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Boucheron True Stories episodes
- 1918 : Le premier Amour du Duc de WindsorL’histoire débute à Londres, dans le quartier chic de Belgravia, à la fin de la Première Guerre Mondiale. Une tonne d’explosifs vient de réduire à néant une aile entière de l’hôpital royal de Chelsea, sur les bords de la Tamise. Une jeune femme affolée, qui rentrait chez elle à pied, sonne à la porte de la première maison qu’elle reconnaît. L’hôtesse est une de ses amies. Elle donnait un dîner en l’honneur de son Altesse Royale le Prince de Galles, fils aîné du Roi George V et de la Reine Mary.
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4 min - 1937, La broche du Duc de KentC’est une demi-page dans l’un des livres de la boutique Boucheron de Londres. Elle est datée du 31 juillet 1937 et comprend près d’une dizaine d’objets précieux, dont un double clip broche en diamants et aigues-marines. Le client n’est autre que son Altesse Royale, le Duc de Kent, frère du nouveau Roi George VI. Le double clip acquis en 1937 va connaître un destin extraordinaire...
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4 min - 1952 : Le bracelet du Duc d’Edimbourg« Son Altesse Royale, le Duc d’Edimbourg ». C’est sous ce nom que la commande et l’achat d’un bracelet sont référencés dans les livres de la succursale Boucheron de Londres en 1952. Le Duc souhaite donner un certain éclat à la célébration de ce cinquième anniversaire de mariage. Non seulement il a commandé le bracelet mais il en a dessiné le modèle, destiné à son épouse, Sa Majesté la Reine Elizabeth II.
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3 min - October 12, 2018. A wedding at Windsor CastleThe entire British royal family has taken their places in the Gothic pews of Saint George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. On this day, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh are seeing their granddaughter, Princess Eugenie of York, marry Mr. Jack Brooksbank. Surprise! Contrary to every tradition, she is wearing a colored tiara from the collection of her grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. It is the work of Boucheron.
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5 min - The fabulous jewels of Margaret GrevilleMargaret Greville was a mysterious character with an extraordinary destiny. She was born in Edinburgh – very far away from the elegant districts of London – on December 20, 1863, but inherited a fortune estimated to be worth 1,500,000 pounds sterling. She was one of the richest women in Great Britain, and she managed to keep that wealth all her life. Her two passions were gemstones and the royal family.
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6 min - 1942, the heritage of the Queen MotherMargaret Greville died on September 15, 1942. Her jewels collection was put in an inventory and appraised in the following weeks. Only one person would be able to keep such a collection intact. It was Queen Elizabeth, wife of King Georges VI. In 1947, the first Boucheron piece from the Greville collection made a timid appearance at the wedding of the princess, Elizabeth. At twenty-one, the future Queen was marrying one of her distant cousins, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark.
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6 min - 1883, the pearls of the Duchess of Edinburgh
The British royal family discovered Boucheron by way of Russia.
Like the whole Romanov family, the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna had a great love of precious stones. In 1883 she first set foot in the Boucheron boutique…
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3 min - 1902, the two tiaras of the Princess of WalesThe official voyage had lasted seven and a half months, from March 16th to November 1st, 1901. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York had visited Malta, Aden, Colombo, and Ceylon before moving on to Singapore and Australia, with stopovers in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. From this long expedition, they brought back trunks full of official presents. One such gift was brought to Boucheron on April 21, 1902.
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3 min - 1918, the first love of the Duke of WindsorThe story begins in London, in March 1918, in the elegant district of Belgravia. One ton of explosives had destroyed a wing of the Royal Hospital of Chelsea on the banks of the Thames. A terrified young woman who had been walking home rushed to ring the doorbell of the first house she recognized. The lady of the house, the young woman’s friend, happened to be holding a dinner in honor of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the eldest son of George V and Queen Mary.
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4 min - 1937, gifts from the Duke of KentThis entry takes up half a page in the archives of the London Boucheron boutique. It is dated July 31, 1937 and includes nearly a dozen precious objects, including a diamond-and-aquamarine double clip brooch. The client was none other than His Royal Highness Duke of Kent, the brother of the new King George VI. The double clip that he had purchased in 1937 went on to encounter an extraordinary destiny...
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Welcome into the world of Boucheron, the most stylish French High Jewelry Maison. Each episode of the series will deliver the most incredible true stories which have occurred on 26 place Vendôme.
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