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The personal jewellery of the last Tsarina, Alexandra Feodorovna

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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…
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Who is Queen Sirikit of Thailand?

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12th August 2018
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…
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Opinion: Top 10 best tiaras

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11th August 2018
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 during…
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Opinion: It's time Thomas Markle let his daughter go

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10th August 2018
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 press…
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An Imperial Russian summer at Windsor

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8th August 2018
The visit of the future Tsar Nicholas II to Queen Victoria in the summer of 1894 has a fabled quality; it took place a mere two months after his engagement to Princess Alix of Hesse in Coburg. This visit has a special poignancy when viewed through later eyes; we know of course, that far from enjoying a period as Tsarevich and Tsarevna of Russia, Nicholas and Alix would, in fact, marry in November…
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