Tag Archives: Tiaras
Newer posts →Swedish State Visit to the Netherlands
April 22, 2009 at 11:45 pm by JessRulz
Liberace eat your heart out! That must be what Beatrix, Silvia and Máxima spoke about on the telephone when deciding what to wear for the state visit which is currently underway between the two nations. All three women have brought elegance and glitz to the visit, which began yesterday morning when Queen Beatrix greeted King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia at the airport in Rotterdam. After a exchange of … Continue reading
Posted in Dutch Royals, Swedish Royals | Tagged Bilateral Relations, Carl XVI Gustaf, Children, King Willem-Alexander, Princess Beatrix, Princess Margriet, Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven, Queen Máxima, Queen Silvia, State Visit, Tiaras | Leave a commentThe Spanish Tiaras
March 4, 2009 at 5:12 pm by Duke of Marmalade
The Shell Tiara, by Mellerio The Shell Tiara, made of platinum and diamonds forming shells with pear-shaped pearls dangling from their centres, dates back to Queen Isabella II who offered it to her daughter Infanta Maria Isabel on the occasion of her wedding to Prince Gaetano of Bourbon-Two Sicilies in 1868. The Shell Tiara was inherited by her nephew King Alfonso XIII who passed it on to his son Don … Continue reading
Posted in Spanish Royals | Tagged Jewellery, Queen Letizia, Queen Sofia, Tiaras | 2 CommentsTiaras Designed by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria
March 2, 2009 at 8:12 pm by PrincessofEurope
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha loved to design jewellery for his wife, Queen Victoria. Throughout their marriage he designed a number of key pieces which naturally became some of the most treasured possessions of Victoria. Of these jewels, Albert designed at least four tiaras for Victoria to wear – two of these were the diamond and emerald tiara and the sapphire and diamond tiara. Victoria gifted many of jewels … Continue reading
Posted in British Royals, Historical Royals | Tagged Jewellery, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Queen Victoria, Tiaras | 3 CommentsQueen Mary’s Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara
February 21, 2009 at 5:21 pm by PrincessofEurope
One of Queen Elizabeth’s favourite pieces of jewellery is the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara which is also referred to as “Granny’s Tiara”. It was a wedding gift to Elizabeth by her devoted grandmother Queen Mary in 1947 along with a number of other pieces. However the tiara had originally been given to Princess Mary of Teck (later Queen Mary) as a wedding present in 1893 by a … Continue reading
Posted in British Royals | Tagged Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, Jewellery, Mary of Teck, Tiaras | Leave a comment- Nicknames for users?
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