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    Re: The Rundell? Archived Message

    Posted by Nellie on August 31, 2013, 7:02 pm, in reply to "Re: The Rundell?"


    I agree. The features certainly look like Alexandra's.
    It is unusual surely for her not to be wearing any necklace.


    --Previous Message--
    : The caption is wrong - this statue is
    : Alexandra by Chapu.
    :
    : --Previous Message--
    : This photo was a taken at the exhibition
    : entitled "Denmark and the Russian
    : Empire: 1600 - 1900" which was opened
    : by Queen Margrethe a few days ago at
    : Frederiksborg Castle in Denmark. The statue
    : allegedly represents the Empress Maria
    : Feodorovna of Russia, sister of England's
    : Princess Alexandra, Princess of Wales. (The
    : sisters were daughters of the Danish king.)
    :
    : The Empress is apparently wearing the
    : Rundell tiara. Do you agree? If so - how
    : so?
    :
    :
    :
    : The original Rundell, which was a wedding
    : gift to the Princess of Wales, looks very
    : similar to the tiara on the statue. Compare,
    : too, the several diamond stars across the
    : bodice of each gown, and the positioning of
    : the Order across the right shoulder of each.
    :
    :
    :
    : Could the statue on exhibit actually be of
    : the then Princess of Wales?
    :
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