--Previous Message-- : Definitely not the original. I wonder how many : more replicas there are: So far we have seen : the 'Stars Tiara' and now the 'Wurttemberg : Tiara'. : : --Previous Message-- : It's probably a replica, made by René Brus : : --Previous Message-- : This is a replica. : : --Previous Message-- : On his Facebook page Paul Rem, curator of : Palace Het Loo showed a beautiful close-up : of this tiara in it's impressive : configuration (with all the pearl spikes. : Enjoy! : : I'll show some more pictures to compare the : different settings. : : The close-up: : : : : : Queen Juliana with the fullest setting (11 : pearl spikes) during the state visit to the : UK in 1950 : : : : : Princess Beatrix in at her wedding in 1966 : with 5 spikes. The pattern of the tiara was : woven into her wedding gown. : : : : Queen Beatrix at the gala diner the night : before the inauguration in 2012 of her son, : 5 spikes again. : : : : : Queen Maxima with no spikes at all but it : looks like an extra ring with diamonds and : pearls was mounted under the tiara. Maxima : wore the tiara to the gala dinner for the : members of the Corps Diplomatique in : Amsterdam in 2015. : : : : : : : : : : A replica? I have often wondered if any of the jewels worn by the royals aren't replicas while the real ones are hidden away in a place where they won't be lost in case they have to leave the country. History has shown that it would be a prudent choice.
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