Greek Pre-Wedding Ball: HM Queen Marie José of Italy
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?
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Hard to really see, but I don't think I like this one very much, it's just a bit too big. Maybe because it seems to be emerging from her forehead, rather than perched on her hair.
Ah - you couldn't break up this beauty! It may be a diamond hat, but it's fabulous. I prefer the way it is work here to the Eurotrash look last seen...
Marie Jose was known as the May Queen because of the shortness of her husband's reign.
I think this tiara needs some seriously big tiara hair for it to work. I'd love to see it on Queen Sonja of Norway.
Miss the sunglasses though
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Again, a good one for Cake. I loved this tiara when we saw it at the Danish wedding, even with the suit.
I really can't express in words how much I hate this tiara. It's soooooo big, and weird looking. Ugghhh.