Posted by Maria-Olivia on April 16, 2013, 10:14 am, in reply to "Re: Boris..."
We = The Belgian Nobility gave Princess Josephine Charlotte a bracelet with diamonds and sapphires worn often also as tiara. She was so glad about this belgian present that she wore it immediately. Regards --Previous Message-- : I believe there was nothing "We : Belgians" in this, actually. : : The company Société Générale ordered this : diadem at the jeweller Coosemans as a gift : to Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium : for her wedding to Hereditary Grand Duke : Jean of Luxembourg. : : The other "Belgian gift" (the : Congo collier) was also not for sure a : public gift. The one says it was a gift of : Léopold III to his daughter, made of Congo : diamonds indeed. The other says, it was a : gift from the colony, but then it is strange : that "the Motherland" gave : nothing. : : :