An Address to Die For
It’s a vibrant microcosm of an historic walled city. Killer Queen Anne townhouses among thriller Tudor jetties and gables with all the cosiness of a cathedral precinct. It’s more like the Town of London than Tower of London. We’re here for an exclusive afterhours private view of the Crown Jewels or as our beefeater guide calls them “the most valuable objects on the planet”. Our favourite pieces are Queen Victoria’s Diamond Crown and the Grand Punch Bowl.
The crown was designed to be worn by Queen Victoria on top of her widow’s cap. So tiny, it’s more of a crownlet. It incorporates 1,187 brilliant-cut and rose-cut diamonds in an openwork silver frame. Queen Victoria first wore this crown for the opening of Parliament in 1871. The punchbowl is full throttle George IV bling. A silver gilt wine cistern, it can hold the equivalent of 144 bottles of wine. One way to get the party going! In between rods and coronets, there are more orbs than an episode of Most Haunted.
The social merry-go-round never stops. The after party is at The Reveller on the edge of the Thames (where guests more than live up to its name). The after after party is at Dirty Martini in the City. And the after after after party is at Annabel P’s, the new Annabel’s. Like Barack Obama, we’re always trying to push a little more optimism.
10 replies on “Tower of London + Crown Jewels”
You and Annabel get around. Lololol 😂😂 slightly spooked by your merry go round ……. 💝💝💝Kiki X
Lol it’s good to mix business with pleasure. LVB X
From haunted Lavenders Blue to the haunted Tower !! LL XX
Thanks to Fortnums and Winkworth Sherwood!
Great night time photography x
Thanks – a full moon certainly helped. X
An amazing party great to meet you both. Cecilia B
Thanks and you too. Winckworth Sherwood certainly know how to throw a good party.
Its so amazing how yoou can make a building look so good as if ww were living in the 18th century and that building has just been built you jave a serious gift of thhe eye.
Thanks Mary! Great to chat XX