Re: Queen Ena turquoises and aquamarines gifts Archived Message
Posted by Cristina  on June 11, 2014, 4:16 am, in reply to "Re: Queen Ena turquoises and aquamarines gifts"
Oh Thank you Alyend! I had this pic in my old files for quite sometime and had completely forgot about it  .
Can this be the only pic of QEna wearing the turquoise gift? It seems she wore this mostly in her younger years.
She was such a regal lady and had a fabulous jewelry collection. A pity that her aquamarines and emeralds didn´t stay in the main line (fortunately we can still see the aquamarines in another royal house  ).
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: Here you can see Queen Ena wearing the
: turquise necklace and errings she received
: from Edward VII:
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: http://www.google.it/search?q=queen+victoria+eugenia+turquoise&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=hY2XU5lpoafRBf-QgIAE&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=800&bih=1232#facrc=_&imgrc=NfTSe_K39y_jFM%253A%3Bgp-hcXUULdJ6KM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fmedia-cache-ec0.pinimg.com%252F236x%252F96%252F5e%252F31%252F965e31044303ecbe461ca341e6f948d7.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.pinterest.com%252Fhistoryabc%252Fena-queen-victoria-eugenie-of-spain%252F%3B236%3B375
: She's also wearing a turquise tiara and her
: big diamond riviere.
: --Previous Message--
:
: The wedding gift from the King and Queen of
: England, Edward VII and Alexandra, to their
: niece the new Queen of Spain was not the
: aquamarine set but a turquoise and diamond
: set.
:
: A sketch of it was published in the
: newspapers of the time, along with all the
: other wedding gifts. I never seen Queen Ena
: wear it nor I know what happened to it.
:
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: The fabulous aquamarines were a gift from
: Ena´s husband. Many years ago I read on a
: spanish magazine one interview with the
: Queen on her later years (sorry, don´t
: recall the exact source). She recall she had
: seen her cousin Empress Alexandra of Russia
: wearing her aquamarines and she loved those
: stones. She was a bit afraid to ask such a
: gift to her husband because she thought that
: aquamarines would be imensely expensive,
: since the very wealthy Romanovs had bought
: them . She said her husband laughed when
: she told him that. And sometime later he
: presented her with the fabulous aquamarines
: we all know.
:
: The big oval aquamarines that form the tiara
: were first set on the arches of Queen Ena´s
: pearl tiara
:
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: The aquamarine was inherited by Infanta
: Beatriz, and, since the gems were too heavy
: for the arches tiara, it was reset into the
: its present design.
: It was worn by Infanta Beatriz at the
: prewedding of Infanta Pilar
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: The aquamarine parure was also worn by the
: Infanta´s daughters at royal events, like
: the Danish prewedding in 2004 and the
: Astúrias prewedding the same year
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: And of course it was fabulous that Queen
: Ena´s greatgrandaughter, Pss Sybilla of
: Luxembourg, recently wore the amazing
: aquamarines at the prewedding of Ps
: Guillaume and Pss Stephanie
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: --Previous Message--
: Source: "Ottumwa Courier" (Iowa)
: dated Thursday, January 22, 1931.
:
: I came across this newspaper article about
: Queen Victoria Ena and her daughters.
:
: Direct Quote:
:
: SPAIN'S ROYAL FAMILY BUY CLOTHES IN PARIS.
: (by Adelaide Kerr)
:
: Paris--(AP)---Behind the gilt-edged mirrors
: of a couturier's salon the bright black eyes
: of French midinettes lash (sp?) with pride
: these days over the newly completed wardrobe
: of a queen.
:
: And, while Queen Victoria of Spain, who
: recently visited Paris, moves through the
: courts of Europe, the house which designed
: her clothes watches proudly her queenly
: progress.
:
: Satin, sable, and silver dignity, beauty
: and verse...these are the things of which
: the winter wardrobe of the tall blond queen
: of Spain is fashioned.
:
: The dresses and coats of her daughters,
: the Infanta Beatrice and the Infanta Maria,
: though chic and beautiful to the last
: detail, are designed along simple lines.
:
: Four evening dresses, two evening wraps,
: two morning frocks, an afternoon dress and
: an afternoon coat for each of the three was
: the royal order. With broken English,
: voluble French, flashing eyes and dramatic
: hands, the Paris workers can describe them
: to the last detail.
:
: For Queen Victoria there was an evening
: gown of silver gray satin, so pale in tint
: that it is almost white, it is designed
: along subtle lines with a high waist and
: full circular skirt, which sweeps to the
: floor and is handed in sable.
:
: Another gown of silver lame is also
: bordered in sable, above which shows a
: narrow band of aquamarine blue velvet. WITH
: THIS QUEEN VICTORIA WEARS THE GREAT
: NECKLACE, BRACELETS, DIADEM AND EARRINGS OF
: AQUAMARINES AND DIAMONDS WHICH KING EDWARD
: VII OF ENGLAND GAVE HER AT THE TIME OF HER
: MARRIAGE.
:
: One of her morning frocks is made of
: heavy brown crepe de chine with a bodice of
: yellow chatreuse crepe attached in incruste
: design.
:
: Her two daughters---the Infanta Beatrice,
: dark-eyed and blond haired; and the Infanta
: Maria Christina, blue-eyed, fair-haired and
: said to be the "picture of the
: queen"---always dress alike.
:
: For them there were evening gowns of
: black lace and tulle to be worn with short
: black lace coats. There always were formal
: white satin gowns and accompanying short
: emerald satin coats.
:
: Queen Victoria helps to select every
: article of clothing which her daughters
: wear. She lives continually with her
: children and they "turn o mother for
: everything."
:
: End of quote.
:
: King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
: apparently sent a wedding gift of these
: aquamarine and diamond set of jewels to the
: Spanish Queen: necklace, bracelets, diadem
: and earrings. Is anyone in the Spanish royal
: family known to have worn these since the
: death of Queen Victoria Ena?
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