Posted by Johan on April 16, 2013, 3:24 pm, in reply to "Re: Belgian jewels"
Yes she will.
At present her jewels are limited but as queen she'll have much more.
I don't think she'll get the Art Deco bandeau. Queen Paola will leave that either directly to Elisabeth or to her own daughter Astrid.
If Queen Fabiola leaves the bulk of her jewels to the crown (as i expect she will), Mathilde and Elisabeth after her will have a large diamond tiara (of the Provinces) and two smaller ones (Mathilde's given by the Belgian aristocracy and the Wolfers one) that can also double as necklaces. Mathilde allready has one large brooch and Fabiola has several daisy brooches. Mathilde allready owns large diamond earrings to go with these pieces. The Spanish Weddinggift tiara/coronet can be worn with a number of aquamarine pieces from Fabiola and Paola. A second option is with the emeralds including some of the pieces that once belonged to queen Astrid (her necklace/tiara) and the big emerald brooch that was worn by Lilian, Elisabeth and the countess of Flanders before them. It may have belonged to Empress Carlotta. A possible third option would be to put pearls in the middle of the floral elements. Queen Paola has a number of diamond and pearl jewels that complete a third set.
I still think the Belgian Royals made a mistake by not buying back the pieces put to auction that once belonged to Marie-José.
--Previous Message-- : 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, 3:24 pm, in reply to "