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...Made of bullion, crystal and silver thread, the three-dimensional design was a collaboration between Jess Collett and Alexander McQueen....
...Part of that success was King Charles III’s, too....
...After Queen Elizabeth II’s death last year, speculation was rife that the jewel would next be worn by Camilla, the Queen Consort, at the coronation of King Charles III on May 6....
...She relied on her long-standing trio of trusted British brands: Alexander McQueen, Catherine Walker and Jenny Packham....
...Queen’s children hold vigil King Charles III, Princess Anne and Princes Andrew and Edward will hold a vigil at 7.30 tonight to mourn the death of their mother, Queen Elizabeth II....
...Trooping saw the return of the white Alexander McQueen coat dress worn last year when she attended the G7 reception....
...The museum, which was formally opened by King Charles last month (although it has been welcoming the public since March), has been preserved and revitalised in a £68.25mn revamp under McAslan’s guidance....
...Marble Hill was built in the 1720s by Henrietta Howard, mistress of the future George II, as the then Prince of Wales started planning for her retirement....
...When you get to Charles II Street, enjoy the view of John Nash’s flamboyant Theatre Royal (1821). Cut through to Pall Mall, turn left and then right on to Waterloo Place....
...Once a burial ground for the lepers of St James’s Hospital, the land now known as Green Park was civilised by Charles II in the 17th century when he created a deer park and built ice houses to cool his summer...
...Queen Elizabeth II remains a living link to this era, as her recent TV addresses have demonstrated....
...Another of his portraits “Alexander I, Emperor of Russia”, fetched £175,000 a month later in London....
...He had first-hand contacts with most of the leading rulers and military commanders of his time, from Louis XII of France and Emperor Maximilian I to Pope Julius II and Cesare Borgia....
...They said Louis XIV of France’s payments to Charles II to stay out of his continental wars would have met the standard because the British king abused the power of his office for personal benefit....
...In 1727 Henrietta’s royal lover became King George II....
...His gold-coated altar plates are on display in the vestry, including an alms dish made by one of Charles II’s goldsmiths....
...“The Germans didn’t have the best tank going into World War II. The French did....
...He ends more than 700 pages later with the downfall of Tsar Nicholas II in 1917 and the slaughter of 18 members of the imperial family in another horrific civil war....
...A happy byproduct of the show’s success is that Ron Chernow’s fine 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton, the original inspiration for Miranda’s project, is enjoying a second strong innings in the bestseller...
...Visits to the watchmaker from Tsar Alexander I and the Imperial Russian navy are also documented through the timepieces....
...What A Grade II-listed house that dates from the 17th-century, with eight bedrooms and five bathrooms....
...But the bank, which was founded in the 17th century during the reign of Charles II, said it was aware that the inflow might be fleeting....
...“It had gotten rather soulless,” says property consultant Charles McDowell, “and prices reflected this....
...Then, Pope John Paul II made a trip to the Netherlands, the least obsequious province in Catholic Europe....
...Speculation now turned to possible names with George, James, Alexander and Henry as bookmakers’ favourites....
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