It was never intended to be worn and is only seen on Investitures, not even on funerals, I assume the Orange-Nassaus do not care much about these regalia and of course there are various sets and older (stadtholderly or funerary) crowns.
When I visited the Hohenzollern crypt in the Berliner Dom, I saw silver or guilded crowns on caskets here and there, collecting dust, the silver blackened, cobwebs between the arches. It has strenghtened my belief that the Oranges purely see it as decorum and 'what a shame for the pearls' when real pearls were used. At the other hand, cultivated pearls and/or semi-precious stones like jade, garnet, etc. Are not that expensive. So to see the Oranges found it not worth to request the Court Jeweller to improve the regalia.
--Previous Message-- : Have they ever replaced the fish scale pearls : and foil-backed glass stones? Or, is the : regalia still made of those materials? : : Of course the Dutch sovereign is not : crowned, but do you suppose Queen Beatrix : could have ever had a private moment with : the regalia where she could handle them? : Perhaps even try it on? I don't think the : crown looks too large to wear, unlike the : Spanish crown which is a massive symbolic : prop. : : --Previous Message-- : Hehe... that took a while to download on my : tablet.... : : An extremely sharp picture. I even see dust : on the crown and there is some polish left : in the fleurons.... : : I see the royal banner is restored, on the : old picture below the banner was clearly in : need of restoration. : : : : :
on March 17, 2013, 3:55 am, in reply to "