This week, King Charles and Queen Camilla
will be hosting French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife,
Brigitte, for a State Banquet at Windsor Castle. The banquet will
be the first in over a decade, when a truly historic State banquet
hosted at the castle was in April 2014. From 8 to 11 April
2014, Irish President Michael D. Higgins made the first Irish State
Visit to the United Kingdom in…
Princess Ariane of the Netherlands is
marking a major accomplishment and left her mark on her royal home
to celebrate. The youngest daughter of King Willem-Alexander and
Queen Maxima received her International Baccalaureate diploma on 6
July. While she began her…
The Dutch royal Ffmily has shared a
favourite summer tradition with us- we have new portraits of the
family, complete with some seriously gorgeous looks. Each
summer, King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands
are joined by their three daughters, Princess…
While Royal Ascot largely defines royal
fashion moments in June, Wimbledon ushers in a new royal dress code
for July! What can we expect to see in the royal box? The
Wimbledon Championships take place at the All England Lawn Tennis
and Croquet Club each summer. The two week tournament is the
most famous tennis tournament in the world and began in 1877. It
has long been a popular summer…
King Charles will take part in an ancient
ceremony as he arrives in Scotland for a week of special events.
The Monarch usually spends a week in Scotland at the start of
summer with Charles III arriving for this year on July 1. His
Majesty will be joined by Queen…
Have you ever fancied yourself a royal
stylist and think that you could take charge of a royal wardrobe?
You can now test your royal styling skills! Historic Royal
Palaces has digitised over 500 items from the Royal Ceremonial
Dress Collection on Google Arts and Culture.
Queen Victoria’s jewellery collection was
immense but has been widely scattered throughout her descendants.
Prince Albert created many pieces and parures for her, including a
striking emerald and diamond set. In 1843, Prince Albert
designed a set of emerald and diamond pieces for his wife- it
includes a necklace featuring large square emeralds surrounded by
diamonds, a pair of earrings with…
The lavish wedding of Princess Margaret
and Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey was an historic
event- it was the first royal wedding to be broadcast on
television, and was watched by over 300,000,000 people. What is not
typically talked about is some of the truly…
The tiara that is said to have given a princess such a bad headache she had to leave a state event
27th June 2025
It’s made of diamonds and pearls and is
meant to represent a sunburst. But this tiara was such a surprise
to its first wearer that she was reported to need a lie down after
wearing it for the first time. The tiara in question is a pearl and
diamond diadem belonging to…
The Spanish Royal Family has an historic
collection of jewels, including the famous joyas de pasar (a
collection worn only by the Queen of Spain). However, there are
several other pieces outside of the royal collection that are so
impressive they tend to be worn only by queens. Among them is Queen
Maria Cristina’s Diamond and Pearl Loop Tiara. Casa de S.M.
el Rey Archduchess Maria…
