Posted by Hans on April 16, 2013, 1:51 pm, in reply to "Belgian jewels"
HM Queen Mathilde will indeed have a very impressive collection!
--Previous Message-- : 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... : : : : :
on April 16, 2013, 1:51 pm, in reply to "