Cinderella and her animal friends in Tři oříšky pro Popelku / Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel / Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) dir. by Václav Vorlíček.

The tomb of a Crusader, Skeabost, Isle of Skye

King Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway with Princess Victoria of Wales in 17th century costume at the Devonshire Ball.

Northampton heraldry. July 2015.

Dagger (Katar), Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor

Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Steel

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/31511

Diamond tiara. Circa 1900s

Via Sothebys.

Arms of Lady Diana Spencer, as Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales

Bojnice Castle Slovakia

Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown. And put a barren scepter in my grip.

Macbeth (2015) dir. Justin Kurzel

Sebastiano Venier, 1571, Tintoretto

Medium: oil,canvas

Traditional Russian Aristocratic headdress during Mongolian rule

Inside the ruins of Dunbrody abbey, Co Wexford

“The food being on the table Their Majesties sat down, the Queen in the chief place and the Bishop of Winchester at the end of the table. The Queen took precedence of His Majesty in all the service, even in the matter of plate, for while what was on his side was silver plate, that on the Queen’s side was gilt, and in all much better pieces. This precedence must have been because he was not yet crowned. Below there were tables set where the ladies and the ambassadors ate; only the French King’s Ambassador was absent, because he thought he should take precedence [over] the Ambassador of the King of the Romans. On the other side were the nobles and knights, Spanish and English, and they sat down to eat. Among them hardly any nation was unrepresented, for there were Spaniards, Englishmen, Germans, Hungarians, Bohemians, Poles, Flemings, Italians and Irishmen, even an Indian gentleman, so that there should be one.”

— ‘The Voyage of Philip II to England’ by Andres Munoz, in The Marriage of Philip II of Spain with Mary Tudor by Sheila Himsworth (via queenmarytudor)