Posted by Johan on April 27, 2013, 4:54 am, in reply to "Re: Big Shocker!"
The foundation allready has 17 or 18 known tiara's and headpieces that the women of the family can wear. I would not be too surprised to find out they actually own even more than that number.
--Previous Message-- : Princesses are princesses. It can not be that : Marilène wears the Laurel Leaf and her : sister-in-law Anita has nothing. Or that an : in-law as Aimée, a princess after all, has a : diadem but Juliana Guillermo, daughter to a : born Princess of the Netherlands and : granddaughter to a Queen has nothing. I feel : the Queen swept all this away with : "black tie, please". : : The best solution was: "White tie, : diadems required" and these were : enforced to buy or borrow jewels. It is not : that they are short of money, from what I : see, read or understand. : : : : --Previous Message-- : There are plenty, with a bit of creativity, : besides not all of these women require : tiaras if you don't mind me saying. : : : --Previous Message-- : There is an additional problem when diadems : are wanted: there are never enough diadems : to probide all these ladies. : The Queen : Princess Máxima : Princess Mabel : Princess Laurentien : Princess Irene : The Duchess of Parma : Princess Margarita : Princess Maria Carolina : Princess Margriet : Princess Marilène : Princess Annette : Princess Anita : Princess Aimée : Princess Christina : Eva Guillermo-Prinz Valdez : Juliana Guillermo : : That will be the main reason to use black : tie for the weddings and other festivities : in the family. : : --Previous Message-- : Heu.... 1980 did not differ from 1948 in : dresscode. At both events royal guests wore : white tie and the ladies long-with-hat. : : White tie during day events should usually : be worn with dark gilets, see the Prince of : Orange at the Inthronisation Mass of Pope : Franciscus. So the dresscode 2013 is : essentially the same as the dresscodes 1980 : and 1948. : : I never expected diadems at the Investiture. : The best chance is the diner at the : Rijksmuseum but seeing how Queen Beatrix : always used black tie as dresscode outside : State Banquets, it will be no surprise when : no diadems are worn. : : : --Previous Message-- : This is what i expected but i had hoped for : more. The new king, his brother and uncle : wearing white tie and an order would : normally dictate that at least the women of : the Royal House wear tiara's. 1980 is the : blueprint, but why they opted for the worst : inauguration in Dutch history as the : blueprint for the next one will always : remain a mystery to me. : : --Previous Message-- : Did you really expect anything else? The : reference is 1980. : If we are lucky a small tiara and some other : jewels on Maxima. It's not her day, : remember. Willem-Alexander is being invested : as King. We tend to look at the previous : investitures with the wrong eyes: when : Queens Regnants were invested......... and : we are not in the 19th century anylonger : when all the ladies of the court would pull : out their finest jewellery. Maxima will : surely wear some stunning pieces these days : but it will not be a tiara cat-walk. : Don't get me wong, I would love it just as : much as any of you when Maxima pulls out a : bunny from her hat but let's not get our : hopes up too much, heh. : : : --Previous Message-- : One of the Royal commentators allready : mentioned that hatmaker Fabienne Delvigne : has made the hat for Princess Laurentien. If : she is not wearing a tiara, Margriet and the : other invited Royal Ladies won't wear a : tiara for the ceremony either. So fingers : crossed for Maxima and the two evening : events! : : --Previous Message-- : I think we should all know where we will : watch : by now, in this website, there's only one : link that will broadcast the ceremonies : online, does anyone have any other links? : : : : : : That post has all the information we need to : know about the abdication and investiture : too, including the timings. : : : : : : : : : : : http://theroyalcouturier.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-royal-info-all-you-need-to-know_24.html?spref=tw : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
on April 27, 2013, 4:54 am, in reply to "