July 2010 -- Toronto, Canada -- Prince Phillip and Queen Elizabeth (she is the Queen of England, ya know) attend a special film presentation at Pinewood Studios in Toronto. The film was a 3D film directed by Deepa Mehta set during the early 19th. It consisted of a group of dancers in period costume gyrating to loud Asian Bhangra music for a few minutes.

Notice of course the 3D glasses worn by the British Royals -- you don't get to see either of them wearing glasses of any kind very often -- we've never seen a picture of them wearing glasses at all!

But don't worry about the Queen, her Royal Highness wore a pair that was embellished with the letter Q in clear diamond Swarovski crystals. Look closely at the photograph here and you can see the distinctive capital "Q". File: Queen Elizabeth Swarovski Sunglasses

June 2010 - The 1st anniversary of American pop music icon Michael Jackson's death is here. Time to revisit the colorful collection of Swarovski encrusted gloves that became one of this trademarks . . . American pop star Michael Jackson's famous white crystal glove was created for him by Gaspar Gloves. Company owner Dorothy Gaspar, who also designed gloves for the "This Is It" tour, said recently that Michael's sister La Toya Jackson wanted Michael to wear a glove inside the casket. La Toya chose a white leather glove Dorothy made for Michael 10 to 12 years ago -- a white leather glove covered in Swarovski crystals. RIP MJ. File: Michael Jackson's Crystal Glove

September 2010 -- How far would you go? An auto accessory manufacturer in Japan, the DAD company, smothered a pair of Mercedes SL600 sports car in 300,000 Swarovski crystals! In the foreground is the champagne color car and in the background is the silver or 'diamond' crystal car.

The automobiles were displayed first at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2010 in Chiba, suburb of Tokyo, on January 15, 2010. It is the world's largest auto exhibition with more than 600 custom vehicles. But so blinged out? Wow! File: Swarovski crystal covered Mercedes SL600 car