The largest diamond in the devant de corsage weighs 50 carat. It was written in the press back then that the results of the national fundraising for this wedding present (with the diamond riviere that is now a bandeau) were disappointing. Two reasons exist for it: the economy was in a sluggish state in that time, and Queen Sophia, Willem III's first wife, who was quite popular in Holland, deceased only a few years before. Now Queen Emma has a well deserved much loved reputation, but it wasn't like that at the start. Because of the disappointing results of the fundraising, they chose for Cape diamonds: less expensive ones with a slight yellowish colour.