Queen Paola Jewellery

[Hannelore]

and some more...

Paola has a sober but very elegant style that flatters her IMO.

 

[Shadiyah2086]

As his queen consort you'd think King Albert would buy his wife a tiara or 2 as a present. Or try and track down the jewels that were sold and put a foundation on them so that they don't leave Belgium.

 

[Josefine]

any good photos of the queens tiara she wore at the recent state visit

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Here's a good photo of queen Paola at the Portuguese state visit to Belgium.

From Story.

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Paola wearing the base of the tiara of the nine provinces and the art deco tiara as a necklace (Point de Vue, APL)

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

necklaces (face to face, belga, isopix)

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

good view of her engagement ring, wedding band, brooch and earrings (point de vue)

 

[paola]

necklaces

From the moment I saw the pictures from Queen Paola with the necklas with the flies (????) or so, I like it very much. I think it is a very original and nice necklas. Could it be a little joke in reference to the art of Fabre at the royal palace perhaps?

 

[Hans]

I think that HM queen Paola would look great with a fringe tiara.

 

[auntie]

It's quite ridiculous that the wife of a reigning monarch has so little Jewels to speak of. Besides the 9 province tiara, only one other, no fabulous diamonds. The Belgian RF should fork out a bob or two and start creating a collection for the future Quuens!

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

necklace and bracelets, from senate.be (via Johann)

 

[Lady Marmalade]

This woman as a young lady was absolutely STUNNING!!! Elegant and so put together....much better to than Princess Grace.

 

[LOSSEAN]

And the bandeau that used to belong to Queen Elizabeth...

How did this bandeau come into the possession of Queen Paola? Was it a gift to her from HM The Queen of England?

 

[auntie]

How did this bandeau come into the possession of Queen Paola? Was it a gift to her from HM The Queen of England?

Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, King Albert's grandmother

 

[ah mei]

I must say that as a Queen she has 2 tiaras and that is definitely too few.Other queens seem to have a lot more like Queen Elizabeth,Queen Siliva or even Queen Beatrix.No wonder Princess Mathilde only have 1 tiara.It's pathetic.

 

[HRH Mims]

Queen Paola has 4 tiaras: http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7829&d=1054747631
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7832&d=1054747794 (this one is lovely, I love simplicity)
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=21189&d=1065997995 necklace converted to tiara
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8095&d=1054936589 and this modern tiara

 

[Incas]

I am struck by how different Queen Paola looked through the years and especially with different hairstyles. She resembled different people with each change:
Brigit Bardo-look http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=138255&d=1115496674
Jane Seymour http://img112.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scannen00023qj.jpg

 

[Trym]

Queen Paola has 4 tiaras: http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7829&d=1054747631
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7832&d=1054747794 (this one is lovely, I love simplicity)
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=21189&d=1065997995 necklace converted to tiara
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8095&d=1054936589 and this modern tiara

The last one is NOT a tiara, rather a hairornament

 

[Hans]

hairornament or not.... tiara or not.... it is quite lovely and Cathérine posted some pictures of Paola wearing it, and it was very lovely !!

 

[royaltywatcher]

Wow, Queen Paola was an amazingly beautiful woman. She looks fine now, but you would never suspect how beautiful she was in her youth.

 

[Prince of Chota]

I suppose one could argue over the definition of a tiara, of if some necklaces are really converted into tiaras or simply worn in the hair. Either way, the effect is the same. (Remember, in the 19th century it was common to refer to almost all tiaras as "hair ornaments").

 

[Hans]

it's not that small ... so why not calling it a tiara ?

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8095&d=1054936589

it's not that small ... so why not calling it a tiara ?

Because it's just some plastic thing she put in her hair. It looks nice but it's got nothing to do with a tiara.

 

[Hans]

Because it's just some plastic thing she put in her hair. It looks nice but it's got nothing to do with a tiara.

Was it really plastic !!! I didn't know that, I was thinking about a bracelet or something made of yellow gold with diamonds & rubies.

But plastic, goschie...

 

[magnik]

Sorry maybe it was before, but does Paola's family has any jewels (tiaras, necklaces etc.)? Does she ever wore them or she wear only royal jewelry?

 

[Hans]

Sorry maybe it was before, but does Paola's family has any jewels (tiaras, necklaces etc.)? Does she ever wore them or she wear only royal jewelry?

I don'tthink that her family was that rich to have their own tiaras, diamond necklaces, etc... I think that most jewels are Belgian royal jewels.

 

[auntie]

I have the feeling that Paola is very conscious about the fact that she has the littelest jewels from all the Queens, I have seen pictures of her nervously fingering her not so prominant necklaces and bracelets!

 

[magnik]

- List of the Belgian tiaras from Danjel's site (no pictures)

http://groups.msn.com/RoyaltyDanjel/belgieindexw.msnw

few of them exact provenance unknown. Pity becouse I would like to Belgiand ladies on them.

 

[Henri M.]

I have the feeling that Paola is very conscious about the fact that she has the littelest jewels from all the Queens, I have seen pictures of her nervously fingering her not so prominant necklaces and bracelets!

In fact the Belgian royal family has a considerable collection of nice jewels, the problem is that they do not share the jewels, like the Dutch or the Swedish royal family do.

The strange thing is that King Leopold II has set up the Dotation Royale which owns enormous possessions and is self-supporting, even so that they can fund the upkeep of many stately homes to the display of the Belgian royal family.

I have never understood why the Dotation Royale has never invested its gigantic capital in some nice cassettes of jewels for the Belgian royal family.

 

[RachelD]

Maybe they think they can make-do with the jewels they have...?
I'd really like to see Paola with a new and extremly classy/elegant tiara. Not that the one's she has now are not classy and elegant, I'm just saying that if she gets any new tiaras, that they be as classy and elegant as the rest.
Paola comes from a royal Italian family...right?