Queen Sonja Jewellery 1: Ending 2021


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What a beautiful indeed tiara!!!
 
I'm not a fan of this tiara or the necklace ,I recall someone once referring to it as the Wonder Woman Tiara :D

I don't like the modern gold tiara either. Queen Sonja hasn't worn it very often lately though.
 
Sonja wore the Large setting of the Queen Maud Pearl & Diamond Tiara tonight. She looks lovely tonight.
 
Sonja is wearing the emerald tiara tonight. I'm surprised she did as she wore to his last major birthday.
 
Oh well, it's her standard tiara for big events. I admit, that it is impressive, but I find the diamond tiara more graceful.
 
Sonja is wearing the emerald tiara tonight. I'm surprised she did as she wore to his last major birthday.

It is her most historically significant tiara, not least because it once belonged to Empress Josephine, Napoleon's first wife.
 
Oh well, it's her standard tiara for big events. I admit, that it is impressive, but I find the diamond tiara more graceful.

For the 60oth birthday celebrations in 1997 she wore the big Version of the pearl tiara so it would have been nice if she would have worn the diamond tiara thist time but she for some reason she doesn't wear it as often anymore.
It is her most historically significant tiara, not least because it once belonged to Empress Josephine, Napoleon's first wife.
Thait is not certain. Only that it once belonged to Empress Amalie of Brazil.. And the diamond tiara's history is equally.
 
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I love the Emerald Parure. I actually prefer it over the Diamond tiara. The only thing i (as a swede) think is sad, is the fact that it once belonged to the swedish royal family but doesn't anymore ;) grrrr ;) hahaha
 
She also wore the emerald tiara at his 50th birthday.

Also, it seems that Sonja rarely wears the full version of the Malteser tiara. I have only found 2 photos of her wearing it:

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=2973&d=1046207868

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/fc/1c/a2/fc1ca2e828cda9de229637bfd6f1f055.jpg

I prefer this tiara with the 4 crosses worn as queen Maud in the photo below.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EFb2Yd9fJhI/Uur3UP_gGVI/AAAAAAAAZjo/krNFsyE5rR8/s1600/_m.jpg
 
Here is a pic from a third event of Queen Sonja with the circlet. I don't know which event that was, but you can see that she was younger than on the two other pics above.
https://s1.postimg.org/ivm31xmvj/no_cross_circlet.jpg

An Ard Ri, from what I heard, Queen Sonja had the circumference of the bandeau reduced to make it fit better. Since then, the old way of fitting all five crosses is no longer possible. But I agree, the new way of three crosses in front looks awkward. Certainly that's the reason why the crosses are so rarely worn.

Btw, some years ago someone on the net made us aware that these are not Maltese crosses, but crosses patee.
See Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_pattée
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_cross
 
I think the best solution would be to make some other diamond elements perhaps flowers or something and then place the crosses and the elements alternating on it.
Never liked the way Queen maud wore it but i doesn't look great with the three crosses in the front either.
 
Queen Maud's Pearl and Diamond Tiara is a really beautiful and regal looking piece,lovely to see it tonight.
 
Why did the Queen wear a Sash and not the Collar as Queen Silvia and Margarethe ?
 
Why did the Queen wear a Sash and not the Collar as Queen Silvia and Margarethe ?

Queen Sonja hasn't been bestowed with the collar of the order. The exception is really Queen Silvia who has the collar as a consort, no other consorts have it.
 
Queen Sonja hasn't been bestowed with the collar of the order. The exception is really Queen Silvia who has the collar as a consort, no other consorts have it.

Of the consorts, Queen Sofia of Spain has also the Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose, she got it in 1978. And prince Henrik has it, he got it in 1973.
 
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Of the consorts, Queen Sofia of Spain has also the Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose, she got it in 1978. And prince Henrik has it, he got it in 1973.

Oh thanks! Didn't know that!
 
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