Princess Grace Jewellery

HRHAmy · Sep 12, 2006

Does anyone have a picture of the 1978 tiara? I don't think I've ever seen it before. Thanks!

LOSSEAN · Sep 12, 2006

The picture is on post #12 of this same thread. I am sorry. I do not know how to put in the link.

Sister Morphine · Sep 12, 2006

HRHAmy said:
Does anyone have a picture of the 1978 tiara? I don't think I've ever seen it before. Thanks!

This post has an attachment of the tiara.

HRHAmy · Sep 12, 2006

Oh, thank you guys very much I didn't know that was the one she wore. It's very beautiful. I wish Caroline would wear it as a tiara but I guess he has enough Hannover tiara's now.

HRHAmy · Sep 12, 2006

I found a few more pictures of Grace's jewelry at thefashionspot.com, some of these I have never seen before.

1. I've never seen Grace wear this necklace before, I'm not sure if this is part of her royals jewels or not.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/tnsngr/grace3.jpg

2. I also haven't seen Grace wear these earrings before either.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/tnsngr/grace4.jpg

3. This is a very intersting ring, it's looks like the cartier crossover band, I'm not sure if Ranier gave this to her or not.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/tnsngr/grace5.jpg

4. I've never seen these earrings on Grace, but I do recall the necklace

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/tnsngr/grace6.jpg

5. I believe these are the earrings from the pearl and diamond (Van cleef and Arpels) set Ranier gave to Grace early on in their marriage but I can't be sure.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/tnsngr/grace7.jpg

If anyone has anymore info about these jewels I'd love to hear from you, some of them are complete mysteries to me since I've never seen them before, I'd love to hear the history behind them. :flowers:

LOSSEAN · Sep 12, 2006

HRHAmy said:
Oh, thank you guys very much I didn't know that was the one she wore. It's very beautiful. I wish Caroline would wear it as a tiara but I guess he has enough Hannover tiara's now.

You're welcome. And Yes! Caroline now has access to some very beautiful Hanover tiaras which are also on the website www.royal-magazin.de with their history.

LadyMacAlpine · May 20, 2007

HRHAmy said:
I found a few more pictures of Grace's jewelry at thefashionspot.com, some of these I have never seen before.

1. I've never seen Grace wear this necklace before, I'm not sure if this is part of her royals jewels or not.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/tnsngr/grace3.jpg

If anyone has anymore info about these jewels I'd love to hear from you, some of them are complete mysteries to me since I've never seen them before, I'd love to hear the history behind them.

I just read your post and the one above is a photo from the movie To Catch a Thief.

Warren · May 20, 2007

LadyMacAlpine said:
I just read your post and the one above is a photo from the movie To Catch a Thief.

Her eyes are on John Robie; his eyes are on the necklace. Tough call: Grace or the diamonds?

LadyMacAlpine · May 20, 2007

Warren said:
Her eyes are on John Robie; his eyes are on the necklace. Tough call: Grace or the diamonds?

Cary Grant. :in_love:

:sigh:

NGalitzine · Jul 24, 2007

I always heard that Caroline inherited her grandmothers jewels because Charlotte was "not fond" of Grace, so I am curious why the diamond and pearl drop tiara would be on display at the Princess Grace exhibition. I don't think she ever wore it herself.
What ever happened to the Van Cleef & Arpel ruby tiara? I thought it was beautiful.
Are there any family jewels left for a future Princess Consort of Monaco or will Albert have to buy some appropriate gems?

branchg · Jul 25, 2007

All of Grace's jewelry was left to Caroline, who shares it with Stephanie when she asks for it.

Charlotte's tiara was left to Rainier and Grace never wore it.

Brooklyn · Jul 31, 2007

I seem to recall that the Grimaldi family considered tiaras as bad luck. I don't have a source for that. But while other ruling families might consider the princely family of Monaco as B-list royalty I think the Grimaldi family is made of hearty stock and doesn't need all those big jewels that others use to 'remind' the world that they are important. And the princely family actually rules Monaco rather than simply reign over it.
But I still love seeing those pics of fabulous jewels. And I think that HSH Princess Grace looked even more beautiful the older she became.

Elspeth · Sep 6, 2007

Passing on a request from a new member:

But I know when I did a research paper my senior year, 85, there was a photo of HSH Grace seated in a salmon dress with a stunning tiara, but I can't find it anywhere.

She's looking for good photos of Princess Grace in a tiara, preferably showing details of the tiara so that it can be used as the basis for an accurate description. Most of the photos in this thread don't show that much detail, and I'm wondering if any of our photo experts recognise the above description of the tiara and could lay their hands on the photo in question.

Thanks!

Boris · Sep 9, 2007

In answer to the request, a photo of this 'big' tiara was just posted on the GREMB, here's the link (bottom pic):

Glittering Royal Events Message Board: Pictures

The occasion was the 'Century Ball' in Monte Carlo 1966, a costume ball where everybody dressed in the 1866 fashion. I hope this helps but I am afraid that all of the jewelry Princess Grace wore on this occasion was on loan, certainly the tiara.

cdm · Apr 2, 2008

Some of Grace's Jewels will be on display at the Diamond Museum in Antwerp in the Diamond Diva's exhibition.
Here's the article I found (in dutch): http://www.gva.be/nieuws/Media_Cultuur/default.asp?art={0C3E9772-FF3B-4901-94EC-487E0B4B2177}
Her engagement ring, a Cartier art-deco rivière neckless and 3 Cartier pins.

Strangly enough I didn't find any information on Grace and her jewels on the Diamond Diva website.

PrincessofEurope · Jun 5, 2008

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LadyS · Jun 20, 2008

I came across this picture of Princess Grace's engagement ring.

(Page down - it is after the Wayne Rooney wedding and Jerry Hall articles)
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randomlyKeira · Jun 21, 2008

Wow. Thank you LadyS. It's amazing. It looks like she would have trouble lifting her hand. Do you know if this is the ring Rainier gave her as a "friendsship" ring before the actual engagement ring was ready, or if that is the actual engagement ring?

ForeverGrace · Jun 25, 2008

At The Ball of The Century in 1966 Princess Grace wore a Diamond an Saphire parure. I've never seen Princess Grace wear it again or before that ball.
Does anybody know what happened to it or where it cam from?
Thank you :flowers:

iowabelle · Jun 25, 2008

It's my understanding that when Rainier married Grace, he was a fairly impoverished prince in need of the dowery from her parents. Were the diamonds in her ring recycled from older Grimaldi pieces, or did he purchase a new piece including the large diamond for her?

pamk · Jun 25, 2008

Brooklyn said:
I seem to recall that the Grimaldi family considered tiaras as bad luck. I don't have a source for that. But while other ruling families might consider the princely family of Monaco as B-list royalty I think the Grimaldi family is made of hearty stock and doesn't need all those big jewels that others use to 'remind' the world that they are important. And the princely family actually rules Monaco rather than simply reign over it.
But I still love seeing those pics of fabulous jewels. And I think that HSH Princess Grace looked even more beautiful the older she became.

"Rules" Monaco? You better believe it! I think that the Monaco police are aware of every single thing that goes on there.
I would think that IF and WHEN Albert marries, that Caroline would turn over the important jewels to Albert's bride so as to keep them in the family --- sort of like they belong to the Principality and not necessarily the family.

Boris · Jun 25, 2008

ForeverGrace said:
At The Ball of The Century in 1966 Princess Grace wore a Diamond an Saphire parure. I've never seen Princess Grace wear it again or before that ball.
Does anybody know what happened to it or where it cam from?
Thank you

The very grand parure was on loan for this single occasion. I would have to look up, but if I remember correctly, it was loaned by jewelers Van Cleef & Arpels.

ForeverGrace · Jun 26, 2008

Thank you Boris for the info!
What a pitty they don't belong to the Grimaldi Family, this Parure is so beautiful ( I love Saphires :wub:

, they are so "Royal") I've never seen anything like it! It would have been great to see Princess Caroline wear parts of it or even Charlotte.
Perhaps Prince Albert will add (saphires) to the collection of Royal jewels one day.

pamk · Jun 26, 2008

I seem to recall that I read in a book or something that when Princess Grace died she did leave her jewelry to Caroline.
When Stefano died, Caroline discovered that he had many debts, so she had to sell some jewelry to cover the debts.
(She also discovered that Stefano had a mistress, but that is for a different thread)

branchg · Jun 28, 2008

I doubt Caroline ever had to sell any jewelry to cover her husband's debts. The family is one of the richest in Europe and is worth close to $2 billion. Even when her father was still alive, Caroline and her siblings all had substantial trusts set-up by Rainier to provide for them.

HRHAmy · Sep 14, 2008

I finally found a picture of Grace's fringe tiara. It was on exhibit of her jewels. There is also another mystery tiara which looks like a converted necklace.
source. thefashionspot.com

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/tnsngr/grace.jpg

branchg · Sep 14, 2008

The diamond fringe necklace is often worn by Princess Caroline and belonged to her grandmother, Princess Charlotte, who usually wore it as a tiara, typical of the style during the 20's, across the forehead.

The other tiara was a diamond necklace purchased by Rainier for Grace from Van Cleef & Arpels. She wore it on a frame as a tiara, but Caroline only wears it as a necklace.

queenofthelight · Feb 12, 2009

ZUBIAUR · Feb 12, 2009

Her jewels in the Grace kelly exhibition:
http://i43.tinypic.com/2v9ayhl.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/2dha0cg.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/2qwpzba.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/1w9co.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/156wm0i.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/24y4av7.jpg

rubies · Feb 12, 2009

ZUBIAUR said:
Her jewels in the Grace kelly exhibition

WOW! Thanks for the beautiful pictures, I wonder if her daughters ever get to "borrow" any of the jewels?

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