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Book News

Book News Week 35

*contains affiliate links* Book News week 35: 28 August – 3 September 2023 Matilda II: The Forgotten Queen  Hardcover – 30 August 2023 (US) Radegund: The Trials and Triumphs of a Merovingian Queen (WOMEN IN ANTIQUITY)  Paperback – 3 September 2023 (UK) Elizabeth Hardcover – 31 August 2023 (UK) Jane Seymour: An Illustrated Life  Hardcover [read more]
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Royal Jewels

The Duchess of Cambridge’s Brooch

The Duchess of Cambridge’s Brooch is a “large pearl bouton encircled by 14 brilliant in cut-down settings and a narrow pave-set cusped band, suspending a brilliant and a large pave-set baroque pearl.” Embed from Getty Images The Duchess of Cambridge, born Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, was the original owner of the brooch. Like most of [read more]