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The Ruby Parure by Mellerio was made for QUEEN EMMA in 1889.

I believe it was Juliana (Queen at the time) who had the last word on the matter and I read that her reasoning was: I welcome the fact that my daughter is marrying a commoner, then why would I grant him a title? That would signal the opposite: that he needs a title as the spouse of my daughter...

Orders I think because it's a black tie, not full gala.

Small correction: Wilhelmina, born in 1880, became Queen in 1890 at the age of 10, when her father died. It was not untill 1898 that she was invested as Reigning Queen of the Netherlands. Her mother Queen Dowager Emma acted as Queen Regent for the minor Queen between 1890 and 1898. And did you...

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