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    Re: Queen Frederica's tiara - Royal magazine report Archived Message

    Posted by Monica on May 29, 2012, 1:36 am, in reply to "Queen Frederica's tiara - Royal magazine report"

    Other sources (can't remember which one) have suggested that it was a wedding present for kaiser Wilhelm. And I think it was mentioned here earlier that the tiara last was seen in Madrid in 1966.

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    : Frau im Spiegel ROYAL, Edition 2/12
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    : 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.
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    : 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
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    : P.S.: Not much new information, I am afraid
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