Greek Pre-Wedding Ball: HRH Princess Claude d'Orléans, Duchess of Aosta

Here's a royal couple we've never seen (and won't see together again -- they're divorced now!): Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta and his new wife, Princess Claude of France.  Amedeo, who now uses the title Duke of Savoy, is the son of Princess Helene of Greece.  (Claude and Amedeo's son, Aimone, would later also marry a Greek princess, Olga.)  He's also a great-grandson of King Amadeo I of Spain and a great-great-grandson of King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.  Claude, who married Amedeo in the summer of 1964, is a sister of the Count of Paris, the current Orléanist claimant to the French throne. 

The sparkler Claude sported for this ball isn't a French piece, though: it's the Aosta Knots and Stars Tiara.  Claude also wore this diamond tiara on her wedding day, and Amedeo's second wife has worn it since his divorce from Claude.  (You can see a picture of this tiara on display at an exhibition here -- scroll down.)  Not my favorite tiara -- diamond stars and all that -- but it's certainly an impressive piece!

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5 Responses to “Greek Pre-Wedding Ball: HRH Princess Claude d'Orléans, Duchess of Aosta”

  1. maggie says on July 28th, 2010 at 6:32 PM :

    Stars...meh. But I wonder what happened out of shot to cause the expression on hubby's face...

  2. Sir Tom says on July 29th, 2010 at 5:33 PM :

    Nah. Tacky beyond words. It looks like a Miss World tiara or something.

  3. veezee says on July 31st, 2010 at 2:50 AM :

    Please note that Prince Amedeo's mother is Princess Irene of Greece, the fifth child of King Constantine and Queen Sophia, not Princess Helene. There is a famous picture of Princess Irene being escorted by her brother, King George II of Greece, into the Cathedral for her wedding.

  4. Eliza says on July 31st, 2010 at 11:46 AM :

    Ughhh stars! I hate any tiara with stars (cough Maxima cough Ingrid's Star tiara). They're so... Disney!

  5. JamesB says on August 2nd, 2010 at 5:32 AM :

    Of course I love it. God I am so cheap.

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