Posted by Johan on January 20, 2012, 5:26 pm, in reply to "Re: My Guesses"
if cash was a reason for another member of the family to sell the tiara i think Nikolaos might be a likelier choice. His aunt Irene allready has two convertable necklace tiara's so why would queen Frederika leave her unwed daughter a third tiara? Also Nikolaos married recently and his wife is pregnant. Lovely as she is, she did not bring a trustfund so their financial situation is different. The couple may have opted to sell the tiara to the crownprincely couple and use the money to set up their family. Still it all remains speculation. If only Max Foster had asked the crownprincess .........
--Previous Message-- : 1)I think King Constantin was not able to buy : this tiara, his wife had already 2 important : parrures and the Danish Khedive tiara. : : 2) Queen Anne Marie did not want to look : like a diamond lover and to be compared to : Queen Frederika. : : 3) The tiara belonged to Princess Irene and : was bought with the Miller’s $$$, ? : : 4) Thanks to the glamour of the danish Court : the Greek royals may wear their great : jewelry. : : --Previous Message-- : My theory: : : My guess: Queen Frederika of the Hellenes : has left the diadem to her grandson Crown : Prince Pavlos. This is not unusual. Queen : Ingrid of Denmark also left a major parure : to her grandson, Crown Prince Frederik. : : Probably Queen Frederika made conditions : together with her gift under an embargo : lasting 25 or 30 years. The Lady High : Donoress can stipulate various conditions in : her Will. One possible condition: the spouse : of her grandson must be of royal or noble : descent. If this condition is not respected, : the gift is blocked by an embargo. Also such : conditions, blockades and embargoes are not : unusual, as we have seen in various disputes : in royal families, the : Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburgs as most famous : case. The embargo on not meeting the : condition probably has a time slot as it can : not last for ever. Maybe the embargo lasted : for 25 years or 30 years and has now become : defunct. : : Any guess is as good as it is. Setting : conditions to gifts is not unusual. For an : example, Queen Wilhelmina donated the Crown : Domains to the State of the Netherlands but : with the condition that the domains must : remain intact, that the Bearer of the Crown : would enjoy the usufruct and that with an : end to the monarchy the State has to return : the Crown Domains to the House Orange-Nassau : or give a financial compensation for the : worth of the Crown Domains. : : This is a quite extended condition. So any : condition can be made by a formal donation. : : : Any guess is as good as it is. : : : : : :
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