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Posted by Claes
on June 14, 2012, 4:38 am, in reply to "Re: Jewelry theft / List of stolen jewels"
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Very sad news about the tiara.
I read in swedish newspapers from the time of the wedding of Princess Christina and Mr Tord Magnuson that she got a gold bracelet as wedding gift from the Ethiopian emperor.
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: A list of the most prominent stolen items,
: according to Swedish newspaper
: ‘Aftonbladet’:
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: - Queen Sofia’s small diamond and pearl
: tiara
: - A gold ring with an aquamarine stone the
: size of a thumbnail, surrounded by smaller
: white stones, which used to belong to
: Princess Sibylla who in turn inherited it
: from her grandmother, Helena of Waldeck and
: Pyrmont
: - An heirloom ring in white gold with a
: large diamond
: - Two large cufflinks in gold, engraved with
: the number 40, which originally belonged to
: Princess Christina’s grandfather, King
: Gustaf VI Adolf
: - A braided gold bangle bracelet with a
: thread possibly made of hair from an
: elephant and with a medallion showing a
: picture of Emperor Haile Selassie wearing a
: crown, gift from the Emperor during a state
: visit in 1956
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: Link to article:
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: http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article14976888.ab
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: As far as I can see, it's only unreliable
: 'Svensk Dam' magazine which claims that the
: tiara used to belong to Princess Sibylla - I
: agree that this is most likely incorrect.
: The magazine also lists two rings from
: Princess Sibylla as being among the stolen
: items.
:
: The thief apparently had the keys to the
: Palace apartment, which means that this was
: the betrayal of a friend, which might make
: it even more hurtful.
: The strange part of the story is the one of
: the thief throwing the tiara into a river,
: but it's obviously true as all the current
: reports contain this information, including
: the fact that divers have been searching for
: it without success.
:
: The tiara, formerly belonging to Queen
: Sofia, was given to Christina as a gift by
: one of her godmothers, Elsa Cedergren. Elsa
: was the daughter of Count Oscar Bernadotte
: of Wisborg and, therefore, a granddaughter
: of Queen Sofia of Sweden, born Princess of
: Nassau.
: The tiara, Nobel ceremony 2004:
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: image upload
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:
: it were said the tiara were from her mother
: but i also think its her diamond and pearl
: tiara
:
: --Previous Message--
: Very bad news from Stockholm:
: Princess Christina’s jewelry was stolen from
: her apartment in Stockholm Palace by a
: 19-year-old acquaintance of hers and her
: husband Tord Magnusson.
: The items stolen are worth a minimum of
: 110.000 Euro and include cufflinks from King
: Gustaf VI Adolf, a watch which came from the
: Ethiopian Emperor Hailie Selassie, and most
: importantly ‘a tiara’ – most likely her own
: small diamond and pearl tiara which once
: belonged to Queen Sofia, assessed to be
: worth 40.000 Euro.
: The thief was arrested after he sold most of
: the pieces and claims he threw the tiara
: into a Stockholm river; attempts to retrieve
: it have been so far unsuccessful.
:
: Link to article from ‘Sverige Radio’, in
: Google English:
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: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsverigesradio.se%2Fsida%2Fartikel.aspx%3Fprogramid%3D103%26artikel%3D5150871&sl=auto&tl=en
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