Tiara Watch of the Day: Queen Mathilde in Portugal

It's a multi-tiara event week, buckle your seat belts. (Speaking of which, don't forget that you can find our quickest coverage of the British/Dutch state visit over at the Jewel Vault, before it is covered here.)King Philippe and Queen Mathilde began a state visit to Portugal yesterday.Embed...

October 23, 2018

Princess Eugenie & Jack’s Wedding: The Bride and Bridal Party

We’ve done a deep dive on the tiara surprise at Princess Eugenie’s wedding to Jack Brooksbank; click here for all of the posts on this wedding.The Bride© MOD Crown copyright 2018 Princess Eugenie revealed in a pre-wedding interview that she was using a British-based designer for...

October 12, 2018

Princess Eugenie & Jack’s Wedding: The Greville Emerald Kokoshnik Tiara

Click here for all posts on this wedding!I assumed that Princess Eugenie would wear her mother’s tiara, the York Diamond Tiara, when she married Jack Brooksbank; I’m happy to say I was completely wrong. The tiara that we got instead is sort of a deep cut from the royal vaults – one...

October 12, 2018

Breaking Jewel News: A New Tiara for Princess Marie

Fall state visit season kicked off with a surprise! And from one of the people who needed some additional tiara variety the most, doubling the good news at hand here.DRThat's right, tiaras were out in Denmark this evening as the Danish royal family hosted a state banquet for the...

August 28, 2018

Tuesday Tidbits for July 24: A Tiara and Some Birthdays

Sparkle and cuteness, coming right up:--Royal wedding in Germany: Princess Theodora of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg married Count Nikolaus Bethlen de Bethlen, of Hungarian nobility, over the weekend. The bride wore a small diamond fringe tiara that we've previously seen worn by her...

July 24, 2018

Tiara Watch of the Day: The Belgium/Australia State Visit

Programming Note: The blog returns Monday! King Philippe and Queen Mathilde welcomed Australia's Governor-General and his wife for a state visit to Belgium yesterday, thus keeping us in tiara watching fun for a second time this week. (Thanks, Mathilde.)Belgian MonarchyOnly the very...

June 28, 2018

Tiara Watch of the Day: National Day in Luxembourg

If you can start your week with tiaras, do. Right? Luxembourg's grand ducal fam provided over the weekend during the festivities for National Day. We'll start with some less shiny toppers, though: hats at the annual Te Deum.L to R: Prince Sébastien, Princess Alexandra, Prince Louis,...

June 25, 2018

Monday Tidbits for June 18: A Tiara Return and More

Another busy royal week ahead, but first:--It's the return of the Spencer Tiara! The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended the wedding of Harry's cousin, Celia McCorquodale, over the weekend. I am more interested in the tiara than anything else here, it's nice to see it in action...

June 18, 2018

Tiara Watch of the Day: A State Banquet & Dress Remix in Norway

New week, new tiaras: Norway's royal family welcomed the President of Slovakia for a state visit yesterday.A post shared by Scandinavian/ British (@royalnews3) on Jun 4, 2018 at 10:27am PDTThe welcome ceremony is much as we've come to expect from Crown Princess Mette-Marit, meaning...

June 05, 2018

Tiara Watch of the Day: Triple Tiaras in Sweden

The Swedish royal family is here to keep us in sparkle for another week! (A true public service.) They held one of their regular Representation Dinners last night; King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Prince Carl Philip, and Princess Sofia attended.A...

June 01, 2018

Royal Fashion Awards: Crown Prince Frederik’s Birthday Banquet

The Danish royal family doesn’t usually mess around when they label something a “gala” dinner, and they did not disappoint for Crown Prince Frederik’s 50th birthday banquet at Christiansborg Palace: tiaras all around! Plus, plenty of foreign royal guests to up the tiara count. A...

May 26, 2018