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Book News Week 28

*contains affiliate links* Book News Week 28  – 6 July – 12 July 2026 The King’s Loot: The Greatest Royal Jewellery Heist in History  Paperback – 9 July 2026 (UK) Royal Favourites of the Tudor and Stuart Age Hardcover – 7 July 2026 (US) American Crown: From Revolutionaries to Royalty: The Story of Prince William’s [read more]
The Cartier Pearl Drop Tiara
Royal Jewels

The Cartier Pearl Drop Tiara

The Cartier Pearl Drop Tiara is part of the Monegasque princely collection. Embed from Getty Images The tiara features diamonds, gold and platinum. It has large pearl drops hanging en tremblant from arches. The tiara was made by Cartier for Princess Charlotte of Monaco, the mother of Prince Rainier III. Charlotte ordered the tiara in [read more]
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The Royal Women

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – The life and death of Prince Charles of Prussia (Part two)

Read part one here. There was some disappointment in the choice for Charles, as it had been hoped that Marie would marry a future ruler. It was Marie’s grandfather who had written in 1824, “I learned that Marie’s parents did not believe that Prince Charles’s position in the Prussian state was such that they would [read more]
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The Royal Women

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – The life and death of Prince Charles of Prussia (Part one)

On 29 June 1801, Queen Louise gave birth to her third son and fourth surviving child at Charlottenburg Palace. He was named Frederick Charles Alexander but was known as Charles. His elder siblings were the future Frederick William IV, King of Prussia, William I, German Emperor, Charlotte (later Empress of Russia), while his younger siblings [read more]