Posted by Kasper on October 17, 2012, 12:46 pm, in reply to "Thank you! n/t"
Do we now this ring? The foto is from GEO center Møn which is one of her petronages...
--Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : 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. : : Christian : : : : :