the new Belgian constitution, thus becoming the first Head of State of an independent state of Belgium under a constitutional monarchy and parliament. The day also marks the Anniversary of King Philippe’s Accession. Continue reading →