Sparkling Royal Jewels From Around the World
Today and tomorrow, royals will gather in England and France to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. Ahead of this week’s commemorations, let’s look back at some of the meaningful brooches that the late Queen Elizabeth II wore for D-Day anniversaries during her reign.
Happy Birthday to all of the June babies celebrating this month! There are fantastic examples of your birthstone, the glamorous pearl, in royal collections across Europe, and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands recently wore some excellent family pearls during a trip to the Philippines.
This summer, Christie’s will offer buyers a chance to own a special piece of one of the most sparkling events of the last century: the 1947 royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lt. Philip Mountbatten. Today, we’ve got a closer look at the bridesmaid dress that belonged to one of the princess’s close childhood friends, Lady Elizabeth Lambart.