- Joined
- Jun 30, 2009
- Messages
- 42,365
- City
- An Iarmhí
- Country
- Ireland
Was last night the first time for Astrid to wear the Queen Elisabeth's Diamond Bandeau?
Was last night the first time for Astrid to wear the Queen Elisabeth's Diamond Bandeau?
As far as I know, yes it was.
3 Archiduchesses of Habsbourg-Este, Princesses of Belgium will marry one day. They may have their grandmother's jewels.
They already had their mother's tiara, and it's not like they will have many other occasions to wear tiaras aside their wedding day. Elisabeth, on the other hand, will have a lifetime of public engagements to attend.
They already had their mother's tiara [...].
That same argument also counts for Princess Elisabeth, of course. When you follow European royalty and nobility there are still events with jewels. It does not matter that the Archduchesses maybe have less events. When Archduchess Elisabeth ("Lilli") attends as such, she represents her husband's illustrious Houses (Austria-Este and Modena).
And one very important thing: Princess Astrid is Queen Paola's only daughter. I think that every mother with jewels will think of their very own daughter in the first place. Mathilde has the Wolfers, the Nine Provinces, her own laurel wreath and possibly the Spanish diadem. Paola's daughter possibly only received Paola's Bandeau, aside from her mother-in-law's loan.
Yes when Lili attends an event she is representing her husband's house, and her father in laws house. Not the Belgian royal house. It is far more fitting that she wear pieces from the Austria-Este family to which she now belongs.
By your argument Camilla and Kate should receive no jewels. Any private jewels that belong to the queen should only pass to her daughter right? We know that wont happen. Why is it any different? Mathilde is her daughter in law, still a bond with Paola. And why put all the emphasis on her archduchess granddaughters? Elisabeth is just as much Paola's granddaughter as Astrid's girls are. Elisabeth, Eleanor, and the wives of their brothers will all have far more need for tiaras then any cousin will.
For the same reason I would not be surprised at all when the diadem of the Cubitt-Shand family passes down to Laura Lopez née Parker Bowles, Camilla's daughter, rather than to Catherine or Meghan.
BTW, I seem to recall that Queen Paola also had a diamond necklace which she occasionally wore as a tiara (or a hair piece), especially when she was younger.
[...]
OT but do this tiara belong to the archduke family? Some source said it's the tiara of Margherita of Savoy-Aosta (Archduke Lorenz's mother) and her daughters wore it in their wedding.
That is part of the Savoia-Aosta heirloom, by my understanding. The same counts for these jewels: still owned by Erzherzogin Margherita von Österreich-Este née Principessa di Savoia-Aosta (the mother of Archduke Lorenz). Her daughter-in-law Princess Astrid of Belgium only loans it. Which means that Astrid has no own jewels when her mother Queen Paola does not leave her the Art Déco Bandeau.
But correct me when I am wrong. It is really not such a drama when the Art Déco Bandeau continues in the family Von Österreich-Este. Look at this picture, it would really not a shocking loss, it is all by all a moderate diadem.
That is part of the Savoia-Aosta heirloom, by my understanding. The same counts for these jewels: still owned by Erzherzogin Margherita von Österreich-Este née Principessa di Savoia-Aosta (the mother of Archduke Lorenz). Her daughter-in-law Princess Astrid of Belgium only loans it.
When you follow European royalty and nobility there are still events with jewels. It does not matter that the Archduchesses maybe have less events. When Archduchess Elisabeth ("Lilli") attends as such, she represents her husband's illustrious Houses (Austria-Este and Modena).
Yes when Lili attends an event she is representing her husband's house, and her father in laws house. Not the Belgian royal house.