--Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : Thanks Vincent for your very interesting : information. That is a possiblity, because : it was the only occasion we saw those jewels : on Queen Giovanna. : : What is more, despite the jewels that Queen : Giovanna owned personally, including several : diadems, still she borrowed jewels to wear : from her brother's. I am referring to the : time she borrowed the Mellerio tiara to wear : in Estoril for Infanta Maria del Pilar's : wedding in 1967. The photo of this event it : is also reproduced on the cover of the book : "Reis no Exilio" by HRH Pince : Charles-Philippe d'Orléans. : : --Previous Message-- : I never made the connexion untill today, : but... : : A very close friend of queen Giovanna's : owned a turquoise and amethyst set made by : Cartier in the 1950s. The set also had a : brooch and a ring. : : I saw part of this set on the daughter of : queen Giovanna's friend about ten years ago. : She told me that her mother had given the : necklace to one of her daughter in law and : that she, herself, had inherited one : bracelet, the earrings, the ring and the : brooch after her mother's death. : : Sadly she sold these jewels a few years ago. : The queen and that lady were very close : during the war years and after, untill both : their deaths. Actually, that lady was a very : good friend of the whole bulgarian royal : family. : : And last detail, they (the friend lady and : her daughter) were also invited to the : Russian wedding in 1976. : : I have no proof that those two sets are the : same, but i think a loan, from that friend, : is a very plausible theory. : : : : : : : :
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