Queen Sofia of Spain's round pearls brooch Archived Message
Posted by Carlo on December 14, 2011, 2:16 pm
In the first few years of her husband's reign Queen Sofia of Spain wore several times a huge round brooch with big pearls and maybe diamonds. Its round shape gives the idea of a badge of an order, but it's not, since she wore both in the Vatican (during a couple of visits) and during the state visit to Japan in 1980.
I remember very well that she wore this brooch for the coronation of Pope John Paul I (in a photo of that ceremony the King and Queen of Spain were next to King Baudoin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium).
Here are the photos of the state visit to Japan (from "Cotilleando sobre la Monarquia Espanola") and also of the visit to Pope Paul VI in 1977. It's a long time now that the Queen does not wear this brooch.