Your photos are amazing, thank you for sharing your work Tamara. --Previous Message-- : Thank you! My most admired and beloved Queen : Sofia...my favourite Queen. : : Persepolis was the first event where the : then Princess Sofia wore Queen Maria : Cristina's big pearl tiara. I find this : tiara very imposing and beautiful. It was : borrowed to her by her mother-in-law the : Countess of Barcelona, to whom it was a : wedding gift from King Alfonso XIII. Queen : Ena never wore it. : : It was later worn as bridal tiara by the : King's eldest sister, Infanta Pilar, and : also by her eldest daughter Simoneta. : Infanta Pilar also wore it on the gala : dinner of Queen Elizabeth's visit to Spain : in the mid 1980's. : It only reapeared a few years ago when the : Queen start wearing it. : : The photo with Queen Ena is from one of the : receptions at the time of the 1953 : coronation. On a rare ocasion the countess : of Barcelona is wearing the Mellerio foam : waves tiara. I am not even sure if this was : in fact the only time she was photographed : wearing it. : And like Francisco Luis wrote, Queen Ena was : indeed a regal lady up to her last years. A : true grand dame. : : : : : : --Previous Message-- : enjoy : : : : : : : : : : : : :