Royals

Ok, I've got some random pics of royals where I cannot find a category to put them into, so they're all getting posted here. Enjoy!

A royal portrait, with, from left to right, Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Queen Silvia and King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, and Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden.

From left to right, Hereditary Prince Guillaume and Princess Stephanie of Luxembourg, Prince Daniel and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Queen Mathilde and King Philippe of Belgium, and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway.

The Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary, at a court ball, wearing a diamond and ruby parure that belonged, in part, to Queen Marie Antoinette of France.

The Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary, wearing diamond stars in the hair that she was known for.

The Empress Marie Louise, consort to Napoleon I of France, in an 1812 portrait by Robert Lefevre.

Queen Letizia and King Felipe of Spain, then Crown Prince and Princess, at the abdication of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

Queen Victoria of Great Britain, wearing the large sapphire and diamond brooch, that was a wedding gift from Prince Albert, on two pearl necklaces.

Grand Diamond Tiaras

An unusual diamond tiara with scrolling openwork designs.

A diamond tiara with simple, repeating elements.

A large and open diamond design, with a small leafy wreath edging the top  of the tiara.

A stylized floral tiara.

A diamond bandeau tiara, which belogned to Queen Elisabeth of Belgium.

A scrolling, heart tiara, similar to the Spencer family tiara worn most often by Princess Diana.

The Mountbatten Tiara, worn by Edwina, countess Mountbatten.

A tiara in the form of tear or rain drops. It's most famous appearance  is in the movie The Princess Diaries, where it is worn by Anne Hathaway.

A spike, floral tiara.

A tiara with a Celtic, knotted pattern.

The magnificent tiara of the Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia., made of white and yellow diamonds.

A thickly designed tiara, with modified fleur-de-lis designs.

Royals!

 Loelia, Duchess of Westminster, wearing an impressive halo tiara.

 Loelia, Duchess of Westminster

Empress Josephine, consort to the Emperor Napoleon I 

Empress Marie Louise, second wife of Napoleon I

Another painting the Empress Marie Louise of France, wearing an exceptionally large  diamond and gold tiara.

A photograph of the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, consort to Nicholas II, in a Faberge gold and enamel picture frame.

An early portrait of the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, where she is seen wearing a  large diamond spike kokoshnik tiara.

A Faberge enamel heart frame with a miniature of the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna. She was known as the  Mother of Russia. She died in Denmark in 1928.

The Grand Duchess Yelisaveta Feodorovna, or Ella as she was known. She was executed during the Russian Revolution. Her body was posthumously buried in Jerusalem.

Princess Anne, the Princess Royal of Great Britain, wearing the tiara of her grandmother, Princess Andrew (Alice) of Greece. Princess Alice was the daughter of Princess Victoria of Hesse, a sister of the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia and the Grand Duchess Ella of Russia.

Queen Elisabeth of Belgium wearing her tiara low on the brow, as was the style in the 1920's

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother wearing the oriental circlet of Queen Victoria. The original tiara contained opals, but when it was passed on to Queen Alexandra, she had the opals replaced with rubies, as opals are bad luck for women to wear.

Queen Marie of Rumania, wearing a tiara that formerly belonged to the Grand Duchess Ella and the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna the younger.

A young capture of Queen Victoria, wearing a small diamond and sapphire tiara at the back of her head, in a painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.

Serena, the Viscountess Linley, wearing a tiara designed by Linley Furniture, her husband the Viscount Linley's store. This photograph was taken by her father-in-law, Lord Snowdon, ex-husband of the Princess Margaret.

Diamond Stars

Diamond stars worn in the hair or pinned on the bodice were made fashionable by the Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary in the late 19th Century, who would wear several of them in her long, beautiful brown hair.

Blue topaz and diamond ear clips and brooch set.

Wedding tiara of Crown Princess Maxima of the Netherlands. This tiara had formerly been worn by HM Queen Beatrix, but with pearl and diamond clusters instead of diamond stars.

A pearl and diamond royal order at the treasury at Rosenborg Castle,
Denmark. It is part of the Danish coronation regalia.

A diamond star burst hair ornament.

An unusual ruby and diamond sea star tiara.

Diamond snowflake earrings.

A blue enamel and diamond jewelry set.

A ruby and diamond star tiara.

Diamond star dress ornaments.

A set of five perfect dress ornaments. These are my favorite diamond stars! Just the right number of point on each star, the beautiful blackened metal around the diamonds, and the slender sharp tips.

A diamond and ruby star brooch encased in a diamond and sapphire circle.

A large set of diamond star jewels.

Diamond star earrings.

Diamond star earrings.

A diamond star set into a semi-precious stone, surrounded by gold intertwining wire.

An unusual aigrette tiara sold at auction at Christie's.

A diamond star tiara, where each star would detach and could be worn as dress ornaments or separate hair clips.

A sunburst tiara.

A Russian Orthodox pendant, with a small miniature of Catherine the Great at the bottom.

The Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia wearing a large diamond sunburst ornament in her hair.

A diamond festoon tiara topped with large diamond stars.

A half sunburst tiara.

A Tiffany and Co. diamond star brooch.