I'm going to a ball tonight, and I would like to borrow my ancestral crown.' " She was referring to one of two gem-encrusted royal crowns — Empress Josephine's, and one from the Romanovs — which the store had bought from the families' descendants and used in its window displays.
I'm going to a ball tonight, and I would like to borrow my ancestral crown.' " She was referring to one of two gem-encrusted royal crowns Empress Josephine's, and one from the Romanovs which the store had bought from the families' descendants and used in its window displays.
For those readers who don't know it: Rosenborg is the small gem of a royal residence built by the Danish King Christian IV in the 1620s for his second wife, Kirsten Munk.
Lester owes some credit for his gem against the Royals to outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury' diving catch in the fourth inning to rob Kansas City's Jose Guillen.
Another historic building that guards artistic gems is the royal palace complex, Real Alcázar, where, hanging behind the altar in a small chapel in the Cuarto del Almirante (the Admiral's Chamber), is the Virgen de los Mareantes by Alejo Fernandez.
Funky cafe-restaurant L'Avenue (922 avenue du Mont-Royal) in Le Plateau is a breakfasting gem.
The Royals came within the aforementioned Madison Bumgarner gem of winning their first World Series title since 1985, and it will be interesting to see if Ned Yost's crew can turn similar tricks in 2015.
He had with him a huge collection of gold, silver and gems, probably part of the royal treasury, which he was later accused of having stolen from Edward.
In 2004, Vekselberg dropped roughly $100 million buying nine of those intricate fabrications, crafted out of gems and precious metals as royal gifts in Tsarist times.
