Royal Style & Fashion

When the Princess of Wales wears something, it sells out. Inside the gentle, powerful phenomenon that British fashion calls the Kate Effect.

When they are worn, why they are so often borrowed, and what makes a tiara the most romantic jewel in the royal box.

From the gown that made white the rule to Diana's fairytale train — the royal wedding dresses that changed fashion forever.

Two crowns, a sceptre and an orb — a guide to the dazzling working regalia of the British monarchy, and where to see it.

The Lover's Knot, the Diamond Diadem, "Granny's tiara" and the Fringe — four jewels whose histories are really the history of a family.

The royal and aristocratic view of jewellery has little to do with price — and everything to do with history, family and the quiet weight of an heirloom.

Smuggled out of a Russian palace in a Gladstone bag and sold to Queen Mary in exile — the extraordinary journey of one of the royal family's most travelled tiaras.

A famous sapphire worn by two princesses, a ring designed by a prince — the romantic histories behind the most admired royal engagement rings.