Queen mary

They were her big jewelry statement during the Boston trip

This is one of the upper-deck passenger quarters on the Queen Mary (not hotel rooms). I knelt down to shoot this to position myself as close to the center of the hallway as possible. Despite my camera's built-in white-balance detection I still had to manually strip out some of the amber hue imparted by the light reflected off all of the wood paneling. The result posted here is fairly true to the actual color. I have another image of the lower-deck quarters that can be seen (and linked to) in…

The Queen Mary is one of the most haunted places in the world. Nicknamed, the Grey Ghost, it resides in the Long Beach Harbor.

Author James Pope-Hennessy reveals an extraordinarily detailed account of the few days he spent in 1957 with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in their home in France.

Among the images are Edward VII in 1902, the Queen and Prince Philip with baby Anne in 1950, and Queen Victoria in 1887 - all colourised by Nicola Branson, 47, from Northamptonshire.

I utterly adore the RMS Queen Mary! It is literally one of my favorite places on the planet. The RMS Queen Mary was built in Clydebank, Scotland in the 1930’s. As one of the premier luxury l…

On this day in 1953, the public mourned the death of a much-loved and respected member of the British royal family – Queen Mary

From Queen Victoria to Princess Charlotte.

Royals have been marrying their cousins since time immemorial, traditionally as a means of strengthening political alliances. What might be surprising though is that members of the royal family have continued to marry their cousins, right up to the present day!

Photograph of Queen Mary when Princess of Wales, seated. She holds a closed fan in her hands and wears the Love Trophy Collar, together with the tiara made by Boucheron in 1902 (dismantled to make the Delhi Durbar Tiara), the County of Surrey Necklace/Tiara, dismantled in 1913-14 and the Kensington Brooch. On her satin dress she wears the Royal Family Orders of Queen Victoria and Edward VII. Her dress is sequinned with pearls on the arms. Signed and dated.