The Queen wears the Vladimir Tiara with the Cambridge emeralds for the CHOGM banquet in Malta, November 2015 (Toby Melville-Pool/Getty Images) |
I recently sat down to chat about royal jewels with Kay Quinn and Brandie Piper, hosts of the Royal Dish podcast. The show is produced in my hometown of St. Louis, so I was especially excited to talk about jewelry so close to home! Kay and Brandie asked me to talk about three favorite pieces of jewelry, and here’s a sneak peek of what I chose to discuss…
The Queen’s engagement and wedding rings (Chris Jackson/Getty Images) |
You all know how much I love royal jewelry with a great backstory, and I loved sharing the surprising Romanov connection shared by these two pieces of jewelry.
In the lower right-hand corner, Baroness Geddes wears the Hesse Turquoise and Moonstone Tiara for the State Opening of Parliament, May 2013 (Jon Bond-WPA Pool/Getty Images) |
This fantastic tiara survived one of the most terrible airplane accidents in royal history, and it now occasionally pops up during the State Opening of Parliament.
The Queen wears the Vladimir Tiara with pearls in London, June 1972 (AFP/Getty Images) |
What could be better than an iconic British royal tiara? How about an iconic British royal tiara that was smuggled out of a Romanov palace after the Russian Revolution…
The Duchess of Cambridge wears the Edinburgh Wedding Bracelet at the BAFTAs, 2017 (DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images) |
You can find Royal Dish anywhere you listen to podcasts! Here’s the companion article written by Kay Quinn to accompany the episode, which also includes a link to the episode. Happy listening!
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