Re: Pre-Wedding Ball for King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola Archived Message
Posted by Cristina  on December 26, 2015, 2:52 pm, in reply to "Pre-Wedding Ball for King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola"
The Duchess of Bragança, Dona Maria Francisca of Orleans-Bragança, wore her small diamond bandeau (and the aquamarine set wedding gift from the ladies of Rio society). The bandeau is nowadays worn by the present Duchess of Braganza, who wore it to several gala events (below a pic of the bandeau being worn at the wedding of CP Frederick and Miss Mary Donaldson).
At the belgian pre-wedding Dona Maria Francisca walked with Pss Lucia of Borbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Ancona, and she was wearing the lower version of the Ancona tiara, nowadays worn by Camilla, Duchess of Castro (below worn at the danish wedding in 2004).
 
The best pic I found of both Duchess's at the belgian pre-wedding is this, posted at the Foros de la Realeza by Manuel Sevilla I believe. Dona Maria Francisca's bandeau is hardly visible but we can see clearly the Ancona tiara on its smaller version.
--Previous Message--
: The third article in my recent series on
: Belgian royal weddings was published earlier
: this week at The Court Jeweller . This
: time, I discussed the wedding of King
: Baudouin and Queen Fabiola and the jewels
: worn at various events by their guests. You
: can read the article here .
:
: I've really enjoyed doing research on the
: glittering ball given for the couple the
: night before the wedding. This was the
: biggest tiara event from the celebrations.
: An Associated Press reporter interviewed a
: veteran royal security guard, who said that
: "he never had seen so many costly gems
: in years of guarding royal heirlooms."
:
: Here's my current list of tiaras worn during
: the ball:
:
: -- Dona Fabiola Mora y Aragon: the new
: diamond tiara gifted to her by the Francos
: (with emeralds)
: -- Queen Elisabeth of Belgium: her Cartier
: diamond bandeau
: -- Lilian, the Princess of Rethy: a Van
: Cleef & Arpels necklace converted as a
: tiara
: -- Paola, the Princess of Liege: the diamond
: art deco bandeau
: -- Queen Marie-Jose of Italy: the Musy Tiara
: -- HGD Josephine-Charlotte of Luxembourg:
: the Belgian Scroll Tiara
: -- Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg:
: the Empire Tiara
: -- Princess Astrid of Norway: (I believe)
: the Vasa Tiara
: -- Queen Juliana of the Netherlands: the
: Stuart Tiara
: -- Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands: the
: Antique Pearl Tiara
: -- Princess Irene of the Netherlands: her
: mother's aquamarine tiara
: -- Queen Anne of Romania: the family's Greek
: Key Tiara
: -- Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom:
: the Poltimore Tiara
: -- Princess Anne of Denmark: the diamond
: tiara previously discussed here
: -- Princess Margaretha of Denmark: the
: Khedive of Egypt Tiara, borrowed from Queen
: Ingrid
: -- Countess Ruth of Rosenborg: Princess
: Ingeborg's turquoise star tiara
: -- Archduchess Margherita of Austria-Este:
: the Savoy-Aosta Tiara
: -- Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy: a
: Cartier tiara, possibly on loan from the
: Princess of Rethy
: -- Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy: a tiara
: of diamond ivy leaves
:
: Other royal women wore tiaras I'm finding it
: more difficult to identify. Franco's
: daughter, Carmen, wore an unusual tiara.
: Newsreel footage shows grainy images of
: Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain wearing a
: tiara ( possibly this one ?). The woman
: walking in front of her is wearing a tiara
: that appears to resemble the one now owned
: by Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg, but I'm
: not sure whether she is one of Maria
: Cristina's daughters or someone else.
:
: I'd love to hear any more information that
: anyone has about these pieces or any others
: worn at this pre-wedding ball.
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