Posted by John R on May 10, 2013, 9:51 am, in reply to "Re: Tiaras Askew"
Well the RVD certainly has not been known for taking truth serum on a daily basis but that's not the point. Perhaps you are right of course. I just find it hard to believe they took the most important tiara (of these two days) apart a day before the big day and had someone sit there with a miniature screw driver reassemble it again while Beatrix was in the other room abdicating, so to speak and Máxima's dress was getting pressed.
--Previous Message-- : Friso's wedding day: : RVD said: the tiara Mabel is wearing is a : second setting from a saphire-tiara made for : Queen Emma by Mellerio. : Later it "surfaced" that the frame : used to put the diamonds on already was part : of the Original extra's that came with the : tiara. : : The top row from the Mellerio Saphire Tiara : consists out of 27 graduating diamonds. : They are exactly the same as the 27 diamonds : used in Mabels tiara, you can see that by : comparing the pictures and why would the RVD : lie about such a thing? : : : : --Previous Message-- : I would like to take a closer look at the : setting of the diamonds! Counting stones : just does not convince me. The O-N's have a : impressive collection of serious sized : diamonds at their disposal. A closer look at : the setting could tell us something but I : have not been able to get a good side or : rear view of the top row of diamonds set on : the Sapphire Tiara. I do have a good close : up from the Second Frame. If the setting is : exactly the same then we have a match. And I : would like to ask you this question (again): : did anyone at the time of the wedding of : Friso and Mabel state or ever confirmed that : the diamonds were actually taken from the : Sapphire Tiara? I am not saying it's not : possibe. I am saying it's not not the only : possibility. If I were the Court jeweller I : would not have been too comfortable having : to change a tiara back to a setting hours : before the most important event of : decades....but that's another matter. : : : : : : : : --Previous Message-- : Johan you are right and we only have to : count : the diamonds in Mabels tiara to know for : shure. : These are exactly the same gradualy : "growing" diamonds as the top row : of diamonds and exactly the same amount of : them to! : : --Previous Message-- : To me the second setting looks like the top : row of diamond of the normal tiara. Maybe a : few additions, but most of them, certainly : the bigger ones look exacly like those in : the saphire tiara. : : --Previous Message-- : It has never been stated or confirmed that : they actually reset the stones from this : tiara in the second setting. It's possible : yes, but they could very well use different : stones. : : : : --Previous Message-- : With Queen Maxima's appearance, if one looks : at the extremely large inauguration photo : posted on the Royal House's website, it : doesn't look like the tiara itself is askew, : but rather the central sapphire and the : smaller sapphires immediately above and : below it are crooked by about two degrees : counterclockwise. Perhaps a goof by the : jeweller who may have hastily re-assembled : the tiara after Princess Mabel's appearance : the night before? : : --Previous Message-- : What a pity that little care seems to be : taken : by some hairdressers to ensure that tiaras : are centered above the bridge of the nose. : The Duchess of Cornwall appears to have her : tiara aligned with her hair parting:- : : : : Queen Maxima's beautiful sapphire and : diamond tiara was very slightly tilted:- : : : (Photo credit unknown) : : : And who could forget Mary Denmark's disaster : with the first wearing of the : "refurbished" wedding tiara! : : : (Photo credit unknown) : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
on May 10, 2013, 9:51 am, in reply to "
Perhaps you are right of course. I just find it hard to believe they took the most important tiara (of these two days) apart a day before the big day and had someone sit there with a miniature screw driver reassemble it again while Beatrix was in the other room abdicating, so to speak and Máxima's dress was getting pressed. 