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Princess Margaret Loved Her Jewelry

Princess Margaret had an eye for jewelry.

Her former lady-in-waiting, Anne Glenconner, reminisced on Margaret’s love for gems in her new memoir, Whatever Next? Lessons From an Unexpected Life. “Princess Margaret particularly loved jewelery,” Lady Glenconner wrote. “She didn’t have a huge amount but she chose carefully.”

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In particular, Lady Glenconner writes about the royal’s wedding tiara, the Poltimore tiara. Princess Margaret bought the tiara herself. “Patrick Plunket, who had such good taste and was once a trustee of the Wallace Collection,

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47 Diamond Street Tops Out in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Construction has topped out on 47 Diamond Street, a three-story residential building in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Designed by Paul Lombardi of Design Studio Associates and developed by 47 Diamond Street LLC, the 48-foot-tall structure will span 133,321 square feet and yield nine units with an average scope of 1,480 square feet, as well as a cellar level, a penthouse , and a 30-foot-long rear yard. Giron Contracting is the general contractor for the project, which is located on an interior lot between Nassau and Driggs Avenues.

Recent photos show the reinforced concrete superstructure built to its pinnacle and a dense mesh

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Introducing the Méraud Antigua – WRISTPORN

After three years of buildup, the Méraud Antigua timepiece has finally been released. This highly anticipated watch was released in a limited edition of only 200 pieces, making it a rare and coveted piece by watch collectors. What makes the Méraud Antigua so unique is the fact that it was inspired by antique chronograph designs–more specifically, the Landeron 248 caliber timepiece.

The style of the Méraud Antigua takes inspiration from classic regatta races wherein boats competed with one another in the water. The name of the watch gives a nod to the Antigua Classic Regatta and features yacht-themed details. This

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New Lord of the Rings films in the works at Warner Bros. | Lord of the Rings

Cinema is heading back to Middle-earth, with Warner Bros. and New Line signing a deal to make more adaptations of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

Warner Bros. Discovery’s chief executive, David Zaslav, announced on Thursday on an earnings call that a deal had been brokered to make “multiple” films based on JRR Tolkien’s books. The cost of the deal with Embracer Group, the Swedish gaming company that owns the rights to most of Tolkien’s world, has yet to be revealed.

The films will be developed through the Warner Bros production company New Line Cinema, which produced the

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Bandai Namco Teases a Possible DLC For The Game

Elden Ring publisher, Bandai Namco, has teased a possible return to The Lands Between. The title was released in February 2022, and since then, DLC content has been the topic of much speculation.

Fans of the game will be delighted to read what the publisher had to say regarding the game’s future. In an announcement celebrating Elden Ring selling 20 million units, Bandai Namco dropped some hints confirming that more future content is on the way.

“Combining the development capabilities of FromSoftware and the marketing power of Bandai Namco Entertainment’s overseas network, this title has been supported by fans since

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Kate Middleton at the Baftas: Journalist reacts to Princess of Wales wearing Zara earrings at Bafta Awards 2023

A journalist deconstructing Kate Middleton’s look at the 2023 Baftas happily drew attention to the Princess of Wales’s £18 earrings.

The awards ceremony is currently underway at the Royal Festival Hall at London’s Southbank Centre. We’ve rounded up the boldest, most exciting looks from this year’s red carpet here.

Accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Kate reworked the off-shoulder Alexander McQueen gown she first debuted at the 2019

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How Kiama’s ‘blue diamond’ helped build colonial Sydney, paving the way with basalt

The distinct hexagonal columns found at Kiama’s Bombo Headland Quarry on the New South Wales south coast, like those of the Giant’s Causeway in Ireland, are a natural phenomenon offering geologists insights into the Earth’s core mantle.

But they also tell a different story, one of hard-working men doing loud and dangerous mining work as old Sydney town established itself on the back of basalt.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story has a photo of people who have died.

First mined in the 1880s, basalt came to be known as Kiama’s blue diamond.

“Kiama’s blue diamond

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William Diamond | Obituaries | Cumberland Times News

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William John “Bill” Diamond, 87, of Frostburg, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023, at his home, surrounded by his wife, children, and grandchildren.
Born June 29, 1935, in Analipsi, Greece, he was preceded in death by his parents, John and Anna Diamond; brothers, Apostolis (survived by his wife, Efthimia), Dimitri (survived by his wife, Katerina), Christopher Diamond; sister, Vasiliki Grigoropoulos; grandson, Sean Diamond ,and twin great-grandsons, Louis and Francis Bradley.
Bill came to this country from Southern Greece in May of 1955, at the age of 19 with .05, landing at Ellis Island not knowing a single word of

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