Queen Fabiola Jewellery


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Queen Fabiola really had the best jewel collection :previous:
 
Could the Belgian royals not have bought her collection and gave the money to the foundation? That would have been a good solution.
 
Could the Belgian royals not have bought her collection and gave the money to the foundation? That would have been a good solution.
It could have been possible but the King Albert prioritized getting other things. Either way it is a sad situation
 
A diamond, sapphire and pearl necklace that was worn and possibly owned by Queen Fabiola will be auctioned at Sotheby's in Paris. The piece is estimated to fetch between 650.000 EUR and 850.000 EUR.

The desription on the aution house website states it belongs to an 'important European noble family'. The necklace dates from 1925 and was used by Doña Blanca de Aragón y Carrillo de Albornoz, the mother of Q. Fabiola.

https://www.7sur7.be/monarchies/un-...ilde~a95843a7/?referrer=https://www.bing.com/

https://www.hln.be/royalty/peperdur...-niet-om-de-hals-van-mathilde-hangt~a95843a7/
 
A diamond, sapphire and pearl necklace that was worn and possibly owned by Queen Fabiola will be auctioned at Sotheby's in Paris. The piece is estimated to fetch between 650.000 EUR and 850.000 EUR.

The desription on the aution house website states it belongs to an 'important European noble family'. The necklace dates from 1925 and was used by Doña Blanca de Aragón y Carrillo de Albornoz, the mother of Q. Fabiola.

https://www.7sur7.be/monarchies/un-...ilde~a95843a7/?referrer=https://www.bing.com/

https://www.hln.be/royalty/peperdur...-niet-om-de-hals-van-mathilde-hangt~a95843a7/

It was stated that the whole complete inheriance of Queen Fabiola would go to the charity Werken van de Koningin / Œuvres de la Reine. That means this sapphire collier must have been gifted by Queen Fabiola by life.
 
A diamond, sapphire and pearl necklace that was worn and possibly owned by Queen Fabiola will be auctioned at Sotheby's in Paris. The piece is estimated to fetch between 650.000 EUR and 850.000 EUR.

The desription on the aution house website states it belongs to an 'important European noble family'. The necklace dates from 1925 and was used by Doña Blanca de Aragón y Carrillo de Albornoz, the mother of Q. Fabiola.

https://www.7sur7.be/monarchies/un-...ilde~a95843a7/?referrer=https://www.bing.com/

https://www.hln.be/royalty/peperdur...-niet-om-de-hals-van-mathilde-hangt~a95843a7/


Interesting.


Could Queen Fabiola have left this particular necklace to her Spanish family and they are now auctioning it? Or maybe it is a copy and not exactly the same necklace that Queen Fabiola wore?
 
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Wim Dehandschutter -the usually well-informed journalist who wrote the article- speculates that Queen Fabiola may have given it to her Spanish relatives during her lifetime.
 
Beautiful necklace, but how often was this worn by Queen Fabiola? Apparently only once.
 
Wim Dehandschutter -the usually well-informed journalist who wrote the article- speculates that Queen Fabiola may have given it to her Spanish relatives during her lifetime.

That would make sense and also that's some price tag at €650,000 - 850,000
 
Wim Dehandschutter -the usually well-informed journalist who wrote the article- speculates that Queen Fabiola may have given it to her Spanish relatives during her lifetime.
Or the necklace was borrowed from her mother, but it never was hers.
 
It was stated that the whole complete inheriance of Queen Fabiola would go to the charity Werken van de Koningin / Œuvres de la Reine. That means this sapphire collier must have been gifted by Queen Fabiola by life.
If the necklace wasn't given to a relative who is now selling it, couldn't it be the charity that is selling? I've never understood what the charity would do with the Queen's jewels besides selling them.
Or the necklace was borrowed from her mother, but it never was hers.
Queen Fabiola wore the necklace in Paris in 1992 and Doña Blanca passed away in 1981.
 
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I just tried to follow the link to Sothebys and received a notification that the Lot has been withdrawn. If you look at the auction this necklace no longer appears as a lot.
 
I just tried to follow the link to Sothebys and received a notification that the Lot has been withdrawn. If you look at the auction this necklace no longer appears as a lot.

Yes so it seems,perhaps it was withdrawn from sale or purchased privately?
 
According to Dehandschutter bidding started at 550.000 and the item was sold for 630.000 EUR.


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If the necklace wasn't given to a relative who is now selling it, couldn't it be the charity that is selling? I've never understood what the charity would do with the Queen's jewels besides selling them.

Apparently the Queen had some important paintings too. I don't see what the foundation can use these for except to sell them. After Fabiola passed away her Spanish relatives complained to the press that there did not receive a thing and that they were not informed. After the initial months things went quiet. I always found the story that everything was left to the foundation incredible, even though it was the court who shared that information. I imagine arrangements were made before her passing.
 
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Will be interesting to see who purchased the necklace of the late Countess of Mora ,we also may never find out!
 
Apparently the Queen had some important paintings too. I don't see what the foundation can use these for except to sell them. After Fabiola passed away her Spanish relatives complained to the press that there did not receive a thing and that they were not informed.

Didn't her relatives complain about not inheriting the paintings because they were de Mora family heirlooms?
I find the whole issue of the Queen's estate a distasteful overstep on behalf of the media to profit from a fabricated scandal. Since her initial plans weren't illegal it was nobody's business what she had decided to do with her possessions after her death.
 
It's a beautiful necklace, I would love to see Queen Mathilde wearing it, but then I would love her to have inherited Fabiola's whole collection. Oh well.
 
The price tag was a little steep at €630,000 and I'm not sure if the Belgians would be in a position to purchase it.
Such a shame it was not passed onto queen Mathilde with the other pieces.
 
It is a pity that the necklace was not given to Queen Mathilde, but then when it came from Queen Fabiola's mother understandable that she gave it to her own Family
 
It is a pity that the necklace was not given to Queen Mathilde, but then when it came from Queen Fabiola's mother understandable that she gave it to her own Family

Exactly it wasn't a historic Belgian jewel and passed back to her family,but it would have been a really lovely addition to the queen's jewel chest.
 
Exactly it wasn't a historic Belgian jewel and passed back to her family,but it would have been a really lovely addition to the queen's jewel chest.


But then there are no really historic belgian royal Jewels still in the family, apart from the art deco bandeau and the Nine provinces tiara. And compared to Jewels in other royal Families (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, UK) they are not really historic.
 
Didn't her relatives complain about not inheriting the paintings because they were de Mora family heirlooms?
I find the whole issue of the Queen's estate a distasteful overstep on behalf of the media to profit from a fabricated scandal. Since her initial plans weren't illegal it was nobody's business what she had decided to do with her possessions after her death.

Yes, initially Queen Fabiola established the Foundation Pereos as a destination of her whole inheritance. As a foundation is no natural person but a legal entity, it would avoid inheritance taxes. Such a foundation could- for an example- have properties available for usufruct by the royal family or by her De Mora relatives (see foundations set up in the Netherlands or Sweden).

Then the press and separatist parties as Vlaams Belang and Nieuwe Vlaamse Alliantie or anti-royalist parties as the socialists of the PvdA (always eager to spur a scandal) jumped on it: during her 44 years as Queen she has received a dotation. So -in the eyes of the opposants- "money which belongs to the Belgians" and now she was parking it for -possibly- Spanish relatives to profit from "Belgian taxpayers' money".

It was absolutely rubbish because every policeman, every military, every municipal clerk, every state school teacher, is also paid with "money which belongs to the Belgians" and should also be accountable for what they do with their money?????

But sadly Queen Fabiola, shocked by the upheaval, overreacted indeed and decided to donate "her whole inheritance" to the charity Werken van de Koningin / Œuvres de la Reine.

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But now this collier has been sold... Will we see the ducal coronet / floral diadem she received from the State of Spain also in an auction soon????

Don Fernando María Castiella y Maiz, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, handed the Spanish Wedding Gift to Doña Fabiola, in name of the People of Spain. It was not the spouse of General Franco, which handed it. After the official hand-over by the minister however, Madame Franco posed with Doña Fabiola, bringing the mistake into the world that she actually was the one who has given the diadem to the future Queen Fabiola.
 
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Although it was announced that all was left to the foundation I am not sure if that is true. The totality of the inheritance must be a web of foundations etc. Dehandschutter claims that all together it may be valued at 100 Million EUR. We have seen this necklace. And earlier there were reports that Villa Astrida in Mortil will be repurposed as a luxery hotel.The villa is managed by a foundation of 'people close to the queen' / the Queen's Spanish nephews and nieces (according to HLN). El Confidential speaks of 'los familiares de Fabiola'. Obviously it did not go to/ stay with the Œuvres de la Reine.

https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20180114_03297806

https://www.hln.be/royalty/spaanse-...a-wordt-luxehotel-dit-kan-toch-niet~a2b747a9/

https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencia...fabiola-villa-astrida-granada-motril_1612184/

The same could have happened with f.e. her other jewels, most notably the Spanish wedding gift tiara.
 
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I have a feeling that the Spanish Wedding Gift tiara could be next to be sold off!
 
Princess Elisabeth was seen with a new diadem in Norway (picture) and neither Queen Paola, nor Queen Mathilde, nor Princess Elisabeth have ever been seen with the Spanish Wedding Gift, not even with one of the fleurons used as a broche or so.

But maybe the diadem will re-emerge as a bridal diadem for Princess Elisabeth? Who knows?
 
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