Greek Pre-Wedding Ball: HRH Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark

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? ;)

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4 Responses to “Greek Pre-Wedding Ball: HRH Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark”

  1. maggie says on July 28th, 2010 at 6:01 PM :

    What a gorgeous couple - he looks completely besotted, and she's so young! The emeralds look fabulous on her.

  2. Mandy says on July 28th, 2010 at 8:18 PM :

    My goodness she's a baby queen to be indeed! They do look lovely together. Loving the emeralds.

  3. Nico says on July 29th, 2010 at 12:02 PM :

    Aaaah i found this Paris match edition in my grandparents attic some years ago : what a thrill !

  4. Sir Tom says on July 29th, 2010 at 5:16 PM :

    We think this parure loks stunning now - it looks even more beautiful set against her dark tresses.

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