Royal Jewels

[prince.of.preslav]

Date: 3/30/2010 6:40:22 AM
Author: Josefine
Thank you bobby for the photos of pealrneckleces...

You''re welcome, Josfine. It was a pleasure sharing these photos with you and the others.

Bogdan

 

[alexander1917]

Among the grandest jewels at the disposal of the Queen of Denmark is the so-called “poiré pearl tiara”, which consists of eighteen large pear-shaped (poiré) pearls hanging from diamond arches.
It was probably made in Berlin in 1825 and was a wedding present from King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia to his daughter Louise when she married Prince Frederik of the Netherlands. Curiously, the King gave an exactly similar tiara to Princess Marianne of the Netherlands when she married his son Albrecht five years later. Apparently this “twin tiara” was inherited by her descendants of the princely Reuss family, but its current whereabouts are unclear.
When Princess Louise of the Netherlands died in 1870 her tiara passed to her eldest daughter Lovisa, Queen of Sweden and Norway. Queen Lovisa never got to wear it as she died a few months later. The tiara then became the property of her only surviving child Louise, future Queen of Denmark.
Queen Louise often wore it with a pearl brooch which had also been her grandmother’s and a necklace and earrings which were wedding presents from the Khedive of Egypt in 1869. These pieces fit so well together that they are often considered a parure, which they actually are not.
Upon her death in 1926 Queen Louise left the “parure” to the Danish Royal Property Trust, which means that it cannot be divided up and always belongs to the reigning monarch. Since then the tiara has been frequently worn by the Queens Alexandrine, Ingrid and Margrethe II.
The latter has also worn it for many portraits, including the first official photographs, taken a month after her accession by Rigmor Mydtskov (who always refers to it as “the Bernadotte pearls”) and on the 10 and 20 DKK coins. Above is a detail of Dimitri Zhilinskij’s 1993 portrait of the Queen, which hangs at Fredensborg Palace.
Only rarely has the tiara been worn by the royal ladies other than the Queen. In 1937 the then Crown Princess Ingrid was allowed to use it for the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Britain and sixteen years later Princess Margaretha borrowed it when she and Prince Axel represented Denmark at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in London.

 

[prince.of.preslav]

Thank you, Alexander!!! Obviously we have the same source of information.

Of course The Khedive, not the Aga Khan! I was just thinks how generous these Khedives must''ve been and in the same time looking at photos of the Begum...

Bobby

 

[Josefine]

is there any good photos on the guests at the coronation?

 

[prince.of.preslav]

Judging by the brooch, this appears to be a painting of Princess Louise of the Netherlands (nee Prussia) wearing the tiara and brooch, now parts of the pearl poire parire. The little girl must be her daughter Princess Louise (later Queen Lovisa of Sweden & Norway) who never wore the tiara because of her early death:

 

[prince.of.preslav]

Date: 3/30/2010 4:56:31 PM
Author: Josefine
is there any good photos on the guests at the coronation?

There are good photos, but because of the max size of the photos that can be uploaded here it''d be a bit hard to post them. Anyway, if you say which royal you want to see I mighthelp you.

Here''s a photo of the then Crown Princess Ingrid of Denmark wearing the pearl parure at the 1937 coronation:

 

[prince.of.preslav]

And one of Princess Margaretha od Denmark at the 1953 coronation. Unfortunately she didn't have a prominent place for the photo, but the tiara is visible:

 

[robinj]

The 1937 coronation was indeed an occasion when everybody wore the best things possible;
Crown Princess Louise of Sweden (nee Battenberg/Mountbatten) wore the Braganza Tiara and the pink topaz parure.
Does anyone know any other occaision when someone who''s not Queen wore the Braganza tiara?

 

[T L]

Date: 3/30/2010 1:45:00 PM
Author: prince.of.preslav
Eight years ago the world lost one of the most regal women in modern times, a whole institution actually, and a great wearer of jewellery - HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother:

RIP Queen Elizabeth. She is still missed and loved.

 

[Josefine]

princess madeleine has been at a event , usally its victorias duty but littke sister is helping out

 

[Josefine]

i found one more

 

[Josefine]

she used a brosch for the hair

 

[Josefine]

and he last bracelts of madeleine

 

[prince.of.preslav]

Date: 3/31/2010 3:14:10 PM
Author: Josefine
princess madeleine has been at a event , usally its victorias duty but littke sister is helping out

What a gorgeous princess! The dress (one of her best I think),the hair, the jewels...just perfect! What was the occasion? It must be somethig really formal (white-tie and orders). I can also see a hofdame behind Princess Madeleine.

O/T - I know that the royal family attends a very formal gala connected with music/a music accademy where no tiaras are worn, but I can't remember exactly. Would you help me with that, Josefine? To help you a bit I can add the last such event was early this year and The Queen wore this dress and necklace. Princess Cristina and husband also attended.

 

[prince.of.preslav]

Today HM Queen Elizabeth II opened a cancer center at The London Clinic. Her Majesty wore a ruby, diamond and yellow gold brooch:

 

[Josefine]

Date: 3/31/2010 5:24:21 PM
Author: prince.of.preslav

Date: 3/31/2010 3:14:10 PM
Author: Josefine
princess madeleine has been at a event , usally its victorias duty but littke sister is helping out

What a gorgeous princess! The dress (one of her best I think),the hair, the jewels...just perfect! What was the occasion? It must be somethig really formal (white-tie and orders). I can also see a hofdame behind Princess Madeleine.

O/T - I know that the royal family attends a very formal gala connected with music/a music accademy where no tiaras are worn, but I can''t remember exactly. Would you help me with that, Josefine? To help you a bit I can add the last such event was early this year and The Queen wore this dress and necklace. Princess Cristina and husband also attended.

text from anp
Princess Madeleine arrives at the Concert Hall in Stockholm to the Royal Swedish Academy of Science''s ceremonial meeting and distribution of Goran Gustafsson''s prizes. The prizes are given annually since 1991 in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, molecular biology and medicine, by the Göran Gustafsson foundation for scientific and medical research.

i thought this one one of victorias events but i am not to sure anymore

 

[prince.of.preslav]

Thank you, Josefine! Do you know if Madeleine presented the awards?

Here's a photo of CP Victoria in the same dress code. Maybe this is one of the times she attended?

 

[Josefine]

Date: 3/31/2010 5:24:21 PM
Author: prince.of.preslav



O/T - I know that the royal family attends a very formal gala connected with music/a music accademy where no tiaras are worn, but I can''t remember exactly. Would you help me with that, Josefine? To help you a bit I can add the last such event was early this year and The Queen wore this dress and necklace. Princess Cristina and husband also attended.

polar music awards is in september each year i will try to find some info on that

but i leave you eith the bernadotte emeralds.

 

[Josefine]

yes she did llike a light version of the nobel maybe i do not think victoria ever has precented such prize

 

[Josefine]

could this be what you are looking for?

The Royal Swedish Academy of Music or Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien

 

[loriken214]

Date: 3/30/2010 11:39:55 AM
Author: alexander1917
HM Queen Margrethe wearing the Danish pearls in 1972

She looks so beautiful! Do you have any close ups of her wedding rings?

Lori

 

[loriken214]

Date: 3/30/2010 1:45:00 PM
Author: prince.of.preslav
Eight years ago the world lost one of the most regal women in modern times, a whole institution actually, and a great wearer of jewellery - HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother:

I agree! She was a treasure!

Lori

 

[prince.of.preslav]

Date: 4/1/2010 10:02:25 AM
Author: Josefine
could this be what you are looking for?

The Royal Swedish Academy of Music or Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien

Thank you for the nice photos and the additional information. That's the picture I had in mind, but couldn't find it. It appears that the pearls weren't the same, though.

Bobby

 

[Josefine]

i am soon off to meet my family for easter dinner
but i got some time left end ended up here.

beatrix and Margrethe

 

[Josefine]

retro photos

märtha louise

 

[Josefine]

one more pf märtha louise

 

[Josefine]

elena

 

[prince.of.preslav]

I wasn''t at home for the hoidays and had limited acess to the net. Here''re some of the main events missed on theis site:

Maundy Service in Derby on 1st April - The Queen wore one of her late mother''s well known brooches for the first time - Queen Victoria''s Diamond Jubilee brooch without the diamond swag and pearl drop:

 

[prince.of.preslav]

Easter Sunday Service at Windsor Castle - Elizabeth II wearing another brooch of her mother - The Scallop brooch:

 

[prince.of.preslav]

King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia (and the Asturias family) attended Easter Mass of Resurection in Palma de Mallorca on 4th Alpril. The Queen wore easter egg jewellery: