It is possible that Christina sold her share in the collection. She is seldom seen with family jewels. On the eve of her sister's abdication she wore the Laurel tiara but that was the first time in decades and probably the last time she attended a tiara event.
Margriet still wears pieces of the collection regularly and all four of her daughters in law have worn pieces from it so it's pretty clear she did not sell her share.
Irene was rumored to personally own the Peacock Parure. At least the brooch/stomacher and the tiara are still in the collection. Beatrix has been wearing the brooch since the 1980's and Maxima made a splash when she appeared with the tiara for the counterdinner during the Swedish State Visit to the Netherlands a few years ago. Since also Queen Beatrix has worn it. Irene's daughters in law and her youngest daughter Maria Carolina have all worn pieces from the collection. Margarita only used some of the stars, but usually appears with her mother's diamond and ruby earrings on grand events or with the cabochon saphire earrings of Queen Juliana that seem to have been inherited by Irene.
--Previous Message-- : Hi! Im new to this board and to the world of : royal glitter. : : I think that I have read in difference : places that acctualy one of the sister of : Beatrix has sold her share in the foundation : to her sister/sisters and that this is the : reason that this sister and her children are : not seen in pices from the vaults. Sorry but : dont remember exactly where I have readen : this or how realible sources they had to : prove it. : : --Previous Message-- : I think that is a plausible possibility : indeed. The other is that with the deaths of : Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard, both in : 2004, the four daughters assembled together : in counsel, took good advice from the plenty : of the advisors the royal family has. : Probably already in the handling of the two : heritages, the four daughters made : arrangements concerning the jewels and other : properties which are "neccessary" : for the kingship. After all King : Willem-Alexander has the use of everything : Queen Juliana already had and Queen Máxima : shows us the one treasure after the other. : : The strange is also that a son of one of the : four Heiresses, the King, is now director of : the Foundation while his mother and the : three aunts are the actual heiresses of his : late grandmother. It is all very complicated : but so to see everything has been worked out : nicely as Queen Máxima does not fail to : glitter us. : : : : It remains intriguing that only the De : Bourbon de Parmes seem to show more jewels : than the Van Vollenhovens and the : Guillermos. Undoubtedly because they belong : to a Royal House but maybe also because : Margriet and Christina were somewhere : compensated. The article claims that the : Domain De Horsten, with 21 farms and several : houses, is owned by the Queen and Princess : Margriet. The other two sisters are not : named. Undoubtedly there are a lot of : specific arrangements. For an example the : Guillermo's got more artworks, or cash and : the De Bourbon de Parmes got more entrance : to the jewels. Who knows? All sisters seem : to go well, in great harmony, so it must : have been solved with satisfaction for all. : : : : : : :
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