--Previous Message-- : Our dear Marianne has updated the banner of : the GREMB in honnor of the birthday girl HM : Queen Sofia of Spain (thank you Marianne!). : As a profund admirer of this most wonderful : Queen I thought it would be a fitting : tribute to start a thread on her jewelry, : wishing her a much happy day and many happy : returns. : : The stunning royal heirloom jewels (las : joyas de pasar, the jewelry that according : to Queen Ena's will should be passed on to : the future Queens of Spain, and are now with : Queen Letizia) have been discussed here on : previous threads, so I thought it would be : interesting to post on some of the queen's : other pieces of jewelry, less frequently : worn. I am excluding the more classical and : frequently worn pieces (her prussian tiara, : the foam waves, the floral, her various : diamond necklaces, diamond brooches...) : HM has a very vast private jewelry : collection, some of those pieces have been : seen only on counted ocasions through the : years. : : (Credits to the pics: my archives, scanned : old Hola magazines, some pictures found on : Foros de la Realeza) : : Looking at the Getty pic posted by Marianne : and looking through my files I notest the : two shoulder clips. Could these be the same : clips, worn at the Kent wedding and at King : Filipe's enthronement? I haven't notest them : before. On the right pic the queen is : wearing her mother's rubi pendant. : : : Queen Sofia has two turquoise sets she : rarely worns. This is the only photo I've : ever seen of the 2nd set, the one with : larger stones, it was taken during an event : with the swedish royals in the late 1980's. : : : The queen has also several rubi necklaces, : apart from the more famous wedding gift : Niarchos rubis. She usually wears them with : her stunning swirl rubi art-deco earrings. : The V shape rubi necklace was worn mainly : during the late 70's early 80's, reapearing : again for the Chilean visit in 2011. It has : a matching pair of V shaped bracelets. : : : The tassel rubi necklace, loaned also to the : then Pss of Astúrias : : : The fringe rubi necklace was loaned to her : daughter Infanta Elena in the early 1980's. : Queen Sofia has worn it in recent years with : a pair of rubi and gold matching bracelets. : : : The queen has other rubi necklaces not seen : in years : : : She also has a rubi set gift from Saudi : royals (she wore it only for a saudi visit) : : : Also of most likely saudi origin are these : huge sapphire earrings (worn also during a : saudi visit). During a visit to Thailand the : queen wore also a huge set of saphire : bracelet and ring. The diamond bracelet is : one of the twins from Queen Ena's joyas de : pasar. : : : The queen has other sapphires in her : collection. A classical set she has worn for : many years, and a big pale blue cabichon : sapphire surrended by diamonds that can be : worn as brooch or pendant. : : : The emerald set, worn here at the Astúrias : wedding, and loaned later to the Pss of : Astúrias. : : : Queen Maria Cristina black pearls necklace. : Such a beautiful and modern looking : necklace, I almost could'nt believe it came : from QMC. : : : The comet brooch. A gift from Franco, Pss : Sofia wore it for the christening of Pc : Filipe. The queen rarely wore it. Here in a : pic from a visit to Italy in the 1980's. : : : The queen has a lot of more modern necklaces : and brooches. : A Bulgari necklace with pink tourmaline, : aquamarine, peridot and citrine (the queen's : differs a bit from the one in Bulgari : catalogue but its the same collection). : : : The eye of time brooch by Salvador Dalí. : : : Queen Sofia has alot more jewels in her : private collection, and luckily we get to : see them from time to time. A lot of jewelry : available for future generations (Leonor, : Sofia, Vitoria Frederica, Irene... ). : : : : : : : : Thank you for posting these great pictures.