Royal Jewels

Rad_Fan · Aug 19, 2020

In Grenå

Daisys and Diamonds · Aug 19, 2020

prince.of.preslav said:
The first picture is corals, the last one is pearls. The story goes that George V started the tradition of offering a single pearl to his daughter Mary on special occasions and kept the tradition with Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret of York.
The string of coral beads is a family piece and was previously worn by Elizabeth Ii when still a princess.

From The Royal Collection:
Photograph showing full length informal portrait of HRH Princess Elizabeth of York aged approximately one year, seated in a wooden chair and facing three-quarters right. Mounted photograph The Luton-based photographers Frederick and Hubert Thurston had previously photographed the Duchess of York as a young girl. One portrait from 1902 shows the young Elizabeth Bowes Lyon seated in a high chair, in a pose very similar to that chosen for this photograph. As in other portraits at this time, the Princess is shown wearing her first gift of jewellery - a coral necklace.

i wonder if Queen Mary had anything to with it or George V just really liked giving jewlery to the girls in his family

i guess because Charles and Diana only had sons this tradion has died out
or maybe hopefully the Middleton family have their own children's jewlery tradions and we just don't know about it

prince.of.preslav · Aug 19, 2020

AGBF said:
So that is whence the tradition of the "add a pearl" necklace came. Although I had bought my daughter a cultured pearl necklace when she was little, my mother also made her an "add a pearl" necklace, one pearl at a time.I thought that it became a bit expensive to keep returning to the jeweler to have a new pearl added to the strand with a new knot!

That's a nice tradition to have

I've also thought it's not that practical, having to string the new pearls. Note that Princess Anne's necklace uses a metal chain, so it should've been shortened again and again.

King Alfonso XIII took this a step further and gave Queen Ena two solitaire diamonds for important occasions, like birthdays and anniversaries. She ended up with sautoir of diamond collets that, together with the Fleur-de-Lis tiara, forms the major part of the Joyas de Pasar in the Spanish collection.

prince.of.preslav · Aug 19, 2020

Rad_Fan said:
Mette-Marit turned 47 today !

NICE 3-stone!

2008 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony

Government Pre-Wedding Dinner for Crown Princess Victoria's wedding...love her hairdo!

Happy birthday to MM!
That hairdo I still remember from 10 years ago. I thought it was très chic! She also had a great hair moment earlier that year for Daisy's private birthday gala, wearing her... daisy bandeau.

Yelena · Aug 19, 2020

prince.of.preslav said:
The first picture is corals, the last one is pearls. The story goes that George V started the tradition of offering a single pearl to his daughter Mary on special occasions and kept the tradition with Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret of York.
The string of coral beads is a family piece and was previously worn by Elizabeth Ii when still a princess.

From The Royal Collection:
Photograph showing full length informal portrait of HRH Princess Elizabeth of York aged approximately one year, seated in a wooden chair and facing three-quarters right. Mounted photograph The Luton-based photographers Frederick and Hubert Thurston had previously photographed the Duchess of York as a young girl. One portrait from 1902 shows the young Elizabeth Bowes Lyon seated in a high chair, in a pose very similar to that chosen for this photograph. As in other portraits at this time, the Princess is shown wearing her first gift of jewellery - a coral necklace.

@prince.of.preslav - thanks for the information.

Rad_Fan · Aug 21, 2020

In Stockholm

Rad_Fan · Aug 21, 2020

Because we are all craving for tiaras...!

Queen Maud of Norway's Pearl & Diamond Tiara

Queen Maud of Norway's Pearl & Diamond Tiara.jpg

Bhutan's Jade Tiara

prince.of.preslav · Aug 21, 2020

Rad_Fan said:
In Stockholm

Her sister-in-law Sofia has a similar pair in emeralds, also by Ebba Brahe:

Rad_Fan · Aug 21, 2020

Similar design...by Amrapali

prince.of.preslav · Aug 21, 2020

Rad_Fan said:
Similar design...by Amrapali

Sorry, i prefer the Scandinavian design... Amrapali have much better pieces than this lapis earrings.

prince.of.preslav · Aug 21, 2020

A bit OT... Buckingham Palace has published a list of beack books by the Duchess of Cornwall.
I had to giggle when I saw The Queen's Necklace by Dumas. At fist I thought of something like a catalogue of Lilibeth's necklaces, then I say the author.

The book is, of course, based (loosely) on the infamous Affair of the Diamond Necklace (of Queen Marie Antoinette), which led to the downfall of her husband's reign and their eventual executions...

Rad_Fan · Aug 21, 2020

Opening the new Holmegaard Works Museum

Rad_Fan · Aug 23, 2020

Spotted by locals in Milos

Daisys and Diamonds · Aug 23, 2020

Rad_Fan said:
Spotted by locals in Milos

that's a lovelly holidsy snap but i hope that guy on the right is in the royal bubble because no one has masks on

Rad_Fan · Aug 23, 2020

Daisys and Diamonds said:
that's a lovelly holidsy snap but i hope that guy on the right is in the royal bubble because no one has masks on

Aye!

Yelena · Aug 23, 2020

Rad_Fan said:
Spotted by locals in Milos

@Daisys and Diamonds - I was thinking the same thing.

My other thought was, ‘I hope this is a photo from last year when Covid-19 wasn’t stalking us all’.

Gosh if not, they really have no fear do they? Or perhaps ignorance is bliss.

I am a bundle of anxiety at the moment as we have the beginnings of an outbreak here in SE Queensland.

Daisys and Diamonds · Aug 23, 2020

Yelena said:
@Daisys and Diamonds - I was thinking the same thing.

My other thought was, ‘I hope this is a photo from last year when Covid-19 wasn’t stalking us all’.

Gosh if not, they really have no fear do they? Or perhaps ignorance is bliss.

I am a bundle of anxiety at the moment as we have the beginnings of an outbreak here in SE Queensland.

oh s##t no

im really alarmed to hear that
i thought it was just Victoria and NSW

stay safe Queensland

Rad_Fan · Aug 23, 2020

Guest of honor at Andrea Brodin's wedding in Solna.

Daisys and Diamonds · Aug 24, 2020

releasing rays back into the ocean
im rather liking the layered braclettes

Yelena · Aug 25, 2020

Daisys and Diamonds said:
oh s##t no
im really alarmed to hear that
i thought it was just Victoria and NSW

stay safe Queensland

Thanks Daisy

prince.of.preslav · Aug 25, 2020

On a brighter side... My dearest Gloria TnT has out and abut in Salzburg these last hew days. On both occasions she sported a huge golden chain and colourful outfits (the real reason I'm posting this).

Daisys and Diamonds · Aug 25, 2020

prince.of.preslav said:
On a brighter side... My dearest Gloria TnT has out and abut in Salzburg these last hew days. On both occasions she sported a huge golden chain and colourful outfits (the real reason I'm posting this).

this made me smile

Yelena · Aug 25, 2020

prince.of.preslav said:
On a brighter side... My dearest Gloria TnT has out and abut in Salzburg these last hew days. On both occasions she sported a huge golden chain and colourful outfits (the real reason I'm posting this).

Wow!