
Our journey through the dazzling decades of the Queen’s reign arrives in the 1970s today. This time, the spotlight shines on a glittering ensemble worn for a state banquet in Versailles during her 1972 state visit to France.
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Sparkling Royal Jewels From Around the World

Our journey through the dazzling decades of the Queen’s reign arrives in the 1970s today. This time, the spotlight shines on a glittering ensemble worn for a state banquet in Versailles during her 1972 state visit to France.

Twenty years ago today, the world watched as the Prince of Orange, future King of the Netherlands, married his Argentine fiancée, Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti. Let’s look back at the remarkable jewels worn for the celebration in Amsterdam on February 2, 2002.

Our journey through the Queen’s dazzling decades continues today with the 1960s, and a pair of appearances during a visit to Sierra Leone.