Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon joined King Harald V of Norway as he presided over the Formal Opening of the 169th session of the Storting (Parliament) and delivered a speech from the Norwegian Throne at the Stortingsbygningen in Oslo.
Sad news last week! Princess Fazile Hanımsultan passed away at the age of 83. The stunning Egyptian and Ottoman Princess was once two weeks away from becoming the Queen of Iraq when the King was gruesomely assassinated in 1958, and later married the son of the Turkish Prime Minister.
Princess Benedikte joined King Frederik X and Queen Mary as they attended the opening session of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) at the Parliament Hall (Folketingssalen) of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, for the first time during the Reign of King Frederik X.
There are many spectacular Royal and Noble Jewels on Auction this autumn, and we featuring the two striking Tiaras and heirloom Jewels from a Japanese Collector are going on Auction at the Sotheby’s ‘Magnificent Jewels’ Sale in Hong Kong tomorrow!
Happy Diamond Anniversary to Prince and Princess Hitachi of Japan! The aristocratic Hanako Tsugaru received this striking Mikimoto Pearl and Diamond Tiara when she married Masahito, Prince Hitachi, the younger son of Emperor Hirohito, on this day in 1964, 60 years ago!
Queen Sofia of Spain and Princess Benedikte of Denmark led Royal Guests and Relatives from Spain, Denmark, Germany, Italy and Serbia at the Wedding of their niece, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, and Matthew Kumar at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, following a Dinner at the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens.
King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and Queen Mary led the Royal Guests and Relatives at the Wedding of the Earl of Harewood and concert pianist, Marion Stein, at St Mark’s Church in Mayfair on this day in 1949, 75 years ago.
Royal Guests and Relatives have gathered in Athens to celebrate the long-awaited Wedding of Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark and Matthew Kumar at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens on September 28th, following a Dinner at the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens. Continue reading
King Charles III and Queen Camilla attended a Ceremony to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on September 28th, three years after attending the Scottish Opening of Parliament in 2021.
The Danish Royal Family hosted Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon on their visit to Denmark on this day in 1964, 60 years ago, to open the British Exhibition in Copenhagen celebrating the close relationships between the two Kingdoms and their Royal Families.
The 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven, the first cousin and Best Man of the Duke of Edinburgh, announced his engagement to the divorced Romaine Dahlgren Pierce at Claridges Hotel in London on this day in 1949, 75 years ago.
Royal Guests and Relatives have gathered in Athens to celebrate the long-awaited Wedding of Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark and Matthew Kumar at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, which was launched with a Dinner at the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens on September 27th.
When Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark will marry Mathew Kumar in Athens tomorrow, she will continue a sixty-year tradition began by her mother of wearing the heirloom Khedive of Egypt Tiara, a Gift to the Swedish Crown Princess, which went to her only daughter, the Danish Queen, and has been worn as a Bridal Tiara by all her female descendants!
The Engagement of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and Princess Maria Pia of Savoy was announced at the Château de Merlinge in Switzerland on this day in 1954, 70 years ago, right after the Princess’ 20th Birthday.
King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark attended a Gala Dinner marking the 400th Anniversary of Børsen, the iconic Stock Exchange, in Copenhagen, on September 26th, after the King laid the foundation stone beginning the reconstruction of the Børsen Building after a devastating fire in April.
The Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg are hosting Pope Francis on an Official Visit to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the first visit by a Pope to the Grand Duchy since 1985.
Today marks the 120th Anniversary of the Birth of Countess Estelle Bernadotte, who was born on this day in 1904! The American Heiress who married the Swedish Count and became a beloved member of the Swedish Royal Family, Countess Estelle possessed this delicate Diamond Tiara!
Prince Henri d’Orléans, Count of Paris married Micaëla Cousiño y Quiñones de León in a Catholic Ceremony in the Village of Arcangues near Biarritz on this day in 2009, 15 years ago, 35 years after their Civil Wedding Ceremony.
