Choosing which timepieces to bring to Singapore for Patek Philippe’s Watch Art Grand Exhibition (ongoing until Oct. 13 at...
Princess Alice of Albany (February 1883-Jan 1981), Countess of Athlone, was the last surviving granddaughter of England’s Queen Victoria.
I received via airmail an honest-to-goodness, real old-fashioned Christmas card a couple of weeks ago. You will agree that this is highly unusual in this day and age of e-everything.
One of the most powerful trendsetters in fashion is Queen Victoria, whose influence has lasted for generations. In her time, Queen Victoria cast off superstitions surrounding opals by wearing them after a huge opal mine was uncovered in the British territory of Australia.
On the death of her husband, Prince Albert, she popularized jet, a matte fossilized wood, as mourning jewelry.
