Denmark

The history of the sparkling stones just chosen by Queen Mary for a new tiara

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6th December 2024
Queen Mary of Denmark has ended an important year with a brand new tiara. She used existing pieces in the Danish collection to create what’s already being called the Diamond Rose Bandeau Tiara. But where did these pieces originally belong? Queen Mary chose to use several stones from a piece known as a gürtel – a long chain and pendant worn around the waist. This piece belonged to…
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British Royals

The personal tiara of Elizabeth II that Queen Camilla just wore for the first time

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4th December 2024
Among the most famous of the Royal Family’s tiaras is a gem now known as Queen Alexandra’s Kokoshnik Tiara and as the State Visit by the Amir of Qatar continued, Queen Camilla wore it publicly for the very first time.It’s a striking diadem, with an intriguing past. In 1888, the then Prince and Princess of Wales celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. Lady Salisbury organised a…
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Sweden

Sofia, the cover star princess

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4th December 2024
Princess Sofia of Sweden has appeared in Vogue Scandinavia ahead of her 40th birthday and given a rare interview. The princess, who will be celebrating her 40th birthday on 6 December, was photographed both at the Royal Palace in Stockholm with her husband and children and in her hometown, Älvdalen in Dalarna. During the interview, she shared several behind-the-scenes details about her royal…
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British Royals

A Christmas address that brought people together in a time apart

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3rd December 2024
It was one of the most anticipated and historic speeches of a truly historic reign. On Christmas Day 2020, millions listened as Queen Elizabeth II spoke at the most difficult of times.The late Queen had seen Great Britain and the Commonwealth through many of the major moments of the twentieth and twenty first centuries. In 2020, she gave two televised addresses- the first in April and the…
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