Posted by Carlo on September 27, 2012, 2:07 am, in reply to "Tiara Frames"
I read somewhere that the high frame of the Khedivé tiara by Cartier is an addition wanted by Queen Anne-Marie after some time since inheriting the tiara.
In fact, when Queen Anne-Marie wore this tiara again, many years after her wedding, in Norway in 2001 at Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit's wedding, she wore it low on her head with no frame, like her mother used to wear.
Queen Ingrid:
Queen Ingrid again with Princess Benedikte's earrings.
Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg wearing the tiara (with no frame) at her wedding June 6, 1998:
Her sister Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, who got married in June 2011, wore the Khedivé tiara on a frame: