Thank you for the informations Maria Olivia. I will update my info files on the small wedding tiara. Is it just me or it looks like it could be a necklace put on a frame and turned into a tiara?
--Previous Message-- : At the moment of the wedding, Christophe : Vachaudez told me he wrote a letter to the : Royal Palace telling her that at that moment : a royal tiara was sold on an Auction? : Answer of the RP = too expensive : : The King and the Queen bought the small : tiara at Veronique Bamps bijoux anciens shop : ( with Laurent all is possible) : I did not know it was Queen Paola's , to me : it was a gift. : Marianne's tiara is Princess Claire 's as we : saw her wearing the tiara several times and : don't see the wedding tiara anymore. : : Wait and see the future State Visits to : Belgium ! : : --Previous Message-- : Thank you for that information Jos, its : totally new to me. I'm quite sure I read at : that time that the small tiara was a piece : from Queen Paola (altough I've never seen : her wearing it). : : : : : --Previous Message-- : Property of Queen Paola? As I understood at : the time of the wedding the tiara was : purchased from the Veronique Bamps : especially for the wedding. : http://www.veroniquebamps.com/ : I wonder whether Claire perhaps changed her : very petite wedding tiara for the diamond : and pearl tiara she has wore at recent tiara : events. : : --Previous Message-- : I also think she owns it (probably a gift : from : her husband?) as this is the only tiara I've : seen her wear since 2010. : She wore it also at Pc Guillaume of : Luxembourg prewedding : : : : : : http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/prince-laurent-of-belgium-and-princess-claire-of-belgium-news-photo/154430474 : : It was discussed here at the time of CP : Viktoria's wedding that the top pearls are : probably not very valuable as they seem to : be only "half pearl", and the : diamonds on the tiara are very small. But : still I really like the design and how it : looks on Pss Claire, it was a real : improvement from her other tiara. : Before she wore her small diamond wedding : tiara, I believe that one was a piece : formely property of Quuen Paola. : : : : : : http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/wedding-of-prince-laurent-of-belgium-and-claire-coombs-on-news-photo/160878256 : : : : : : http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/princess-claire-of-belgium-welcomes-queen-sonja-and-king-news-photo/160878358 : : : : : --Previous Message-- : I really don't know.....I do think she owns : the tiara. : HRH Princess Claire wore it also in Sweden : during the wedding of HRH Crownprincess : Victoria in 2010. : : I like the tiara! : : : : : : : : :