Wishes for a happy birthday go out to Queen Anne-Marie, wife of the last King of Greece and aunt of the Kings of Denmark and Spain, who celebrated yesterday. In her honor, here’s a roundup of several posts dedicated to her royal jewels, including pieces with royal roots in both Greece and Denmark.
The Tiaras of Greece’s Queens: Where Are They Now?
Queen Anne-Marie, wife of the last King of Greece and aunt of the Kings of Denmark and Spain, celebrated her birthday yesterday. In her honor, today’s discussion post at Hidden Gems is devoted to some of the tiaras still worn by the descendants of the last Greek royals, including pieces that adorn the heads of royal women in Denmark and Spain.[Hidden Gems Subscriber Exclusive]
Queen Anne-Marie’s Antique Corsage Tiara
To provide a tiara for her third daughter, Princess Anne-Marie, Queen Ingrid of Denmark turned to her own jewelry box–and a suite of diamond and pearl jewelry she inherited from her Swedish royal grandmother.
Royal Jewel Rewind: The Greek Royal Wedding of 1964
Our retrospective of the jewels and history of Greece’s royal weddings continues today with the 1964 nuptials of the country’s last king, Constantine II, and his Danish-born wife, Princess Anne-Marie.
The Amazing Aquamarine Pendant Worn by Greece’s Last Queen
We don’t know exactly when Queen Ingrid gifted this heirloom jewel to her daughter, but it was before Princess Anne-Marie’s marriage to King Constantine II of Greece in September 1964. Anne-Marie suspended the aquamarine and diamond pendant from a pearl necklace for portraits taken in Corfu during the summer before the couple’s wedding.
A Sparkling Heirloom Bow Brooch Worn by Three Generations of Greek Royal Women
This Greek royal brooch is a classic design: a small, neat diamond bow. The piece features four loops, with the top two slightly smaller than the bottom two, and a large diamond set in a cluster of stones in the center of the piece. A loop below the large diamond allows the piece to be worn with various pendants.
A Sparkling British Royal Wedding Gift: The Portland Amethyst Pendant
Amethysts are the special birthstones of February babies, but they’re also frequently employed as a stone for occasions of memorial or remembrance. With a big royal memorial in honor of the late King Constantine II coming up later this week, we’ve got a look today at an heirloom amethyst pendant worn by his wife and daughters.
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