Boris
Heir Presumptive
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Thank you Hanna Regina for your offer to help translate Alm - I might take you at your word!
The Edward VII ruby tiara is not a favorite piece of mine simply because of the proportions - not wide enough to be so high in the center - but I still think it's a pretty, delicate tiara. There was a matching ruby necklace among the wedding gifts of CP Margaret, given by the then Prince of Wales couple, but this was unfortunately sold.
Queen Silvia has worn the tiara exactly three times: Once as a necklace for the return dinner during Queen Betrix' state visit to Sweden in 1987, and twice as a tiara, for Prince Joachim's 1995 wedding and for the state visit to Japan early this year. On that occasion, she attached a ruby & diamond brooch as a pendant to her collet necklace for the first time:
IBL Bildbyrå | 0435 44 07 65
What I would really love to see is the two wedding gifts of CP Margaret combined - the ruby tiara and the Connaught tiara. Both are convertible to necklaces, so that makes for a few opportunities, and they would nicely complement each other!
It's a pity that Queen Silvia's modern ruby demi-parure, supposed to be a gift from the Sultan of Brunei, is so different in style from the ruby tiara that they can hardly be worn together:
ANP Beeldbank
If the modern rubies had a more neo-classical design, Queen Silvia would have a complete ruby parure... btw, maybe you could post the pic you tried to attach again, as a link?
The Edward VII ruby tiara is not a favorite piece of mine simply because of the proportions - not wide enough to be so high in the center - but I still think it's a pretty, delicate tiara. There was a matching ruby necklace among the wedding gifts of CP Margaret, given by the then Prince of Wales couple, but this was unfortunately sold.
Queen Silvia has worn the tiara exactly three times: Once as a necklace for the return dinner during Queen Betrix' state visit to Sweden in 1987, and twice as a tiara, for Prince Joachim's 1995 wedding and for the state visit to Japan early this year. On that occasion, she attached a ruby & diamond brooch as a pendant to her collet necklace for the first time:
IBL Bildbyrå | 0435 44 07 65
What I would really love to see is the two wedding gifts of CP Margaret combined - the ruby tiara and the Connaught tiara. Both are convertible to necklaces, so that makes for a few opportunities, and they would nicely complement each other!
It's a pity that Queen Silvia's modern ruby demi-parure, supposed to be a gift from the Sultan of Brunei, is so different in style from the ruby tiara that they can hardly be worn together:
ANP Beeldbank
If the modern rubies had a more neo-classical design, Queen Silvia would have a complete ruby parure... btw, maybe you could post the pic you tried to attach again, as a link?