Queen Frederika of Greece Jewellery

[snowflower]

Originally Posted by auntie

Does anyone know what stones are in this convertable Tiara necklace that princess Irene inherited?

They are pearls, Ive seen it in close ups. Does any black and white photo expert or jewels expert know what kind of stone it is ih Frederika's brooch ? I ask because the brooch seems to be a,errhm, substancial piece, and I am intrigued a little to know more about it.

P.s I also just found a coloured picture from Alexia's christening where I think she is wearing the same brooch

http://media3.corbisimages.com/Corbi...5/U1498544.jpg

[Josefine]

so more then 40 years since we saw her tiara
its were worn by Marie Chantel in denmark 2012

this mus count as the big suprice in 2012, i wonder if it could be anything bigger this year for royal jewllery watchers

[Baroness of Books]

The big question for me and perhaps for others is why wasn't the tiara worn in the interim if it still remained in the family.

[ldmemail]

Originally Posted by Baroness of Books

The big question for me and perhaps for others is why wasn't the tiara worn in the interim if it still remained in the family.

It's a very good question... But futile to speculate - we won't know until a statement is made by Queen Anne-Marie - we also don't know to whom the tiara was left and also it is very much associated with Queen Frederika (even though it was originally Queen Sophie's) so maybe Queen Anne-Marie didn't feel right about wearing it, much the same situation as Queen Elizabeth II and her mother's Boucheron honeycomb tiara, it is a spectacular piece, yet she has passed it to the Duchess of Cornwall to wear. Speculation was rife about the Delhi Durbar Diadem - yet Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother had it all the time and once again the Duchess of Cornwall is seen wearing it. There are numerous possible reasons why we have not seen the tiara for decades.

[Baroness of Books]

Thank you for the information about the Boucheron and Delhi tiaras - I didn't realize that they were left idling in the vaults as they were and possibly the same occurred with this tiara for the same reasons. Anything is possible. It's always sad to see a valuable and important jewel languish away because of strong association with a certain wearer when they were made to be worn. I'm glad the decision was finally made to allow it to see the light of day (or night, in this case), but I doubt very much, though, that Anne-Marie would make public the reasons for its long absence.

And I found this color photo of the lovely Queen Frederika wearing the tiara along with her emeralds:

http://www.pricescope.com/files/images/frederica.jpg

[ldmemail]

Originally Posted by Baroness of Books

Thank you for the information about the Boucheron and Delhi tiaras - I didn't realize that they were left idling in the vaults as they were and possibly the same occurred with this tiara for the same reasons. Anything is possible. It's always sad to see a valuable and important jewel languish away because of strong association with a certain wearer when they were made to be worn. I'm glad the decision was finally made to allow it to see the light of day (or night, in this case), but I doubt very much, though, that Anne-Marie would make public the reasons for its long absence.

And I found this color photo of the lovely Queen Frederika wearing the tiara along with her emeralds:

http://www.pricescope.com/files/images/frederica.jpg

This a lovely photograph! Thank you for posting it, do you know I am beginning to think I prefer the Emerald Tiara as a necklace!!

[Baroness of Books]

It's really lovely to see how the emerald tiara looks as a necklace; I never realized it started out this way. I can't quite make out if she's wearing the cluster of emeralds as a pendant or brooch, but I definitely prefer it as the latter.

[snowflower]

It didn't started out as a necklace , it first "real" setting was into a 20s style bandeau by Elisabeta of Romania, and she then remodeled it into a kokoshnik inspired by the kokoshnik of her sister Marie- hence the E motifs. Frederika later removed the top line of diamonds , to make it more convertible and less kokoshnik- like and wore the piece in three ways- the emeralds as brooches at least one (at Elisabeth and Philip's wedding, pined in her sash ), as a tiara (I ve found only five pictures of that) and like 1000 times as a necklace

[Baroness of Books]

That's fascinating information, Snowflower, thank you. It's amazing how many modifications can be made to jewels over the years; I'm just familiar with the current tiara look that Anne Marie wears.