Posted by Sal on March 11, 2016, 12:14 am, in reply to "A replica"
There were always rumors that queen Beatrix had copies made that were lighter because of her severe headaches.
I always thought that the tiara she used at her wedding looks quite different than the one she uses later. Maybe that's the reason we didn't see the tiara that much before the wedding of Beatrix. Queen Juliana used the tiara in London in 1950 and after that I can't remember seeing it until the wedding of Beatrix in 1966...
--Previous Message-- : : : --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. :
on March 11, 2016, 12:14 am, in reply to "