I'm sure that Cristina didn't mean the theft after WWII, but the plane crash in 1937. Most members of the Hessen and by Rhein were on the same plane in order to attend the wedding of Prince Ludwig & Hon. Margaret Campbell Geddes. The plane crashed near the dutch coast, killing everbody on board.
There is the story of a tiara being recovered from the wreck, being intact in it's strongbox. But I have heard this story being connected to two tiaras: the turquoise and moonstone tiara and the strawberry leaf tiara which had been a present from Queen Victoria to her daughter Princess Alice.
My theory is that both tiaras were on board. The turquoise and moonstone tiara was intended as a present to the bride who wore it later during her life. It is now with her English relatives.
The strawberry leaf tiara was probably intended to be worn by the mother of the groom during the wedding. It is now with the Hesse-Darmstadt relatives, as the Hesse and by Rhyn family died out after Prince Ludwig's death in 1968.
Afaik, it is not known what happened to the cabouchon emerald tiara worn by Princess Cecile in this fascinating picture. I don't think that it has been seen since.
By the way, has anybody ever seen Princess Margaret, nee Hon. Margaret Campbell Geddes, wear a tiara? I have only read the she wore the turquoise-moonstone tiara, but have never seen a picture.
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