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Archduchess Regina’s Glittering Royal Wedding Tiara

05.10.2021 by thecourtjeweller // Leave a Comment

Archduke Otto and Archduchess Regina — AFP via Getty Images

Seventy years ago today, a royal wedding was held in France that united an Austrian archduke and a German princess. For supporters of the Habsburgs, the nuptials united their exiled emperor with his empress. Here’s a closer look at the jewels worn by Regina of Saxe-Meiningen for her wedding to Otto von Habsburg.

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Queen Elizabeth II’s Dazzling American State Dinner Diamonds

05.07.2021 by thecourtjeweller // Leave a Comment

The Duke of Edinburgh, Laura Bush, Queen Elizabeth II, and George W. Bush at the White House for a state banquet in 2007 — Win McNamee/Getty Images

Fourteen years ago today, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were hosted for a formal state dinner at the White House in Washington, D.C. Today, we’ve got a look at the jewels she wore for the dinner, which was held on May 7, 2007.

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Princess Margaret’s Romantic Royal Wedding Jewels

05.06.2021 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

AFP via Getty Images

Sixty-one years ago today, Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones in a glittering ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London. The Queen’s sister’s romances had been major media fodder during the 1950s, and the public final got to see her in a wedding dress on May 6, 1960. Today, we’ve got a closer look at her wedding jewels, including that iconic diamond tiara.

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