The engagement ring of a duchess that outsparkles some queenly gems

 

You'd think queens would get the best engagement rings but sometimes their lowlier relatives trump them. Step forward the Duchess of Edinburgh who has a sparkler that can outdazzle many a regal gem.

Meet the huge tiara that's about to get a brand new royal owner

There's absolutely no way of missing this particular royal tiara. It's massive and studded with so many diamonds that, even in the dark, it has to sparkle. And just in case that didn't make it noticeable enough, it has a very mysterious past. However, it's future is guaranteed. For this is one of those tiaras that is meant to sit only on the head of a consort and the country it belongs to knows that it's getting a brand new one of those before this brand new year is done.

A beautiful pearl drop that sits in a brooch worn by three queens

It's a single pearl set among dozens of diamonds but despite that sparkling competition, it still shines. For this pearl is part of a brooch that was given to the Royal Family in times of war in the hope that it would always be used by queens. And the decision of Queen Camilla to make it a favourite in her jewellery box since her husband became King Charles III has fulfilled that wish once more.

How bra talk ended with the loss of a royal warrant

 

There's a word you don't get to write every day. Corsetiere. And so much more sophisticated than bra supplier even though they have both been used to describe a lady who fell foul of a Queen of England. To much fanfare, and headlines around the world, Rigby & Peller lost its royal warrant in 2018 because one of its leading ladies wrote a book about bras and Buckingham Palace.

Dressing for Denmark, queen style

 

Yes, this is a blog about Queens of England and Mary is most definitely Queen of Denmark but I'm going to mix it up when I feel like it and also there is a kind of moral here about defining a consort. Plus diamonds and emeralds. So, let's go.