Sparkling Royal Jewels From Around the World
Today, the Duchess of Edinburgh celebrates her milestone 60th birthday. In her honor, we’re spending some time today with one of her newest suites of jewelry, a demi-parure set with diamonds and royal blue sapphires.
This weekend at Hidden Gems, I’m beginning a new series on the fascinating courtship of Princess Margaret of Connaught, which took place 120 years ago this winter. As bonus reading today, I’ve got a look at some of the spectacular jewels worn by four more British royal granddaughters who had made glittering matches in the years before Margaret: an Empress of Russia, a Queen of Norway, a Queen of Romania, and a Queen of the Hellenes.
We’re finally digging out from a winter storm here in my neck of the woods, but I’ve got one more snowflake on my radar: a sparkling one on a Canadian coin, made to resemble a brooch from Queen Elizabeth II’s collection.