So, when fashion-forward Queen Victoria donned a white dress for her wedding to Prince Albert in 1840, she met with ... by royal standards, with no jewels, crown, or velvet robes trimmed with ...

That now-controversial jewel was of course given to Queen Victoria. Camilla honoured ... by the German prince the night before their wedding in 1840. The Queen wore the sumptuous sapphire ...

A new coronation ring was made for Victoria, and the shafts of the scepters were altered to enable her to hold them comfortably. Among Victoria’s magnificent jewels ... 1839-1840 HER MAJESTY ...

the popularity of the white wedding dress actually all began with a royal wedding in 1840. When Queen Victoria married her cousin, Prince Albert, the details of her wedding were spread–and ...

While a few historic women wore white gowns to the altar over the centuries – including Mary Queen ... Queen Victoria debuted a white silk-spun gown at her wedding to Prince Albert in 1840 ...

Victoria went into the wedding determined to show her commitment to traditional femininity despite her power as a queen. She opted not to wear furs or any other royal jewels during the ceremony ...

Queen Victoria ... with dozens of jewels and buried with other sentimental mementos, as she had dictated, including a plaster cast of Prince Albert's hand, her lace wedding veil, and a photo ...

As a wedding present, Victoria ... her jewels to Prince George and Princess Marina, the Duke and Duchess of Kent. Her jewels have not been seen for a while - but of course, like with the Queen ...

According to Vanity Fair, the royal collection began during the reign of Queen Victoria in the 1800s, when the former monarch began collecting jewels as the British empire expansion. The ...

The funeral for the late Queen Elizabeth II took ... of her husband Prince Albert, Victoria was buried in black clothing, with her and her husband’s wedding rings. Also included in Victoria ...

It was designed for Queen Victoria ... it for her 2018 wedding to Prince Harry. Since Queen Mary’s glittering spending sprees, the royals have actually rarely purchased new jewels.