Re: Please scroll down and find Queen Sophie of the Netherlands Archived Message
Posted by John R  on April 16, 2012, 9:10 pm, in reply to "Please scroll down and find Queen Sophie of the Netherlands"
Unfortunately not. The fringe tiara, leaf tiara, star tiara and many other pieces have not survived. It's unknown what happened exactly to most of them. We do know that her eldest son, Willem, sold off his share in her extensive jewel collection. Some pieces were bought back by his younger brother Alexander and later inherited by Princess/Queen Wilhelmina.
Some of those pieces were broken up and the stones were used to create new jewels for Queen Wilhelmina. Basically, the only original piece of jewellery in the pictures shown which is still in the collection today is the diamond and pearl leaf brooch which is often worn by Queen Beatrix and Princess Maxima. Some have claimed that Queen Sophie's leaf coronet survived and is now the base of the pearl button tiara but I believe it has been established that there's no evidence to support that claim. Luckily many other pieces that once belonged to Queen Sophie did survive and are now worn frequently by the royal ladies.
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