Footage of King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium arriving with Queen Elizabeth II and the British royals at Covent Garden during the 1963 Belgian state visit
Jewels on Film: Belgian Monarchs at Covent Garden (1963)
Jewels on Film: Buckingham Palace Banquet
Courtesy British Pathe, here’s how British state banquet entrances looked almost half a century ago. Lots of royals and lots of royal jewels on display to honor the President of Finland in 1969 — which royals and which pieces can you spot?
Jewels on Film: The Shah’s Wedding (1959)
December 1959: Newsreel footage of the third wedding of the Shah of Iran; his bride, Farah Diba, wears the Noor-ol-Ain Tiara and other glittering jewels
