Royal Jewels of the World

One of the most beautiful ruby parures was originally owned by Marie Alexandrovna, the Duchess of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg- Gotha. Only da...

It has been a long while since I last posted. Since it is still July, I thought about posting some things about rubies. Here is what I pos...

One of my favorite green parures and the one that got me to better appreciate semiprecious stones, is the peridot parure of Archduchess Isab...

Another beautiful set of green are the royal emeralds of Greece. The parure consists of a large diamond tiara set with five cabachon emeral...

The Norwegian emerald parure is one of the loveliest, with the dark, rich green of the rain forest. Its origins goes back to Napoleon with ...

In honor of March and St. Patrick's Day, I thought some green would be appropriate. We start off with the Cambridge Emeralds. They were ...

A jewel of great sentimental value to the Danish Royal Family is the diamond and platinum Cartier tiara of Crown Princess Margarita of Swede...