If you haven’t been living under a rock,
then you surely know that the Netherlands has a monarch. Following
the abdication of Queen Beatrix on 30 April 2013, Willem-Alexander
became the very first Dutch king in the last hundred years. Holland
is one of the many European countries that didn’t abolish its
monarchy. Not only is the royal family here to stay but also the
people are glad that…
“For centuries the Tsars of Russia have
been waging wars simply for the lust of territory and for the glory
of Autocracy. The rulers of Russia have sown the wind and they are
now beginning to reap the whirlwind.” -Carl Joubert The story of
Russia’s last Tsar and…
Sonja Haraldsen was born on 4 July 1937
as the youngest child of Karl August and Dagny Haraldsen at
the Red Cross Clinic in Oslo. Her elder brothers were Haakon (b.
1921) and Karl (1929-1936), and her elder sister was Gry (b. 1924).
However, her brother Karl died the year…
The personal jewellery of the last Tsarina, Alexandra Feodorovna
14th August 2018
The personal jewellery of the last
Tsarina of Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918) provides a
living, tangible timeline of her private life, quite apart from the
glittering jewels which she would have worn as a Romanov bride.
Inevitably though, the public life and the private sphere
overlapped into jewellery, where Alexandra would receive
magnificent personal gifts from the Tsar, such as the…
‘Never, never can I forget this brilliant
year… so full of marvellous kindness, loyalty & devotion of so many
millions which I really could hardly have expected’. (Quoted in
Christopher Hibbert, Queen Victoria, A Personal History, 379). With
these words, Queen…
The Duchess of Sussex pulled a style
surprise on her wedding day when she chose an all but forgotten
royal tiara as the finishing touch to her bridal outfit. Meghan’s
pick has put Queen Mary’s Bandeau Tiara back in the regal spotlight
and reignited interest in the set of…
Queen Sirikit is the Queen Mother in
Thailand, having married the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 1950
shortly before his coronation; sadly she has not been seen much in
public recently following a stroke in 2012. She was born on 12th
August 1932, at the home of her maternal grandfather, Lord
Vongsanuprabhand. Her father, Prince Nakkhatra Mangala was a
diplomat in Thailand and at the time was on…
Europe Editor, Brittani Barger gives her
opinion on the top ten tiaras across the globe: 10: Crown Princess
Mette-Marit’s Wedding Tiara I just love the simplicity of this
piece, which fits so well with Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s
personality. She wore it…
She is set to become Japan’s next Empress
in May 2019, but today we take a look at the life of Crown Princess
Masako of Japan before she married Crown Prince Naruhito. Born
Masako Owada on 9 December 1963 at theToranomon Hospital in Tokyo,
Japan, she is the…
Thomas Markle was catapulted into the
spotlight when his daughter, Meghan began dating Prince Harry and
even more when it was announced that they would marry. We’ve since
seen him stage photographs and fake surgery so he wouldn’t have to
attend the wedding. And let’s not even mention the antics of his
other daughter Samantha, who has confirmed that she is basically
milking the…
