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Historic Doppelgangers. #oscarwilde #stephenfry #davidoakes #alecguinness #geralddumaurier #keeleyhawes #kristenscottthomas #evelynwaugh #jameswilby #jacklasky #jmbarrie #burngorman #clarabarton #vincentprice #benedictcumberbatch #williamsharp #lookalike #doppelganger

The White Stripes, consisting of Meg and Jack White, defined millennial garage band rock. Originating in Michigan, Jack White initially stated the two were siblings instead of a divorced couple so the media could focus on the music. After getting a divorce in 2000, the White Stripes churned out highly acclaimed albums. With Karen Elson on the scene in 2005, Jack married her in Brazil after naming a song and album in her honor ("Icky Thump"). The relationship between Jack and Meg is explored in this video. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_White Jenn Selby, "Jack White and Karen Elson divorce", The Independent, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/jack-white-and-karen-elson-finalise-their-divorce-after-eight-years-of-marriage-9002556.html Glamour, "Jack White Karen Elson divorce and split" , zine.co.uk/article/karen-elson-jack-white-divorce-restraining-order #jackwhite #megwhite #whitestripes #thirdmanrecords #blunderbuss #raconteurs #grossepointMI #grossepoint #rocknroll #historyofrock

Is lead in cookware a leading cause of autism in American children? Find out more about the FDA's lack of oversight on harmful lead-containing cookware. Sources: KNG5, "Cookware with dangerous lead still being sold online", https://www.king5.com/article/news/investigations/cookware-dangerous-amounts-lead-still-sold-online-expert-warnings/281-b05e3870-046b-4cb0-bd1b-2fc812229d61 "Preventing Lead Exposure in Children", CDC, https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/features/leadpoisoning/index.html "Increase in Developmental Disabilities", CDC, https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/developmentaldisabilities/features/increase-in-developmental-disabilities.html "Lead in Food and Foodwares", FDA, https://www.fda.gov/food/environmental-contaminants-food/lead-food-and-foodwares Environmental Defense Fund, "FDA says "Cookware that exhibits"", https://blogs.edf.org/health/2023/08/15/fda-says-cookware-that-exhibits-any-level-of-leachable-lead-upon-testing-is-prohibited/ #lead #leadpoisoning #sassywithmassie #congressmanmassie #fda #fdarecall

Writer and actress, Miranda Hart should get more appreciation for her comedic abilities. #MirandaHart #MirandaShow #Chummy #CalltheMidwife #Spy

British actress #RuthWilson is frequently the best-dressed on any red carpet but doesn't seem to get the credit she deserves. #fashion #britishfashion #redcarpet

The deadliest rap concert in history, Astroworld 2021, contained various Satanic references seemingly approved by Travis Scott himself. Astroworld Tragedy GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/astrow... John Hilgert Memorial Scholarship Fund https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Rest in Peace Astroworld 2021 Victims Danish Baig Jacob Jurinek Franco Patino Axel Acosta John Hilgert Madison Dubiski Rodolfo Peña Brianna Rodriguez #astroworld #travisscott #travisscottutopia #astroworld2021 #kyliejenner #astroworldtragedy

Samuel Clemens AKA Mark Twain (1835-1910) encountered a great deal of drama and turbulence after Isabel Van Kleek Lyon entered his life (1863-1958). After building homes in Farmington, Connecticut, and living in Oldgate with her mother and two siblings, Isabel worked as a governess in Philadelphia and New York City after her father's death. Meeting Twain at a whist party in 1892, Lyon made such an impression Twain's wife Olivia Clemens (1845-1904) remembered her 10 years later for a position as secretary. Lyon was in attendance when Olivia died in Florence in 1904. Helping send Twain's epileptic daughter Jean Clemens to an epileptic colony in 1906, Lyon worked to prevent her homecoming to Twain's home Stormfield until 1909. Recollections of Jean differ, and this video presents Jean as a self-sufficient outdoorswoman with her life under control. Unfortunately this did not save her, and she was found dead in her bathtub on Christmas Eve in 1909 with Lyon lurking around the neighborhood. Sources: Connecticut Family Group Sheets, https://www.fgs-project.com/connecticut/groups/m/moore-jesse-.html New England Historical Society, "Mark Twain Refuses to Succumb", https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/mark-twain-refuses-to-succumb-to-silken-dainties-isabel-lyon/ Mark Twain Project, Biography: Isabel Lyon, https://www.marktwainproject.org/biographies/bio_lyon_isabel.html Museum of Disability, the Craig Colony, https://www.museumofdisability.org/blog/entry/the-craig-colony Lynn Cullen, "Twain's End", Los Angeles Public Library, https://www.lapl.org/books-emedia/lapl-reads/review/twains-end The New York Times, "Mark Twain Suits All Off", http://www.twainquotes.com/19090913.html (September 1909) #marktwain #isabellyon #isabelvlyon #lobsterpot #stormfield #samuelclemens #claraclemens #oliviaclemens #jeanclemens #epilepsy #epileptick1d #epilepsyawarenessmonth #epilepsywarrior #craigcolony #hartford #hartfordct #innocentsabroad #twain #florence #villadiquarto

The Weimar Republic (1928-1933) is known as the German era before Hitler, before Nazism. But what was it really like, and why is it being glamorized by the mass media today? With record unemployment, STDs and urban living, the Weimar Republic contains very little that is romantic or sweet. Learn more about the living conditions for people of Berlin in the Weimar Republic in this video. Sources: Sky History, The Drug that Fueled the Nazi Blitzkrieg, https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-drug-that-fuelled-the-nazi-blitzkrieg D. G. Hewitt, 17 Reasons Why German's Weimar Republic, History Collective, https://historycollection.com/17-reasons-why-germanys-weimar-republic-was-a-party-lovers-paradise/10/ (2018) #weimar #weimarrepublicdocumentary #weimarrepublic #weimargermany #weimarberlin #historyofberlin #berlinhistory #weirmarscandal #weimarprostitution #1920s #anitaberber #ottodix #mokaefti #ringverein #kitkatclub #hyperinflation #ww1 #greatwar #worldwar1 #worldwarone #pervitin #1920sgermany #1920sberlin #hitler #adolfhitler #goering

Is Lucy Worsley's "Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman" (2022) worth the read? Learn more in this video. Did you enjoy the book, if you read it? Sources: Lucy Worsley, Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman (2022) #agathachristie #lucyworsley #lucyworsleydocumentary #agathachristiedocumentary #agathachristiebook #bookreview #bookreviews

xplore author Truman Capote's saltbox home in the Hamptons where he lived for over 20 years to write his work. Sources: Rosemary Kent, AD Visits: Truman Capote, Architectural Digest, https://archive.ph/thDc0 Katherine Wisniewski, Truman Capote's Hampton Home, Curbed, https://archive.curbed.com/2014/8/13/... Vincent Anthony, Truman Capote, Long Island Press, https://www.longislandpress.com/2023/... Irina Aleksander, Truman Capote's Sagaponack, Observer, https://observer.com/2008/10/truman-c... #trumancapote #feud #feudseason2 #feuds2 #swans #trumancapoteswans #hamptons #hamptonsrealestate #hamptonssummer #capote #jackdunphy #hamptonscottage #sagaponack #saggset #lgtbq #lgtbqhistory #transsexual #gayhistory

Faith Bacon (born Frances Yvonne Bacon; July 19, 1910 , died on September 26, 1956) was an American burlesque dancer and actress. During the height of her career, she was billed as "America's Most Beautiful Dancer" a nickname given to her by Florence Ziegfeld himself. From a wealthy San Francisco family, Faith lit up Broadway and Paris with her fan dance. But she died a tragic death in 1956, after marrying a man more than twenty years her senior. Sources: Silence is Platinum, Miss Faith Bacon, https://silenceisplatinum.blogspot.com/2014/07/miss-faith-bacon.html The Unsung Joe, Faith Bacon, https://morethanyouneededtoknow.typepad.com/the_unsung_joe/2007/10/faith-bacon.html #faithbacon #ziegfeld #ziegfeldfollies #zegfeld #zegfield #fandance #burlesque #historyofburlesque #burlesquedancer #burlesquehistory #worldsfair1933 #worldsfair1939 #silentfilm #silentfilmstar #earlcarroll #mauricechevalier

The fictional Mercy Myrtle, portrayed excellently by Patsy Merran in Jamestown (2017-2019), was an indentured servant serving her years required by the Virginia Company in Jamestown, Virginia. Indentured servants comprised half of Jamestown's population in the late 1600s. Choosing to use British men and women instead of slaves, Jamestown enabled social mobility for these indentured servants. Learn more about the indentured servitude of Jamestown in this video. Sources: Jamestown, Carnival Films, 2017-2019 Brendan Wolfe, Encyclopedia Virginia, University of Virginia, https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/indentured-servants-in-colonial-virginia/ #jamestown #jamestownvirginia #virginia #virginiahistory #colonialera #colonialhouse #johnsmith #captainjohnsmith #pamunkey #jamesriver #patsymerran #mercymyrtle #indenturedservant #gunstonhall #georgemason #sophierundle #naomibattrick #niamhwalsh #maxbeesley #jasonflemyng #deanlennoxkelly #shaundooley #gwilymlee #lukeroskell #stuartmartin #burngorman #thecolonies #sb517

Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) is known today for his novels, including "Decline and Fall", "A Handful of Dust" and "Brideshead Revisited". TV adaptations and his grandson, Alexander Waugh, have kept the Waugh legacy alive. But various scholars allege Waugh was a bisexual author due to his multiple homosexual affairs at Oxford University. Alastair Graham, Robert Pares and Hugo Lygon are delved into as Waugh's lovers. Waugh's female lovers Teresa "Baby" Jungman and Audrey Lucas after his 1928 divorce are also explored. Sources: Dalya Alberge, The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/21/evelyn-waugh-love-letters Jeffrey Manley, Waugh and Baby, The Evelyn Waugh Society, https://evelynwaughsociety.org/2016/waugh-and-baby/ Ross Lydall, Brideshead author Evelyn Waugh and, The Evening Standard, https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/brideshead-author-evelyn-waugh-and-his-three-homosexual-lovers-at-oxford-6745218.html "Yesterday or Ask Alastair", https://www.evelynwaugh.org.uk/styled-68/index.html #evelynwaugh #bridesheadrevisited #alastairgraham #robertpares #hughlygon #alistairgraham #declineandfall #handfulofdust #alexanderwaugh #audreylucas #teresajungman #oxford #sebastianflyte #juliaflyte #evelyngardner #brightyoungthings #1920s #roaring20s #roaringtwenties #britishliterature #evelynwaughbiography #evelynwaughdocumentary #lgbtq

The tiaras of Empress Josephine range from two cameo tiaras auctioned in 2021 to the cameo parure, to the Brunswick tiara, to the parures of emeralds and sapphires held by Scandinavian royal families due to her son's bloodline. Learn more about the tiaras of Empress Josephine (1763-1814), and what she did and did not wear, in this video. Sources: Jacqui Palumbo, Two of Empress Josephine Bonaparte's Tiaras, CNN, https://www.cnn.com/style/article/napoleon-josephine-tiaras-sothebys-london-sale/index.html Explore France, In the footsteps of Empress Josephine, https://www.france.fr/en/martinique/list/empress-josephine-martinique Geri Walton, The Importance of Bees to Napoleon Bonaparte, https://www.geriwalton.com/the-importance-of-bees-to-napoleon-bonaparte/#_ftn1 The Court Jeweller, Josephine's Jewels: Myths and Legends, https://www.thecourtjeweller.com/2015/03/josephines-jewels-myths-and-legends.html Tiaras and Trianon, Princess Grace in Empress Josephine's Tiara, https://tiarasandtrianon.blogspot.com/2012/09/princess-grace-in-empress-josephines.html Understanding Jewellry, Empress Josephine's Enigmatic Sapphires, https://www.understanding-jewellery.com/articles/empress-josephines-sapphires/ #empressjosephine #josephine #napoleon #napoleonbonaparte #napoleon2023 #empressjosephinetiara #frenchjewellry #frenchroyaljewelry #frenchempire #empressjosephineemerald #empressjosephinesapphire #empressjosephinecameo #tiara #royalfamily #royaljewellery #kinggustav #swedenroyalfamily #norwayroyalfamily #cameotiara #brunswicktiara #coronationtiara #leuchtenberg

Jack Dunphy (1914-1992) was Truman Capote's partner for 35 years. Living together in Manhattan, Sicily and then apart in Long Island, New York, Dunphy was the solitary shy foil to Capote. Once a ballet dancer, Dunphy published critically acclaimed novels such as John Fury and First Wine. Outshone by Capote in the literary world, Dunphy published a remembrance of Capote in 1987. Dunphy's first wife Joan McCracken (1917-1961) remained in their orbit for years. Dunphy and Capote's ashes were scattered together in New York in 1992. Sources: Nick Scott, The Rake, Manhattan Love Story: Truman Capote and Jack Dunphy, https://therake.com/stories/truman-capote-jack-dunphy Howard Markel, PBS NewsHour, Truman Capote's Unhappy Ending, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/truman-capotes-unhappy-ending Andrew and Suzanne Edwards, The Literary Ghosts of Taormina, Times of Sicily, https://www.timesofsicily.com/literary-ghosts-taormina/ Charlotte Ahlin, Bustle.com, 11 Famous Authors and Their Drink of Choice, https://www.bustle.com/p/11-famous-authors-their-alcoholic-drink-of-choice-41854 #trumancapote #jackdunphy #trumancapotedocumentary #trumancapotebiography #firstwine #capoteversustheswans #swansofnewyork #feud #feudcapote #oklahoma! #oklahoma1943 #joanmccracken #broadwayhistory #broadwaydocumentary #historyofsicily #sicily #taormina #villabritannia #breakfastattiffany #breakfastattiffanys #feudswans #feudswanscapote #capotevsthewomen #capoteversus #capoteversusthewomen

How did the Kray twins wreak their chaos in gambling, loansharking and blackmail across Swinging Sixties London? They had a powerful protector in Conservative MP and Lord Robert Boothby (1900-1986), who even testified in the House of Lords on their behalf. A special friend to Ronnie Kray (1933-1995), Boothby had homosexual and heterosexual affairs throughout his life. Taking Dorothy Macmillan from her prime minister husband and having a daughter with her in 1930, Boothby married twice. His initial nationalistic campaigns including the national milk scheme and fortified bread fell in ten years to globalist programs and practices. Learn more about the Mirror / Boothby scandal in this video. Sources: Rob Baker, High Buildings, Low Morals, https://flashbak.com/a-shit-of-the-highest-order-the-story-of-the-charming-lord-bob-boothby-412967/ The Kray Twins Wiki, https://thekraytwins.fandom.com/wiki/Leslie_Holt #kraytwins #lordboothby #robertboothby #baronboothby #tory #conservativeparty #primeministermacmillan #winstonchurchill #winstonchurchillquotes #toryparty #labourparty #tomdriberg #politicalscandal #politicalscandals #sovietspy #nationalmilkscheme #milkscheme #fortifiedbread #lordwoolton #profumoscandal #profumo #ladyboothby #1960slondon #1960s #ronniekray #eastendlondon #legendmovie #legend2015 #tomhardy

Why did the Hollywood studios pit Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) against Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) in 1962? Was it due to Taylor's waste and excesses on the set of the film Cleopatra? Learn more about the Hollywood studio dynamic of the early 1960s and Elizabeth Taylor's bad habits in this video. Sources: Barbara Stepko, Marilyn vs. Liz, The Vintage News, https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/08/28/marilyn-vs-liz/ Page Six, Slovenly Elizabeth Taylor, https://pagesix.com/2024/02/01/entertainment/slovenly-elizabeth-taylor-caught-malta-fever-from-her-dogs-book/ #marilynmonroe #somethingsgottagive #1962 #goldenhollywood #hollywooddocumentary #liztaylor #elizabethtaylor #cleopatra #cleopatra1962 #richardburton #hollywoodscandal #hollywooddivorce

The American Red Cross is an institution. It's one of the biggest charities in the country, raking in billions every year. After any disaster you see people sharing links all over social media, begging others to donate to the Red Cross so they can get out there and help those affected. But the organization has a dark underbelly. Its history is full of scandal. It flat-out refused to help during one of the biggest disasters America ever faced. In the modern era, Red Cross assistance during emergencies has been called into question time and again, by everyone from watchdog groups, to politicians, to the people they were supposed to help, to their own volunteers. There are also serious questions about what exactly they do with donations, and why their employees steal. This video just might convince you that after the next disaster, your precious dollars would be better off with a different, more local charity. Sources: Kathy Benjamin, "The Untold Truth of the American Red Cross", Grunge, https://www.grunge.com/136639/the-untold-truth-of-the-american-red-cross/ (2023) ProPublica, "10 Disturbing Things ProPublic Learned Investigating the Red Cross", https://www.propublica.org/article/disturbing-things-about-the-red-crosss-sandy-relief-efforts #redcross #redcrossscam #illegalimmigration #bordercrisis #borderczar #americanredcross #clarabarton #illegalimmigrant #welfare

In 1917, Photoplay reported that “The most important service that Anita Loos has so far rendered the screen is the elevation of the subcaption, first to sanity then to dignity and brilliance combined.” This trick has been subsequently used by Woody Allen and Nancy Meyes, among others. Anita Loos (1888-1981) had so convinced D. W. Griffith of the value of the intertitle, that he called her “The most brilliant young woman in the world” and made her the first female screenwriter of Hollywood. The intertitle is a printed narration or portion of dialogue flashed on the screen between the scenes of a silent film. A prolific writer who appeared in the press in a manner as glamorized as the stars she wrote for, Anita Loos wrote over one hundred and fifty scripts in her thirty years as a Hollywood screenwriter and elevated intertitles to an art. She is best remembered not only for defining the silent era personas of stars like Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., and the Talmadge sisters, Constance and Norma, but for also creating the character of Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, a 1925 novel adapted to films in 1928 and 1953 which Edith Wharton called the Great American novel. She was also known as Mrs. John Emerson, Corrine Anita Loos, J. Emerson Loos, Anita Luus. But behind her prolific output were two failed marriages and a very unhappy in love woman. Sources: Anita Loos, Women Film Pioneers Project, Columbia University, https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp... #anitaloos #gentlemenpreferblondes #silentfilm #silentfilmstar #talmadge #constancetalmadge #talmadgesisters #mariondaives #silentfilmdocumentary #dwgriffith #dwgriffithdocumentary #marilynmonroe #marilynmonroemovies #douglasfairbanks #douglasfairbankssr #marypickford #mgm #jeanharlow #jeanharlowdocumentary #thalberg #normashearer #joancrawford #hollywood #historyofhollywood #goldenhollywood #hollywooddocumentary #hollywooddivorce #hollywoodhistory #californiahistory #mountshasta

Who was the so-called Arbiter of the Gilded Age, the Autocrat of the Drawing Rooms, Samuel Ward McAllister (1827–1895)? This Southern born gourmand revolutionized American cooking with his emphasis on farm grown dishes, picnics and turkey. A lawyer by trade, McAllister or "Mc" lived in Europe for five years and sat at Queen Victoria's table, enhancing his appeal to New York society. Back in New York, McAllister relied on his family's turkey plantation and madeira cellars for favor. His farm, Bayside Farm, contained 10,000 fruit trees planted by McAllister himself. Under the patronage of his distant cousin, Mrs. Caroline (Schermerhorn) Astor, McAllister reached great heights but his favor came crashing down after the publication of his 1890 memoir "Society As I Have Found It". Sources: Ward McAllister, Society as I Have Found It (1890), https://www.gutenberg.org/files/55300/55300-h/55300-h.htm Rebecca Onion, The Gilded Age on HBO, Slate.com, https://slate.com/culture/2022/02/gilded-age-hbo-nathan-lane-ward-mcallister.html #gildedage #gildedagemansions #gildedagedocumentary #mrscarolineastor #wardmcallister #mcallisterandons #mcallisterandmcallister #californiagoldrush #newyorksociety #newyorkcity #newyorkcityhistory #newport #newportRI #newportmansions #gildedagehbo #turkey #savannah #savannahga #springfieldga #savannahhomes #nathanprice #houseofworth #shermansmarch

The Teck crescent tiara, Queen Mary's love trophy collar, Queen Alexandra's Dagmar necklace, Queen Mary's sapphire bandeau and Princess Margaret’s Persian turquoise parure all may sound unfamiliar to you. That is because these are five British royal jewels that have not been seen in decades. Why? What do these jewels look like? One rarely seen piece, the Strathmore Rose Tiara, reappeared in 2023 on Princess Catherine. Learn more about these rarely seen pieces in this video. Sources: The Court Jeweller, Queen Camilla's Hidden Royal Jewels (2023), https://www.thecourtjeweller.com/2023/01/queen-camillas-hidden-royal-jewel-the-teck-crescent-tiara.html Chloe Foussianes, 6 Stunning Pieces of Royal Jewelry We Haven't Seen in Decades, Town and Country Magazine, https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/g35716170/rare-unseen-royal-jewelry-photos/ Monike Blocs, History of Royal Women, https://www.historyofroyalwomen.com/the-royal-women/royal-jewels-queen-alexandras-dagmar-necklace/ #royalvault #unseenroyaljewel #royaljewel #royalfamily #royaljewellery #queencamilla #princesscatherine #queenmary #queenelizabethii #queenmother #houseofwindsor #kingcharlesiii #duchessofteck #teckcrescenttiara #queenmarysapphire #persianjewelry #persianturquoise #princessmargaret #strathmorerosetiara #meghanmarkle #queenalexandra #dagmarnecklace #lovetrophycollar #royaltiara #katemiddleton #princesskate #kingcharles #princewilliam #princewilliamandkatemiddleton

Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot (also Vivian, born Vivienne Haigh on 28 May 1888) was the first wife of American-British poet T. S. Eliot, whom she married in 1915, less than three months after their introduction by mutual friends, when Vivienne was a governess in Cambridge and Eliot was studying at Oxford. Vivienne was the daughter of an artist and landlord father, Charles Haigh-Wood, whose work you can see around the world. Plagued by health issues including TB and treated with potassium bromide (which causes cognitive decline) at a young age, Vivienne struggled in the Eliot marriage. Eliot decided on a separation in 1932/1933 which Vivienne struggled to accept. Her younger brother, Maurice, committed her to Northumberland House Mental Hospital in 1938. She died, not visited by her husband, in 1947. Her private diaries were possessed by Eliot's second wife, Valerie, despite Vivienne's gift of her personal papers to the Bodleian Library of Oxford upon her death. Sources: Dalya Alberge, Diaries of TS Eliot's First Wife, The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/02/diaries-of-ts-eliots-first-wife-reveal-her-torment-at-end-of-their-marriage The TS Eliot Foundation, A First Look at Eliot's Pocket Diaries, https://tseliot.com/foundation/a-first-look-at-eliots-pocket-diaries/ (2018) Lost Hospitals of London, https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/northumberlandhouse.html #vivianeliot #vivieneliot #tseliot #thewasteland #prufrock #bloomsbury #bloomsburygroup #bloomsburyset #virginiawoolf #valerieeliot #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #potassiumbromide #northumberland #mentalasylum #haighwood #tomandviv

The Thai Royal Family added substantially to their collection with Van Cleef & Arpels pieces in the 1950s and 1960s. In addition to the 5 pieces of the royal regalia, the Thai Royal Family has jeweled belts, brooches and a custom made sapphire necklace for the current Queen Mother. Learn more about the Thai royal jewels in this video. Sources: Royal Thai Jewels, The Diamond Talk, https://thediamondtalk.in/royal-thai-jewels-a-peek-into-the-royal-jewellery-of-thailand/ Anjali Sharma, Bangles Around the World: Cultural Significance and Styles | by Anjali Sharma | Medium https://medium.com/@sharmaanjali26493/bangles-around-the-world-cultural-significance-and-styles-92f4d045639b (Sept 2023) #thailand #thairoyalfamily #thaiking #thaiqueen #chakri #chakridynasty #siam #kingrama #vancleefandarpels #fabrege #cartier #royalfamily #royaljewel #jewellery #jewelry #royaljewellery #coronation #tiara #diamondtiara #diamondfringe #yellowdiamond

The name 'Mrs Ronnie Greville' or "Maggie Greville" sets off shivers of delight among royal jewelry connoisseurs. Why? Because some of the most spectacular pieces in the House of Windsor's vault once belonged to this woman, born in St John's Wood in 1863 as Margaret Helen Anderson to a lowly brewery cook. Rising once legitimized by her father, William McEwan of McEwan's Fountain Brewing Company (now Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company), Maggie married the Honorable Ronnie Greville in 1891. Greville would become an MP and was heir to a baronetcy but after 17 years of marriage, no children issued. After Ronnie's death in 1908, Maggie traveled the world and compared her diamonds and emeralds to those of the maharajahs. Settling back in her Charles Street home and Polesden Lacey, Maggie became the hub of the Edwardian royal set. She provided cover to Mrs. Keppel, one of the British monarchy's beloved mistresses. Learn more about her at least 60 pieces of jewelry in this video. Sources: Sarah Royce-Greensil, "The Story Behind Margaret Greville's...", Tatler, https://www.tatler.com/article/extrao... (December 2023) Leena Kim, "The Royal Family's Greatest Bequest, Town & Country Magazine, https://www.townandcountrymag.com/sty... #royalfamily #greville #grevillejewel #grevillejewelry #edwardianera #edwardian #edwardianjewelry #mrskeppel #alicekeppel #camillaparkerbowles #elizabethparkerbowles #polesdenlacey #mcewan #mcewanbeer #windsor #houseofwindsor #buckinghampalace #elizabethii #royaljewel #britishroyalfamily #boucherontiara #grevilletiara #missingjewel #royalfamily #royaljewellery #royaljewellerycollection #princesseugenie #princeharry #katemiddleton