Monarchs and representatives of royal families have always valued jewelry and proudly showed them to the public. Emerald - one of the rarest and most expensive gemstones, and not surprisingly, that this stone decorated with luxurious tiara Tiaras: Feel like a queen , Brooches and other jewelry representatives of high society.

Greece

Emeralds Greek royal house amaze with its beauty and splendor. Parure, which can often be seen on the former queen of Greece consists of a large diamond tiara with five emerald cabochon, a pair of drop-shaped earrings, jewelry for corsage and five removable drop-shaped pendants. The ex-Queen Anne-Marie is often teardrop-shaped pendants on a chain, decorated with diamonds. This jewel she had inherited from her great-grandmother Queen of Denmark Alexandrina. Most likely, Greece emeralds were with Queen Olga, nee Russian Grand Duchess. Unfortunately, up to now we have not reached any image of Queen Olga in these emeralds, but the version with the "Russian roots" sounds plausible, since emeralds while already produced in Russia and the Romanovs has a rich collection of the largest and most valuable emeralds. To whom initially belonged to the stones?

First monarchs who wore these ornaments was Queen Elizabeth, nee Princess Romanian, the daughter of the famous Queen Mary. One of the photographs was taken in the Queen gang single-cabochon emerald, diamond fringed leaves. Later it was modified somewhat gangs, then added to it two cabochon placed on a number of diamonds. Tiara has been redone, and the third time, and emeralds were placed between the motives of the diamonds in the form of letter E, tiara was modified in the headdress. The letter E is the name Elizabeth. With precious ornaments corsage tiara is a unique gem set.

During the time of Queen Frederika, nee Princess of Hanover, which at one time also wore a tiara, the boundary between the stones have been removed, and the very decoration slightly increased in size. Queen tiara often worn as a necklace with her tiara in-law, Queen Sofia, nee Princess of Prussia. The current ex-Queen Anne-Marie of Greece often appears in these emeralds in public: in them she was seen at the celebration of the family Pahlavi in ​​Iran, at the wedding of Princess Alexandra Sayn-Sayn-Berleburgskoy, as well as the wedding of the Danish Crown Prince Frederik.

Norway

Norwegian emerald parure is considered one of the most luxurious royal decorations. She placed juicy dark emerald green color after a rain. Parure executed in the neoclassical style of Napoleon. It is believed that the first owner of these decorations was the Empress Josephine. First, the emeralds were in Sweden with Princess Josephine Leuchtenberg. The next owner of the emerald parure became Queen Sofia, nee Princess of Nassau. By that time, there were seven necklace pendants and earrings are not included.

Princess Margaret, born of Connaught, wore his mother-in-emerald In-law - a hunting accident ...   the wedding cousin of King George V in 1911. Later this collection was inherited by the youngest son of Queen to Prince Charles. Emeralds began to wear his wife Princess Ingeborg, born Danish princess. Tiara, necklace and brooch then fell to Norway. They were donated by parents Princess Martha in honor of the birth of the heir, the future King of Norway Harald V. By the time of the seven pendants there was only one, but two drop-shaped emerald tiara to have been replaced by diamond motifs in the form of honeysuckle. Princess Märtha emerald earrings made. Who belongs to the emerald parure Queen Sonja of Norway.

Considering the crown jewels with emeralds, it is impossible not to recall the Cambridge emeralds. In 1818 they won the grandmother Queen Mary, Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge. After the famous Vladimir Tiara got round to the Queen Mary, she changed her number and tiara included all fifteen emeralds. Also included are two brooches pendants. Together with emeralds donated by Queen Mary in Delhi, these gems merely astonishingly juicy and rich color.

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