Sparkling Royal Jewels From Around the World
Today, let’s catch up on an intriguing royal jewelry moment from last week: Queen Máxima of the Netherlands in a stunning new modern flower brooch for the opening of the new Philips headquarters in Amsterdam.
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.