Kent Jewels

[An Ard Ri]

Princess Alexandra of Kent wearing the Ogilvy Tiara minus the turquoises stones.

https://images.app.goo.gl/bQ6yxdvjZTeMQdSa6

 

[eya]

Flora Ogilvy wearing the Ogilvy Tiara and Princess Alexandra’ Pearl Earrings at her wedding today

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-7LfgtXMAAZfKW?format=jpg&name=large

 

[Tilia C.]

Flora looks so lovely with her grandmother's tiara. And the close-up pic finally makes it possible to appreciate the details of the tiara design.

I admit that I was very disappointed when Flora didn't wear the tiara at last year's wedding, but of course I had no idea that she was keeping the full wedding look for this blessing. Afaik, Princess Alexandra hasn't shared this tiara before, as her elder daughter wore flowers for her wedding and the younger daughter had an registry office wedding.

 

[Tirilschatz]

Flora looks so lovely with her grandmother's tiara. And the close-up pic finally makes it possible to appreciate the details of the tiara design.

I admit that I was very disappointed when Flora didn't wear the tiara at last year's wedding, but of course I had no idea that she was keeping the full wedding look for this blessing. Afaik, Princess Alexandra hasn't shared this tiara before, as her elder daughter wore flowers for her wedding and the younger daughter had an registry office wedding.

Elder daughter? I thought she only had a son and a daughter. Who is the other daughter and how did I miss her?

 

[Tilia C.]

Elder daughter? I thought she only had a son and a daughter. Who is the other daughter and how did I miss her?

You are right of course, I typed too quickly. I meant her daughter-in-law Julia Rawlinson who married the oldest child.

 

[Marc23]

Flora looks so lovely with her grandmother's tiara. Princess Alexandra hasn't shared this tiara before, as her elder daughter wore flowers for her wedding and the younger daughter had an registry office wedding.

Flora wearing floral tiara.

It seems everything matched.

 

[An Ard Ri]

Flora looks so lovely with her grandmother's tiara. And the close-up pic finally makes it possible to appreciate the details of the tiara design.

Doesn't she look beautiful and the tiara is really lovely.

 

[maria-olivia]

It is sad that Princess Alexandra 's Daughter Marina could not have a glittering Wedding such as Princesses Gabriella and Helen.

 

[An Ard Ri]

Seeing as the lovely Duchess turned 90 -The Jewels of the Duchess of Kent
https://royalwatcherblog.com/2023/02/22/the-jewels-of-the-duchess-of-kent/

 

[An Ard Ri]

A look at the Cross Moline Brooch of queen Victoria and now part of the Duchess of Kent's jewel chest and has been regularly worn by the duchess.
Queen Victoria's Cross Moline Brooch

 

[An Ard Ri]

Queen Mary's diamond and emerald Shamrock Brooch ,which later passed to Princess Marina ,Duchess of Kent and then to Princess Michael of Kent.
Queen Mary's Diamond and Emerald Shamrock Brooch

 

[Elly C]

I hadn’t registered that Lady Gabriella wore it to the Coronation. A very lovely and unusual choice given the colour of her outfit.
It’s obviously a much loved and treasured item for the family.

 

[An Ard Ri]

I hadn’t registered that Lady Gabriella wore it to the Coronation. A very lovely and unusual choice given the colour of her outfit.
It’s obviously a much loved and treasured item for the family.

I was the same and hadn't noticed it on Lady Gabriella either.

 

[The Royal Watcher]

Lady Nicholas Windsor’s Sapphire Necklace Tiara​

Lady Nicholas Windsor’s Sapphire Necklace Tiara - The Royal Watcher

Happy Birthday to Lady Nicholas Windsor, who celebrates her 55th Birthday today! The accomplished Croatian Aristocrat who became the daughter-in-law of the Duke and Duke of Kent and the first member of the British Royal Family to marry at the Vatican, Lady Nicholas has worn this striking...

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[CyrilVladisla]

The Kent Hoop Necklace Tiara

 

[An Ard Ri]

The Kent Hoop Necklace Tiara

It hasn't been seen in decades but I believe its owned by the current Earl of Snowdon.

 

[Stefan]

It hasn't been seen in decades but I believe its owned by the current Earl of Snowdon.

Yes that was stated in the "The 'Queens Diamonds". But it has nothing to do with the Kent's as it was never owned by that branch

 

[muriel]

Yes that was stated in the "The 'Queens Diamonds". But it has nothing to do with the Kent's as it was never owned by that branch

I concur, the Teck Circle necklace was never owned by the Kent branch, and is meant to be with David Linley.

 

[An Ard Ri]

A look at some of the magnificent jewels that Princess Marina received as Wedding gifts ,90 years ago this week!
The jewel collection of HRH Princess Marina,Duchess of Kent must have been very impressive at the time of her death.
Wedding Gifts of Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece

 

[An Ard Ri]

Princess Marina ,Duchess of Kent had an amazing jewel collection ,the Kent Fringe tiara seemed to have been one of her favourites!

 

[maria-olivia]

I never unrerstood why the Duke of Kent had to sell some important jewels and is Brother Prince Michael could keep them ?

 

[An Ard Ri]

A look at the beautiful diamond circle earrings of Princess Marina.
Princess Marina’s Diamond Circle Earrings

 

[Elly C]

A look at the beautiful diamond circle earrings of Princess Marina.
Princess Marina’s Diamond Circle Earrings

I love these beauties. I’m racking my brains to think of another royal who has a pair like these.

 

[JGio]

I never unrerstood why the Duke of Kent had to sell some important jewels and is Brother Prince Michael could keep them ?

Prince Michael had businesses, high-end acquaintances and a powerful network, may also have received more money from their parents being him outside the working royals structure. Marie-Christine also had a good fortune herself and sells popular books. For all the charitable activites, they were reimbursed for the expenses they incurred, and when representing The Crown (rarely), they were reimbursed by The Queen.
Contrarily, The Duke of Kent only relied on inheritance, his pension and The Queen’s allowance, and that’s it. The Duchess was just a music teacher at school.
So The Duke may have been the one more in need of money to retain his lifestyle.

 

[An Ard Ri]

I love these beauties. I’m racking my brains to think of another royal who has a pair like these.

The late Duchess of Kent had such a regal jewel collection and could easily rival many of the current reigning houses!

 

[muriel]

The late Duchess of Kent had such a regal jewel collection and could easily rival many of the current reigning houses!

Indeed. Whilst a lot of it came from Queen Mary, Marina also inherited from her family.

 

[An Ard Ri]

A nice informative article on Lady Gabriella's Diamond and Aquamarine Clip Brooch.
It made it debut in 2023 at Royal Ascot on Lady Gabriella but it seems that the brooch dates back to 1934 when the Duke of Kent presented one to each of Princess Marina's 6 bridesmaids!
Lady Gabriella’s Aquamarine Brooch

 

[PrincessofEurope]

A nice informative article on Lady Gabriella's Diamond and Aquamarine Clip Brooch.
It made it debut in 2023 at Royal Ascot on Lady Gabriella but it seems that the brooch dates back to 1934 when the Duke of Kent presented one to each of Princess Marina's 6 bridesmaids!
Lady Gabriella’s Aquamarine Brooch

I thought there were rumours that QEII had given her brooch to Gabriella as a gift - maybe for her wedding

 

[An Ard Ri]

I thought there were rumours that QEII had given her brooch to Gabriella as a gift - maybe for her wedding

I also read that there may have been an extra clip brooch in the Kent jewels.
Either way its such a personal brooch and lovely to see it.

 

[RabbitRabbit]

One of the really cringe things I heard about Marie Christine/PMOK mentioned in UK TV programs was that she swapped out semi precious stones in a tiara or necklace that where very old and replaced them with emeralds (who knows from where) and Queen Elizabeth was only told afterwards. I don't know of it was a Kent item or a loan from the main Royal Collection but that was pretty bad. She like another has this mysterious way of leveraging to get away with almost anything inside the family even when they made Elizabeth angry, like they had a trump card.....Very mysterious. Princess Michael has apparently liked Royal jewellery for a long time and she would have known the future wife of her first husbands friend William of Gloucester would have had some pieces to wear when needed. What she later got with Michael was less than what she may have first thought about..but she has still done a lot of photoshoots over the years.