The alleged Fabergé Wedding Anniversary Egg at the center of the controversy. Courtesy Fabergé Museum, Baden-Baden.
A leading London-based art dealer has accused the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg of mounting a Fabergé exhibition featuring more than 20 “tawdry fakes” from the collection of Alexander Ivanov, a Russian oligarch with ties to Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin.
The explosive claim was made in an open letter to Hermitage boss Mikhail Piotrovsky by Andre Ruzhnikov, who has been buying and selling Fabergé for 40 years. In it, he accuses Piotrovsky of “insulting the good name of Fabergé, betraying your visitors’ trust, operating under false pretences, and destroying the authority of the museum you have been appointed to lead.”
«Без роскоши и помпезности»: Наследник дома Романовых сыграет свадьбу в Петербурге
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Наследник российского престола, 39-летний Георгий Романов объявил о помолвке с итальянкой
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Westminster history professor’s new book examines Russian royal weddings
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Dr. Russell E. Martin, professor of history at Westminster College, explores how royal weddings in early modern Russia were choreographed to broadcast powerful images of monarchy and dynasty.
The Tsar’s Happy Occasion: Ritual and Dynasty in the Weddings of Russia’s Rulers, 1495-1745 shows how the vast, ornate affairs of royal weddings reflected and shaped court politics during a time of dramatic cultural and dynastic change.
Using an array of archival sources, Martin shows how the rites of passage in these ceremonies functioned as dazzling displays of monarchical power unlike any other ritual at the Muscovite court. And as dynasties came and went and the political culture evolved, wedding rituals become important symbolic expressions of dynastic continuity and legitimacy. Martin also relates how Peter the Great remade wedding rituals to symbolize and empower his effor
Another Royal Wedding took place yesterday! Prince Constantin de Nassau married Kathryn Mechie in a civil ceremony in Gibraltar. The couple has a son, Félix. Prince Constantin is the son of Prince Jean of Luxembourg and his first wife Hélène and nephew of the Grand Duke! pic.twitter.com/ckuGPWNpmS CoutureAndRoyals (@CoutureRoyals) December 23, 2020
The bride looked stunning in a long sleeved dress
Kathryn, who is the daughter of Stewart Campbell Mechie and Kaye MacEwan, looks gorgeous in a low-cut, fitted number that features long sleeves and a collar.
Like many families around the world, the Luxembourgish royals are celebrating a quieter Christmas than normal. Henri and Maria Teresa posted their official seasonal card on their Instagram page this week, wishing their followers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year as they showcased a series of sweet family photos.