Queen Margrethe II - Floral tiara.Archived Message
Posted by Christian on October 16, 2012, 11:56 am
It think it has been known for some time now, that Frederik IX bought the floral tiara for his wife from a Danish-American in the middle of the 1960s. I think I have found this person - the famous opera singer Lauritz Melchior. Melchior and his first wife (wearing the tiara) are pictured in this article from Danish gossip magazine Se & Hør from 1964. As his first wife had died when the article was written and Melchior married again the same year it is possible that he sold the tiara to the King around this time. Queen Ingrid began using the tiara in 1965 or 1966 - I think at the Belgian state visit.