I am joining Pink Saturday with How Sweet the Sound today. The pink I found was from the design of a Prince Charles and Diana Royal Wedding bell from 1981. For more info on the bell or other Royal commemoratives at Time Was Antiques, click on the photos.
I think I thought of the wedding bell, which is by SylvaCeramics, England because of my last post about the green stone Tourmaline and Peridot ring we supplied to a couple (he's an artist in New York City) as an engagement ring. I received a lot of emails from the post asking about my comment that they are popular in the UK, and also by a number of ladies whose 20 and 30 somthing kids have also had colored stones for engagement rings recently.
When Charles and Diana were engaged in 1980, he gave her a large blue sapphire surrounded by diamonds.
And of course, in November of 2010 their son Prince William presented the same ring to his future bride Catherine Middleton.
When Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson in 1986, she was given a large ruby surrounded with diamonds.
And Edward VIII gave his future wife Wallis Simpson a 20 carat emerald.
And a royal cousin Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece married Marie-Chantal in 1995, she had a large oval sapphire with heart shaped diamonds.
So it is fun to see how styles change. By the time William and Catherine's child marries, what will the trend be?
I wanted to share this video from CBS news that is tied to Madonna's new movie WE for Wallis and Edward, King Edward VIII and divorcee Wallis Simpson, whom he abdicated the throne of England to marry. The videa includes info about a new book with exerpts of letters the author recently found by Wallis to her ex husband. I found it very interesting and wanted to pass it on.
If Edward had not abdicared to marry Wallis, King George VI, father of Queen Elizabeth would not have been king and therefore no Prince William in the lineup down the road. England also may well have caved to Hitler, as Edward was a know Nazi sympathizer.
As Noel Coward said "There should be a statue of Wallis Simpson in every English village for saving the nation in time of war".
The video below starts with a commercial of course....sigh....
With all the hoopla from The King's Speech, about the difficulties faced by Albert, younger son of King George V of England who became King George VI when his elder brother, Edward VIII abdicated the throne, it's no wonder an auction of items owned by Wallis Simpson will attract a large crowd. But when you also add in the names of Princess Diana and soon to be royal Kate Middleton, it's big news.
The upcoming auction at Kerry Taylor Auctions reported the upcoming auction is to be held on March 17th and include items formerly owned by Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor as well as the see through dress Kate Middleton wore that attracted Prince William. Also included are gowns worn by Princess Diana at various times.
An interesting thing reported in a Yahoo article about the auction, is a film is in the works at the moment about Wallis Simpson called WE for Wallis and Edward directed by Madonna. There are also several movies on tap about Prince William and Kate Middleton.
King George V and Queen Mary, parents of Edward VIII and George VI
Eldest son of King George V, David or Edward VIII who abdicated
George VI, youngest son of George V who became king when older brother abdicated and is the main character of The King's Speech, here with Queen Elizabeth who was later lovingly known as The Queen Mum, and was the mother of Queen Elizabeth II.
So...there is a bit of a royal time line. So the royal items auction should do well.
For more information on any of the items pictured here which are in stock at Time Was Antiques, just click on the photo.
