Sapphire is the birthstone of September and features in many royal jewellery vaults. The Luxembourg Grand Ducal Family may have one of the most unique sapphire tiaras.
Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte’s Art Deco Sapphire Necklace is a convertible piece that can be worn either as a tiara or a necklace. It features three square elements with a large cabochon-cut sapphire set into the…
Princess Martha wears family heirloom tiara for royal wedding
1st September 2024
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway married American shaman Durek Verrett on Saturday, 31 August at the Hotel Union in Geiranger. The Princess chose to wear a personal tiara for the ceremony, wearing a diadem presented to her by King Olav.Â
King Olav V of Norway gave his…
It’s a royal wedding where images of the bride and groom had been hard to come by. And, in their absence, the romantic decision of another prince had taken centre stage. As Princess Martha Louise and Durek Verrett arrived for their wedding behind huge sheets to protect the…
The long reign of Elizabeth II provided so many jubilees that it’s easy to think of these royal celebrations as an integral part of the fabric of monarchy. In reality, Britain has celebrated just a handful of royal jubilees and the tradition of big, public events for milestones in a reign only started two hundred years ago.
George III was just the fourth king in English history to reach…
The story behind some of the iconic images that shaped royalty in the modern age is about to be shared.
Cecil Beaton took some of the most famous photos of royals including the celebrated Coronation portraits of Queen Elizabeth II.
Now, a leading royal historian is set…
It was always going to be a private wedding but the nuptials of Norway’s Princess Martha Louise and Durek Verrett have prompted a new level of royal silence.
Since the couple announced they would share their celebrations exclusively with Hello magazine, royal…
Princess Astrid, sister to King Harald V of Norway, has one of the most unusual tiaras still worn today- and she has joked that it has a particular attribute.Â
Princess Astrid’s diamond aigrettes are a rarer style of tiara; the aigrette mimics the tufted style of an egret’s head plumes.
There is a thin diamond band in a scroll-design for a base, and there are two interchangeable…
In August 1968, all eyes were on Oslo for one of the biggest and most talked about royal weddings of recent times. The heir to the throne of Norway, Crown Prince Harald, finally married Sonja Haraldsen, after seeing off opposition from those who felt a future king…
The future queen who went Victorian with orange blossoms instead of diamonds at her wedding
22nd August 2024
She might have been marrying the then heir to the Belgian throne, but when Paola Ruffo di Calabria said ‘I do’ to Albert, Prince of Liege, she had absolutely no expectation that they would ever end up as Belgium’s king and queen.  So Paola’s wedding look was a…
The sparkling royal tiaras with no jewels that are favourites of a future queen
21st August 2024
The Swedish Royal Family has a knack for jewellery, and that’s especially true of their steel tiaras. There are two steel cut tiaras in their vault: the Steel Cut Tiara and the Steel Cut Bandeau. Both have a link to France and as that country’s President, Emmanuel Macron, arrived for a State Visit to Stockholm, Sweden’s future queen chose one of them for a gala dinner to honour…
