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    Re: Queen Mathilde Archived Message

    Posted by Carlo on July 5, 2013, 4:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Queen Mathilde"

    I think the Belgian jewels collection holds many surprises, in my opinion.

    Who would have imagined, until Princess Maria Gabriella di Savoia published her book about the Savoia jewels, that her mother, the late Queen Maria José had inherited from her brother, Prince Charles of Flanders (Belgium RF), the magnificent diamonds tiara with drop diamonds by Fabergé in 1983? This piece was sold by Christies in 2007, I think, after over 20 years in a vault.

    This is what I am talking about:

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    --Previous Message--
    : I believe that has to be worn by the
    : "reigning" queen; that is why
    : Lillian could not wear it whole, but she
    : wore it partially. I could be wrong.
    :
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    : --Previous Message--
    :
    : In 1993 queen Fabiola gave the nine
    : provinces tiara to the new queen Paola as
    : far as I remember. She could have kept it
    : for her.
    :
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    : --Previous Message--
    : Mathilde and Claire are ladies whom happen
    : to
    : be married to sons from Fabiola's late
    : husband's brother. With other words, there
    : is no any blood relationship and at best a
    : remote in-law relationship.
    :
    : This does not prevent Queen Fabiola to make
    : arrangements for her jewels, if she wants.
    : The relationship of the late Princess
    : Lilian, Duchess of Halland, to Crown
    : Princess Victoria of Sweden is even more
    : distant (Victoria is a daughter to her late
    : husband's nephew) and this did not prevent
    : the transfer of beautiful jewels to her.
    :
    : Sweden has the luck that there are no (or
    : very moderate) succession taxes. In Belgium
    : these taxes are hefty, for sure in a
    : situation where there is no blood
    : relationship. Queen Fabiola is busy with
    : Foundations (and undeservedly criticized for
    : that, she does nothing illegal) and we need
    : to see how this all works out. Mathilde has
    : nothing to 'win' with a bequest which cost
    : her an enormous sum in succession taxes. The
    : best hope is that Queen Fabiola will give
    : jewels as a cadeau to the new Queen, but she
    : could have done so to Queen Paola, her
    : sister-in-law, and never did.
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