At last a clear photograph of the Countess of Strathmore's tiara - and what a beauty it is!!!
With 50+ jewels that were never categorised, it is indeed possible the tiara was from the Greville lot.
One thing that makes me doubt that though: I remember a picture of the Countess of Strathmore (The Queen Mother's mother) during George VI coronation and she appears to be wearing the same or very similar tiara loaned to her by her daughter. If it's the same tiara, then it couldn't be a Greville bequest, could it?
My question is -did she purchase it from the family as they may have needed money and it assisted them by keeping in the family, and now becoming Marie-Chantal's property or have they had it all along and not worn it all these years, and it suddenly resurfaced on Marie-Chantal's head at Margarethe's birthday dinner?...tonight we've seen it for the first time in decades, on the head of Crown Princess Pavlos (Marie-Chantal) of Greece. Yay!
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What a beautiful piece -you don't see these anymore!Does anyone know who now has the coronet that Countess Estelle Barnadotte wore when she got married?http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2008/12/estelle-manville-marries-folke.html
Thank you very much for posting that, ldmemail!
I've been looking for a clear picture of the Countess wearing the tiara for ages.
Does anyone know what happened to this tiara worn by the Queen Mother of Romania? I tried to find the Greek royal jewels thread, but I didn't see it.
About Queen Marie of Romania tiaras - what are these two?
1. Queen Marie of Romania Gallery / M.S. Regina Maria Postcard
2. Queen Marie of Romania Gallery / M.S. Regina Maria Coronation Postcard
Here's another postcard of Queen Marie.
For those interested check out this site: http://www.tkinter.smig.net/QueenMarie/Gallery/index.htm
There is an extensive collection of postcards of Queen Marie and the Romanian Royal Family, including this one showing the Queen wearing an intricate diamond and pearl tiara and a spectacular stomacher...
Queen Marie of Romania: lost jewels
I believe Queen Marie lost most ofher jewels during/after WWI. She left them in Russia for safe keeping during the war,and due to the revolution never saw them back.
Do we know why she sent them to Russia in the first place?
Interesting article! I knew that the Bourbon-Parma tiara was worn at Zita’s wedding. But I always assumed that it must have been worn by Princess Maria Antonia, Zita’s mother. She was still alive and should have played a prominent role at her daughter’s wedding.Journalist and author Els Smit wrote a blog about the missing Bourbon Parma diademe ( in Dutch):
Bourbon-Parma diadeem duikt op in filmpje en foto’s uit 1911
However, she also found a clip where you can see the tiara. From 2:10 minutes on the left, worn by Pss Maria de las Nieves during the wedding of the last emperor of Austria and Empress Zita:
The Dutch noble family Van Nagell van Ampsen loaned these Orange-Nassau/Romanov jewels to the exhibition. They look surprisingly modern! Picture.