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Jewels of Royal Ties Reach Broadway From Europe’s Rise
A celebrated diction teacher, Jeanne Rouira, once tutor to British royalty, sold much of her historic jewelry after World War I. The pieces linked to Queen Victoria era figures passed to Broadway actresses like Esther Belle and Lenore Ulric, via Giovanni of the New York Symphony, amid European fortunes in decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Rouira
Queen Victoria
Rouira
Broadway
New York
London
Sarah
Esther Belle
Giovanni
New York Symphony Orchestra
Miss Belle
Marchioness
Blandford
Elizabeth
Austria
Rouia
Lenore Ulric
Hich
Duke of Edinburgh
Harry Richman
Lenore Sorsby
Roumania
Miss Sorsby
Marie
Aylesbury
Empress Elizabeth
Sarah Bernhardt
Ibrahim Pasha
Turkey
Terrys, Beerbohm Tree
Charles Hawtrey
Herman Vezin
Duke of York
John Singer Sargent
Europe
Ife
Edward VII of
England
Prince of Wales
Bernhardt