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Did she break up the band or didn't she? That's been the big question for nearly five decades. John Lennon and Yoko Ono met in November of 1966 at an art gallery opening in London where Ono's work was soon to be on exhibit. Was it love at first sight? Who's to say. But it was certainly a whirlwind and sometimes controversial relationship.

We can always count on Queen Mary when it comes to fabulous tiaras. That woman had a penchant for turning something lovely into one heck of a statement piece. And I'm fairly certain she never ran into a jewel she didn't like. At least for a while. In today's episode of #TiaraTuesday, we'll discuss one of her Grande Dame tiaras: The Delhi Durbar Tiara.

Great Jewelry Collectors: Countess Albina Du Boisrouvray * Albina Du Boisrouvray is an anomaly. A woman from incredible means, who gave up a significant part of it, including some otherworldly jewels, to help those with nothing.

* If you're a follower of our #TiaraTuesday posts, then then woman in these photos should look familiar. It's the current Queen's sister, Princess Margaret and her husband Antony Armstrong-Jones. To say they had quite a marriage would be an understatement. Let's take a quick peek at just what it reportedly looked like. #WeddingWednesday #RoyalWedding

I bet you think that the current Queen, Elizabeth the II is the longest living British royal. And you'd think wrong. She's the longest reigning royal. But the longest living royal, a princess who was a first cousin twice removed and the great aunt to Elizabeth, holds the honor. Her name was Alice and she lived to be almost 98 years old. And this is the story of her favorite tiara.

There are women who marry well. And then there are women who make it an art. Mona von Bismarck was the latter. Married five times (FIVE TIMES), she had quite the life story (and the jewelry to go with it). Read about her in today's episode of #GreatJewelryCollectors on our blog: https://www.katiecallahanandco.com/?p=6593

We know him as the man that didn't give a damn. And her for her screwball comedies. Theirs was a short lived love but one that changed...

Ooooooo. We love it when we run into some royal tiara drama. The intrigue. The mystery. The did she or didn't she! As with any royal family, the British Royals aren't without a little drama when it comes to some of the royal jewels in the vaults. And the Grand Duchess Vladimir Tiara certainly provided a little drama.

A History of Engagement Rings, Vol. 7: The 1920’s We were packing up for our weekend show last night and couldn’t bring you the history...

A History of Engagement Rings Vol. 6: The 1930’s We’ve been patiently waiting to get to this edition of the History of Engagement Rings...

A History of Engagement Rings, Vol. 5: The 1940's As we continue to step back in time, exploring the history of engagement rings, we find...

Last week in A History Of Engagement Rings we talked about one of the greatest jewelry collectors of modern times: Liz Taylor. Oddly enough, or maybe not so oddly given that she was married 8 times, she shows up again here with us in the recap of the 1950’s. Four times (Conrad Hilton, Michael Wilding, Mike Todd and Eddie Fisher). :-)

A History of Engagement Rings, Vol. 3: The 1960’s It’s time for another ride in the ‘what did engagement rings look like back then’...

A History of Engagement Rings Vol. 2: The 1970s Did you catch us last week as we started down the historical path of engagement rings?...

A History of Engagement Rings Vol. 1: The 1980’s We loved researching and writing the Famous Jewelry In The Movies series so much that...

The Five Most Expensive Diamonds Ever Sold At Auction With our Famous Jewelry In The Movies series over and out next (surprise) series...

Famous Jewelry In The Movies, Vol. 11: The Great Gatsby For our final edition of Famous Jewelry In The Movies, we bring you The Great...

Famous Jewelry In The Movies, Vol. 10: Cleopatra If you are a true jewelry lover, then you know one of the greatest collectors of all...

Famous Jewelry In The Movies, Vol. 9: Sex In The City There are movies you watch and then there are movies that you watch over and over...

Jewelry In The Movies, Vol. 8:  Ok. We’ll just come out and say it. When it comes to jewelry in the movies, we’ve dreamed about this...