Sparkling with diamonds and studded with
creamy pearls, it is a perfect fit for bridal white so it’s no
surprise that a rather impressive royal necklace was created for a
marriage. Queen Alexandra’s Wedding Necklace is a rarely seen royal
gem but it has a romantic as well as regal history. You get no
prizes for guessing the provenance of this particular royal jewel.
As it name states…
She was the royal who insisted she would
only marry for love while he was a prince with a broken heart and
no desire to wed again. However, on a summer’s day, exactly a
century ago, they fell in love in London and began a royal romance
that would lead to a crown and change…
A is for Anne but why did the Queen’s
only daughter end up with a name that, at the time, wasn’t a usual
one for members of the Royal Family? The answer can perhaps best be
found in the summer of 1930 and the arrival of another princess. In
August that year, the…
It’s been quite the week for tartan. The
King was fully kilted out as he headed to John O’Groats for a wee
dram at the start of his Scottish holidays. Meanwhile his heir,
Prince William, found his own Scottish style under scrutiny as
conversations began about when the Duke of Rothesay was last seen
in a kilt. Should William choose to toss a fashion caber and go for
a kilt during his own…
It will be a poignant day, tinged with
sadness and The King will spend the first anniversary of his
accession to the throne privately. His Majesty will pass the day in
Aberdeenshire. His base there, Birkhall, is on the Balmoral estate.
Queen Elizabeth II died in the main…
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother lived
most of her adult life in the spotlight and yet one very basic
detail of her story is shrouded in mystery. For no one is really
sure exactly where the Queen Mother was born. And no one did more
to get people guessing than the Queen Mum…
The story of the society superstar whose jewels continue to sparkle on the Royal Family
4th August 2023
Margaret Greville is not a commonly known
name. However, her legacy can be seen on several members of the
British Royal Family to this day. Many of the tiaras, necklaces,
and brooches worn today in the royal family were originally owned
by The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville, but how did they end up in the
possession of the royals? Born in December 1863, Margaret
Helen Anderson was the daughter of…
How the House of Windsor paid tribute to the reign of its founder at the Platinum Jubilee celebrations
3rd August 2023
As the Royal Family arrived for the
Service of Thanksgiving at St. Paul’s Cathedral during the Platinum
Jubilee celebrations in June 2022, one colour stood out. Many of
the women in the royal party chose to wear pink. And there may well
have been a rather special reason it…
She was the beautiful princess who had
been the subject of endless royal wedding speculation, he was the
handsome prince with a crown waiting in his future. When Marie-Jose
of Belgium married Umberto, heir to the throne of Italy, in January
1930 their marriage had all the…
The queen's daughter who disappeared without trace - a Tudor mystery that remains unsolved
2nd August 2023
Within the walls of one of England’s most
picturesque castles, a queen gave birth to her only child and set
in motion a chain of events that would become one of Tudor
England’s most intriguing mysteries. The birth had been much
anticipated and much talked about. The baby, a little girl,
was immediately taken off to a nursery decked in scarlet and gold
where a string of attendants awaited…
