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Princess Marie Jose of Belgium later queen of Italy did not get many jewels from her mother. Her main pieces were inherited from her paternal grandmother Marie, countess of Flanders.
Marie inherited Stephanie de Beauharnais' gold and pearl tiara and gave it to her granddaughter. Albert I and Elisabeth only added the earrings.
The turquoise demi-parure was also from Marie. Most of Marie-Jose's jewels came from the Italian family she married into. Previous Message
King Baudouin never gave a jewel to his sister or to his nieces.
When Queen Elisabeth passed away King Baudouin never asked her to give the Cartier tiara to his wife. The late Queen prefered to give it to her Son Leopold III, whose wife wore it only once abroad and sold it back to Cartier
Queen Marie José took her Mother's jewels and her daughter Marie Gabrielle sold them instead of The Giving them back to the main House.
King Baudouin gave aquamarines to his wife Queen Fabiola, her favourite stone.
And Fabiola gave the waterfall Brooch , she wore once to Princes Mathilde and her Wolfers tiara to Queen Mathilde and others such as a ruby bracelet, pearl earrings and ..
I did not intend to criticize The Queens look in generel.
I think the earrings are lovely themselves.
But if you lack jewellery one tend to use what is in the casket. And just maybe sometimes one should not and perhaps create a more simple but effective look by not wearing something or maybe use stud Pearl earrings. Previous Message
its so boring... i'm glad we have Queen Maxima ( okay okay she has a lot more jewelry to play with) Previous Message
Again!
I do not like the Quuens earrings in this set up either.
There is a missmatch between tiara/brooch and earrings is terms of design, I think. Previous Message
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It’s nice to see the laurel leaf tiara again after a while. Previous Message
HM Queen Mathilde is wearing her Laurel Leaf Tiara wich was a present from the Belgian aristocrats in 1999 on occasion of the wedding with the then Duke of Brabant.
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