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𝒯𝒾𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝓎 𝒯𝒶𝓎𝓁𝑜𝓇

♕ 𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒: Timothy Verner Taylor

♕ 𝐵𝓸𝓇𝓃: Thursday, August 8th, 1963

♕ 𝒫𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈: Commander Michael Verner Taylor (Father) & Susan Geraldine Percy (Mother) RN

♕ 𝒮𝓅𝓸𝓊𝓈𝑒: Lady Helen Taylor (M. 1992)

♕ 𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃: Columbus Taylor (Son), Cassius Taylor (Son), Eloise Taylor (Daughter), & Estella Taylor (Daughter)

♕ 𝐼𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒲𝓸𝓇𝓀: Interests: The Arts. Work: Art Dealer.

♕ 𝐹𝒶𝒸𝓉: In 1998, Timothy contracted Hodgkin’s Disease. Hodgkin’s Disease is a type of Lymphoma Cancer which originates from a specific type of White Blood Cells called Lymphocytes. This type of cancer can be treated (sometimes cured) with Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, & Stem Cell Transplants. Hodgkin lymphoma accounts for less than 1% of all cancer cases and deaths in the UK. Around 1,800 people were diagnosed with the disease in 2011, and around 330 people died in 2012

𝒜𝓁𝑒𝓍𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝒪𝑔𝒾𝓁𝓋𝓎

♕ 𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒: Alexander Charles Ogilvy

♕ 𝐵𝓸𝓇𝓃: Tuesday, November 12th, 1996 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

♕ 𝒫𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈: James Ogilvy (Father) & Julia (Rawlinson) Ogilvy (Mother)

♕ 𝒮𝒾𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈: Flora Ogilvy (Sister)

♕ 𝒢𝒾𝓇𝓁𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹: Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo (Dating: 2016)

♕ 𝐸𝒹𝓊𝒸𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓸𝓃: Brown University (In Providence, Rhode Island: Computer Science and Economics Major & Captain of the Rugby Team) & The Scots College (In Bellevue, Australia: Coached Rugby & Mentored’ students in Indigenous Education)

♕ 𝐼𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓈: Business (Economics), Culture, Sports (Rugby & Surfing), Technology (Computer Science), & Travel (Been to North Korea & did a Road-Trips across The United States)

𝒯𝒾𝒶𝓇𝒶 𝒯𝓊𝑒𝓈𝒹𝒶𝓎

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𝒯𝒾𝒶𝓇𝒶 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒

The Grand Duchess Vladimir Tiara

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𝒪𝓌𝓃𝑒𝓇𝓈/𝒲𝑒𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓇𝓈:

♕ Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1874 - 1920): Created for the Grand Duchess by the Bolin, the Russian imperial court jeweler for her wedding to Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia.

♕ Her Imperial and Royal Highness Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Grand Duchess Elena of Russia (1920 - 1921): The Princess inherited the Tiara from her mother Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, after her death.

♕ Her Majesty Queen Mary (1921 - 1953): The Queen purchased the Tiara from Her Imperial and Royal Highness Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Grand Duchess Elena of Russia.

♕ Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1953 - 2014): The Queen inherited the Tiara from her grandmother Her Majesty Queen Mary, after her death.

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𝒞𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒴𝑒𝒶𝓇:

Created for the Grand Duchess by the Bolin, the Russian imperial court jeweler in 1874 for her wedding to Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia.

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𝒟𝑒𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃:

The Tiara is an elaborate diamond and pearl tiara. The piece is delightfully flexible & the pearls can be removed, as well as part of the diamond-encrusted structure, allowing it to be worn in a more closed form. The tiara is generally described as "widowed" when worn without its pendant stones. Maria wore the tiara without its pendants as a smaller closed coronet. In 1920, the Vladimir Tiara was damaged during its journey from Russia to England, as some of the pearls and diamonds were missing from the piece. In 1921, Her Majesty Queen Mary purchased the tiara from Her Imperial and Royal Highness Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Grand Duchess Elena of Russia to have the tiara fixed. 3 years later in 1924, Queen Mary had the tiara re-worked again, so that the Vladimir Tiara adapted so it could be worn in a third setting, with a series of fifteen cabochon drops from the Cambridge emerald collection. From then on, the emerald version of the tiara was often worn with pieces from the Delhi Durbar Suite (Including the Delhi Durbur Parure Tiara). In 1988, The House of Garrard renovated the hundred-year-old tiara once more, building it a completely new frame. In 2002, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II wore the tiara "widowed" -- meaning the tiara had neither its pearl or emerald drops.

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𝑅𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁 𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈

♕ 1880 (2 Times): 1. Portrait of Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia & 2. Romanov Historical Masquerade Ball

♕ 1891: The Cover of Le Petit Journal Magazine (Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia)

♕ 1902: Mother Daughter Wedding Portrait of Her Imperial and Royal Highness Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Grand Duchess Elena of Russia (Her Wedding Portrait) & Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (Maria Wearing the Tiara)

♕ 1904: Royal Portrait of Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia

♕ 1930: Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Mary with the Pearl Version of The Grand Duchess Vladimir Tiara

♕ 1934: Portrait of Her Imperial and Royal Highness Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Grand Duchess Elena of Russia

♕ 1935: King’s Silver Jubilee Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Mary

♕ 1936: Her Majesty Queen Mary’s Portrait for Edward VIII's Coronation with the Pearl Version of The Grand Duchess Vladimir Tiara (Which never happened due to his Abdication)

♕ 1954: Royal Film Performance of Beau Brummel (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 1955: The movie premiere of Richard III in Leicester Square (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 1961: Royal Event (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 1963: Gala performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream during the Greek State Visit (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 1966: Worn at the Austrian Embassy in London (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 1969: State Visit to Austria (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 1972: Royal Event (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 1976: State Banquet with President Gerald Ford in The United States of America (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 1978: Official Tour of Germany. (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 1980: A Visit to the Vatican (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 1982: State Banquet honoring the Sultan of Oman at Buckingham Palace (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 1983: A Visit to San Francisco (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 1986: A Visit to Nepal (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 1994: State Banquet during The Zimbabwe State Visit at Buckingham Palace in London (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 1996: State Visit to King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 1999: State Banquet during the Chinese State Visit at Buckingham Palace in London (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 2002: State Dinner in New Zealand (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 2004: State Banquet in London (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 2006: State Banquet during the Baltic State Visit at Buckingham Palace in London (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 2014: Landmark State Visit from President Higgins of Ireland

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𝐹𝓊𝓃 𝐹𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓈:

♕ When Maria fled the palatial Vladimir Palace in Saint Petersburg for a villa in Kislovodsk, her jewels, including the tiara, remained in a hidden safe in her bedroom at the palace. That summer, Maria Pavlovna's son, Grand Duke Boris (pictured above), and a friend, Bertie Stopford, hatched a dangerous plan to retrieve her jewels. He and Boris disguised themselves as workmen, and with the help of a palace caretaker, they snuck into the Vladimir Palace and smuggled out the contents of Miechen's secret safe. The Vladimir Tiara and her other jewels were placed in a pair of Gladstone bags, and Stopford managed to sneak them out of Russia. He took the jewels to London, where they were placed in a safety deposit box.

♕ In 1921, Her Imperial and Royal Highness Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Grand Duchess Elena of Russia decided to sell some of her mother's jewels.

♕ What a Group of Women! A 2 Grand Duchesses & 2 Queens have worn this tiara! The power that tiara holds!

♕ This is one of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite tiara’s due to the amount of times she has worn during incredibly important royal events.

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𝒯𝒾𝒶𝓇𝒶 𝒯𝓊𝑒𝓈𝒹𝒶𝓎

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𝒯𝒾𝒶𝓇𝒶 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒

Queen Mary's Diamond Bandeau Tiara

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𝒪𝓌𝓃𝑒𝓇𝓈/𝒲𝑒𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓇𝓈:

♕ Her Majesty Queen Mary (1893 - 1953): The Brooch of the Tiara was given to Queen Mary as a Wedding Gift to His Majesty George V The King by The County of Lincoln.

♕ Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1953 - 2018): Left to her by her grandmother Her Majesty Queen Mary after she died. 

♕ Her Royal Highness Rachel “Meghan” The Duchess of Sussex (2018): The Tiara was loaned to the Duchess by Queen Elizabeth to wear for her wedding to His Royal Highness Henry “Harry” The Duke of Sussex.

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𝒞𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒴𝑒𝒶𝓇:

The Tiara was made in 1932 to accommodate the Brooch of Queen Mary.

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𝒟𝑒𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃:

The Tiara is Bandeau shaped flexible band of eleven sections, featuring interlaced ovals and pavé diamonds along with large and small brilliant diamonds. The Center Stone of the tiara is a Brooch, which features ten diamonds. & The Brooch is still detachable today. The Tiara started out as a Brooch in 1893, but the tiara wasn’t created until 1932 (4 years before Queen Mary’s Death) to accommodate the Brooch. The Tiara is made out of diamonds & platinum. Like the Cartier Halo Tiara, Queen Mary’s Diamond Bandeau Tiara is of Art Deco Style.

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𝑅𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁 𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈

♕ 2018: The Wedding of The Duke & Duchess of Sussex (Her Royal Highness Rachel “Meghan” The Duchess of Sussex)

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♕ 𝐹𝓊𝓃 𝐹𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓈:

♕ This tiara is not seen or worn except for once by Queen Mary & The Duchess of Sussex.

♕ The Brooch of the Tiara can still be detached today.

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𝒯𝒾𝒶𝓇𝒶 𝒯𝓊𝑒𝓈𝒹𝒶𝓎

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𝒯𝒾𝒶𝓇𝒶 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒

The Girls Of Great Britain And Ireland Tiara

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𝒪𝓌𝓃𝑒𝓇𝓈: 

♕ Her Majesty Queen Mary (1892 - 1947): Wedding Gift from Lady Eva Greville

♕ Queen Elizabeth II (1947 - Present): Wedding Gift from Her Majesty Queen Mary

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𝒞𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒴𝑒𝒶𝓇: 

Designed in 1893 by The Girls Of Great Britain And Ireland Tiara Committee led by Lady Eva Greville

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𝒟𝑒𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃: 

The Tiara features Festoon & Fleur-De-Lis designs with Diamonds set in Silver and Gold. The Original Design was topped with 14 pearls. Inside the custom mahogany box provided by the jeweler, a second frame was also supplied, which allowed the tiara to be worn as a coronet. Even better, it could also be taken off a frame entirely and worn as a necklace. In 1912, Mary had the Tiara re-designed. She had the pearls removed from the top of the tiara, replacing them with 13 diamond brilliants. The pearls were incorporated into her new Lover's Knot Tiara. The base of the tiara was also removed around this time so that it could be worn separately as a bandeau. In 1960, the Bandeau of the Tiara was placed back onto the tiara, which gave it more height. 

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𝑅𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁 𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 

♕ 1897: Devonshire House Ball (Queen Mary)

♕ 1912: Queen Mary’s Official Portrait (Queen Mary)

♕ 1952: Edinburgh Public Appearance (Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 1951: Queen Elizabeth’s 25th Birthday Portrait

♕ 1984: French State Visit to Britain (Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 2011: Landmark State Visit to Ireland (Queen Elizabeth II)

♕ 2014: Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of D-Day (Queen Elizabeth II)

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♕ 𝐹𝓊𝓃 𝐹𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓈: 

♕ Lady Eva’s Greville’s committee (who raised the money for the tiara), had so much money left over after the tiara was created so the funds were used to support the widows & families of the HMS Victoria ship collision in 1893. 

♕ Queen Mary did not wear the tiara on her wedding day. 

♕ Queen Elizabeth calls the Tiara “Granny’s Tiara.” The Tiara was a wedding gift from her grandmother Queen Mary in 1947. 

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𝒯𝒽𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓈 𝒦𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓃

♕ 𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒: Thomas Henry Robin Kingston

♕ 𝐵𝓸𝓇𝓃: Thursday, June 22nd, 1978

♕ 𝒫𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈: Martin Kingston (Father) & Jill Mary (Bache) Kingston (Mother)

♕ 𝒮𝓅𝓸𝓊𝓈𝑒: Lady Gabriella (Windsor) Kingston (M. 2019)

♕ 𝐸𝒹𝓊𝒸𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓸𝓃: Bristol University (In Bristol, United Kingdom: Bachelor’s Degree in Economic History)

♕ 𝐼𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒲𝓸𝓇𝓀: Interests: Business (Diplomatic Relations & Finance). Work: Diplomatic Missions Unit of the United Kingdom's Foreign Office, Director of Devonport Capital, Equity Analyst for Schroders Global Asset Management Firm, Frontier Market Investment, Investor, Managing Director of Voltan Capital Management, & Project Officer for the Iraqi Institute of Peace (Mediate Conflicts in Iraq & Negotiate the Release of Hostages)