
King Charles III and Queen Camilla headed to the Vatican for a long-awaited state visit this week, and they brought along a remarkable heirloom diamond brooch that may have more than a century of history with the royal family.
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King Charles III and Queen Camilla headed to the Vatican for a long-awaited state visit this week, and they brought along a remarkable heirloom diamond brooch that may have more than a century of history with the royal family.

October babies are blessed with a spectacular and sometimes spooky birthstone, the iridescent and colorful opal. Today, let’s take a closer look at an opal and diamond tiara made for an aristocrat who was a close companion of Queen Elizabeth II.

This week, the Belgian royals hosted the Italian president for a state visit in Brussels. King Philippe himself has strong ties to Italy—his mother is Italian—but two generations ago, the daughter of another Belgian king married a future Italian monarch. Today, here’s a look back at that royal wedding, and the grand tiara that Princess Marie-José wore for the ceremony in Rome.