This egg was made in 1901 and given by Tsar Nicholas II to his mother who lived in the Gatchina Palace.. source It's made of white enamel and gold and is decorated with seed pearls on the outside. Inside

The Trans-Siberian railway was completed in 1900. It allowed you to travel non-stop from Moscow to Vladivostok (5,772 miles to make the world's longest railway). Tsar Nicholas II ordered an egg from Faberge

This egg was inspired by Faberge's visits to the United States in the late 19th century (during which time Americans had invented mechanical carousels that people paid to ride on in fair grounds). source

This was made in 1897. Tsar Nicolas II presented it as a gift to his wife Tsarina Alexandra, on the day of their coronation in the Uspensky Cathedral in Moscow on 26th May 1897. source The egg is made

This was made in 1895. Tsar Nicholas II had just got married. It was a tradition in the Imperial Family for the Tsar to present a jewelled egg to his wife, and to his mother, for Easter. The Rosebud Egg

This is a Van Cleef & Arpels brooch, owned by Queen Camilla. source In 1967, the ballet choreographer George Balanchine created an original ballet called Jewels and Van Cleef & Arpels made a series

Minoru was a horse owned by King Edward VII, and it was the first horse owned by the monarch to win the Epsom Derby in 1909. To celebrate, he commissioned a jewelled scarf pin in a horse-shoe shape, which

This is a sterling silver model of a Davy lamp, which was presented to Queen Elizabeth II in 1958: source The Davy lamp was invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy and is a safety lamp for use in flammable

The statue was carved when she was alive, it had been commissioned as part of her 70th Jubilee celebrations. The niche it has been placed in is at the front of York Minster, and has never had a statue

60 minutes Australia have done an in depth look at King Charles: They also ask whether Australia will remain a monarchy. Well worth watching.

The Privy Council held a special session on Saturday 10th September 2022, where they formally proclaimed Charles to be King Charles III. It was broadcast for the first time ever. Here is a video of the

Everyone probably knows Elizabeth II passed away today. As an act of remembrance, I thought I'd post a video of her coronation. It's in black and white, because BBC television broadcasts back then didn't

The Queen has just appointed Liz Truss as the 15th Prime Minister of her reign. source Liz Truss is probably her last Prime Minister. The Queen was looking very frail. Compare the picture above to the

This brooch was given to Queen Elizabeth II in 2012 as a gift for her Diamond Jubilee by Sultan Qaboos Bin Said of Oman. source The flowers are made of diamonds set in white gold, and the leaves of diamonds

This diamond brooch was given to Queen Elizabeth II as a gift in 1953 by the women of Auckland, New Zealand. source The brooch is made of diamonds and platinum and is a nod to New Zealand's forests which

In 2012, to mark her Diamond Jubilee, Sultan Qaboos Bin Said of Oman gave Queen Elizabeth II a daffodil brooch to mark her reign as Queen of Wales. source The daffodil petals are made of yellow gold, while

The pearls were a wedding gift to the then Princess Elizabeth from the King of Bahrain in 1947. source They were then combined with diamonds and were famously worn by the Queen for the portrait that was