During her 6-month Commonwealth Tour, the Queen received the spectacular Andamooka Opal Necklace and Earrings as a gift from the government and people of South Australia, which was presented during a Banquet in Adelaide on this day in 1954, 60 years ago.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth hosted the French President and Madame Lebrun on their State Visit to Britain on this day in 1939, 85 years ago, reaffirming the Entente Cordiale months before the outbreak of the Second World War and after the King and Queen’s landmark 1938 State Visit to France.
The Death of Prince Karl of Hesse in 2022
The 34th Birthday of Princess Eugenie of York, Mrs Brooksbank
[Greville Emerald Kokoshnik Tiara | Wedding Earrings | Queen Victoria’s Wheat Ear Brooches]
The 50th Birthday of Princess Badiya bint Hassan of Jordan
[Princess Sarvath’s Diamond Tiara | Diamond Necklace Tiara]
The Coronation of the Sultan of Johor in 2015
Banquet at the Guildhall in 1950
The French State Visit to Britain in 1939
Gala Performance at Covent Garden in 1939
The Wedding Banquet of the Shah of Iran and Princess Fawzia of Egypt in 1939
The Princess of Wales has shared that she is undergoing treatment for cancer. The abdominal surgery she had in January was successful, however tests carried out after revealed the presence of cancer and she started a course of chemotherapy.
Happy Birthday to Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg, who turns 68 today! The consort of the Sovereign of the world’s only Grand Duchy, the Grand Duchess has one of the most magnificent jewellery collections in her possession, the highlight of which is the magnificent Luxembourg Empire Tiara!
The 51st Birthday of Queen Zara Salim of Perak
The 68th Birthday of Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg
[Luxembourg Empire Tiara | Belgian Scroll Tiara | Luxembourg Chaumet Emerald Tiara | Chaumet Choker Tiara | Vine Leaves Tiara | Grand Duchess Adélaïde Tiara | Emerald Peacock Tiara | Aquamarine Tiara | Turquoise Tiara | Diamond Rosettes | Antique Emerald Earrings | Wedding Earrings | Black and White Pearl Earrings | Princess Ingeborg’s Pearl Brooch | Pearl Negligee Brooch | Congo Diamond Necklace | Sapphire Necklace Tiara | Art Deco Sapphire Necklace | Luxembourg Turquoise Necklace | Luxembourg Royal Tiaras]
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Jamaica in 2022
The Funeral of Erling Lorentzen in 2021
Danish State Visit to Argentina in 2019
Today marks the 95th Anniversary of the Wedding of Crown Prince Olav of Norway and Princess Martha of Sweden in 1929, and also the Anniversary of when Crown Prince Olav gifted these spectacular Diamond Earrings to the terminally-ill Crown Princess Märtha on their Silver Wedding Anniversary on this day 70 years ago, just a few days before she passed away.
The 39th Birthday of Princess Claire of Luxembourg
[Vine Leaves Tiara | Grand Duchess Adélaïde Tiara]
The Wedding of Lady Amelia Spencer in 2023
The Wedding of King Mohammed VI of Morocco in 2002
The Wedding of Crown Prince Olav of Norway and Princess Martha of Sweden in 1929
[Crown Princess Märtha’s Silver Anniversary Earrings]
The Wedding of Princess Louise and the Marquess of Lorne in 1871
The Austrian State Visit to Belgium in 2022
The Funeral of Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg in 2017
The Icelandic State Visit to Norway in 2017
The Swedish State Visit to Spain in 1983
The Wedding Banquet of the Shah of Iran and Princess Fawzia of Egypt in 1939
Today marks the 90th Anniversary of the Death of Queen Emma of the Netherlands and the 20th Anniversary of the Death of her granddaughter, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, so to mark these major anniversaries, we are featuring the magnificent Dutch Sapphire Tiara!
Four Kings and Three Queens were among the guests at the wartime Wedding of King Peter II of Yugoslavia and Princess Alexandra of Greece at the Yugoslavian Embassy in London on this day in 1944, 80 years ago, in the midst of the Second World War.
