The Luxembourg Wedding

The wedding of Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy of Belgium took place over a two-day period on October 19 and October 20, 2012. A civil ceremony was held on October 19 followed by a Roman Catholic wedding ceremony at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg City the next day. The 2012 wedding marked the largest grand ducal event for the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg and the country in years.

The reigning Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and his consort, the Cuban-born Grand Duchess Maria-Teresa.

Grand Duke Henri at the wedding banquet.

Grand Duke Henri and Hereditary Princess Stephanie at the wedding banquet.

Greek Royals

Crown Prince and Princess of Greece, Marie-Chantal and Pavlos, with the  King and Queen of the Hellenes, Constantine and Anne-Marie.

Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece.

Queen Anne-Marie, who is the sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, wearing old royal diamond and cabochon emerald jewelry.

Anne-Marie and Constantine, who is the brother of Queen Sofia of Spain.

Queen Anne-Marie wearing a diamond scroll tiara once belonging to Queen Ingrid of Denmark, her mother. 

Princesses in Fancy Dresses

Crown Princess Marie-Chantal and Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece.

Crown Prince Felipe and Crown Princess Letizia of Spain.

Crown Princess Mary of Denmark with Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium.

Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark.

Crown Princess Maxima and Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.

Maxima and Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.

Crown Princess Maxima of the Netherlands with Prince Joachim of Denmark.

Princess Martha Louise and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway.

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway wearing her diamond daisy tiara.

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden with her husband, Prince Daniel.

Victoria and Daniel of Sweden.

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden with Crown Prince Haakon of Norway.

Princess Charlene and Prince Albert II of Belgium.

Princess Claire and Prince Laurent of Belgium.

Princess Madeleine of Sweden in a simple but striking turquoise dress.

Princess Madeleine of Sweden in a mermaid-esque green chiffon dress.

Princess Marie of Denmark with Prince Daniel of Sweden.

Princes Martha Louise of Norway with husband, Ari Behn.

Princess Martha Louise is an amazing, silver-sequin covered dress.

Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway.

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway in a pink, ruffly, fairy princess dress.

Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan in a black and white dress.

The Royal Danes

Princess Mary decked out in full regalia.

The Crown Princess most often wears the diamond and ruby parure, once belonging to Queen Ingrid.

Princess Mary and Prince Frederik. Notice that they are both wearing the white enameled elephant orders, which, for some reason or other, are symbols of Denmark.

Mary wearing a simple red dress and elaborate jewels.

Former Danish Princess, the Countess Alexandra. When she divorced Prince Joachim, she lost her royal princess title.

Princess Benedikte, sister to Queen Margrethe II, wearing a diamond kokoshnik tiara.

Princess Benedikte of Denmark.

Princess Benedikte wearing a lovely diamond star and pearl spike tiara.

Princess Benedikte and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark at a banquet.

New Princess, Marie, with husband Prince Joachim.

Princess Marie looking stylish in a diamond tiara and fur stole.

The Crown Prince and Prince with Princess Marie and Prince Joachim in the background.

Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik of Denmark.

Queen Margrethe II wearing a diamond heart tiara.

Queen Margrethe at a banquet.

Queen Elizabeth the Second

Elizabeth has been on the throne for 60 years, and February 2012 marked her Diamond Jubilee. This is a commemorative tapestry, where the design is made out of mother-of-pearl buttons, which have been hand-sewed onto the red velvet.

Sketches of Queen Elizabeth II by John Wonnacott.

A pencil study of Queen Elizabeth II.

A painting of a much younger Elizabeth.

The Queen on her way to the annual State Opening of Parliament.

The Queen's role in government is purely ceremonial.

The Queen only wears the Imperial State Crown at the annual State Opening of Parliament.