The Royal Family has an incredible
amethyst demi-parure in their collection that is rarely seen but
still impressive. A demi-parure is a coordinating set of jewellery
that does not have a tiara. The Kent Amethyst Demi-Parure is the
oldest set in the Windsor family vaults. The set has a necklace, a
pair of earrings, three broaches, and a pair of hair combs. The
necklace is…
The Grand Duchess who forewent a special privilege at a papal meeting
27th September 2024
Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria
Teresa of Luxembourg received Pope Francis when he visited
Luxembourg on Thursday. The Grand Duchess made an interesting
fashion choice when meeting His Holiness. There are only seven
women in the world who have been granted…
The secrets of Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh's engagement ring
25th September 2024
The Duchess of Edinburgh’s engagement
ring may not have as much attention as The Princess of Wales’
engagement ring (once worn by Diana, Princess of Wales) but it is a
beautiful ring that was created by a favourite jeweller and with a
love message hidden in its…
The royal bride club that could be about to get a new member
23rd September 2024
Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark
will marry Matthew Kumar on 28 September with several days of
celebrations planned. And a big part of the bride’s outfit could be
a tiara filled with family history and one that’s been used by a
very exclusive club of princesses. This royal wedding has been
several years in the making. After getting engaged in 2018, the
couple moved their…
The princess who described the build up to her royal wedding as ''terrible''
22nd September 2024
Princess Astrid of Belgium has spoken of
the obstacles ahead of her wedding and how the health of several
members of her royal family suffered in the days before she
married. Astrid, daughter of King Albert II and Queen Paola of
Belgium, married Prince Lorenz, Archduke of…
Queen Camilla’s Friday night out at a pub – and the boozer’s rather cheeky royal tribute
21st September 2024
Queen Camilla has made like the rest of
us and headed to the pub to get the weekend started. However, Her
Majesty’s Friday night on the tiles had a rather royal ring, as you
might expect. The Queen was at the Fife Arms in Braemar on
September 20th with the visit…
In another time, she would have been the
Queen of the Hellenes, and her wedding dress was befitting of a
woman who should have held the title… but it was also firmly and
beautifully designed to be the ‘90s royal wedding dress.
Marie-Chantal Miller married Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece at St.
Sophia’s Cathedral in London on 1 July 1995. Their marriage merged
dynasties: Pavlos, the son of…
It was a marriage that sealed a famous
love story and turned a princess into a queen. On September 18th
1964, royalty from across Europe gathered in Athens to see the
continent’s newest monarch wed a bride who had just turned
eighteen. Constantine II of Greece and…
She was the woman who could have been
England’s first queen regnant and he was the uncle who took the
throne that might have belonged to her. The two were close and
their stories heavily intertwined. But in a strange turn of events,
their relationship became even more…
The king who never gave up hope of regaining his lost crown
16th September 2024
Although he was known for most of his
adult life as the Duke of York, it was as a king that James II of
England and VII of Scotland died in exile on 16 September 1701,
even though he had long lost his throne. Born to King Charles I and
Queen Henrietta Maria on 14 October 1633, James was known as the
Duke of York from birth and was formally given the title in 1644.
James and his elder…
