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The Cullinan V Brooch

The Cullinan V Brooch consists of a “heart-shaped stone in a pierced collet and claw setting, mounted on a fine radiating platinum web, in symmetrically scrolling and foliate millegrain and pavé-set brilliant border.” Embed from Getty Images The heart-shaped stone was one of the six numbered diamonds given to Queen Mary by the government and [read more]
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Book News Week 6

*contains affiliate links* Book news week 6: 5 February – 11 February 2024 The Families of Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Female Network of Power in the Middle Ages  Hardcover – 6 February 2024 (US) The Queen’s Dolls’ House: Revised and Updated Edition  Hardcover – 8 February 2024 (UK)
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Book Review: VERA: Princess of the Imperial Blood Vera Konstantinovna by Paul Gilbert

*contains affiliate links* Princess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia was born on  24 April 1906 as the daughter of Grand Duke Konstantine Konstantinovich of Russia and his wife, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna (born Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg). She had six brothers and one surviving sister.  She grew up in the splendour of Imperial Russia and was [read more]