Re: Christening in Sweden - Watches Archived Message
Posted by Boris on May 23, 2012, 3:52 am, in reply to "Re: Christening in Sweden - Princess Madeleine"
Tamara, regarding your last pic of the formal evening watch CP Victoria used to wear for evening occasions: According to Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg, it originally belonged to her maternal grandmother, Alice de Toledo Sommerlath. --Previous Message-- : What I meant was, once Victoria becomes the : Queen, I believe that Madeleine will have : Connaught tiara at her disposal solely...for : now yes I understand that Queen Silvia still : uses and will do so until the end...I was : thinking more of the following generation : and disposal of the jewels : : : I do have closeups of Victoria's watch : during the Christening, but I am not 100% : sure its the same that Queen Silvia wore at : Victoria's wedding...the band might look the : same (mesh style) but I remember the dial on : Queen Silvia had color gemstones, either : emeralds or rubies around the dial, set in : between diamonds...I lost that photo : unfortunately... : : but here is Victoria's watch...it looks like : some diamonds on the two sides only, not : around.. : : : Victoria wore this watch on formal : occasions...before her marriage.. : : : : --Previous Message-- : Tamara, I don't think we can 'easily' assume : that the Connaught tiara will be Madeleine's : to wear - although it's indeed obvious that : she is the one who has used it in many of : its variations (apart from wearing it as : necklace), she has worn it as tiara only : once and I think it's one of those tiaras : which Queen Silvia will continue to wear : mostly. : I believe that the decision for Princess : Madeleine to wear the Connaught tiara for : her sister's wedding was actually a last : minute one, because the press release back : then referred to her as wearing 'a private : tiara' - by which the court usually means : Queen Silvia's modern diamond fringe tiara. : A label that IMHO avoids on purpose to : reveal where it originally came from. : : : --Previous Message-- : Boris..can we easily assume that eventually : Connaught tiara will be either Madeleine's : or it will be at full disposal : "Only" to her?...from what we have : seen, she is the only one that has been : wearing this tiara (not including Queen : Silvia) and its elements more often... : : just wanted to post this lovely photo of : Madeleine again : : : : : --Previous Message-- : Princess Madeleine wore two of the diamond : pendants from the Connaught tiara as : earrings: : : : : : --Previous Message-- : Queen Silvia wore the most historic pearls : in : the Bernadotte collection for the : christening: : The oriental pearl necklace with diamond : clasp and the drop pearl and diamond : earrings originally belonged to the : collection of the very fiorst Bernadotte : King, Karl XIV Johan aka Jean Baptiste : Bernadotte. : : : : : --Previous Message-- : Mrs Dorrit Moussaief, Island's First Lady, : showed a phantastic sautoir of huge pearls : at today's christening of Princess Estelle : in Stockholm. Considering the jewels, Mrs : Moussaieff has already shown on royal : events, I'm convinced, these pearls are : real. Well, she's a descendant of a dinasty : of jewellers... : : : : : : : : : http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/145001622-dorrit-moussaieff-attends-the-christening-of-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF8789215ABF3343C02EA548CCF83A14CC232F7250DFA4DD585F4C5774E630446D1C6516 : Pic by Chris Jackson / Getty Images : : Mrs Moussaieff must own a phantastic : collection of jewels - here one example : : HSH Prince Albert II enthronement : (pic by Pascal Le Secretain/GettyImages) : : : : : : : : http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xc/56240011-dorrit-moussaieff-arrives-at-the-opera-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF878921F7C3FC3F69D929FD4740DF495E0B5A932566A25A4FFE8802814B07C993873B07E30A760B0D811297 : : : : : : : : : : : : :
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