Like Queen Ingrid, Queen Friedrike also wore feathers to her son's wedding.  Again -- so sixties, so perfect for a queen.  You can see the powder blue color of the hat better in the family photo:

Friedrike's standing immediately to her son's left.

Back in 1964 at her brother's wedding, the new Infanta Sofía of Spain, born Princess Sophia of Greece, had yet to become Spain's queen -- but she was still gorgeous and regal then, wasn't she?  Love this white hat -- so of its time.  You can also see it in the family photo:

Sofía and Juan Carlos are on the right-hand side of the top row, next to Princess Benedikte (in red).

Love this green feathery hat on Queen Ingrid at her daughter's wedding.  Wonderful saturated color, and just frivilous enough to say, "I may be the mother of the bride, but I'm a queen, too!"

Also: how weird must it have been to bring your eighteen-year-old daughter to a foreign country and watch her become a queen?

How's this for a beautiful royal bride?  Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark became the Queen of Greece when she married her cousin (several times over), King Constantine II.  Since she was a Danish royal bride and descendant of Queen Ingrid, she wore the Danish wedding tiara: the Khedive of Egypt Cartier Tiara.

The heirloom tiara was also worn by Anne-Marie's two sisters at their weddings, and by Anne-Marie's daughter, Alexia, and Benedikte's daughter, Alexandra, at theirs.  (Should Benedikte's daughter Nathalie have, as planned, a religious wedding, it seems likely that she'll wear it, too.  Also: did you all hear that Nathalie had her son and named him Konstantin?  Seems like a nod to her uncle, doesn't it?)

It's through Anne-Marie that this tiara has moved from Danish to Greek hands -- Ingrid gave the tiara to Anne-Marie.  Some have questioned the decision to send the Danish wedding tiara out of Denmark, but it's one more reminder that many of these tiaras, though they appear on the world stage, are ultimately personal property.

Walking here with King Frederik and Queen Ingrid of Denmark is one of the queens at the Greek wedding who is still a queen today: Queen Sirikit of Thailand, wife of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Sirikit has one of the biggest jewel boxes around, and she has many tiaras that look very similar to one another, so much so that I'm ultimately guessing a little about this tiara's identity.  Based on the black-and-white photo, I think this is Sirikit's Diamond Tiara.  Love the way this one cascades down the sides of her head.  Beautiful!

No Cake at this pre-wedding ball (well, maybe there was cake, but there was no Cake -- you all get what I'm saying), but at least we've got her parents!  This is the lovely Queen Juliana and her hubs, Prince Bernhard.  The Dutch have a tradition of abdicating the throne when they get older; Juliana took over in 1948 when her mother, Wilhelmina, abdicated, and Beatrix became queen when Juliana abdicated in 1980.  Quite nice that they get a bit of quiet time in their retirement, really.

Juliana's wearing one of the treasures of the Dutch royal jewel collection: the Stuart Diamond Tiara, which includes (as you might expect) the famous Stuart diamond, a pear-shaped stone that was originally bought for Mary II of the UK by her husband, William III (who was born the Prince of Orange in the Netherlands).  Mary was a member of the House of Stuart, hence the diamond's name; but when she died, the diamond was brought back to the Netherlands.

The current tiara setting was made around the turn of the twentieth century for the coronation of Queen Wilhelmina.  She didn't wear it frequently, but Juliana loved the whole set of jewels and wore it very often.  According to the excellent Royal Dutch Jewels site, none of the other royal Dutch women have worn it since Juliana, which is a major shame.  Listen up, Máxima -- grab this one out of the vaults and work your magic!  (The royal Dutch jewels site also has a clearer version of the above picture, plus many more of Juliana et al wearing the tiara.)

The last queen of Italy, Marie José, was among the guests at Constantine and Anne-Marie's pre-wedding ball, wearing a tiara we saw most recently at another Danish royal wedding: Queen Margherita's Musy Tiara.  She's pictured above with her husband, King Umberto II.

Marie José, who was born a princess of Belgium, married then-Crown Prince Umberto of Italy in 1930.  Umberto became king in 1946, but he only reigned for a little more than a month.  The two separated, and Marie José settled in exile in Switzerland, but they never divorced.

The Musy tiara is huge -- more like a diamond hat than a tiara, isn't it?  I think it would work better for modern wear if it were broken into two tiaras -- but since Princess Marina wears it so infrequently, maybe it would work well in a museum, too?

We've talked a lot about this lady and her tiaras on the blog, so it's only fitting we get to finally meet her at last: Queen Ingrid of Denmark, mother of our beloved Queen Daisy and grandmother-in-law to the lovely Crown Princess Mary.  She's at the top of this picture, standing beside her (semi-visible) husband, King Frederik IX.

Fittingly, Ingrid is wearing the tiara we call here, in honor of its association with her, Ingrid's Ruby Parure Tiara.  Ingrid bequeathed it to her grandson, Crown Prince Frederik, whose wife, Mary, now wears it.  The tiara is originally a Swedish piece, but it didn't come to Denmark with the Swedish-born Ingrid; instead, it was given by Queen Joséphine of Sweden to her granddaughter, Princess Lovisa, who married King Frederik VIII of Denmark.  Lovisa's son, King Christian X, inherited the sparkler, and gave it as a wedding present to his new daughter-in-law, Ingrid.  Not a bad gift!

If Princess Anne-Marie looks young here, two days before her wedding to King Constantine, there's a reason -- she had turned eighteen less than a month before!  The young queen-to-be is wearing here for the first time a tiara familiar to Mad Hattery tiara aficionados -- the Greek Emerald Parure Tiara. 

We've talked about the possible chain of ownership that brought tiara to Greece, but have we mentioned the unique setting yet?  This photo of the tiara, set against A-M's dark hair, really makes the unusual forwards-and-backwards "E" designs of the tiara clear.  The letter "E"s are for Queen Elisabeth of Greece, who had the emeralds reworked into this setting.

I love it -- "E" is for Ella, too, after all!  Think they'd loan it to me?

Lots of bling in this picture, but focus your attention on the left-hand side, and let's talk about the tiara worn by the mother of the groom, Queen Friedrike, shall we? 

This diamond tiara -- Queen Sophia's Diamond Tiara -- was brought to Greece by Friedrike's mother-in-law, who was born Princess Sophie of Prussia.  When Sophie married the future King Constantine I of Greece in 1889, she was given this tiara by her mother, Empress Frederick of Prussia (who is probably more familiar to royal history buffs as Princess Vicky -- the eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert).

The tiara was a truly impressive diamond sparkler, and one that I wish we could see either Queen Sofia or Queen Anne-Marie wear today, but alas: most believe that, strapped for cash, Friedrike sold it at auction in the '70s.  However, some royal watchers are still crossing their fingers that it's still in the family and will make a brilliant reappearance sometime in the future -- like on the head of royal bride Tatiana!