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    Re: Jewelry theft / List of stolen jewels Archived Message

    Posted by Claes on June 14, 2012, 4:38 am, in reply to "Re: Jewelry theft / List of stolen jewels"

    Very sad news about the tiara.

    I read in swedish newspapers from the time of the wedding of Princess Christina and Mr Tord Magnuson that she got a gold bracelet as wedding gift from the Ethiopian emperor.


    --Previous Message--
    : A list of the most prominent stolen items,
    : according to Swedish newspaper
    : ‘Aftonbladet’:
    :
    : - Queen Sofia’s small diamond and pearl
    : tiara
    : - A gold ring with an aquamarine stone the
    : size of a thumbnail, surrounded by smaller
    : white stones, which used to belong to
    : Princess Sibylla who in turn inherited it
    : from her grandmother, Helena of Waldeck and
    : Pyrmont
    : - An heirloom ring in white gold with a
    : large diamond
    : - Two large cufflinks in gold, engraved with
    : the number 40, which originally belonged to
    : Princess Christina’s grandfather, King
    : Gustaf VI Adolf
    : - A braided gold bangle bracelet with a
    : thread possibly made of hair from an
    : elephant and with a medallion showing a
    : picture of Emperor Haile Selassie wearing a
    : crown, gift from the Emperor during a state
    : visit in 1956
    :
    : Link to article:
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    : http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article14976888.ab
    :
    :
    : --Previous Message--
    : As far as I can see, it's only unreliable
    : 'Svensk Dam' magazine which claims that the
    : tiara used to belong to Princess Sibylla - I
    : agree that this is most likely incorrect.
    : The magazine also lists two rings from
    : Princess Sibylla as being among the stolen
    : items.
    :
    : The thief apparently had the keys to the
    : Palace apartment, which means that this was
    : the betrayal of a friend, which might make
    : it even more hurtful.
    : The strange part of the story is the one of
    : the thief throwing the tiara into a river,
    : but it's obviously true as all the current
    : reports contain this information, including
    : the fact that divers have been searching for
    : it without success.
    :
    : The tiara, formerly belonging to Queen
    : Sofia, was given to Christina as a gift by
    : one of her godmothers, Elsa Cedergren. Elsa
    : was the daughter of Count Oscar Bernadotte
    : of Wisborg and, therefore, a granddaughter
    : of Queen Sofia of Sweden, born Princess of
    : Nassau.
    : The tiara, Nobel ceremony 2004:
    :
    :
    : image upload
    :
    : --Previous Message--
    :
    : it were said the tiara were from her mother
    : but i also think its her diamond and pearl
    : tiara
    :
    : --Previous Message--
    : Very bad news from Stockholm:
    : Princess Christina’s jewelry was stolen from
    : her apartment in Stockholm Palace by a
    : 19-year-old acquaintance of hers and her
    : husband Tord Magnusson.
    : The items stolen are worth a minimum of
    : 110.000 Euro and include cufflinks from King
    : Gustaf VI Adolf, a watch which came from the
    : Ethiopian Emperor Hailie Selassie, and most
    : importantly ‘a tiara’ – most likely her own
    : small diamond and pearl tiara which once
    : belonged to Queen Sofia, assessed to be
    : worth 40.000 Euro.
    : The thief was arrested after he sold most of
    : the pieces and claims he threw the tiara
    : into a Stockholm river; attempts to retrieve
    : it have been so far unsuccessful.
    :
    : Link to article from ‘Sverige Radio’, in
    : Google English:
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    : http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsverigesradio.se%2Fsida%2Fartikel.aspx%3Fprogramid%3D103%26artikel%3D5150871&sl=auto&tl=en
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