Danish gala - Queen Maxima's House diamond bow broochArchived Message
Posted by Arthur on April 15, 2015, 5:15 pm, in reply to "Danish gala tonight"
Queen Maxima wore the diamond collet tiara and, pinned on her waist, the large bow brooch of the House diamond parure.
I had not spotted it initially, but there is a very interesting detail: it seems that the bow brooch of the House diamond parure has been increased again: when it had been worn by Princess Laurentien in 2013 and by Queen Maxima in 2014, it consisted only of the main two-knot bow; now, a third knot has been added back at the top of the brooch.
So it demonstrates that the bow brooch had not been dismantled, and that all (or at least most of) the pieces of the original brooch still exist, and can be assembled together back again, if wanted. This is very good news!
Here the brooch in its full original condition (top left), worn by Princess Laurentien at Queen Beatrix's pre-abdication gala reception in 2013 (top right) and by Queen Maxima in Tokyo in 2014 (bottom):
And how it was worn this evening in Copenhagen (picture previously posted by Stig):