Queen Sofia of Spain has been awarded a
special honour. The queen, who remains one of the most popular
members of her royal family, will be given the Gold Medal of the
Balearic Islands, the highest award that autonomous community can
present. It is a recognition of the support she has given to the
islands over decades. Queen Sofia spends a lot of time in Mallorca
and the royal presence in…
The jewels of a queen in waiting transformed by an historic consort
16th February 2024
It’s one of the best known tiaras of a
royal family but this regal sparkler only became a crowning glory
almost two centuries after it was created. Queen Silvia of Sweden
is often seen in a regal purple tiara made of huge amethysts
surrounded by diamonds but until…
Amidst the splendour of the gala dinner
for King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Golden Jubilee in Stockholm on Friday
evening, Queen Anne-Marie stole the show in a tiara with a
magnificent royal history in Sweden, Denmark, Greece, and
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. [getty…
The prince and princess whose much longed for son made royal history
7th February 2024
King Carl XVI Gustaf made history in 2023
when he celebrated his Golden Jubilee. And after 50 years of reign,
many Swedish citizens barely remember a life without the current
King on the throne. Carl XVI Gustaf is the first Swedish
monarch to celebrate a Golden Jubilee. His reign has another
peculiarity: Carl Gustaf inherited the throne directly from his
grandfather at 27. His father, Prince…
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium has paved
the way for a new generation of heirs in Europe to embrace their
roles in a continuously changing landscape. Elisabeth Thérèse Marie
Hélène was born at 9:58 pm on 25 October 2001, the first of four
children born to the…
The mystery around a royal tiara that's proved popular with princesses
6th February 2024
The stones at the heart of this
Luxembourg tiara have long been a mystery to royal watchers: are
they topazes or are they citrines? The Grand Ducal Household has
never officially declared which gemstones are used in the tiara, so
nearly every article about it calls it the…
She was the queen who tried to save her
dynasty with nothing more than a bouquet of flowers. Maria Amelia
saw her husband and eldest son mortally wounded at close range in
an assassination that would hasten the demise of their dynasty. She
had done all she could to save the monarchy she married into but it
would all come to nothing as she watched another son lose his
throne just years after the…
The new Queen of Denmark has chosen a
very special image to mark her first birthday since becoming
consort. Queen Mary shared a photo from her private album showing
her with her beloved father, John Donaldson. The image was taken by
her younger son, Prince Vincent, as…
Queen Margrethe has won a prestigious
arts award for her work on an acclaimed film. Just weeks after her
abdication, Her Majesty was presented with the Robert Award for
Costume Designer of the Year for ‘Ehrengard – The Art of
Seduction’. The trophy…
She was the ‘May Queen’ whose reign
lasted little more than a month but left its mark in royal history.
Marie-Jose was always a bit of a maverick who had her own views and
no fear of sharing them. Those opinions would become a saving grace
for the dynasty she married into when she became its one public
dissenting voice against the fascism taking over their country.
But…
