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Royal Wedding Recollections – Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau & Marilène van den Broek

Monday, 29 May 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

On 29 May 1998, Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau married Marilène van den Broek in a civil ceremony. He is the eldest son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Pieter van Vollenhoven. The civil marriage took place in The Loo Palace and was performed by the mayor of Apeldoorn. For this ceremony, Marilène wore a red [read more]

Queen Elizabeth II’s Wedding Bracelet

Friday, 9 December 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding bracelet was a gift to the then Princess Elizabeth from her future husband, the Duke of Edinburgh. Like her engagement ring, it was designed and made by Philip Antrobus using the stones taken from a tiara belonging to Prince Alice of Battenberg, the Duke’s mother. Embed from Getty Images The bracelet [read more]

The Greville Tiara

Friday, 26 August 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Like the Greville Bow Brooch, the Greville tiara came from the collection of Dame Margaret Greville, the wife of the Hon. Ronald Greville. Margaret and her husband had had no children, and she bequeathed all her jewellery to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother upon her death in 1942. The tiara was created in 1921 by [read more]

The Strathmore Tiara

Friday, 20 May 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Strathmore tiara was given to then Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon by her father, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, upon her marriage to the then Duke of York in 1923. It was purchased from Catchpole and Williams. The tiara is formed as a garland of roses, and it came with two alternative frames. [read more]

Queen of Spain’s tiara up for auction

Saturday, 8 May 2021, 10:00 Moniek Bloks 0

A tiara belonging to Italy’s royal family will be one of the highlights at a Sotheby’s auctions in Geneva next week. The tiara was a wedding gift to Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo from her father upon her marriage in 1867 to Amadeo, Duke of Aosta, who later became king of Spain. It features graduated scroll motifs [read more]

Princess Eugenie’s Wedding Tiara – The Greville Emerald Kokoshnik Tiara

Friday, 12 October 2018, 15:21 Moniek Bloks 1

We sure are being treated to some great historical pieces this year. The Duchess of Sussex wore Queen Mary’s diamond bandeau tiara and now Princess Eugenie treats us to the Greville Emerald Kokoshnik Tiara. Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images The Greville Emerald Kokoshnik Tiara was made by Boucheron for Dame Margaret Helen Greville, [read more]