One can only hope the earrings worn by Loulou Stoffel are replicas. --Previous Message-- : Maria-Olivia, I think you are making a : confusion between two pairs of earrings: : : - the earrings worn by Loulou Stoffel are (a : replica of?) the earrings of the sapphire : and pearl parure made for Marie-Amelie of : Bourbon-Two-Siciles, Queen of the French : from 1830 to 1848. This parure was a private : belonging, and remained in the Orleans : Family until the late 1990s, when the former : Count of Paris (1908-1999) sold the parure : at auction; : : - the earrings presented by King Simeon II : of Bulgaria to Marie-Thérèse of Wurtemberg, : Countess of Clermont (and later Duchess of : Montpensier) on her wedding in 1997, and now : regularly worn by Marie-Thérèse's : daughter-in-law Philomena, Duchess of : Vendôme, were part of the sapphire parure of : the French Crown jewels, made in 1818-1819, : and sold at auction in 1887 by the : Government of the French Republic. : :