Commissioned by Mary in 1919, the Queen Mary Fringe Tiara was originally a fringe necklace ... The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara This tiara, which was made by royal jeweller Garrard, was ...
She was alive during the reigns of six different British monarchs and was a guiding member of the British Royal Family for ...
In 1553, Elizabeth's older half-sister Mary became queen. Mary was determined to re-establish Catholicism in England and viewed the Protestant Elizabeth as a direct threat. Elizabeth was briefly ...
Mary, Queen of Scots was born in 1542, daughter of King James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise. Her father died just a week after her birth. A fervent Roman Catholic and a claimant to the English Crown ...
In 1561, Mary, Queen of Scots, upset the applecart of the Protestant Reformation. Her husband, Francois II, King of France had died unexpectedly, and the Scots were more than a little surprised by ...