Our last post featured many Royal Wimbledon fans such as Princess Grace, Princess Diana, and two Duchesses of Kent. Let’s dive in today with some truly vintage Wimbledon pictures. King George V and Queen Mary Behold the King and Queen… Read More ›
Archive for June 2012
Royals at Wimbledon Part One
Wimbledon began on June 25 and will continue until July 8 this year. The Royal Family has a long association with Wimbledon which, according to the official Wimbledon website, dates back to 1907. It was in that year that the Prince… Read More ›
Royal Ascot 2012 Highlights
Royal Ascot is one of the high points of the British summer season – hats galore (fascinators are no longer allowed), royals curtseying and bowing to the Queen, and plenty of Pimm’s and champagne. This year, Ascot ran from Tuesday,… Read More ›
Princess Alexandra of Denmark’s Wedding Dress
There is a whole lot going on with our British Royals, what with the annual Order of the Garter ceremony taking place yesterday and Ascot getting started off today. We’ll jump back to the goings on in England soon enough,… Read More ›
Trooping the Colour 2012
So today the colour was trooped. That is to say that the Queen’s official birthday was celebrated with a fantastic parade of troops from the Foot Guards and Household Cavalry who all saluted Her Majesty. Queen Elizabeth’s birthday is actually on… Read More ›
Princess Alexandra of Denmark’s Engagement Ring
Our last post focused on Princess Marie of Denmark’s engagement ring. Today, we’re backing up a few years to talk about Prince Joachim’s first wife, Alexandra Manley. Prince Joachim and Alexandra announced their engagement in May of 1995. They first… Read More ›
Princess Marie of Denmark’s Engagement Ring
It’s been months since we took a look at a royal engagement ring, so we figured it’s high time we looked at a new one. So far, we’ve looked at the engagement rings of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Grace Kelly,… Read More ›
Viscount Althorp & The Hon. Frances Roche’s Wedding
It was so much fun over the weekend looking at the wedding of Emily McCorquodale that we thought we’d dive in and look at another Spencer wedding, that of Princess Diana’s parents Viscount Spencer and The Honourable Frances Ruth Roche… Read More ›
Thoughts on Emily McCorquodale’s Wedding
It was a happy day for the Spencer family on Saturday, June 9, 2012. Prince William, Prince Harry, and Kate were all out to attend their cousin Emily Jane McCorquodale’s wedding to James Hutt. Here are my thoughts on the… Read More ›
The Emerald Parure of The Netherlands
The Emerald Parure of The Netherlands To help us get out of our post-Jubilee funk, here’s a favourite emerald parure to drool over. This post on some seriously gorgeous bling comes courtesy of Royal Poster Sarah, who is quite an… Read More ›
