Crown Jewels
April 18 2023 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM900 W Georgia Street, Vancouver V6C 2W6
You’re cordially invited to an evening fit for royalty at Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, the ‘Castle in the City’
Completed in time for the royal visit in May of 1939, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) captured the hearts of Canadians during a royal train tour across the country. While in Vancouver, the couple stayed at Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, on the hotel’s 14th Heritage Floor where the Royal Suite resides, and officially opened the property on May 29,1939. Photos of the royal visit, as well as a menu showing they lunched on Crab Supreme and Lamb, are displayed in the hotel’s lower lobby archive area.
Leading up to the Royal Coronation, Fairmont Hotel Vancouver has partnered with Canadian jewellery designer, Alan Anderson, Canada’s expert on the history and provenance of the English Royal jewellery collection. For the British royals, jewellery is not merely adornment. Each piece, from the stones to the settings, have significance – whether a family heirloom, a national treasure or a statement. Alan will entertain and inform guests with funny anecdotes and period gossip behind the acquisition of some of the world’s most famous jewels.
Following his presentation of the history and pageantry of England’s sparkling treasures, guests will be invited to sip, snack and shop a curated trunk show of Alan’s royally inspired collection of couture costume jewellery.