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Very interesting thread! Thanks everyone for doing such great job....
That's stupid! It should have mentioned Margareth too! She was a crown princess and two of her grandchildren are monarchs.
A little more about Margaret and her family:
When she and Prince Gustav Adolf met in Cairo, their families had hoped that he would like the younger sister, Patricia. But he very soon more than liked Margaret instead, so Margaret it was.
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is called "Daisy" in her family, just like Margaret was. Queen Ingrid had a brooch shaped like a daisy, or marguerite (gåseurt in danish, prästkrage in swedish), and Margrethe had it on her wedding dress. Queen Ingrid got it from her father, in memory of her mother, when she (Ingrid) married in 1935. Queen Ingrid gave the Daisy-brooch to Queen Margrethe for her 60th birthday.
Crown Princess' Margarets oldest son, Gustav Adolf, named his first child after his mother too - Princess Margareta of Sweden, born 1934.
She enjoyed sports - skiing, but mostly ice-hockey and she had her own team, 20 ladies or so, and a few gentlemen.
She grew up at Bagshot Parks, where the Wessex´s live today.
In 1914 she and Gustav Adolf had some unexpected but dear guests in Stockholm - her first cousin Princess Victoria of Hesse and Victoria's daughter Princess Louise of Battenberg stayed in Stockholm after their very hasty departure from unsafe Russia, where they had visited Victoria's sisters, the tzaritza Alexandra and Grand Duchess Elizabeth. Louise - later Mountbatten - came back to Stockholm 9 years later as Gustav Adolf's 2nd wife.
So the veil was passed down to her Danish descendants? That was interesting to know.That's a great picture and you can see the detail in the lace veil when it was first worn and later worn by Margrethe, Benedikte, Anne-Marie, and Mary.
It's been mentioned a few times that the veil came from Margareta but this is the first time I've seen her wear it up close to compare. Also, her Khedive of Egypt (where she and Gustav Adolf first met) tiara has been worn by all her female descendants in the female line (i.e. through Ingrid) on their wedding days.So the veil was passed down to her Danish descendants? That was interesting to know.
It's been mentioned a few times that the veil came from Margareta but this is the first time I've seen her wear it up close to compare.
Also, her Khedive of Egypt (where she and Gustav Adolf first met) tiara has been worn by all her female descendants in the female line (i.e. through Ingrid) on their wedding days.
Royal Jewels of the World: The Khedive of Egypt Cartier Tiara
I remember reports saying that century-old Irish lace was used for Mary's veil and dress panels. Queen Margrethe did break tradition by letting Mary wear it (if it is indeed the same veil) since neither Marie-Chantal, Alexandra nor Marie have been allowed to wear it.The veil was supposedly worn by Mary Donaldson in 2004. According to the information back then, she wore the veil Queen Ingrid had inherited from her mother and which has been used by her descendants. Queen Margrethe broke the blood-line tradition by deciding that Mary should wear the veil for her wedding.
Princess Margaret of Connaught was given a generous amount of Irish lace for her wedding in 1905. I don't know how much exactly; as far as I know it is the lace for the veil and several yards of lace for other purposes!
Some of the lace has since been incorporated as (detachable) panels on the various wedding gowns (IMO Queen Margrethe's 1967 dress is the finest example!)
As for the veil, when I write supposedly it's because I take it that it is the same piece of lace which has been used for a veil since 1905! To judge from the photos I have at hand right now it's difficult to see whether the veils worn by Princess Margaret and Mary Donaldson are identical! They might well be!
Alas, the Khedive of Egypt tiara is now lost for Denmark! It was bequeathed to ex-queen Anne-Marie of Greece, the youngest daugther of of Queen Ingrid.
I also wonder if the blood-line tradition applies only through the purely maternal line, which means that Isabella and Maria-Olympia would not be able to wear it but Alexia's daughters will.
This is a picture of Ingrid's wedding. What do you think? Is it the same veil?
I never heard about that.But - on second thought: I remember reading something about the deceased Margaretha being covered (but no necessarily buried) with the veil. -If this is correct, I wonder whether it was the same veil??
I read in a book about Margaretha, called Darling Daisy, that she was covered with the veil before she was buried. I think it was during some sort of lit-de-parade. She was buried in her wedding dress, all in accordance with her own wishes. The veil was later given to Princess Ingrid, who wore it with her Swedish court dress and then at her wedding. More info about it is in the book about the Danish royal jewels by Bjarne Steen Jensen.
Lady Louise Mountbatten was born HSH Princess Louise of Battenberg. She was a sister of both Lord Louis Mountbatten and Princess Alice (Princess Andrew of Greece), who was Prince Philip's mother.
The Battenbergs were a morganatic branch of the Grand Ducal House of Hesse and bei Rhein [Hesse-Darmstadt] and some members had very close connections with Queen Victoria and the British Royal Family. Because of their morganatic descent many of the European families looked down on the Battenbergs as socially inferior.
I read in a book about Margaretha, called Darling Daisy, that she was covered with the veil before she was buried. I think it was during some sort of lit-de-parade. She was buried in her wedding dress, all in accordance with her own wishes. The veil was later given to Princess Ingrid, who wore it with her Swedish court dress and then at her wedding. More info about it is in the book about the Danish royal jewels by Bjarne Steen Jensen.
Prince Bertil with a painting of his mother, crown princess Margareta. The painting was at Villa Solbacken. Princess Lilian left it to king Carl Gustaf in her will.
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Prince Bertil with a painting of his mother, crown princess Margareta. The painting was at Villa Solbacken. Princess Lilian left it to king Carl Gustaf in her will.
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