Queen Sirikit of Thailand died on 24 October 2025 at the age of 93. The future Queen Sirikit was born on 12 August 1932 as the daughter of Prince Nakkhatra Mangkala Kitiyakara and Mom Luang Bua Snidvongs at the home of her maternal grandfather. She had two elder brothers, Mom Rajawongse Kalyanakit Kitiyakara (1929-1987) and [read more]
*contains affiliate links* Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha should have been Queen of Sweden, but fate intervened. She was born in 1908 as the eldest daughter of Charles Edward, the last Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein. On 19 October 1932, she married Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, [read more]
The Luxembourg Aquamarine Bandeau is one of the smaller jewels in the Luxembourg jewellery vault. The bandeau is made with aquamarines interspersed with crisscrossed rows of diamonds. It was made as part of a set also including earrings and a necklace for Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte. Embed from Getty Images She liked to wear the [read more]
Imperial Consort Xu was the imperial concubine of Emperor Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty. She was the adopted mother of Sun Deng, the Crown Prince of the Eastern Wu Dynasty.[1] Imperial Consort Xu was once loved by Emperor Sun Quan.[2] However, she eventually lost his favour because of her jealousy.[3] Emperor Sun Quan’s ministers [read more]
During the last months of her life, Queen Sālote received a fourth and final honour from Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Sālote had once said, “The friendship of Great Britain is Tonga’s dearest possession.” On 22 October 1965, she was appointed as Grand Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, Dame Grand Cross, [read more]
On 23 February 2005, the engagement of Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau and Aimée Söhngen was announced at the Loo Palace in Apeldoorn. His father jokingly said his branch of the family was now “sold out.” Prince Floris is the fourth and youngest son of Princess Magriet of the Netherlands and Pieter van Vollenhoven. At the [read more]
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