Re: Count Carl Johan Bernadotte and Kerstin and tiara Archived Message
Posted by Torkel  on May 12, 2012, 10:17 am, in reply to "Re: Count Carl Johan Bernadotte and Kerstin and tiara"
Count Carl Johan must have inherited the small diamond grenade brooch his mother received as a wedding present from the Grenadier Guards in 1905. There are pictures of Countess Kerstin wearing this brooch, possibly for their wedding.
I have never seen pictures of other historical pieces being worn by his wives, which I do find somewhat strange. Though I have to admit I haven´t seen many pictures of Countess Kerstin. I am sure she must have attended other family events also.
Didn´t Count Carlo Johan once comment negatively on the fact that his brother sold family jewels (C Carl Johan found them in a shop in the States, or something similar). A rather strange comment if he had himself sold jewels.
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: Thank you, Roger!
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: Considering the fact that Countess Kerstin
: Bernadotte apparently didn’t wear a tiara on
: other white tie occasions (for example
: below, seen with her husband, Princess
: Lilian and Prince Bertil at a gala at
: Stockholm Palace in the early 80s), I guess
: that the tiara she wore to the 1976 wedding
: could very well have been a loan.
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: Which is indeed odd – as you said, all the
: siblings did receive their share of jewels
: from their mother CP Margaret, but it
: remains a mystery to me what Carl Johan’s
: share might have been.
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: I never knew what Carl Johan got from his
: mothers inheritance but surly something
: must have been given to him as well since
: his siblings got beautiful pieces.
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: Gunnilas tiara is a flexible piece of
: jewelry that she can use as a brooch or
: tiara. She told me that its from her family.
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: I really wonder what happened to Kerstin's
: tiara. Maybe it was a loan?
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: Thank you for posting the photo, Monica!
: I have never seen pics of this particular
: tiara from other occasions either.
: Below one more photo of Countess Kerstin
: Bernadotte from the 1976 pre-wedding
: festivities, and two of Count Carl Johan’s
: second wife Countess Gunilla wearing the
: pearl and diamond tiara she has always used,
: most likely an aigrette originally:
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: From the Royal Wedding in 1976. Count Carl
: Johan and his then wife Kerstin. She is
: wearing a tiara I haven't seen before, or
: since.
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