Posted by SarahN on October 17, 2012, 7:40 pm, in reply to "Re: QM II's ring"
Do you know when the picture of CP Margaretha was taken? I know I've seen a photo of her during a christening and it looked as if she was wearing several rings - perhaps one of them was this ring, so it looked as if there were more "centers".
--Previous Message-- : I have a picture of Crown Princess Margaret of : Sweden wearing this ring...Princess Ingrid : inherited this ring, just like other lovely : jewels after her mother's passing.. : : Ingrid wore this ring at the day of her : wedding and in younger years of her being a : CP of Denmark... : : Queen Margrethe inherited this ring from her : mother Queen Ingrid and she wears it quote : often. : : : --Previous Message-- : 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 : : : : : : : : :