Sparkling Royal Jewels From Around the World
Queen Mary’s jewelry collection was unparalleled, with examples to suit every location and situation. Today’s piece, her diamond thistle brooch, was especially well suited for the family’s annual residence at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
Did you know that the Norwegian royal family has British royal roots? Today we’ve got a closer look at one of their most important British royal jewelry inheritances: Queen Alexandra’s Turquoise Circlet.
All right, everybody. I think it’s finally time to delve into a topic that has been requested consistently for almost two years: the reported conflict that cropped up between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and palace staff over Meghan’s wedding tiara. I’ve avoided writing about the subject in the past for a couple of reasons. For one, the jewelry-centric details of the story just don’t totally make sense. And for another, this isn’t a website devoted to gossip about the royals. But as more and more versions of the story have been published, I think that a website devoted to facts and history about royal jewels may be the perfect place to straighten out what we know—and what we don’t know—about the story that some in the press have begun calling “tiaragate.”