She wore it for her confirmation. The only time I think. She has said she would leave it to her daughter Ranghild.
--Previous Message-- : Monica thank you so much! Where do you get : these treasures!? : : Totally new to me. A precious and timeless : piece, lovely. It has some kind of medieval : look to it, I think. I will have to dig in : my archives and see if I can find any : picture of the princess wearing it. I : confess that most of the times the glitter : of major pieces "blinds" me a bit : and I tend to overlook smaller pieces that : often are so interesting and beautiful. : : On the pictures Boris posted I spotted some : other interesting pieces, amongs them: a : diamond swirl brooch with a hanging long : pearl, a nice large diamond bracelet, a : diamond riviére, and a "green : stones" necklace (could they be : emeralds?). : : I don't know if any has historical : provenance. Any info on if they are the Pss : private property, perhaps some are gifts : from her very wealthy husband? Thanks. : : : : : --Previous Message-- : : 1400 Norwegian Ragnhilds chipped in to give : Ragnhild a gift for her baptism. It is a : diamond and pearl cross made by the : David-Andersen : : --Previous Message-- : Here’s the link to the detailed biographical : overview posted today by Trond N. Isaksen on : the occasion of Princess Ragnhild’s death, : indeed knowledgeable and fascinating to read : as usual: : : : : : http://trondni.blogspot.de/2012/09/at-roads-end-princess-ragnhild-of.html : : A few more pics to illustrate the two tiaras : loaned to her for her lifetime - : Queen Maud’s large diamond tiara: : : : : And the diamond and pearl circle tiara made : by Boucheron in 1900: : : : : up pic : : : --Previous Message-- : Thank you very much Stefan. So glad to know : that! : : There's the importance of a reliable source, : I've read sometime ago (don't remember where : exactly) that Queen Maud had left the : diamond tiara to her eldest grandaughter : (and the turquoises to Pss Astrid). : I am very glad to know that those historical : pieces will go back to the main line. : : : : : --Previous Message-- : According to Trond's blog the Jewels of : Queen : Maud where not left by her tone ynone. After : the Wedding of King Harald and Sonja they : where shared among the 3 siblings. and : apparently they are only on loan for life to : Princesses Astrid and Ragnhild and those : will gio back to the crown. : : --Previous Message-- : Apart from Queen Maud's diamond tiara (see : my : first post on this thread for the Pss : wearing it), that was a wedding gift to the : then Pss Maud of Wales, Pss Ragnhild also : wore the Boucheron tiara from Pss Ingeborg. : So she received a tiara from each of her : grandmothers. : : Here's Ursula's link on the Boucheron : : : : : : : http://www.royal-magazin.de/norway/norway-ragnhild-boucheron.htm : : I do not wish to be rude at this point as to : inquire what will happen to this pieces, : after all the princess isn't eaven : burried... But I am of course very curious : as if they will return to the royal family, : or if the king would buy them back in case : the Pss descend decides to sell it (not that : I think they would need any cash flow, as : far as I know they are very wealthy). : At least Queen Maud's diamond tiara should : return to the main line, it is an historical : piece, a favourite of the first consort : queen of the present dinasty. : On the other hand Queen Maud left ir to her : beloved oldest granddaughter, so perhaps she : wanted it to go to Pss Ragnhild's descend... : I will continue to follow Trond's blog, and : wait for some acurate information on this : matter. : : : : --Previous Message-- : She had, at least, two diadems if I'm not : mistaken... : : Regards! : : --Previous Message-- : Mr Erling Sven Lorentzen himself did not : score : high in the royal or noble deparment, so the : Princess had little ground for complaining. : : Of course Mr Lorentzen (from Øivind : Lorentzen Rederi) or Mr Ferner (from Ferner : Jacobsen AS) were from a total different : category as Ari and Mette-Marit, moneywise. : : I have never seen Princess Ragnhilds as a : very glamorous or jewel-loving lady anyway. : Her collection will not be thát large, I : expect. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
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