The hearse carrying Queen Elizabeth II's coffin stopped briefly as it arrived in the town of Windsor, west of London, on Monday afternoon, so troops from the British Army's Grenadier Guards could take their places flanking the vehicle for it's slow, final push to Windsor Castle. The state...
A first view of Great Britain! You're now past the Bishop Rock lighthouse an in the English Channel. Incidentally, a modern transatlantic crossing is now two days slower than it used to be, as the weekly service operated by the first Queen Mary and her consort Queen Elizabeth from 1946 ...
这件王冠顶部最初镶嵌珍珠,1914年改为镶嵌圆形钻石。 还有一件制作于约1874年的“Vladimir”珍珠头冠同样值得关注,这件作品镶嵌水滴形珍珠,搭配圆形切割钻石,最初为俄罗斯大公夫人 Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia 设计,1921年转售英国王后 Mary of Teck,1953年由 Elizabeth II 继承,搭配祖母绿或珍珠坠饰。 本次展...
镶嵌水滴形珍珠,搭配圆形切割钻石,最初为俄罗斯大公夫人 Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia 设计,1921年转售英国王后 Mary of Teck,1953年由 Elizabeth II 继承,搭配祖母绿或珍珠坠饰。 钻石手镯,19世纪末 共镶嵌78颗圆形切割钻石,1947年由英国王后 Mary of Teck 赠送给 Elizabeth II 作为结婚礼物。 祖母绿手链,约19...
Elizabeth Stuart, British princess who was titular queen of Bohemia. The daughter of James VI of Scotland (later James I of Great Britain) and Anne of Denmark, she married Frederick V, the Elector Palatine, in 1613. Frederick was crowned king of Bohemia
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is using a visit to Washington to press President Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine as he looks to find a quick endgame to Russia’s bloody invasion of its neighbor. February 28 Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told about Soviet spy in her palace, declassif...
Queen Elizabeth IIdied in 2022at the age of 96. Blunt was publicly unmasked as a spy by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the House of Commons in November 1979. He was finally stripped of his knighthood, but never prosecuted, and died in 1983 at the age of 75. ...
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A gun salute, trooping the color, and lighting of the beacons marked the beginning of four days of celebrations honoring Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years on the throne on June 2 and displaying British military traditions stretching from the days of horse and cannon to the jet age. ...
of the Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia in 1921,” and additional press captions noted that the necklace “was presented to Queen Victoria at the time of the building of the Albert Hall.” (More onthe tiara here, and onthe necklace here.) For fans of furniture, the press also helpfully ...