The stunning aquamarine and diamond
diadem of Sweden’s royal family is an unusual jewel and it has a
rather poignant history to go with it. But it’s become most famous
in recent years as the tiara that a popular princess wore to create
a modern day fairytale. Princess Madeleine has a soft spot for the
aquamarine tiara held in her family vaults. She’s worn it several
times at the Nobel…
The sparkling aquamarine jewels that Queen Elizabeth II used as a poignant tribute to a king
2nd March 2024
Queen Elizabeth II wore some of the most
famous royal jewels in royal history but one set had a very special
meaning for her and were well used at some of the most important
moments of her historic reign. One of those times was her Platinum
Jubilee where she sparkled with a…
The title that unites a forgotten princess, an historic queen and a very grand duchess
1st March 2024
The title of Duke of Edinburgh is one of
the best known in the modern Monarchy. It was held for almost 74
years by Prince Philip. He is the best known of all the men to be
Duke of Edinburgh but the five women who have been the city’s
duchess, including the newly created…
The Aquamarine Parure began as a
coronation gift and has morphed into a jewelled legacy between a
Monarch and the people of Brazil who contributed, over a period of
15 years, to one of Queen Elizabeth II’s most fashionable and
complete parures. And now that set of sparkling gems is in the care
of Queen Camilla. However, while Her Majesty has already worn
several of the tiaras that are used…
Thomas Kingston, the much loved husband of Lady Gabriella, whose royal wedding was a real Windsor celebration
27th February 2024
Thomas Kingston, who has died at the age
of 45, became a member of the extended Royal Family on his marriage
to Lady Gabriella Windsor. The only daughter of Prince and Princess
Michael of Kent married the financier in a glittering wedding at
St. George’s Chapel in May…
The late Duke of Edinburgh was an anchor
of support for Queen Elizabeth II throughout her entire reign.
Although many considered him an outsider when the couple married,
he had his own royal pedigree. His mother, Princess Alice of
Battenberg was born on 25 February at…
The queen who was kissed on the lips by a fan hundreds of years after she had died
23rd February 2024
A cold, February day in 1669 and a rather
famous Londoner was out and about, looking for something to do on
his birthday. The man in question also happened to be addicted to
writing in his diary and so we know that, on February 23rd 1669,
Samuel Pepys kissed a Queen of England on the lips to mark his
special day. The twist? She’d been dead for over 200 years. The
queen in question was…
The romantic and unusual royal wedding that brought a modern family one of its most popular members
22nd February 2024
was a royal wedding that made history and
brought the House of Windsor one of its most popular ever members.
In June 1961, the Duke of Kent married Katharine Worsley. The new
Duchess of Kent would go on to be an instant hit and, alongside her
husband, spend decades carrying…
Many will only know the Duchess of Kent
as the lady who attended the Wimbledon Tennis Championship Finals
every year to hand out the prizes, famously letting Jana Novotna
cry on her shoulder in 1993. The Duchess of Kent, or Katherine Kent
as she prefers to be known, has…
On July 12th 1543, a rather low key royal
wedding took place. The groom was Henry VIII and his sixth wife was
Katherine Parr, a relatively unknown minor noblewoman who had risen
from daughter of a knight to Queen of England in thirty years.
However, according to the tale that goes back almost 500 years, on
the day she took her wedding vows at Hampton Court Palace,
Katherine was besotted…
