Queen Frederica's tiara - Royal magazine reportArchived Message
Posted by VeronikaN on May 28, 2012, 10:43 am
Frau im Spiegel ROYAL, Edition 2/12
The secret of the Tiara The fate of the Prussian-Greek gem has long been regarded as uncertain. After more than four decades, it now appeared again. She was the shining star of the evening, after all heads craned. The opulent tiara which graced the head of Marie-Chantal of Greece, 43, seemed for over four decades swallowed by the earth.
The Crown Princess wore the diamond jewelery piece now at the beginning of the year together with an emerald velvet dress at the gala for the 40th Jubilee of Denmarks Queen Margrethe II.
Frequently had already been speculated that valuable gem was sold or broken up. The tiara that Sophie of Prussia in 1889 was given by her mother, Empress Victoria of Germany, at the wedding of Crown Prince Constantine of Greece, was most recently seen on 18th September 1964. On that day Queen Frederica wore the tiara to the wedding of her son, King Constantine II, the father of Marie-Chantal's husband, Pavlos, 44. In the 1930s, had her sister, Helen of Romania, liked to decorate herself with the precious heirloom. A part of the puzzle is now solved so: the tiara is intact and continues to be - or is again - property of the Greek royal family. But why it was kept under wraps for so long - that remains a closely guarded secret. S. Petersen
on May 28, 2012, 10:43 am
