Re: Princess Mary at the New Year's Court Banquet Archived Message
Posted by Maridje on January 3, 2012, 11:06 am, in reply to "Re: Princess Mary at the New Year's Court Banquet"
"I have seen the new tiara. I have held it in my hands" Oh ! You are very lucky, thank you for this informations. I like the three small brooches. --Previous Message-- : I have seen the new tiara. I have held it in : my hands and I have talked with the Crown : Princess about it. : : I told her that I find the alteration : absolutely beautifully done and that I : understood why she wanted to reset it: : : 1) It was simply too big for her head (Queen : Ingrid had a bigger head!) : : 2) Therefore it had to lay on her hair and : that is not how a tiara shall be worn. : : 3) It was also too big at the sides which : can be seen on many photos. : : A lot of people here seem to be experts..... : : There was no tiara to this set when it was : made in 1804. There were 8 bouquets that : could be placed in the hair or on the dress : as a guirlande. : : There was also a comb, but that comb was NOT : used for the tiara. : : In 1897 a tiara was made for Princess : Alexandrine out of six of the sprays, as : that was now the fashion. This tiara was : given her at her wedding in 1898. : Alexandrine did not wear it often and only : one photo shows her with it (a photo which I : found and bought for my book many years : ago!). : : The rest of the set was inherited by King : Christian X i 1926 when Queen Louisa died. : She had a very large collection of jewelry, : and both her children and her : children-in-law inherited several jewels : from her (besides a lot of other things). : She also put a lot of jewelry in a family : foundation that was to follow the Danish : monarchs. Her will consists of 45 pages : folio - and those pages are only about her : jewels!!! : : So she did not put the rubies into the : foundation. : : King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine gave : the whole set of jewelry as a wedding : present to Queen Ingrid. She had the tiara : made bigger to match the large necklace and : eardobs. : : Queen Ingrid left the set to Crown Prince : Frederik as she wanted it to be with a wife : of the crown prince once again. : : If you think that Queen Ingrid was a : conservative person you are wrong. She : altered a lot of things so that they were : more appropriate for their times. So I am : quite convinced that she would have : understood the new alteration. : : I told the Crown Princess that I found the : new tiara beautiful and well done. I find it : absolutely more perfect as a jewelry work : now! She answered that she was very glad : that I said that, because as a matter of : fact she had been very nervous to meet me! : : BUT I am all for alterations if necessary. I : would find it quite understandable if the : Grand Duchess of Luxembourg e.g. would alter : that much too big tiara, I must say. As the : Queen of Denmark says: It is up to every : owner of the jewels to make them appropriate : for their use! : : I like the three small broaches made for her : hair. I told her to have them made so that : they could be used as brooches too. : : I am quite sure that the big necklace will : be made to a piece of jewelry that can also : be altered - and I am all for it. I even : suggested her what one might do. : : Why are so many people writing of what they : like and what they do not like! Even me! It : does not matter what opinion I might have! : : Her husband likes it and her mother-in-law : does. That's it! : : : : : : :
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- Re: Princess Mary at the New Year's Court Banquet - Cristina January 4, 2012, 9:45 am
- Re: Princess Mary at the New Year's Court Banquet - Maridje January 3, 2012, 11:06 am
- Re: Princess Mary at the New Year's Court Banquet - Gert-Jan January 3, 2012, 11:08 am
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- Finally Bjarne!!!! Thank you very much!!!! - Joy-Ann January 3, 2012, 5:41 pm
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