Beatrix brooch 1999
I wonder whether the stones could be green opals.
Queen Anna Pavlovna had a collection of opals. But the style of the brooch is 1950s, early 1960s.
Beatrix has owned this brooch and earrings for decades although I am not certain the pieces actually belong to a set. Brooch looks to be silver, diamond and a green precious stone which I have never been able to identify.
I would like to see Beatrix again with the ornate pearl tiara in the version she only wore once: with the pear-shaped pearls on the six lower tops of the tiara. She wore the tiara this way for the state banquet offered to Queen Margrethe on her state visit to the Netherlands in 1975. I have never seen this version again...
By the way, does anyone recognize the brooch the princess is wearing in the official portraits for her 85th birthday? I am sure I have seen it before, but cannot remember when. Does anyone know more about the brooch? I guess the stones are too light to be emeralds.
My favorite on her is definitely her wedding tiara, the Wurttemberg pearl tiara.
I would love to see her in the sapphire tiara again.
I think the ornate pearl tiara (aka Württemberg tiara or Pearl Cathedral ) suited her best. It is grand but light, glittering but not flashy and can be worn in different settings. I never liked Queen Emma's diamond tiara on her but it was in fact one of her personal favourites.
I also miss those wonderful Turkoise jewels!
Today Beatrix of the Netherlands celebrates her 85th birthday. Since the bandeau a la Grecque she worn just about every tiara in her personal and the family collection. The one major exception being the House Diamond tiara (with or without the Stuart diamond).
1. What is your favourite tiara on Beatrix?
2. What tiara would you like to see Beatrix in again?
I love Beatrix in the sapphire tiara and would really like to see her wear the Bandeau a la Grecque again.
I'd also like the second set of stars to get turquoise stones in the middle so they could (on the base of the pearl bouton tiara) form a turquoise tiara to go with her turquoise pieces.
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