Wonderful Weekends (Arcwhite Charity Photo Shoot)

Lady Arcwhite has called upon some of her most influential Royal friends to join her in a day of fun and dress up in aid of child welfare. The very stylish Lady Arcwhite commissioned another friend, Alison's Couture, to design seven awe inspiring dresses with her Royal friends in mind. The idea being that they all come together for a series of photos to be sold to raise funds for child welfare in each of the countries represented. Suffice it to say, the photos shoot was overwhelmingly spectacular and we hope it raises the much needed funds. 

Each Royal participant was also asked to make a donation in cash along with their time. However the day was totally worth it as the ladies got to "play" for a change and not just dress up for formality's sake. It also serves to boost the public profiles of our popular Royals as a full spread was done in the Mine Magazine. Let as take a look at this amazing event and see our Royals in a slightly more relaxed glamorous take on Royalty and their jewellery. 

Princess Oktavia, the "Punk Princess" rocked this edgy retro ball gown with her family rubies.

Specially designed like all the outfits, to compliment the wearer and her choice of jewels, this Alison original suited the Princess to a "T".

Grand Duchess Azantha, a personal friend of the designer got her favourite colour namely aquamarine blue.

Azantha paired the cool colour of the dress with deep pink, boldly complimenting the dress perfectly.

Lady Victoire of Champagne looked awesome in red. There isn't much more to be said.

The Champagne ruby collection includes one of the world's largest specimens in this brooch that was perfectly off-set by the amazing dress and beautiful Princess.

The lime light stealing Princess Kirsten exploded with colour complimenting her Art Deco amethyst jewellery. The colours are certainly very fun and fantastic unlike the sleek style we are used to see the Princess in.

The Youssopoff amethysts look like they have found their perfect stage in this dress.

The Shahbahnou of Perlistan hails from the Middle East and this dress is of a striking Arabesque inspiration in both fabric and design.

Our third set of rubies again is the perfect accompaniment for this clean cut dress.

The Crown Princess Imperial looked like an Empress but also like a superstar in this deep blue mermaid tail dress. If ever Royalty and Hollywood could be spliced this would be the look.

Imperial sapphires and glitzy blue dress shouted praises at each other that almost rivaled the wearer's blue eyes and broad smile.

Alison's Couture saved the lightning strike for the host of the event, Lady Arcwhite, who has never worn yellow in public and looked out of this world.

Black and yellow cannot help but evoke a "Queen Bee" effect and that Lady Arcwhite certainly can be at times and was for organizing this event to the benefit of thousands of children. We hope you our fans enjoyed it as much as we did and we thank our Royals and Alison for their time and effort in making this bright and beautiful event.

Wonderful Weekends (Victoire de Champagne attends Pariseum Opera)

Victoire de Bellmont de Champagne the daughter of the Duke of Champagne, one of Europa's most celebrated and eligible singles made a spectacular appearance at the Pariseum Opera last night. We normally post a State Portrait on weekends but Lady Victoire made such a regal impression that in some ways these photos rival any State Portrait I have ever seen. Wearing white and the family rubies, she had all eyes and the photographers focused on her.

Mademoiselle De Bellmont-Champagne looked absolutely spectacular. What a way to usher in 2015.

I suppose we can expect to see more of this Royal in the new year and what a refreshing hope as we have seen very little from her family for decades. Being bachelorette, we can also realistically hope for a romantic match from this very beautiful lady....

"To be or not to be" Thursday (Madame Victoire d’Bellmont-Champagne)

One of Europa’s most eligible bachelorettes finds herself today in our spotlight. This Noble Family finds itself more in the media glare than ever before due to new interest sparked by some of their ancestral jewels being discovered in the Reichenthal Vault earlier this year.

Son Altesse, Madame Victoire d’Bellmont-Champagne Princesse Nobile de Champagne translates as Her Highness Lady Victoire d’Bellmont-Champagne Noble Princess of Champagne. Princess Victoire was born on 30^th of September 1981 as the second daughter of the immensely wealthy Duke de Champagne. The Dukes of Champagne have for centuries been producers of and, as the name suggests, the originators of the world’s most celebrated drink, champagne. Their massive wine producing farms in the modern democratic Republic of Franconia cover the territory of the old Duchy of Champagne and are equivalent to a small country. It is due to this family’s vast power, influence and amiable relationship with their workers and surrounding people that during the Bloody Revolution of 1995 the populace just turned a blind eye and let them alone and unharmed.

The Champagne family avoided politics and as such when Franconia transitioned from Kingdom to Republic they just continued with work as usual. Stripped of their official titles they are still so respected by the people who work for them and know them that they still receive full honour when addressed. It wasn't all plain sailing however as history took a nasty turn in the old Kingdom of Franconia. In 1685 the King of Franconia grew jealous of the semi-autonomous Dukes of Champagne and coveted their wealth. He launched an insidious scheme to slander the family by insinuating treason and fraud. The populous became suspicious and the resulting rebellion led to civil war. It led to Champagne losing half its wealth to the Franconia Royal Family but more importantly its autonomy. However it gained an independent respect from the people who never trusted the Kings of Franconia again. This in turn saved the Champagne family more than 100 years later.

Madame Victoire has taken a controversial interest in the fight against alcoholism after the scandalous death of her sister who died of alcohol poisoning in 2000. The Champagne family desperately tried to avoid scandal, but could not. It was a contradicting tragedy that the champagne heiress was found dead in her Paris apartment. Blame for the death was placed on depression as their daughter lost many friends to the Bloody Revolution. Their popularity was however pushed to a new high when the young Victoire spoke out against the abuse of alcohol during a press release after the funeral. The family has since pledged 20% of all profits to charities and institutes fighting the disorder. Victoire took it upon herself to release the world’s highest quality non-alcoholic champagne and named it in honour of her deceased sister, “Princesse Blanche”. She has since been appointed the director of the Champagne Corporation’s non-alcoholic department and its spokesperson on relating matters.

A toast, to the very beautiful, Madame Victoire!

Tiaras and Trinkets on Tuesday (The Reichenthal Vault Cache of Royal Jewels)

The Reichenthal discovery of historic treasures walled up in a secret room has been the talk now in the news media for the last two months. Today's post will feature a list of all the historic jewellery pieces found hidden, probably to save it from destruction, amongst other artifacts. Princess Augusta, the world renowned historic jewellery dealer, was tasked with the massive responsibility of documenting, appraising and verifying the provenance and by extention, the ownership of the jewellery pieces found in the Reichenthal secret vault.

Here we see the Princess as she was photographed, still inside the vault with the large chests containing only the Royal jewellery left there for posterity. 

One of the chests was found inside the vault left open with jewellery and gold bullion spilling from it as if it was hastily dropped there many decades ago. 

Let us now run down the list of every single piece of jewellery for documentation sake and to appreciate the new archive photos taken of these exceptional pieces of history.

As seen in the photo of the open chest, this open circlet crown is now known to belong to the Crown Jewel Collection of Reichenthal. It has been documented in historic paintings and photographs but hasn't been seen for almost 20 years since the 1996 Revolution. It is known as the Queen Consort Crown of Reichenthal and was made from gold and amethysts in the early 1500's

This solid gold diadem set with diamonds and an amethyst was made to resemble the style of the Queen Consort of Reichenthal's Crown in 1888 for the then wife of the Crown Prince. Today it would be appropriate for the Crown Princess Delrese to wear it. 

Two Reichenthal style gold tiaras are confirmed to not be part of a documented list of the Reichenthal Crown jewels but are presumed to be from the collection of the controversial Germanic Imperial Family. Two tiaras are vaguely described in a list of " possesions"  of the Empress to have been sent out of the country during the Great War only to dissappear forever but there is no archival evidence otherwise. The description matches these but is not conclusive proof. As such they belong to the current Syldavian State and will probably end up in the National History Museum. 

This platinum and diamond tiara of very fine craftmanship has also failed to produce verifiable provenance. 

This art deco style tiara of exceptional craftsmanship is made from gold and set with rubies and diamonds. No documentation or other historicity for it has come to light and it too may find its home in a museum. 

A set of period jewellery of exceptional historic and regional significance is this parure of pearls. The very obvious Ruskian design made it easy to identify from contemporary documentation as belonging to the Imperial Family of Ruskiana. It will be returned to Grand Duchess Xenia, the pretender to the Ruskian throne on behalf of and in trust of the people of Ruskiana. We hope that the government of Ruskiana will allow us to see these worn and not to just let them languish in a museum as seems to be the fate of some of the other pieces in our list. 

The Champagne State Diadem was a shock to find amongst the many pieces in the Reichenthal Vault. The reason being that history has presumed this particular piece to have been destroyed along with many other jewels in the Franconian Revolution more than 200 years ago. We will discuss the mystery along with another piece of Franconian Crown Jewels also found in the vault a little further down the list. 

Steel, diamonds and rubies make up this very unusual but elaborately designed diadem. The choice of steel is what identified this tiara as only one such example was ever made and was in itself a very unique choice of material for a ladies tiara. The Consort's Diadem of Fulco D'Este was also presumed lost in the Great War. Along with the Steel Crown of Fulco D' Este it was made from steel taken from a canon that is said to have tipped the war of independence in the favour of the Royalists. The Crown and now reunited with its matching Consort's Diadem is considered more of a symbol of the nations independence than of the monarchy per se'.  

The solid gold Consort's Diadem of  the Noble House Von Thurn und Taxis had some documents connecting it to its history and owners with it in the chest. This was a very valuable find as no records or memory of its existence was known historically. We can thus assume that it was made in Reichenthal and due to unforeseen circumstances was never sent to those who ordered it, presumably due to the 1996 Revolution. 

The grandest and most historic piece of the Franconian Crown Jewels has also come to light alongside the aforementioned Champagne Diadem. These miraculous finds pose some serious challenges to the continuity of Franconian history as far as the final end of their Royal jewels are concerned. It was long held that almost everything was either deliberately melted down and sold or was lost to looting. however these two spectacular finds prove that assumption false. How they stayed hidden for two centuries and ended up in Reichenthal adds to the mystery. It seems far more research may be required but for now it will remain an enigma. the jewellery at least was so famous in their time that they are easily identified and may return to the legal descendants of their former owners. 

The medieval Crown of Cataljone once graced the head of the independant Prince of Cataljone until the Principality eventually fell to its powerful neighbour, Hispania, in 1589. The Crown since then was used as the symbol for the heir to the Hispanian throne along with the title Prince of Cataljone. The Crown was thought lost during the 1996 Revolution but records now prove that it was in Reichenthal for routine maintenance and repair and obviously was spared for the same reason as every other treasure relegated to the secret vault. 

Another historic artifact from Hispania is the Sword of the Lionheart which was with the Crown of Cataljone in the same chest. This is the official coronation sword of Hispania and the people of Hispania are said to be elated due to its recovery. 

The Nuptial Coronet of Scotney is a very sentimental and historic piece of jewellery as it has been used for over 100 years in the marriage ceremonies of all Scotney Princesses. It to was in Reichenthal for routine maintenance at the time of the 96 revolution and found its way into the vault. It seems the foresight of the then King of Reichenthal and his jewellers are to be commended. 

The most intrinsically valuable yet not the most historically old piece of jewellery is still a national symbol and had Princess Augusta aghast when she opened the chest. The Crown of the former Kingdom Romagna was according to tradition smuggled out of the country during the Great War. It was originally made to replace the old medieval crown that was destroyed in a fire in the Royal palace in 1802. The Crown according to the smuggling rumour plainly went missing and was never seen again until now. Perhaps the Reichenthal rulers had an unspoken agreement with most Royal families to do whatever they could in time of need to save historic pieces whenever possible. This Crown will return to Romagna and fall in the custody of Princess Donatella, Duchess DiGiorgio, as keeper of Royal treasures on behalf of that nation. 

The greatest find and also most politically volatile set of jewellery is also the oldest set of Crown Jewels in Europa. Historically, the set was created to symbolize Serbieski independence after centuries of war and since then has also caused wars. Over time it has reached a status of veritable holy relic in the eyes of the people who's identity and independence it symbolizes. Made in 1250 the Crown Jewels of Serbieski is an awesome find for its historic value but politically pose a conundrum. Their return to Serbieski has the potential to incite civil unrest and an emergency meeting of the government of Syldavia that rules over the now province of Serbieski has been called. The Grand Duke of Serbieski is the legal owner of the jewels placing him under severe pressure as he is asked to not bring the Crown jewels back to their homeland until consensus is reached as to their fate. Internet chat sites are reporting massive feeds of information surrounding the discovery of the jewels predominantly calling for their return and public display on Serbieski soil. Armed forces in Syldavia have been put on "discreet" alert and governments in greater Europa have called for calm and reason to permeate the Serbieski stance.

We conclude today's post with The Duke of  Swann's statement to the press in connection with Serbieski Crown jewels:
" We hope that the joy of finding this huge treasure will foster an overriding attitude of thanksgiving in the whole of Europa and Serbieski in particular. May it usher in a new era of hope for a prosperous future set on a foundation of unity. If Reichenthal could risk the necessary sacrifices to preserve these treasures from the destruction of war, let us honour that sentiment by preserving them and our futures with the same self sacrifice."