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.
The King and Queen of the Belgians welcomed the Italian President during his state visit to Belgium on Monday, hosting official greetings at the Royal Palace in Brussels before bringing out a tiara and jewels for a state banquet at Laeken.