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Today in Royal History | November 16

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The 73rd Birthday of Princess Maximiliane zu Windisch-Graetz, Fürstin zu Fürstenberg

[Fürstenberg Tiara | The Fürstenberg Tiaras]

The Death of Princess Cecilie, Grand Duchess of Hesse in 1937

[Hesse Strawberry Leaf Tiara | Hesse Star Tiara | Medieval Emerald Tiara]

The Death of the Hesse Royal Family in 1937 

[Hesse Strawberry Leaf Tiara | Hesse Star Tiara | Hesse Turquoise and Moonstone Tiara | Hesse Medieval Emerald Tiara ]

Royal Events OTD

The Swedish State Visit to Jordan in 2022

The Italian State Visit to Spain in 2021

Princess Theodora of Greece engaged to Matthew Kumar in 2018

The Engagement of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in 2010

 The Danish State Visit to Japan in 2004

Princess Anne at Royal Ontario Winter Fair in 1988

Prince and Princess of Wales in Bahrain in 1986 

The Dutch State Visit to Britain in 1982

 Queen in Malta in 1967

Royal Command Film Performance in 1954

Order of the Garter Investiture at Windsor Castle in 1906

Royal Events Today

Hesse Strawberry Leaf Tiara

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