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The Queen does Iyengar yoga on a regular basis I read. This means she must have a very strong spine and neck, which is a help perhaps in wearing these jewels.
Letizia is the most petite of women, with a slim neck to boot...I wonder if she had a massive headache after wearing that huge tiara all evening?
I think I remember reading that is the reason the equally tiny Japanese Empress stopped wearing them. They gave her a headache as well as neck and back pain!
I am surprised the Court apparently made no effort to have a proper monture created for the new Queen. The old beige wrapping, matching Doña Sofía's coiffure is still in use. On close ups the settings are dirty and the metal is tarnished. And worse: to get it somehow fitted, the diadem was broken (!) in the base and besides two fleurs-de-lys...
The base is the start of every monture and usually that will be a solid 3/4 or completely round circle, the fundament of any monture. In my guess the diadem was taken out of the cassette, dirty and with old wrapping, "oops... it does not fit.... eeeehhh...." and someone with a pair of tongs cut the base and forced the Ansorena a bit in a desired shape, so it could wobble on Letizia's head for the banquet.
Did she? I don't remember that. When would that have been?Didn't Letizia turn up at an event with a broken Floral tiara a few years ago. Maybe there's no regular maintenance of the royal jewels at all like in most other monarchies?
The stunning Fleur de Lys diamond Brooch is one of queen Letizia's most beautiful pieces.
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Are these all her tiara events? I am surprised to see that she wore the Mellerio shell tiara only once. It is my favourte tiara of the Spanish collection by far.
Well, it's clearly not her favourite tiara.Are these all her tiara events? I am surprised to see that she wore the Mellerio shell tiara only once. It is my favourte tiara of the Spanish collection by far.
I hope the same!It is easy to see why, the floral tiara is a handy piece that goes with everything while the Greek tiara seems light and easy to wear.
I hope we will see HM soon with the shell, scroll and the loop tiaras. I would not mind seeing the Niarchos rubies on her either.
This tiara is Queen Sofia's personal property, so she is not bound to leave it to anybody in particular. That it so far has passed form mother to daughter does not mean, that it has to be passed from mother to daughter. Imo, the situation looks different nowadays, because times have changed and tiaras are no longer worn on a regular basis. Also, all the previous owners of the tiara have made politically important matches, so it was only fit that these brides should receive representative jewels. That's why I think that the tiara will stay with the main line of the family, and it will either go to the King or to the Princess of Asturias.If I'm not wrong the Prussian tiara goes from mother to daughter. It was a gift to the then Princess Frederika of Hannover and Greece by her mother. Then it went from Queen Frederika to her daughter future Queen Sofia, shouldn't go to Infanta Elena? It is a personal property and not a SRF one. Or I'm Wrong?
Letizia did it again. she wore sofias ruby/bird earrings, we have seen them just a few time on sofia in the 80s. i cant remember she wore them in the 90s or 2000s
sofia with the earings and necklace http://oi68.tinypic.com/rbb89k.jpg
Letizia with the earrings. Spain's Queen Letizia (L) is welcomed by Japan's Empress Michiko upon her arrival for a welcoming ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 5, 2017. The Spanish royal couple is on a four-da... Pictures | Getty Images
I agree, the earrings are fine, but the necklace probably needs to be reworked.thanks for the info!
earrings are nice but that necklace is really ugly! are these diamond birds?