Archives for August 2022

Queen Margrethe’s Pink Porcelain Brooch

08.09.2022 by thecourtjeweller // Leave a Comment

Queen Margrethe of Denmark (C) visits the Toender Municipality on August 6, 2022 to celebrate the 1920 Reunification — BO AMSTRUP/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images

This weekend, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark made an official visit to the Danish border, wearing a very intriguing modern brooch.

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Princess Margaret’s Cartier Coronation Tiara

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Princess Margaret (R) and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (L), on June 2, 1953 in London in the horse-drawn carriage for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II — INTERCONTINENTALE/AFP via Getty Images

The Queen Mother wasn’t the only member of the British royal family to celebrate an August birthday. Several princesses have been born in August, including this week’s Sparkling Spotlight figure: Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. Today, we’re looking at the sparkling Cartier tiara that Margaret wore for her sister’s coronation in 1953.

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Sheikha Moza’s Glittering British State Visit Jewels

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Sheikha Mozah, arrives with her husband, Qatar's emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, for a private tour of Westminster Abbey in London, on October 27, 2010 — BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images

Today, Sheikha Moza of Qatar celebrates her 63rd birthday. In honor of that anniversary, we’re looking back today at the sparkling jewels worn for the Qatari state visit to the United Kingdom in October 2010.

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