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A new portrait to mark the Golden wedding anniversary of The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester

Friday, 8 July 2022, 1:00 Moniek Bloks 0

A new photograph of The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester has been released to mark their Golden wedding anniversary today. The photo was taken earlier this week in the garden of their home at Kensington Palace. The Duchess of Gloucester is wearing a brooch that was designed by her husband, and it’s an entwined “R” [read more]

Empress Elisabeth of Austria – “A miserable, languishing creature” (Part two)

Thursday, 7 July 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. Melancholy seemed to run in the family. Following the death of her son, Elisabeth’s sister Helene “often seemed mad in her terrible passion.” Following the death of her cousin King Ludwig II of Bavaria, who had been declared insane shortly before, Elisabeth’s chamberlain wrote that “though there is no reason for [read more]

Empress Elisabeth of Austria – “A miserable, languishing creature” (Part one)

Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Shortly after marrying her first cousin Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, Elisabeth reluctantly began to follow court protocol while lamenting the loss of her former “carefree, innocent existence of Possenhofen.” In Vienna, her health quickly deteriorated, and she suffered from coughing fits and anxiety attacks. These ailments were possibly psychosomatic. In those early years of [read more]

A look at Queen Sonja of Norway

Monday, 4 July 2022, 6:00 Brittani Barger 1

From a commoner to a Queen consort, let’s take a look at the life of the Queen of Norway. Sonja Haraldsen was born on 4 July 1937 to Karl and Dagny Haraldsen in Oslo. She grew up with an older brother and an older sister, Haakon and Gry, in the Vinderen neighbourhood in Oslo. Another [read more]

Exhibition ‘A Queen’s Jewellery Box – 50 years on the throne told in jewellery’

Saturday, 2 July 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

One might forget that there is another major Jubilee being celebrated this year, and Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has put on a grand display of A LOT of jewellery at the Amalienborg Museum, and I was lucky enough to visit. The exhibition is guided by an audio tour, and if you’ve been here a [read more]

The Cartier Lily Brooch

Friday, 1 July 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Lily Brooch was made for Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) in 1938 by Cartier from six drops and 197 brilliants, which were already in the Queen’s collection. The result was quite a large and interesting brooch in the form of “a stem of lilies, with two open flowers, claw- and pavé-set with brilliants, [read more]