Posted by Cristina on September 23, 2013, 3:04 pm, in reply to "Re: Extravagant Gifts"
Not only British royals. Queen Sofia of Spain also received some huge saphire jewels from Saudi royals. She wore them (huge earrings, ring and bracelet I think) on the visit of the saudi king to Spain in 2007, along with Queen Maria Cristina's pearl tiara. It was assumed the saphires were a saudi gift, and the Queen most likely wore them as compliment to her guest who had presented her with the jewels. The huge earrings had not been seen before. It is not known when she received such gift but she wore the bracelet and the huge ring the year before in Thailand.
--Previous Message-- : Also noteworthy: it are British royal guests : receiving such lavish jewels. Other royal : families, for an example the Dutch with one : of the largest companies in the world (Royal : Dutch Shell) or the other royal families : never seem to get this sort of gifts (or do : not accept these) from Arab rulers. : :