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My guess is like anyone's: Queen Paola's beautiful art déco diadem.
I have read the same think about the Savoy Aosta tiara, that the Countess borrowed it from her aunt Astrid. I don't remember where I read it, but I think it was Bunte, so I'm taking the information with a grain of salt. They have presented their speculations as facts before.When it was worn by Countess Anna Theresa of Arco-Zinneberg it was mentioned by one of the Jewel-Experts (don't remember the name) that the tiara is now owned by Prince Lorenz who had loaned it to his niece.
Perhaps it will also depend which tiaras are available for Maria Laura. If the art deco bandeau was really gifted to the Duchess of Brabant it is perhaps not available for Maria Laura and she has no choice.
I don't think that it will tell us much. It could just mean that she likes the tiara and borrowed it from her granny. We'd have to wait and see which tiara Princess Elisabeth is going to wear in the future, whether Pr. Astrid starts to wear it on a regular basis, or which tiaras other brides in the family are going to wear. (I'm hoping that Prince Joachim is going to tie the knot soon. )If she does , will it be yet another sign that the tiara has been now given to Princess Astrid and is no longer available to the main royal line ?
I have read the same think about the Savoy Aosta tiara, that the Countess borrowed it from her aunt Astrid. I don't remember where I read it, but I think it was Bunte, so I'm taking the information with a grain of salt. They have presented their speculations as facts before.
Pictures of the bride wearing the diamond stars and that they had belonged to Empress Elisabeth were shared by Elisabeth of Thurn und Taxis in her Instagram stories on the night of the wedding.I think the one who had mentioned it was Vincent meylan. He also mentioned that Countess Anna Theresawore diamopnd stars who had once belonged to Empress Elisabeth (the came thought the Wittelsbachs into the Arco Family) for the Wedding Ball fromk which we didn't get to see pics so i think that the Information is true.
Prince Rickard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg will marry Carina Axelsson in June. Maybe Benedikte will let her borrow her floral tiara at their wedding.
Carina has worn both the Floral Tiara and the Star and Pearl Tiara before... IF she will be wearing a tiara at all for the wedding, it would make more sense to wear the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Fringe Tiara wich will now be at her disposal, and no longer Benedikte’s...
But what I would love the most (and don't think is realistic) is to find out that Prince Richard's mother had left her floral tiara to Gustav for his future wife to wear. As I said, I don't believe in it. If it had been inherited by Gustav it would probably have been worn by someone over the years, especially since tiaras were scarce at some events and they had to loan from outside the immediate family.
I don't think it was, though it was often speculated that is was, and some sites repeated it over and over again until everybody believed it. But imho, the two tiaras simply don't look the same, see my comparison here:Image Upper.com - Free Image Hosting - View ImageWasn't that a loan from her son-in-law Landgrave Moritz of Hesse?
Princess Iman bint Abdullah has announced her engagement. There are some Jordanian royal women who do not wear tiaras at their weddings so I do not expect Iman to wear a tiara at her wedding. Maybe she will borrow her mother's Boucheron bracelet tiara which is the only tiara that Rania possibly owns.
The wedding of Princess Maria Laura & William Isvy is approaching quickly and I am so much looking forward to seeing her wedding look. My first guess is that the Princess will wear Queen Elisabeth's art deco tiara, now owned by Queen Paola. It's the same tiara that her sister-in-law wore for her marriage and before that by Queen Mathilde. I think it might become the family's traditional wedding tiara. Furthermore, they seem to put a strong Belgium-theme on the event, highlighting how important it was for the couple to show-off Belgium to their future in-laws. And the art deco tiara has this long Belgian tradition.
But given the fact that I often get my guesses wrong , Maria Laura might chose a tiara from her father's family. The Savoy-Aosta tiara has been worn by two of her Arco-Zinneberg cousins, and it might be a way to symbolically include her late paternal grandmother in the ceremony.
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But given the fact that I often get my guesses wrong , Maria Laura might chose a tiara from her father's family. The Savoy-Aosta tiara has been worn by two of her Arco-Zinneberg cousins, and it might be a way to symbolically include her late paternal grandmother in the ceremony.
Actually, I think that Astrid's Savoy-Aosta tiara is much nicer than the other diamond bandeau, so Maria Laura is lucky. I agree that the other tiara probably went to AD Martin, while the Savoy-Aosta tiara was inherited by AD Lorenz.There is also the other Savoy-Aosta tiara which as worn by her aunt Maria Beatrice and her grandmother at their Weddings. But i think this one does now belong to her uncle Archduke Martin, as it was last worn by his wife Katharina.
Actually, I think that Astrid's Savoy-Aosta tiara is much nicer than the other diamond bandeau, so Maria Laura is lucky. I agree that the other tiara probably went to AD Martin, while the Savoy-Aosta tiara was inherited by AD Lorenz.
And then there is another one: the diamond choker bandeau that the now-Princess Napoleon has worn on her wedding day. Maybe that one was destined for the Arco-Zinneberg descendants, but then why did two of the Arco-Zinneberg countesses wear Astrid's Savoy-Aosta tiara at their respective weddings? It's all a big puzzle.
And yet a loan might, just might be a hint at who was meant to inherit the jewels. All we know is that they are no longer in Princess Margherita's possession, as she sadly has passed on.When Countess Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg married Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon, the jewels were owned by her grandmother the Archduchess Robert of Austria-d'Este born Princess Margherita di Savoia-Aosta. So we may assume it was a loan by her Nonna.
When Countess Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg married Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon, the jewels were owned by her grandmother the Archduchess Robert of Austria-d'Este born Princess Margherita di Savoia-Aosta. So we may assume it was a loan by her Nonna.
Yes, that would have been a good way to minimize inheritance tax, and also the elderly Princess Margherita was no longer very socially active. The younger generation had more opportunities to wear the jewels.It was mentioned at the time of the Wedding of Countess Anna Theresa that the Savoy-Aosta tiara was loaned to her by her uncle Prince Lorenz who owned it. So perhaps the jewels where already distributed by the Archduchess some years ago.-
Yes, that would have been a good way to minimize inheritance tax, and also the elderly Princess Margherita was no longer very socially active. The younger generation had more opportunities to wear the jewels.
On the other hand, the report about loaning the tiara from her uncle Prince Lorenz came from a tabloid, if memory serves me right. So I take the info with a pinch of salt. You all know how these gossip mags sometimes present their guesses as fact.
I think for Amelie of Wurttemberg, she will wear the small tiara that her cousin, Sophie d’Andigne wore for her wedding.
I can’t wait for that wedding and for you to post the pictures on your blog and can you kindly send me a link to your blogVery likely as that one has been worn by most Duchesses from the Family on their Wedding Days. Only Duchess Mathilde used a different one.