Posted by maria-olivia on May 3, 2014, 12:00 pm, in reply to "Re: Paola"
Could you send pictures of Paola before December 1960 (Deco tiara as gift )where she wears her small necklaces as tiara. State Visit of Queen Elisabeth and others . I forgot who gave her the 2 wedding jewels in 1959. Thanks MO
--Previous Message-- : Paola received two necklace/tiara's? I thought : she only received the larger diamond : necklace as a weddinggift from her husband : and that does not convert to a tiara. Wasn't : the smaller necklace that she did wear a few : times as a tiara a present after the birth : of Philip? : : --Previous Message-- : In Belgium the royal weddings are 3 Months : after the engagement Announcement. : Princess Mathilde wore the Deco tiara : because her tiara offered by the belgian : Nobility was not ready . : Princess Paola received for her wedding two : necklace/tiaras. ( to me minor jewels ) : She preferred wearing flowers . : : : Previous Message-- : Donna Paola did not have a tiara she could : wear. : Im not sure her mother owned one either. : Paola's first tiara was the Art Deco bandeau : of Queen Elisabeth. When Paola married into : the Belgian Royal Family the first lady was : her husband's grandmother Queen Elisabeth. : She did not have many jewels. The jewels : from her mother-in-law the countess of : Flanders went directly to princess : Marie-José and Elisabeth had given her : smaller tiara to her daughter-in-law Astrid. : A third smaller tiara went unworn directly : to her younger son Charles, count of : Flanders. : So Elisabeth only had her large Cartier : tiara, more apropriate for a Queen than a : young princess. : Paola's sister-in-law Joséphine-Charlotte : had some tiara's but they were all linked to : her as they were made for her. : The jewels of Albert's mother were with his : father Leopold III who had given his second : wife full use of those pieces. Possibly the : family relations were not that good for : Lilian to loan Paola a tiara. Paola was : welcomed with open arms by the Belgians : (especially in Liège, where voters had : chosen to sent Leopold III packing because : of his marriage to Lilian). : : --Previous Message-- : It is pretty strange that Astrid, a : royalborn : Princess in a reigning royal family did not : wear a diadem. Both her own family as well : the groom's family have nice jewels. : : It is also strange that Donna Paola of the : princes Ruffo di Calabria wore no diadem. We : are speaking about the 1950's, still a time : where grand gifts in jewels were common. : Strange that she wore no diadem from the : groom's family, nor was given jewels by the : Belgian society, aristocracy or industry : (diamond-rich Congo was still Belgian). : : Anyway, good chance that Donna Elisabetta : Rosboch von Wolkenstein will wear her : mother-in-law's Savoia-Aosta diadem. : : : : : : :
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