Posted by Johan on April 16, 2013, 12:26 pm, in reply to "Re: Henri M"
Unlike many Belgian princesses before her Josephine-Charlotte did not inherit the bulk of her mother's jewels. She got a few pieces but the main pieces remained with her brothers. Her sisters-in-law did not need or want many jewels. Paola was not expected to be the future queen so she received pieces from her husband and her own family as well as the Art Deco bandeau. Fabiola received the great diamond tiara of Queen Astrid and the Spanish weddinggift from her native country. Queen Astrid left many more pieces and even Queen Elisabeth left some jewels to Leopold III. He gave his second wife use of them, but they were inherited by Boudewijn and Albert. Both Fabiola and Paola have chosen not to wear these pieces but put together the future Belgian queens will have a very impressive collection. Queen Elisabeth inherited nothing from the previous queens. She did inherit a few pieces from her husband's aunt the Empress Carlotta of Mexico. Her mother-in-law opted to leave her jewels to granddaughter Marie-José.
--Previous Message-- : I see, so gifts from companies, from the : nobility, from the people, from the Congo / : her faher. : : Princess Paola and Queen Fabiola came on the : scene a couple of years later, they received : almost nothing. Isn't that weird? And that : while Belgium was in it's "Golden : Decade" with the World Expo 1958 and : being one of the wealthiest, probably even : THE wealtiest European country of the : time... : :
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