Posted by John in Assen on February 23, 2013, 3:43 pm, in reply to "Re: Stuart Tiara"
Maybe a fullblown restoration of the piece has transformed it. When properly cleaned and maybe even resetting some of the stones it would probarbly look different already. All the photo's that we have seen of it are from pre-digital times and discoloured to say the least. It hasn't been seen since 1972 for crying out loud: that's rather a long period of time...
Allthough I adored both Juliana and Beatrix in their roles as Queen, they weren't realy inspiring beauties ofcourse. Their hairstyle was dowdy to say the least...
It could very well be that Maxima knocks us all out when wearing that same Tiara.
The design in itself is not thàt different from the Ornate Pearl Tiara that Beatrix wore on her wedding and that most jewelery-watchers seem to love...