.. when fashion was changing.  Being a trendsetter did not always mean being well coordinated.  Here is Ena,  in ermine, silk, and the Royal pearls (of course), sporting a 1920’s number at a dedication ceremony, proving pearls do not necessarily always go with everything (as they would say later in …

… wearing Queen Victoria’s brooch, Queen Letitzia of Spain has inherited English, French, and Spanish jewelry.  An absolutely stunning woman who was a journalist and news anchor before marrying Felipe to become the Spanish Queen, she wears the tiaras, prarures, and brooches of her ancestors proudly and often.

… here we see Queen Elizabeth, current monarch of England, wearing Queen Victoria’s mother’s approximate era 1830 brooch.

… as with modern day Josephine of Sweden shown here wearing her great grandmother Empress Josephine of France’s favorite cameo tiara (prarure), it’s amazing how well the same jewels will go with any fashionable ensemble of any era. (Portraits: left, Empress Josephine of France; right, Josephine of Sweden)

… inherited much royal jewelry from both, plus a flair for fashion. (Portrait:  Ena, Empress of Spain, wore her grandmother, Queen Victoria’s aquamarine and amethyst prarure)

…Sometimes that meant tiaras, necklaces, and bracelets left the country forever. This photo shows Ena, daughter of Beatrice, Queen Victoria’s youngest & goddaughter of Eugenie of France, wearing the English royal pearls – in Spain.

… connected by blood to royalty of 4 nations: England, France, Spain, & Prussia (Photo: a young Ena (Victoria Eugenie of Battenburg), later to become Ena of Spain)  

.. was the godchild of Eugenie of France.  Ena brought the families and countries together. She was the last Empress of Spain before Spain became a Republic. (Photo: Well photographed by her mother, an excellent photographer with her own dark room, Ena is in the height of royal fashion during …

Well photographed Princess Beatrice, who would become Her Royal Highness of Battenburg, console her mother Queen Victoria at the death of her father Albert, and care for her mother the rest of Victoria’s life. (Featured: in high winter fashion.  below; as the companion and secretary to her mother)

.. the Royal family could now be followed in their daily lives.  They still loved the posed portraits when everyone was able to gather though. (Photo: 4 generations of English royal women: Victoria with daughter Beatrice, granddaughter “Ena” Victoria Eugenie, and Ena’s daughter Alice the baby)