Re: Gentlemen's and ladies' version of ribbon Archived Message
Posted by John R on November 20, 2012, 7:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Gentlemen's and ladies' version of ribands"
I actually prefer the more Orange coloured ribbon. It's just a ribbon --Previous Message-- : Yes, the Queen and her sisters were given the : Order by their mother. On the net I found : the information that the riband was : originally blue silk with moiré effect and : golden stripes. Now the sashes are blue with : more orange and the moiré effect has gone. : Interesting is that Princess Margriet has a : new riband while the Queen sticks to her old : one. Like Princess Astrid in Norway indeed : possibly because of sentimental reasons. : : --Previous Message-- : Did her mother grant her the order? Then she : might be just sentimental about this band. : : --Previous Message-- : Some countries seem not to have a difference : in gentlemen's and ladies' versions. : : In common we notice this difference from the : 1950's-1960's onward. When ladies were given : the old version, they seem to stick to it. : The late Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth II : and the late Princess Margaret got the Order : of the Netherlands' Lion in the male version : and remained to wear it that way. Apparently : no new riband in the smaller ladies' version : was given or requested. In the Monegasque : situation it was just amateuristic because : Princess Grace and Princess Caroline wore : the small ladies' version. : : Also notable is that Princess Atrid of : Norway remains to wear the broad male : version of her St Olav she originally got. : Queen Beatrix keeps her old, in the meantime : somewhat bleached sash in the Order of the : Netherlands' Lion while her sister, her son : and her daughter-in-law seem to wear crisp : new fresh coloured sashes. No idea why the : Queen did not request the Chancellery of the : Netherlands Orders to refresh her riband. : : Prinsjesdag 2012: : the Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima : wear crisp new sashes. : The Queen seems to keep her decades old : sash, in the meantime the colours have : faded. : : : : : : :
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