From 1 May 2022, Borg Museum Verhildersum will play host to the exhibition “Juliana: A life in dolls.” As Princess and later Queen, she amassed a collection of over 600 dolls. But the collection of dolls began with Princess and later Queen Wilhelmina and her mother, Queen Emma. Queen Emma took her young daughter on [read more]
The Cartier Halo Tiara’s most famous outing was perhaps when it was worn by the future Princess of Wales on her wedding day on 29 April 2011. Embed from Getty Images The Halo Tiara was purchased from Cartier on 18 November 1936 by the then Duke of York, just weeks before he became King George [read more]
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Charlotte, Princess Royal, was the eldest daughter of King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She was the only one of their daughters to make a timely marriage; the others remained unmarried or were married so late in life that they could no longer have children. On 18 May 1797, Charlotte married Frederick, Hereditary Prince [read more]
Glittering jewels from The Queen’s collection will go on display this summer as part of the Platinum Jubilee displays at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Each display focusses on a different part of Her Majesty’s reign. At Buckingham Palace, official portraits of The Queen taken just weeks after her accession by [read more]
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