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    Re: Other criticisms on Queen Frederica Archived Message

    Posted by maria olivia on July 4, 2013, 5:19 am, in reply to "Re: Other criticisms on Queen Frederica "

    I think Onassis gave a ruby necklace/tiara to Princess Sophia for her wedding.

    --Previous Message--
    : A strange story indeed.
    : Firstly I wonder about the alleged recipient
    : of the gift. Wedding gifts are usually given
    : to the bridal couple, not their parents. Why
    : wouldn’t Onassis give the gift to the bride?
    : As for MC’s fringe tiara: Vincent once
    : informed us, that Mrs. Miller bought this
    : tiara. So we have a fairly good source
    : saying that it does not originate from
    : Onassis.
    : Afaik, the source of Alexia’s tiara cannot
    : be traced. But it would be really strange,
    : if the tiara had been lying in a safe all
    : the time between the wedding and its first
    : appearance in the 1990’s. Admittedly there
    : weren’t many tiara occasions for Queen
    : Federica during the exile. But the family
    : had to sell jewels in order to fund
    : themselves. And it seems illogical, that
    : they sold family heirlooms while keeping a
    : tiara of no historical value.
    :
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